Loose
Founded	1998
Founder	Tom Bridgewater
Distributor(s)	The Orchard Rough Trade
Genre	Americana Country Folk Alt-country Alternative, Singer/Songwriter
Country of origin	England
Location	Ladbroke Grove, London
Official website	http://www.loosemusic.com

Loose is a British independent record label based in Ladbroke Grove, London.^[1]

In 1998, Loose was formed from the vinyl only record label, Vinyl Junkie, which was set up in 1994 by Tom Bridgewater.^[2]

Since 1998, Loose has released music by the following artists: Sturgill Simpson, Giant Sand, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, M Ward, Mark Mulcahy, Neko Case, The Handsome Family, The Felice Brothers, Dawes, Deer Tick, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Justin Townes Earle and Grand Drive.

Current artists

• The Americans
• Barna Howard
• Brown Horse
• Carson McHone
• Courtney Marie Andrews
• Damien Jurado
• Danny and the Champions of the World
• Frankie Lee
• Frontier Ruckus
• Gill Landry
• The Handsome Family
• Ian Felice (The Felice Brothers)
• Israel Nash
• Jim White
• Joana Serrat
• Native Harrow
• Sons of Bill
• Treetop Flyers
• Vetiver
• Willard Grant Conspiracy
• William The Conqueror

Discography

• VJCD001/VJ1: Various - Vinyl Junkie Country
• VJCD002/VJLP002: Various - Cowpunks
• VJCD003/VJLP003: Various - Jukebox Cowboy (released 5 May 1997)
• VJCD004: Various - New Sounds of the Old West (released 9 February 1998)
• VJCD105: The Handsome Family - Through The Trees
• VJLP105LTD: The Handsome Family - Through The Trees 20th Anniversary LP
• VJCD106: Red Star Belgrade - End of the Line (released 18 December 1998)
• VJCD107: Grand Drive  - Wrong Notes (single)
• VJCD108: Grand Drive - Road Music
• VJCD109: Mark Mulcahy - Fathering (released 17 May 1999)
• VJCD110: The Handsome Family - Down in the Valley
• VJCD111: Various  New Sounds of the Old West Volume Two
• VJCD112: The Handsome Family - In The Air
• VJCD113: Giant Sand - Chore of Enchantment (released 27 March 2000)
• VJCD114: Neko Case and Her Boyfriend - Furnace Room Lullaby (released 22 February 2000)
• VJCD115: Dakota Suite - Signal Hill (released 29 May 2000)
• VJCD116: Chris Mills - Kiss it Goodbye (released 25 July 2000)
• VJCD117: Jubilee Allstars - Lights of the City
• VJCD118: Grand Drive - True Love and High Adventure
• VJCD119: Hawksley Workman - For Him and the Girls
• VJCD120: Noahjohn - Had a Burning
• VJCD121: Giant Sand - Selections Circa 1990-2000
• VJCD122: Howe - Confluence
• VJCD123: Mark Mulcahy - Smilesunset
• VJCD124: M Ward - End of Amnesia
• VJCD125: Ashley Park - The American Scene
• VJCD126: The Handsome Family - Twilight
• VJCD127: Various - New Sounds of the Old West Volume Three
• VJCD128: The Arlenes - Stuck On Love
• VJCD129: Paul O’Reilly - First Thing in the Morning
• VJCD130: Vera Cruise - Come Alone and Fall Apart
• VJCD131: The Corn Lund Band - Five Dollar Bill
• VJCD132: Hayden - Skyscraper National Park
• VJCD133: Wiskey Biscuit - Wiskey Biscuit
• VJCD134: Horse Stories - Travelling Mercies (For Troubled Paths)
• VJCD135: The Nick Luca Trio - Little Town
• VJCD136: Chris Mills - The Silver Line
• VJCD137: Noahjohn - Water Hymns
• VJCD138: Jim & Jennee and the Pinetops - One More in the Cabin
• VJCD139: Peter Bruntnell - Ends of the Earth
• VJCD140: Various - Loose Selections
• VJCD141: Steve Turner - Searching for Melody
• VJCD142: Willard Grant Conspiracy - Regard the End
• VJCD143: Horse Stories - One Hundred Waves
• VJCD144: The Handsome Family - Singing Bones
• VJCD145: Peter Bruntnell - Played Out
• VJCD146: Blanche - If We Can't Trust the Doctors...
• VJCD147: Mary Lou Lord - Baby Blue
• VJCD148: Charlemagne - Charlemagne
• VJCD149: Hayden - Elk-Lake Serenade
• VJCD150: Summer of Mars - Glaciers
• VJCD151: The Arlenes - Going To California
• VJCD152: Toby Burke - Winsome Lonesome
• VJCD153: Jawbone - Dang Blues
• VJCD154: Willard Grant Conspiracy - There but for the Grace of God - A Short History of the Willard Grant Conspiracy
• VJCD155: Roger Dean and the Tin Cup - Cast
• VJCD156: Bap Kennedy - The Big Picture
• VJCD157: Mark Mulcahy - In Pursuit of Your Happiness
• VJCD158: Various - Start Your Own Country
• VJCD159: Peter Bruntnell - Ghost in a Spitfire
• VJCD160: Horse Stories - Everyone's a Photographer
• VJCD161: Jawbone - Hauling
• VJCD162: Willard Grant Conspiracy - Let It Roll
• VJCD163: Corb Lund - Hair in my eyes Like a Highland Steer
• VJCD164: The Mendoza Line - Full of Light and Full of Fire
• VJCD165: Irana George - All Rise
• VJCD166: The Handsome Family - Last Days of Wonder
• VJCD167: Various - Heartworn Highways
• VJCD168: The Last Town Chorus - Wire Waltz
• VJCD169: Blanche - What the Town Needs EP
• VJCD170: Blanche - Little Amber Bottles
• VJCD171/VJLP171: The Felice Brothers - Tonight at the Arizona
• VJLP171RSD: The Felice Brothers - Tonight at the Arizona 20th Anniversary LP
• VJCD172: Various - Country Girl: New Sounds of the Old West Volume Five
• VJCD173: Monkey Swallows the Universe - The Casket Letters
• VJCD174: Grand Drive - Everyone
• VJCD175: Paris Motel - In the Saltpetriere
• VJCD176:
• VJCD177: The Felice Brothers - The Felice Brothers
• VJCD178: Danny & The Champions of the World - Danny and the Champions of the World
• VJCD179: Willard Grant Conspiracy - Pilgrim Road
• VJCD180: Peter Bruntnell - Peter and the Murder of Crows
• VJCD181: Ralfe band - Attic Thieves
• VJCD182: Mr David Viner - Among the Rumours and the Rye
• VJCD183: Miss Lana Rebel - All I Need
• VJCD184: The Duke & the King - Nothing Gold Can Stay
• VJCD185: The Handsome Family - Honey Moon
• VJCD186:
• VJCD187: The R G Morrison - Farewell, My Lovely
• VJCD188: Willard Grant Conspiracy - Paper Covers Stone
• VJCD189: Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou - Trevor Moss & Hannah Lou
• VJCD190: Danny & The Champions of the World - Streets of Our Time
• VJCD191: Hurray For The Riff Raff - Hurray For The Riff Raff
• VJCD192: Jim White - Sounds of the Americans
• VJCD193: The Felice Brothers - Celebration, Florida
• VJCD194/VJLP194: Dawes - Nothing is Wrong
• VJCD195: Various - This is Loose (Loose Label Sampler)
• VJCD196: Jim White - Where it Hits You
• VJCD197: Dawes - North Hills
• VJCD198/VJLP198: Deer Tick
• VJCD9899: Deer Tick - Divine Providence + Tim EP
• VJCD200: Hurray For The Riff Raff - Look Out Mama
• VJDC201: The Wooden Sky - Every Child A Daughter, Every Moon a Sun
• VJCD202: Lucero - Women & Work
• VJCD203: Various - This is Loose II
• VJCD204: Frontier Ruckus - Eternity Dimming
• VJCD205: The Rockingbirds - The Return of the Rockingbirds
• VJCD206:
• VJCD207: Peter Bruntnell - Retrospective
• VJCD208/VJLP208: Jonny Fritz - Dad Country
• VJCD209/VJLP209: Treetop Flyers - The Mountain Moves
• VJCD210/VJLP210: The Handsome Family - Wilderness
• VJCD211/VJLP211: Willard Grant Conspiracy - Ghost Republic
• VJCD212/VJLP212: Danny & The Champions of the World - Stay True
• VJCD213/VJLP213: Israel Nash Gripka - Rain Plans
• VJCD214/VJLP214: Sturgill Simpson - High Top Mountain
• VJCD215/VJLP215: Vikesh Kapoor - The Ballad of Willy Robbins
• VJCD216/VJLP216: Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
• VJCD217: Danny & The Champions of the World - Live Champs!
• VJCD218: Justin Townes Earle - Single Mothers
• VJCD219: Justin Townes Earle - Absent Fathers
• VJLP2189: Justin Townes Earle - Single Mothers / Absent Fathers
• VJCD220/VJLP220: Andrew Combs - All These Dreams
• VJCD221/VJLP221: Joe Pug - Windfall
• VJCD222/VJLP222: Danny & The Champions of the World - What Kind of Love
• VJCD223/VJLP223: Barna Howard - Quite A Feelin’
• VJCD224/VJLP224: Frankie Lee - American Dreamer
• VJCD225/VJLP225: Treetop Flyers - Palomino
• VJCD226/VJLP226: Israel Nash - Israel Nash's Silver Season
• VJCD227/VJLP227: Joana Serrat - Cross The Verge
• VJCD228/VJLP228: Courtney Marie Andrews - Honest Life
• VJCD229/VJLP229//VJCD229X: The Handsome Family - Unseen
• VJCD230/VJLP230: Frontier Ruckus - Enter The Kingdom
• VJCD231/VJLP231: Andrew Combs - Canyons of my Mind
• VJCD232/VJLP232: William The Conqueror - Proud Disturber of the Peace
• VJCD233/VJLP233: Danny & The Champions of the World - Brilliant Light
• VJCD234/VJLP234: The Americans - I'll Be Yours
• VJCD235/VJLP235: Ian Felice - In the Kingdom of Dreams
• VJCD236/VJLP236: Courtney Marie Andrews - On My Page
• VJCD237/VJLP237: Joana Serrat - Dripping Springs
• VJCD238/VJLP238: Gill Landry - Love Rides a Dark Horse
• VJCD239/VJLP239: Jim White - Waffles, Triangles and Jesus
• VJCD240/VJLP240/VJLP240LTD: Courtney Marie Andrews - May Your Kindness Remain
• VJCD241/VJLP241/VJLP241LTD: Israel Nash - Lifted
• VJCD242/VJLP242: Sons Of Bill - Oh God Ma’am
• VJCD243/VJLP243: Treetop Flyers - Treetop Flyers
• VJCDTIL4: Various - This is Loose IV
• VJCD244/VJLP244: Andrew Combs - Worried Man
• VJCD245/VJLP245: Willard Grant Conspiracy - Untethered
• VJCD246/VJLP246: William The Conqueror - Bleeding On The Soundtrack
• VJCD247/VJLP247: Carson McHone - Carousel
• VJCD248/VJLP248: Damien Jurado - In The Shape Of A Storm
• VJCD249/VJLP249: Frankie Lee - Stillwater
• VJCD250/VJLP250: Native Harrow - Happier Now
• VJCD251/VJLP251: Vetiver - Up On High
• VJCD252/VJLP252: Gill Landry - Skeleton at the Banquet
• VJCD253/VJLP253: The Handsome Family - Odessa
• VJCD254/VJLP254: The Handsome Family - Milk and Scissors
• VJCD255/VJLP255: Damien Jurado - What's New, Tomboy?
• VJCD256/VJLP256:
• VJCD257/VJLP257: Courtney Marie Andrews - Old Flowers
• VJCD258/VJLP258: Native Harrow - Closeness
• VJCD259/VJLP259: Jim White - Misfit's Jubilee
• VJCD260/VJLP260:
• VJCD261/VJLP261:
• VJCD262/VJLP262:
• VJCD263/VJLP263:
• VJCD264/VJLP264/VJLP264LTD: Israel Nash - Topaz

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