# Runt Distribution

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**Runt Distribution** is an American record company that owns the a number of record labels, mainly reissue labels.

- 4 Men With Beards - a vinyl reissue label
- DBK Works - a reissues and new music label on CD and LP
- Plain Recordings - CD and LP reissues of 1980s and later indie-rock and alternative music
- Water - CD reissue label specializing in obscure music worldwide
- [Smithsonian Folkways](/source/Smithsonian_Folkways) - vinyl reissues
- Sutro Park - vinyl reissues of classic and contemporary music

Runt also partners with the UK indie label [Fire Records](/source/Fire_Records_(UK)) to release albums on vinyl in North America.

## DBK Works artists

DBK artists are:[1]

- [Absolute Grey](/source/Absolute_Grey)
- [Afrika Bambaataa](/source/Afrika_Bambaataa)
- [Air](/source/Air_(1971_album))
- [Eric Andersen](/source/Eric_Andersen)
- [Archie Bell & the Drells](/source/Archie_Bell_%26_the_Drells)
- [Terry Callier](/source/Terry_Callier)
- [Canned Heat](/source/Canned_Heat)
- [James Chance](/source/James_Chance)
- [Guy Clark](/source/Guy_Clark)
- [Patsy Cline](/source/Patsy_Cline)
- [The Cuts](/source/The_Cuts)
- [Barbara Dane](/source/Barbara_Dane) and [The Chambers Brothers](/source/The_Chambers_Brothers)
- [Dr. John](/source/Dr._John)
- [Epic Soundtracks](/source/Epic_Soundtracks)
- [The Fabulous Counts](/source/The_Fabulous_Counts)
- [Flamin' Groovies](/source/Flamin'_Groovies)
- [Grandmaster Flash](/source/Grandmaster_Flash)
- [Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five](/source/Grandmaster_Flash_and_the_Furious_Five)
- [David Grisman](/source/David_Grisman) / Peter Rowan / Clarence White / Richard Greene
- Doug with Caroleen Beatty Hilsinger
- [The Happy Eggs](/source/Gil_Ray#Early_musical_career)
- [Jolie Holland](/source/Jolie_Holland)
- [Penelope Houston](/source/Penelope_Houston)
- [Waylon Jennings](/source/Waylon_Jennings)
- [Antonio Carlos Jobim](/source/Antonio_Carlos_Jobim)
- [Elton John](/source/Elton_John)
- Pat Johnson
- [Ben E. King](/source/Ben_E._King)
- [Tami Lynn](/source/Tami_Lynn)
- [Thomas Mapfumo](/source/Thomas_Mapfumo)
- [Bob Marley](/source/Bob_Marley)
- [The Memphis Horns](/source/The_Memphis_Horns)
- [Mink DeVille](/source/Mink_DeVille)
- [Tracy Nelson](/source/Tracy_Nelson_(singer))
- [Willie Nelson](/source/Willie_Nelson)
- [Buck Owens](/source/Buck_Owens)
- [Wilson Pickett](/source/Wilson_Pickett)
- [The Rezillos](/source/The_Rezillos)
- [Mitch Ryder](/source/Mitch_Ryder)
- [Percy Sledge](/source/Percy_Sledge)
- [The Sugarhill Gang](/source/The_Sugarhill_Gang)
- [Ike Turner](/source/Ike_Turner) and [Tina Turner](/source/Tina_Turner)
- [Patty Waters](/source/Patty_Waters)
- [Mary Wells](/source/Mary_Wells)
- [Tony Joe White](/source/Tony_Joe_White)
- [Steve Wynn](/source/Steve_Wynn)

## References

1. ["Runt:Artists"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110822051040/http://www.runtshop.com/artists.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.runtshop.com/artists.html) on 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2011-08-17.

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