Favorite Non-Major Record Label

Add Harmonia Mundi and Bis to the list, in the classical area.

In the Classical category - of course, the small Europeans are good (like those mentioned above) - but IMHO, by far the greatest "sleeper" is MHS (Musical Heritage Society). Many of their reissues are sonically better than the originals (mastered beautifully by Bill Kipper at Masterdisk), and many of their home-brewed recordings are spectacular (especially those supervised by Dr. Kurt List). When you see these for $1 in the Thrift stores - Buy Them! (unless you live in the S.F. Bay Area :)

I could spend most of my time listening to recordings from Cryptogramophone or Tzadik , John Zorn's label.

CMP,ECM,Axiom,On-U,Six Degrees,Cuneiform are a few of mine.

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i've really been enjoying a lot of stuff on putumayo world music label recently.

lots of fresh sounds and very nice recordings on this label. it seems that so far this label has not conceeded to mass commercialism like many american labels. i hope it stays that way for awhile.