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    • Brett Perkins
    • David Piper
    • Rod Sphere
    • Phil Ward
    • Paul Zollo
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    • Home
    • About Us
    • Artist Roster
    • Solo Artists 
      • Artists Bios -Info
      • Mark Humphreys
      • Tom Ianniello
      • Lisa Johnson
      • Andrew Lorand/Puppets of Castro
      • Dave Morrison
      • Brett Perkins
      • David Piper
      • Rod Sphere
      • Phil Ward
      • Paul Zollo
    • Bands/Duos 
      • The Moriartys
      • Motel Six
      • Piper-Grey
      • Radio Dogs
      • Ted Tedrow w/John-Michael Kaye &Terry Vreeland
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    Trough Records

    • Home
    • About Us
    • Artist Roster
    • Solo Artists 
      • Artists Bios -Info
      • Mark Humphreys
      • Tom Ianniello
      • Lisa Johnson
      • Andrew Lorand/Puppets of Castro
      • Dave Morrison
      • Brett Perkins
      • David Piper
      • Rod Sphere
      • Phil Ward
      • Paul Zollo
    • Bands/Duos 
      • The Moriartys
      • Motel Six
      • Piper-Grey
      • Radio Dogs
      • Ted Tedrow w/John-Michael Kaye &Terry Vreeland
    • …  
      • Home
      • About Us
      • Artist Roster
      • Solo Artists 
        • Artists Bios -Info
        • Mark Humphreys
        • Tom Ianniello
        • Lisa Johnson
        • Andrew Lorand/Puppets of Castro
        • Dave Morrison
        • Brett Perkins
        • David Piper
        • Rod Sphere
        • Phil Ward
        • Paul Zollo
      • Bands/Duos 
        • The Moriartys
        • Motel Six
        • Piper-Grey
        • Radio Dogs
        • Ted Tedrow w/John-Michael Kaye &Terry Vreeland
      Contact Us
      • Home
      • About Us
      • Artist Roster
      • Solo Artists
        • Artists Bios -Info
        • Mark Humphreys
        • Tom Ianniello
        • Lisa Johnson
        • Andrew Lorand/Puppets of Castro
        • Dave Morrison
        • Brett Perkins
        • David Piper
        • Rod Sphere
        • Phil Ward
        • Paul Zollo
      • Bands/Duos
        • The Moriartys
        • Motel Six
        • Piper-Grey
        • Radio Dogs
        • Ted Tedrow w/John-Michael Kaye &Terry Vreeland
        • Southern California Independents

          An eclectic collection of unique singer/songwriters and bands who call their own shots.

        • About Us

          In 1993 Mark Humphreys, a Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter who was fed up and frustrated with a record industry that ignored his work and the work of so many other singer/songwriters living and working in its shadow, decided to record and release an album on his own. And in August of that year Trough Records was born.

           

          After releasing his first two independent albums on the label, beginning in 1997, Humphreys started to invite some of his favorite wildly talented colleagues and friends to join him on the label. The concept was to provide independent artists working in and around Southern California an identity; to create their own space in the then-burgeoning Americana music marketplace. It would be a unifying symbol under which each artist would completely own and control their work and still share a common identity with a brand dedicated to represent diverse and high-quality music from Southern California.

           

          Trough Records continues to champion an eclectic group of top-notch artists to represent the label and the diversity of the Southern California songwriting community. Trough is now recognized as the home for artists of wide-ranging yet equally superior talent.

           

          Since 1993, Trough has released more than three dozen titles, all of which are completely owned and controlled by the artists. Each act pays for the costs of their albums, and Trough releases them, providing promotional assistance to each artist. The label does not own any part of any of the albums it releases. Each act has the freedom to do whatever they want with their recordings. The benefit to the label is that the presence of each artist enhances its reputation, which in turn enhances the reputation of everyone associated with it.

           

          Over the years, some of our artists have moved away from Southern California - and some pursue their own careers away from the label - but wherever they go, as long as they want a home, they have one here with us.

           

          Thank you for supporting independent music!

        • Our Artists

          Mark Humphreys

          Mark Humphreys

          Tom Ianniello

          Tom Ianniello

          Lisa Johnson

          Andrew Lorand & Puppets of Castro

          The Moriartys

          Dave Morrison

          Motel Six

          Brett Perkins

          The Radio Dogs

          David Piper

          Piper-Grey

          Rod Sphere

          Tim Tedrow

          w/John-Michael Kaye

          w/Terry Vreeland

          Phil Ward

          Paul Zollo

        • Contact Us

          Post Office Box 8174
          Van Nuys CA 91409-8174
          Email Us at address below
          661-252-6233 (Daytime Pacific Time)
          661-252-6233 (Daytime Pacific Time)
          troughrecords@ gmail.com
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