Bear Family Records – A Record Label with Soul
Musikgeschichte neu erleben – seit 1975
Bear Family Records ist mehr als ein Plattenlabel. Seit unserer Gründung 1975 stehen wir für hochwertige Reissues, leidenschaftliche Musikforschung und eine Liebe zum Detail, die weltweit Maßstäbe setzt.
Unsere Mission: Musik bewahren & zugänglich machen
Wir bringen vergessene Schätze, legendäre Künstler und Musikstile aus allen Epochen in bestmöglicher Qualität zurück – als CD, Vinyl, Boxsets oder Bücher. Mit fundierten Booklets, Originalcovern und Remastering auf Topniveau.
Was uns antreibt
Du liebst Musik mit Geschichte, Sound mit Tiefe und Veröffentlichungen, die mehr sind als nur Tonträger? Dann bist du bei Bear Family genau richtig. Denn wir veröffentlichen Musik nicht einfach – wir erzählen Geschichten.
“So aufregend kann klingende Zeitgeschichte sein!”
Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung
"Essentially, it’s music about poverty and warfare. It’s music about race problems. It’s music which is heavily pro-organized labour. It preserves and makes available this political music, which to a certain section of the American population, was very im- portant.”
IUN Professor Ronald Cohen
“We live in a world where people shy away from doing things for the love of it because of per- sonal cost. BEAR FAMILY re- minds us that, love may be all we’ve got.”
Pat Todd
"This is breathtaking stuff – here’s dignity in a cardboard box, integrity on a quartet of silver discs, and a musical experience that’ll never fade. Superb.”
Fred Dellar, New Musical Express (31 August 1991)
"With all due respect to the labels that have helped to keep the recorded legacy of the original Carter Family in print during the CD era, this new release on Germany’s BEAR FAMILY label leaves them all in the dust.”
Nels Koch, No Depression (Nov-Dec 2000)
"Their legacy has so infused 20th-century American culture that almost every musician in America has felt their influence – even those who’ve never heard a single recording by this trio.”
Randy Koch, Nashville Scene (November 23, 2000)
"A heartfelt and moving example of classic country harmony, this is a must for all those who love the close harmony of the Everlys, Louvins, Gram and Emmylou, George and Tammy... and so on and so on.”
Alan Cackett, Maverick (April 2004)
"Mr. Weize’s perfectionism and his workaholic ways have forced American record labels to dredge up recordings and files for his collections they didn’t even know they had.”
Craig P. Havighurst, Wall Street Journal (September 1998)
"Richard’s releases are so superbly researched, so thorough and so painstakingly put together that they provide a truly comprehen- sive history of popular culture as it relates to music. I can name several students of mine who have been able to complete their Masters theses because of BEAR FAMILY.”
Rob Bowman, Professor of Popular Music at York University, Toronto Financial Post (July 8, 1995)
