Bearsville Records

Bearsville Records is a record label that was founded in 1970 by Albert Grossman. The label closed in 1984, two years before Grossman's death. Sally Grossman, Albert Grossman’s widow, was running Bearsville Records from 2010 until her death in March 2021, at the age of 81.

Bearsville's initial distributor was Ampex Records. From 1972 until its folding, the label was distributed by Warner Bros. Records in most countries. In the UK it was distributed by Warner until 1979, and then Island until 1981. Its last few British releases were licensed to independent labels Avatar and Lamborghini. Bearsville Records ceased active operations in 1985. Rhino Records currently distributes Bearsville catalog.

Many of the artists on the roster recorded at Grossman's Bearsville Studios, in the similarly named hamlet in Woodstock, New York.

1972

Sparks - Half Nelson
Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything? 2BX 2066
Hungry Chuck - Hungry Chuck BR 2701
Foghat - Foghat BR 2077
Jesse Winchester - Third Down, 110 to Go B4 2102
Bobby Charles - Bobby Charles BR 2104
Paul Butterfield - Better Days BR 2119

1973

Sparks - A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing BR 2110
Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star BR 2133
Lazarus - A Fool's Paradise BR 2135
Foghat - Foghat (Rock & Roll) BR 2136
Jean Yves Labat - M. Frog BR 2140
Paul Butterfield - It All Comes Back BR 2170
Todd Rundgren - Todd Rundgren's Rack Job 2BV 2156 (Unreleased two record set of Rundgren's first two solo albums "Runt" and "Runt - The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren")
Foghat - Energized BR 6950 (First Bearsville release using its own 6000 catalog number sequence)

1974

Todd Rundgren - Todd 2BR 6952 (originally 2BR 2169; delayed from 1973)
Jesse Winchester - Learn to Love it BR 6953
Todd Rundgren - Todd Rundgren's Utopia BR 6954
Felix Cavaliere - Felix Cavaliere BR 6955
Foghat - Rock and Roll Outlaws BR 6956

1975

Todd Rundgren - Initiation BR 6957
Felix Cavaliere - Destiny BR 6958
Foghat - Fool For the City BR 6959
Paul Butterfield - Put It In Your Ear BR 6960
Utopia - Another Live BR 6961

1976

Foghat - Night Shift BR 6962
Todd Rundgren - Faithful BR 6963
Jesse Winchester - Let the Rough Side Drag BR 6964

1977

Utopia - RA BR 6965
Tony Wilson - I Like Your Style BR 6966
Jesse Winchester - Nothing But a Breeze BR 6968
Jonathan Cain Band - Windy City Breakdown BR 6969
Utopia - Oops! Wrong Planet BR 6970
Foghat - Foghat Live BR 6971
Nick Jameson - Already Free BR 6972

1978

Foghat - Stone Blue BRK 6977
Foghat - Fool For The City BRK 6980 (Re Issue)
Jesse Winchester - A Touch on the Rainy Side BRK 6984
Todd Rundgren - Hermit of Mink Hollow BRK 6981
Elizabeth Barraclough - Elizabeth Barraclough BRK 6978
Liar - Set the World on Fire BRK 6982
Norma Jean Wright - Norma Jean BRK 6983
Todd Rundgren - Back to the Bars 2BRX 6986

1979

Tony Wilson - Catch One BRK 6985
Randy Vanwarmer - Warmer BRK 6988
Elizabeth Barraclough - Hi! BRK 6992
Foghat - Boogie Motel BRK 6990
Utopia - Adventures In Utopia BRK 6991

1980

Roger Powell - Air Pocket BRK 6994
Paul Butterfield - North-South BRK 6995
Kenny Doss - Movin' on a Feelin' BRK 6997
Randy Vanwarmer - Terraform BRK 6998
Foghat - Tight Shoes BRK 6999
Pam Windo and the Shades - It BRK 3479 (First release using the Warner Bros 3000 catalog number sequence)
Brian Briggs - Brian Damage BRK 6996
Utopia - Deface the Music BRK 3487

1981

Johnny Average Band - Some People BRK 3514
Todd Rundgren - Healing BHS 3522
Jesse Winchester - Talk Memphis BRK 6989
Donald O'Conner - Come Alive BRK 3521
Willie Mitchell - Listen Dance BRK 3520
Randy Vanwarmer - Beat of Love BRK 3561
Foghat - Girls to Chat and Boys to Bounce BRK 3578

1982

Brian Briggs - Combat Zone BRK 3627
Utopia - Swing To The Right BRK 3666
Todd Rundgren - The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect 23732 (First release to use the 5 digit Warner Bros. number sequence)
Foghat - In The Mood for Something Rude 23747

1983

Nicole Wills - Tell Me 23656 (originally assigned as BRK 3656)
Randy Vanwarmer - The Things That You Dream 23746
NRBQ - Grooves in Orbit 23817
Foghat - Zig-Zag Walk 23888

1984

Human Body - Make You Shake It 23995
Freida Parton - Two-Faced 23999
Todd Rundgren - A Cappella 25128 (Originally slated for release in the summer of 1984 but delayed until after Bearsville folded. Released in October 1985 on the Warner Bros. label using Bearsville catalog number)
The dB's - Like This 25146