24 Hour Service Station
Founded	1993
Founder	Marshall Dickson
Distributing label	MVD
Genre	Alternative/Indie/Electronic
Country of origin	United States
Location	Tampa
Official Website	http://24hourservicestation.com

24 Hour Service Station ^[1] is an independent record label founded by Marshall Dickson in Tampa, Florida in 1993.^[2][3]

24 Hour Service Station's first signing in 1994 was Rosewater Elizabeth,^[4] an up and coming ethereal artist in the Tampa music scene. The label then went on to release records by Shoemaker Levy 9, Questionface, and a tribute album to The Smiths entitled Godfathers of Change.

In 1997, Dickson put the label “underground” to take a different path in the music business by starting a career with Sony Music.

In 2007, Dickson decided to re-launch the record label while also maintaining the helm as General Manager^[5] of Reax Music Magazine.^[6]

The label then released Car Bomb Driver album Evacuate, and by 2008, 24 Hour Service Station had put out a total of 17 releases and signed 13 bands including History, Win Win Winter, Geri X^[7] and The Beauvilles.^[8]

In 2009, the label undertook a charitable project, a New Order tribute album[1] entitled Ceremony, benefiting the Salford Foundation Trust's Tony Wilson Award.^[9] The album is dedicated to the founder of Factory Records who died in 2007 from cancer. Dickson was inspired by Tony Wilson to start 24 Hour Service Station.CEREMONY - A New Order Tribute gained the attention of artists worldwide who donated their time and recordings to support the charity which assists young people who demonstrate a special talent or ambition in the arts or creative skills.^[10][11]

Contents 1 Catalog 2 Distribution 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Catalog

Pocket (musician) (Richard Jankovich) collaborating with Robyn Hitchcock, Steve Kilbey of The Church (band), Yuki Chikudate of Asobi Seksu, Craig Wedren of Shudder to Think, Dave Smalley, Mark Burgess (musician) of The Chameleons UK, Danny Seim of Menomena, Tanya Donelly XOXO Kites With Lights The Beauvilles The Fantastiques (Minsk, Belarus) Win Win Winter Car Bomb Driver John Wesley Rosewater Elizabeth Shoemaker Levy 9 Mosley Non-aggression Pact Geri X Questionface Underwater History Simon Said Skinnys 21 Blue Eyes [edit] Distribution 24 Hour Service Station distributes to every major music retailer in the United States including chains such as Best Buy, Borders and f.y.e., independent music stores throughout the country including all members of the major independent store coalitions (A.I.M.S., C.I.M.S, and Music Monitor Network) as well as all domestic One-Stop distributors including Alliance Entertainment Corporation (A.E.C.), EDGE Entertainment Distribution, Baker & Taylor Inc. and Super D. 24 Hour Service Station also exports records to Canada, Europe and parts of Asia. In addition it provides a worldwide digital distribution service[2] that delivers content to over 250 international digital music outlets including iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody and Napster. [edit] External links Official Label Website 24 Hour Service Station @ Discogs 24 Hour Service Station @ MusicBrainz [edit] References ^ "24 Hour Service Station". All Records Labels.com. http://www.allrecordlabels.com/db/0/24140.html. Retrieved 17 September 2009.  ^ a b Snider, Eric (25 March 2009). "Tampa music label 24 Hour Service Station embraces the digital frontier". Creative Loafing.com. http://tampa.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/tampa_music_label_24_hour_service_station_embraces_the_digital_frontier/Content?oid=671511. Retrieved 17 September 2009.  ^ Tampa Bay.com website. Accessed 17 September 2009. ^ http://kzsu.stanford.edu/eklein/artist/artistro.html ^ "News - Joran on TBO's "Couch Potatoes" Podcast". Souteast Music Alliance. 3 August 2008. http://www.smaflorida.com/news.htm. Retrieved 17 September 2009.  ^ "Reax staff". Reax Music Magazine. http://www.reaxmusic.com/staff_titles. Retrieved 17 September 2009.  ^ "Q&A: Geri X". Metro Mix Tampa Bay. http://tampabay.metromix.com/music/article/q-and-a-geri/1177704/content. Retrieved 17 September 2009.  ^ "Beauvilles record deal". Red Room recorders.com. 30 October 2008. http://www.redroomrecorders.com/studio-news/3-current-news/58-beauvilles-record-deal-103008.html. Retrieved 17 September 2009.  ^ Salford Foundation Trust's Tony Wilson Award. ^ Eliezer, Christie (3 March 2009). "Wanna be on a New Order tribute album?". TheMusic.com.au. http://www.themusic.com.au/imm_display.php?s=christie&id=1034&d=.  ^ "Ceremony - A New Order Tribute". New Order Tribute. http://newordertribute.com/. Retrieved 17 September 2009.