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| [[Image:NOS logo.png|120px|thumb|right|N.O.S. Recordings logo on the ''[[Land Air Sea]]'' ([[2003]]) disc.]] | | [[Image:NOS logo.png|120px|thumb|right|N.O.S. logo (2003)]] |
| '''N.O.S. Recordings''' was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_label vanity record label] used by [[Pat Wilson]] and [[Atom Willard]] for releasing music by their band [[The Special Goodness]] in the early 2000s. | | '''N.O.S. Recordings''' was a [[List of personal publishing labels used by Weezer members|vanity record label]] used for [[The Special Goodness]] releases during [[2003]]–[[2004]]. |
| ==Overview==
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| Releases under N.O.S. Recordings include the original [[2003]] and remastered [[2004]] releases of the band's third album ''[[Land Air Sea]]'' (in conjunction with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Control_Group The Control Group] and [[Epitaph]] respectively), as well as the CD single release "[[Life Goes By]]". Future releases, including the fourth Special Goodness album ''[[Natural]]'' and the [[2022]] vinyl re-release of ''Land Air Sea'', were not released under the label.
| | N.O.S. was a sub-label of the Seattle-based independent record label The Control Group, who co-released the [[2003]] version of ''[[Land Air Sea]]''.<ref>Email correspondence with The Control Group (June 11, 2022). [[:File:TCG NOS Recordings email citation.png|Screenshot]].</ref> It was managed by the band's then-executive producer, Scott Parker.<ref name="site">thespecialgoodness.com. [https://web.archive.org/web/20030413133019/http://www.thespecialgoodness.com/contact.htm "contact"]. Archived from the [http://www.thespecialgoodness.com/contact.htm original].</ref> The label's contact information was listed on the Special Goodness website for a period of time.<ref name="site" /> |
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| | ==Releases== |
| | *''[[Land Air Sea]]'' (TCG release, 2003) |
| | *"[[Life Goes By]]" (single, 2003) |
| | *''[[Land Air Sea]]'' (Epitaph release, 2004) |
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| The label was managed by Scott Parker,<ref name="site">thespecialgoodness.com. "contact". Archived from the original at https://web.archive.org/web/20030413133019/http://www.thespecialgoodness.com/contact.htm.</ref> who is credited as an executive producer of ''Land Air Sea''. In an issue of the music publication ''CMJ New Music Report'', it is stated that N.O.S. Recordings was the creation of record executive [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabil_Ayers Nabil Ayers],<ref>Hart, G. (March 10, 2003). Points of Impact. ''CMJ New Music Report'', (804), 35.</ref> who is also the head of The Control Group (the independent label which co-released the [[2003]] version of ''Land Air Sea'' alongside N.O.S. Recordings). In an email correspondence with TCG, it is indicated that N.O.S. existed solely for Special Goodness releases; to quote: "it was just something they made for that release [''Land Air Sea''] - not a real label… I think".<ref>The Control Group. (June 11, 2022). E-mail correspondence. Archived from the original on Weezerpedia at [[:File:TCG NOS Recordings email citation.png]].</ref> Contact details on the band's website informed that the label was based in the neighborhood of Van Nuys, California, and could have been contacted at the (now-defunct) E-mail address "nos@socal.rr.com".<ref name="site" />
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| ==See also==
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| *''[[Land Air Sea]]''
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| *[[Fie!]]
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| *[[E.O. Smith Music]]
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| ==External links== | | ==External links== |
| *[https://www.discogs.com/label/72681-NOS-Recordings N.O.S. Recordings' releases] on Discogs | | *[https://www.discogs.com/label/72681-NOS-Recordings N.O.S. Recordings' releases] on Discogs |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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