Off Centaur Publications

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1980 - 1987

Biography

Off Centaur was the first commercial filk label, founded in 1980 by Teri Lee, Jordin Kare and Catherine Cook. Off Centaur produced high quality recordings and songbooks of some of filk's best performers and writers. Two of these publications were The Westerfilk Collection. and the Bayfilk Songbook. Following disputes among the partners, the company was dissolved in 1987. Some of the partners formed a new company many of the same performers went on to record music for Firebird Arts and Music. Many of the songs on Off Centaur's albums won Pegasus Awards. Because of copyright issues, most of the albums cannot be re-released, although several have been almost re-created by the same performers, and many of the songs appear on other albums. In 1995, it was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Buck and Juanita Coulson Collection of Filk Material

 Collection
Identifier: MUSIC-046
Scope and Contents Collection consists of audiotape masters for much of the Off Centaur label's catalog, including live and studio performances for releases beginning in 1980 and ending in the late 1980s, as well as many of the zines and songbooks published by Off Centaur. In addition to commercially-released material, some of the audiotapes also contain non-album tracks, alternate takes, and other material that was not released commercially. There is scant accompanying paper documentation for the reels,...
Dates: Creation: 1976-1990
Found in: Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives

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