Off Centaur Publications was the first "commercial" filk label. It was founded in 1980 by Teri Lee, Jordin Kare, and Catherine Cook. For a short time, Off Centaur produced high quality recordings of some of filk's best performers, and changed the course of filk music.[1]
Like many other filk labels the name was a pun (see also Wail Songs).
Releases from this label are very difficult to find. At an Interfilk auction at FilKONtario, a copy of Horse-Tamer's Daughter was sold for CA$400.00.
Off Centaur Publications was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame in 1995.[1]
Notable albums and performers
- A Wolfrider's Reflections, Songs Of Elfquest by Cynthia McQuillin, Mercedes Lackey, Leslie Fish, Julia Ecklar (1984) [2]
- Cold Iron by Leslie Fish (lyrics by Rudyard Kipling) (1983)
- The Best of Chi-con IV - anthology, recorded live at the 1982 Worldcon
- Minus Ten and Counting: Songs of the Space Age
- Horse-Tamer's Daughter by Julia Ecklar
- Singer in the Shadow by Cynthia McQuillin
- Captain Jack and the Mermaid by Meg Davis
- Lovers, Heroes & Rogues by Michael Longcor
- On a Bright Wind by Kathy Mar (1984)
- Murder, Mystery and Mayhem anthology, lyrics by Mercedes Lackey (1985)
- Past Due by Bill Sutton (1986)[3]
- Rebel Yells—anthology, recorded live at the 1986 Worldcon
- Where No Man...—a collection of Star Trek filk songs (1987)
Books
- Westerfilk Collection
See also
Notes
- ^ a b "Off Centaur Publications - 1995". Filk Hall of Fame. FilKONtario. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Various - A Wolfrider's Reflections, Songs Of Elfquest". Discogs.
- ^ "The Listening Room #2: Passing Through by Bill Sutton". www.aphelion-webzine.com.
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