# Latent Recordings

Latent Recordings is a Canadian independent record label founded in 1981. It was dormant in the 1990s while the Cowboy Junkies were signed to American labels, but began to release independently produced albums in the 2000s. By the late 2000s, it sold downloads and CDs online.

## History

The label was formed in London by Michael Timmins, Alan Anton, Geoff Railton, and Brett Wickens to produce and distribute their music. After their first three releases, they returned to Canada, where Timmins and Anton formed Cowboy Junkies with Timmins' siblings Margo and Peter.
In Toronto, the label distributed Cowboy Junkies' first two albums before the band signed with RCA, which re-released The Trinity Session internationally. For the next few years the label's releases were sporadic offerings produced by Michael Timmins and/or Peter Moore.
After Cowboy Junkies was released from their record contract—by then with Geffen Records— following their 1998 album Miles from Our Home, they revived Latent Recordings and have released their subsequent albums on that label in Canada. The records have been licensed to other independent labels, such as Zoë Records in the United States and Strange Fruit Records in the UK, for international release.
In recent years, the label has again become active in releasing work by other artists as well, including Ivy Mairi, Finlayson/Maize, Jerry Leger, Lee Harvey Osmond and Huron.

## Catalogue

Most of Latent Recordings releases have been numbered, with the number preceded by "LATEX" (#s 1–5, V14), or "LATEX CD" (#s >5).
| # | Album title | Artist | Recorded |
| 1 | Germinal 1 (chrome cassette) | Germinal | 1983 Aug. |
| 2 | DIN (LP) | Germinal | 1984 |
| 3 | Hunger Project (LP) | Hunger Project | 1984 Nov. |
| 4 | Whites Off Earth Now!! (LP) | Cowboy Junkies | 1986 Oct. |
| 5 | The Trinity Session (LP) | Cowboy Junkies | 1988 Nov. |
| CD6 | Tell Your Friends There's Friends Around | The Corndogs | 1989 Apr. |
| CD7 | Stone Boat | Pat Temple and the High Lonesome Players | 1990 |
| CD8 | Library of the Sun | John Bottomley | 1990 |
| CD9 | What the Hell is Going On? | The Corndogs | 1991 |
| CD10 | Connecting Lines | Pat Temple and the High Lonesome Players | 1991 Jan. |
| CD11 | Rarities, B-Sides and Slow, Sad Waltzes | Cowboy Junkies | 1999 Oct. |
| CD12 | Rabbit (2-disc) | The Corndogs | 2000 May |
| CD13 | Waltz Across America | Cowboy Junkies | 2000 Oct. |
| CD14 | The Radio One Sessions | Cowboy Junkies | 2002 July |
| V14 | Live in Toronto (VHS) | Cowboy Junkies | 2000 Oct. |
| CD15 | Open | Cowboy Junkies | 2001 May |
| DVD15 | Open Road (DVD/CD) | Cowboy Junkies | 2002 June |
| CD16 | In the Time Before Llamas | Cowboy Junkies | 2003 Nov. |
| CD17 | One Soul Now | Cowboy Junkies | 2004 June |
| CD18 | Early 21st Century Blues | Cowboy Junkies | 2005 May |
| DVD19 | Long Journey Home | Cowboy Junkies | 2005 |
| CD20 | At the End of Paths Taken | Cowboy Junkies | 2007 Apr. |
| CD21 | Well You | Ivy Mairi | 2007 Apr. |
| DVD22 | Trinity Revisited (DVD) | Cowboy Junkies | 2007 Oct. |
| CD23 | City of Sirens | Skydiggers | 2008 Jun. |
| CD24 | A Quiet Evil | Lee Harvey Osmond | 2010 Mar. |
| CD25 | Acoustic Junk | Cowboy Junkies | 2009 |
| CD26 | Huron | Huron | 2010 |
| CD27 | The History of Forgetting | Andy Maize | 2010 June |
| CD28 | Renmin Park (The Nomad Series Vol. 1) | Cowboy Junkies | 2010 June |
| CD29 | Demons (The Nomad Series Vol. 2) | Cowboy Junkies | 2011 Feb. |
| CD30 | Trail of Smoke | Cootes Leland | 2011 Aug. |
| CD31 | Sing in My Meadow (The Nomad Series Vol. 3) | Cowboy Junkies | 2011 Oct. |
| CD32 | No Talker | Ivy Mairi | 2011 Sept. |
| CD33 | The Wilderness (The Nomad Series Vol. 4) | Cowboy Junkies | 2012 Mar. |
| CD34 | The Nomad Series | Cowboy Junkies | 2012 Apr. |
| CD35 | Northern Shore | Skydiggers | 2012 Apr. |
| CD36 | Northern Shore (Deluxe box set) | Skydiggers | 2012 Apr. |
| CD37 | The Folk Sinner | Lee Harvey Osmond | 2013 Jan. |
| CD38 | Legion | The Potion Kings | 2013 Feb. |
| CD39 | The Good Family Album | The Good Family | 2013 Apr. |
| CD40 | All of our Dreaming: Skydiggers Live, 1988, 2000 & 2012 | Skydiggers | 2013 Mar. |
| CD41 | No. 1 Northern | Skydiggers | 2013 July |
| CD42 | The Kennedy Suite | Various artists | 2013 Nov. |
| CD43 | She Comes into the Room | Skydiggers | 2013 Oct. |
| CD44 | Angels (EP) | Skydiggers | 2013 |
| CD45 | Early Riser | Jerry Leger | 2014 Apr. |
| CD46 | Angels (album) | Skydiggers | 2014 Nov. |
| CD47 | Beautiful Scars | Lee Harvey Osmond | 2015 Apr. |
| CD48 | Notes Falling Slow | Cowboy Junkies | 2015 Oct. |
| CD49 | Here Without You (The Songs of Gene Clark) | Skydiggers | 2016 May |
| CD50/LP50 | Lamps | HarpAcash & the Morals | 2016 Sept. |
| CD51/LP51 | Nonsense and Heartache | Jerry Leger | 2017 Mar. |
| CD52 | A Short History of Decay | John Murry | 2017 July |
| CD53/LP53 | Warmth of the Sun | Skydiggers | 2017 Oct. |
| Di54 | Live from Latent Lounge (Digital only) | Lee Harvey Osmond | 2017 Nov. |
| CD55/LP55 | All That Reckoning | Cowboy Junkies | 2018 July |
| CD56/LP56 | Major Love | Major Love | 2018 Aug. |
| CD57/LP57 | Mohawk | Lee Harvey Osmond | 2019 Jan. |
| CD58/LP58 | Time Out for Tomorrow | Jerry Leger | 2019 Nov. |
| LP59 | All That Reckoning / Ghosts | Cowboy Junkies | 2021 Mar. |
| CD63/LP63 | Songs of the Recollection | Cowboy Junkies | 2022 Mar. |
| CD65/LP65 | Nothing Pressing | Jerry Leger | 2022 Mar. |
| LP66 | Such Ferocious Beauty | Cowboy Junkies | 2023 Jun. |
| CD72/LP72 | Donlands | Jerry Leger | 2023 Oct. |
* Hunger Project: Alan Anton (guitar), Geoff Railton (drums), Michael Timmins (guitar), & English born Liza Dawson-Whisker (vocals)
* Germinal: Alan Anton (bass), Geoff Railton (drums), Michael Timmins (guitar), & Richard O’Callaghan (soprano and tenor saxophone)
* Cowboy Junkies: Alan Anton (bass), Michael Timmins (guitar), Peter Timmins (drums), & Margo Timmins (vocals)
* The Corndogs: Brodie Lodge (drums, guitar, voice), & Greg Clarke (guitar, bass, voice). Produced by Peter Moore and Michael Timmins
* Pat Temple and the High Lonesome Players ."Canadian Artists". New World Records. Produced by Michael Timmins