Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records is an American independent record label based in Athens, Georgia . Its catalogue features indie rock , indie pop and hip-hop music, with several of its artists associated with or influenced by The Elephant 6 Recording Company .
History
The label began as a compilation album, Happy Happy Birthday to Me Volume 1 , before it expanded into a 7" singles club, which released records by Of Montreal , Marshmallow Coast , The Essex Green , Great Lakes , and Masters of the Hemisphere , while also releasing several tape and CD compilations. The singles club was noted for its individuality, with each individual record by an artist often being different. For example, each copy of The Essex Green's single came with a different original photograph on the sleeve, while Marshmallow Coast's were hand-drawn by school children. The label then began to release full-length CDs for the first time, the first of these being Birddog's A Sweet and Bitter Fancy . The label also continued to release 7"s, compilations and T-shirts, as well as a video compilation DVD, and a further singles club featuring Bunnygrunt , Casper and the Cookies , and Andy From Denver . There are currently over nearly 200 releases on the label, and an even larger catalog of distributed titles. Today, its catalog has expanded to span several genres.
Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records founder Mike Turner also founded the annual Athens Popfest , which routinely featured many of the bands on the label's roster, as well as many Elephant 6 artists, other Athens luminaries, and national artists. 2005's Popfest was headlined by bands including Pylon , Circulatory System and of Montreal . The 2006 Popfest featured headliners Deerhoof , The Apples in Stereo , The Mountain Goats and Circulatory System . The 2007 Popfest lineup included Daniel Johnston (backed by Athens band Casper and the Cookies) and Ted Leo . Athens Popfest 2007 is most remembered as the breakout performance for Jacksonville band Black Kids ,[1] resulting in a storm of blogs, interviews, and international magazine write-ups. Popfest 2008 was headlined by Roky Erickson , Elf Power and, in a rare and much-anticipated performance, The Music Tapes . 2010 included Mission of Burma , The Wedding Present , and Apples in Stereo . 2011 featured Throwing Muses , Bob Mould , Oh OK , Olivia Tremor Control , Man or Astro-Man? , and the Dead Milkmen . The festival's return in 2016 featured Deerhoof , Love Tractor , Ought , Shopping , and Elf Power . Popfest 2017 was headlined by The Apples in stereo , ESG , Laetitia Sadier , and Superchunk . The 2018 event was headlined by The Mummies , Man or Astro-man? , Ex Hex , Dean Wareham , His Name Is Alive , and Guided By Voices .[2]
Discography
HHBTM 001 - Various Happy Happy Birthday to Me Volume 1 (CD, Comp, Ltd) 1999
HHBTM002 - Kingsauce - Singles Club #1 (7", Ltd) 1999
HHBTM003 - Marshmallow Coast - Singles Club #2 (7", Ltd) 1999
HHBTM 004 - of Montreal - Singles Club #3 (7", Single, Ltd, Num) 1999
HHBTM 005 - Various Hey, It's My Birthday (Cass, Comp, Ltd) 1999
HHBTM 007 - Vince Mole & His Calcium Orchestra - Singles Club #4 (7", Ltd, Num) 2000
HHBTM008 - Plastic Mastery - Singles Club #5 (7", Single, Ltd) 2000
HHBTM 009 - The Princeton Reverbs Colonial - Singles Club #6 (7", Single, Ltd) 2000
HHBTM010 - Great Lakes - Singles Club #7 (7", Ltd) 2000
HHBTM013 - Flink - Have You Seen Me? (Cass, MiniAlbum) 2000
HHBTM015 - Essex Green - Singles Club #8 (7", Single, Ltd) 2000
HHBTM016 - Masters Of The Hemisphere Silence, Raindrops (7", Single, Ltd) 2000
HHBTM017 - Various Happy Happy Birthday to Me Volume 2 (CD, Comp, Ltd) 2002
HHBTM 019 - The Gwens / Breezy Porticos (7") 2000
HHBTM 020 - Blue Period / Golden Synthetic Songbook (7", Single, Ltd) 2000
HHBTM 021 - Black Swan Network Singles Club #10 (7", Ltd) 2000
HHBTM022 - Calvin, Don't Jump! Singles Club #11 (7", Single, Ltd, Num) 2000
HHBTM 023 - The Late B.P. Helium Singles Club #12 (7", Ltd) 2000
HHBTM024 - Various HHBTM Singles Club (Bonus Bag Edition) (Box, Ltd, S/Edition + 12x7", Ltd) 2000
HHBTM024 - Various Singles Club Bonus Tape (Cass, Comp, Ltd) 2000
HHBTM025 - Various HHBTM Singles Club (Box, Ltd, Car + 12x7", Ltd) 2000
HHBTM026 - Birddog - A Sweet And Bitter Fancy (CD, Album, Ltd) 2001
HHBTM032 - The Gwens - Devil's Cliff (CD, Album) 2001
HHBTM033 - Visitations - Visitations (CD, Album) 2001
HHBTM 034 - Vince Mole & His Calcium Orchestra - Kevin Whiskey 35 (7", Single, Ltd) 2002
HHBTM 035 - The Loch Ness Mouse Flair - For Darjeeling (CD, Album, Ltd) 2001
HHBTM036 - Elekibass - California (CD, MiniAlbum) 2006
HHBTM 037 - Kingsauce - Please Don't Change The Channel (CD, Album) 2002
HHBTM038 - Red Pony Clock - Red Pony Clock (7", Red) 2003
HHBTM039 - Fablefactory - We Won't Rock You (CD, Comp) 2002
HHBTM040 - The Loch Ness Mouse - Key West (CD, Album) 2002
HHBTM041 - 63 Crayons - Spread The Love EP (CD, MiniAlbum) 2002
HHBTM042 - Elekibass / Quinka With A Yawn (CD, MiniAlbum) 2003
HHBTM043 - The Orchid Pool - Imaginary Instruments EP (7", EP) 2002
HHBTM044 - Fablefactory - Freak Out Hard On You (Album) 2002
HHBTM045 - Carrots - Sunshine (CD, Album) 2001
HHBTM 046 - Calvin, Don't Jump! - Solamente La Luna Esta Noche (7", Ltd) 2002
HHBTM047 - Calvin, Don't Jump! - A Way With Birds (CD, Album) 2002
HHBTM048 - Various - Paisley And Twee (CD) 2002
HHBTM 049 - Birddog - Songs From Willipa Bay (CD, Album) 2002
HHBTM 050 - Various - Happy Happy Birthday to Me Vol. 3 (CD, Comp, Ltd) 2004
HHBTM052 - Star Bag - Star Bag (CD, Album) 2003
HHBTM 054 - Ashley Park - The Secretariat Motor Hotel (CD, Album) 2003
HHBTM055 - 63 Crayons - Good People (CD) 2004
HHBTM056 - The Danny Says - The Danny Says (CDr, Album, Ltd) 2005
HHBTM 057 - Snoozer Winter - Stops All Sound (CD, EP) 2003
HHBTM058 - Casper & The Cookies - Oh! (CD, Album) 2003
HHBTM059 - Bunnygrunt - Karen Hater's Club (Album) 2005
HHBTM060 - Bugs Eat Books Ghosts Of Leaves (CD, Album) 2005
HHBTM061 - Men In Fur Men In Fur (CD, Album) 2004
HHBTM062 - Big City - A Spring Of Summers (CD, Album) 2003
HHBTM063 - Boyracer - Happenstance (CD, Album) 2004
HHBTM063LP - Boyracer - Happenstance (LP, Album, Ltd, Fab) 2009
HHBTM064 - AqPop - Beautifully Smart (CD, Album) 2004
HHBTM065 - The Love Letter Band - Fear Not My Brothers, Fear Not My Sisters, For I Have Seen The Future And These Dark Clouds Will Part (CD, Album) 2006
HHBTM066 - Various - No Parachute - A Compilation Of Indie Music Videos (DVD) 2005
HHBTM067 - Elekibass - Welcome Wonderful World (CD, Comp) 2006
HHBTM068 - Boyracer - It's Not True Grit, It's Real Dirt (7", EP, Ltd, Dou) 2005
HHBTM069 - Cars Can Be Blue - All The Stuff We Do (CD, Album) 2005
HHBTM069LP - Cars Can Be Blue - All The Stuff We Do (Album) 2009
HHBTM070 - Keith John - Adams Pip (CD, Album) 2005
HHBTM071 - Various Singles Club 1999-2000 (2xCDr, Comp, Ltd) 2006
HHBTM072 - Russian Spy Camera - You Are A Vulture (CD, Album) 2006
HHBTM073 - Casper & The Cookies - The Optimist's Club (CD, Album) 2006
HHBTM073PR - Casper & The Cookies - Overly Optimistic (CDr, MiniAlbum, Ltd) 2006
HHBTM074 - Baby Calendar - Gingerbread Dog (CD, Album) 2006
HHBTM075 - Ryan Anderson - The Garden Path (CD, Album) 2007
HHBTM076 - Various - HHBTM Records CMJ Sampler 2006 (CDr, Smplr) 2006
HHBTM077A - The Maybellines - Our Secret Lives (CDr, EP) 2007
HHBTM077B - Zuno Men - People (CDr, Album, RE) 2007
HHBTM077C - The Gift Machine - CD-R EP Club (CDr, EP) 2007
HHBTM077D - The Ocelots - CD-R EP Club (CDr, EP) 2007
HHBTM077E - Titans Of Filth - CD-R EP Club (CDr, EP) 2007
HHBTM077F - The Passerines - CD-R EP Club (CDr, EP) 2007
HHBTM077G - The Faintest Ideas - Your Imaginary Bullets Really Hurt (CDr, EP, Ltd) 2007
HHBTM077H - Pegasuses XL - CD-R EP Club (CDr, EP) 2007
HHBTM078 - M Coast - Say It In Slang (Album) 2006
HHBTM080 - Various - Hey, It's My Birthday (CDr, Comp, RE) 2006
HHBTM081 - Ideal Free Distribution - Ideal Free Distribution (CD, Album) 2007
HHBTM 082 - Velcro Stars - Hiroshima's Revenge (CD, Album) 2007
HHBTM083 - Sarandon - The Completist's Library (CD, Album) 2006
HHBTM086 - The Instruments - Joy Division Covers (7", Single, Ltd + CDr) 2007
HHBTM087 - The Lolligags - "Wired" (CD, EP) 2007
HHBTM088 - Various - Happy Happy Birthday to Me Vol. 4 (CD, Album, Comp, Ltd) 2007
HHBTM089 - Fishboy - Albatross: How We Failed To Save The Lone State With The Power Of Rock And Roll (CD, Album) 2007
HHBTM090 - The High Water Marks - Polar (CD, Album) 2007
HHBTM091 - The Keith John Adams - Unclever (CD, Album) 2008
HHBTM092 - Eux Autres - Cold City (CD, Album) 2007
HHBTM093 - Patience Please - Fleeting Frequencies (CD, Album) 2007
HHBTM094 - Red Pony Clock - God Made Dirt (CD, Album) 2007
HHBTM095 - SC13 - Sunshine Fix / Always Red Society Happy Happy Birthday to Me 2007 Singles Club #13 (Single) 2009
HHBTM095 - SC1 - Fishboy / Baby Calendar - Happy Happy Birthday to Me 2007 Singles Club #1 (7", Ltd, Red) 2007
HHBTM095 - SC2 - Casper And The Cookies* / The Marbles (7", Ltd, Cle) 2007
HHBTM095 - SC3 - Bunnygrunt / Phil Wilson (7", Ltd) 2007
HHBTM095 - SC4 - Boyracer / Faintest Ideas - Happy Happy Birthday to Me 2007 Singles Club #4 (7", Ltd, Pin) 2007
HHBTM095 - SC5 - Tullycraft / The Smittens - On Tape / My Boyfriend's Back (7", Ltd, Yel) 2008
HHBTM095 - SC6 - Velcro Stars / Keith John Adams - Happy Happy Birthday to Me 2007 Singles Club #6 (7", Ltd, Blu) 2008
HHBTM095 - SC7 - Andy From Denver* / Red Pony Clock - Happy Happy Birthday to Me 2007 Singles Club #7 (7", Ltd, Gre) 2008
HHBTM095 - SC8 - Poison Control Center / Ideal Free Distribution - Happy Happy Birthday to Me 2007 Singles Club #8 (7", Ltd, Cle) 2008
HHBTM095 - SC9 - Apples In Stereo / Patience Please - Happy Happy Birthday to Me 2007 Singles Club #9 (7", Ltd, Gre) 2009
HHBTM095 - SC10 - All Girl Summer Fun Band / Cars Can Be Blue - Happy Happy Birthday to Me 2007 Singles Club #10 (7", Ltd, Blu) 2009
HHBTM095-SC11 - of Montreal / James Husband - Wet Butcher's Fist / A Grave In The Gravel (7", Ltd, Pur) 2009
HHBTM095 - SC12 - High Water Marks* / Love Letter Band - Happy Happy Birthday to Me 2007 Singles Club #12 (7", Ltd, Bla) 2009
HHBTM096 - Various - Singles Club Special Bag (2xCDr, Comp, Ltd) 2009
HHBTM097 - Various - HHBTM Singles Club Distro Box (Box, Ltd + 12x7", Ltd) 2007
HHBTM098 - Bearsuit - Oh:Io (CD, Album) 2008
HHBTM099 - Casper & The Cookies - 3 1/2 Stars (CDr, EP, Ltd) 2007
HHBTM101CD - The Smittens - The Coolest Thing About Love (CD, Album) 2008
HHBTM101 - The Smittens - The Coolest Thing About Love (LP, Album) 2008
HHBTM102 - Cars Can Be Blue - Doubly Unbeatable (CD, Album) 2008
HHBTM102B - Cars Can Be Blue - All The Stuff We Don't (CD, Comp, Ltd) 2008
HHBTM103 - Hotpants Romance - It's A Heatwave (CD, Album) 2008
HHBTM104 - The Lolligags - Out Of Perversity Join Hands (CD, EP) 2009
HHBTM107 - Forever - Forever (CD, EP, Ltd) 2009
HHBTM108 - Marshmallow Coast - Phreak Phantasy (CD, Album) 2009
HHBTM108LP - Marshmallow Coast - Phreak Fantasy (LP, Album, Ltd) 2009
HHBTM109 - Casper & The Cookies - Modern Silence (CD, Album) 2009
HHBTM110 - Bunnygrunt - Matt Harnish & Other Delights (CD, Album) 2009
HHBTM110LP - Bunnygrunt - Matt Harnish & Other Delights (12", Album) 2009
HHBTM111 - Afternoon Naps - Parade (CD, Album) 2009
HHBTM111LP - Afternoon - Naps Parade (LP, Album) 2009
HHBTM112 - The Lovely Eggs - If You Were Fruit (CD, Album) 2009
HHBTM 113 - Hulaboy + Tunabunny split (LP, Album, Ltd + CDr, Album, Ltd) 2009
HHBTM114 - Smokedog - Rogue Warriors (Cass, Comp, Ltd) 2009
HHBTM117 - The Superions - The Superions (CD, EP) 2010
HHBTM117LP - The Superions - The Superions (12", EP, Ltd) 2010
HHBTM118 - Sourpatch - Crushin' (CD, Album) 2010
HHBTM118LP - Sourpatch - Crushin' (Album) 2010
HHBTM119 - Sweater Girls - Do The Sweater (7", Ltd) 2010
HHBTM120 - Flash To Bang - Time Lead Balloon (7", Single, Ltd) 2010
HHBTM122 - Tunabunny - Tunabunny (LP) 2010
HHBTM122CS - Tunabunny - Tunabunny (Cass, Album, Ltd) 2010
HHBTM125 - Sourpatch - Mira Mija (7", EP, Ltd) 2010
HHBTM126 - Tunabunny - Don't Trust Whitey (Flexi, 7", EP, Ltd) 2010
HHBTM127 - Sweater Girls - Pretty When You Smile (7", Ltd) 2010
HHBTM128 - Afternoon Naps - Summer Gang (7", S/Sided, Ltd) 2011
HHBTM130 - Sweater Girls / Sourpatch Split Cassette (Cass, Album, Ltd) 2011
HHBTM131 - Various MC12: A Cassette Compilation (Cass, Comp) 2012
HHBTM134 - Eureka California - Modern Times (7", EP) 2011
HHBTM135 - Orca Team - Vancouver B.C. (7") 2011
HHBTM136 - Marshmallow Coast - Seniors & Juniors Strikes Back (CD, Album, Ltd) 2011
HHBTM137 - Fishboy - Classic Creeps (Album) 2011
HHBTM138 - Joe Jack Talcum - Home Recordings 1984 - 1990 (LP) 2011
HHBTM139 - Tunabunny - (Song For My) Solar Sister (7", Single, Ltd) 2011
HHBTM140 - Tunabunny - Minima Moralia (LP, Album) 2011
HHBTM141 - Oh-OK - The Complete Reissue (LP, Comp, Ltd, RE) 2011
HHBTM142 - Orca Team - Take My Hand (7", Ltd) 2011
HHBTM143 - Red Pony Clock - Whatevz Forevzzz (LP, Album) 2011
HHBTM144 - Sourpatch - Stagger & Fade (LP) 2012
HHBTM145 - Shrag / Tunabunny - Tendons In The Night / Locusts (7") 2012
HHBTM146 - Orca Team - Restraint (LP, Album) 2012
HHBTM146CD - Orca Team - Restraint (CD, Album, Ltd) 2012
HHBTM147 - Sweater Girls - Sweater Girls Were Here (Album, LP) 2012
HHBTM148CS - Eureka California - Big Cats Can Swim (Cass, Album, Ltd) 2012
HHBTM148LP - Eureka California - Big Cats Can Swim (LP, Album) 2012
HHBTM149 - Joanna Gruesome - Do You Really Wanna Know Why Yr Still In Love With Me? (7") 2012
HHBTM150 - Tunabunny - Genius Fatigue (Album) 2012
HHBTM151 - Bam! Bam! - Golden Haze 2 (7") 2013
HHBTM152 - Muuy Biien This Is What Your Mind Imagines (Album) 2012
HHBTM153 - Eureka California / Good Grief (7") 2013
HHBTM154 - Tunabunny - Form A Line EP (12", EP) 2013
HHBTM155 - Cars Can Be Blue - Trace The Tension (Album) 2013
HHBTM156 - Skinny Girl Diet / Ethical Debating Society (7", EP) 2013
HHBTM157 - Week Of Wonders - Piggybacks (7", Single, Ltd) 2013
HHBTM159 - Tunabunny - Kingdom Technology (Album) 2014
HHBTM160 - Muuy Biien D.Y.I. (Album) 2014
HHBTM161 - Eureka California - Crunch (Album) 2014
HHBTM162 - Joe Jack Talcum - Home Recording's 1993 - 99 (LP, Comp) 2014
HHBTM163 - Crayon - Brick Factory (LP) 2014
HHBTM164 - Throwing Muses - Purgatory/Paradise (Album) 2014
HHBTM165 - Trust Fund / Joanna Gruesome (EP) 2014
HHBTM166CD - Marshmallow Coast - Vangelis Rides Again (CD) 2015
HHBTM166LP - Marshmallow Coast - Vangelis Rides Again (LP) 2015
HHBTM167 - Noon:30 - Finding Release (12", EP) 2015
HHBTM168 - Bunnygrunt - Vol 4 (LP, Album) 2015
HHBTM169 - Try The Pie - Rest (LP, Album) 2015
HHBTM170 - Antlered Auntlord - Ostensibly Formerly Stunted (And On Fire) (LP, Album) 2015
HHBTM171 - Two White Cranes - Radisson Blue (Cass, Album) 2015
HHBTM172 - Crunchy - Crunchy EP (Cass, EP, Ltd) 2015
HHBTM173 - Witching Waves - Crystal Cafe (Album) 2016
HHBTM174 - Eureka California Versus (LP, Album) 2016
HHBTM174b -Eureka California - Demos, Lost Tracks, And Stuff (Cass, Comp, Ltd) 2016
HHBTM 175 - Cinerama - Valentina (Album) 2016
HHBTM176 - The Wedding Present - Take Fountain (Album) 2016
HHBTM179 - 50 Foot Wave - Bath White (EP) 2016
HHBTM180 - Clem Snide - You Were A Diamond (Album) 2016
HHBTM181 - Cowtown - Paranormal Romance (Album) 2016
HHBTM 182 - The Wedding Present - Going, Going... (Album) 2016
HHBTM183 - Skinny Girl Diet - Heavy Flow (LP, Album) 2016
HHBTM 184 - Eureka California - Wigwam (7") 2017
HHBTM185 - The Bastards Of Fate - Suck The Light Out (LP, Album) 2017
HHBTM186 - Kristin Hersh - Wyatt At The Coyote Palace (2xLP) 2017
HHBTM187 - Fred Schneider & The Superions - The Vertical Mind (Album) 2017
HHBTM188 - Tunabunny - PCP Presents Alice In Wonderland Jr. (2xLP, Album) 2017
HHBTM189 - Rat Fancy Suck A Lemon (EP) 2017
HHBTM190 - The Wedding Present - George Best 30 (LP, Album) 2017
HHBTM191 - Linqua Franqa - Model Minority (LP, Album) 2018
HHBTM193CD - Eureka California - Roadrunners (CD, Album) 2018
HHBTM193LP - Eureka California - Roadrunners (LP, Album) 2018
HHBTM194 - Fred Schneider & The Superions - Head On A Leg (7") 2018
HHBTM195 - Marshmallow Coast - Memory Girl (LP, Album) 2018
HHBTM196 - Tullycraft - The Railway Prince Hotel (CD, Album) 2019
HHBTM196LP - Tullycraft - The Railway Prince Hotel (LP, Album) 2019
HHBTM197 - Skinny Girl Diet - Ideal Woman (LP, Album) 2019
HHBTM198 - Rat Fancy - Stay Cool (LP, Album) 2019
HHBTM199 - Magnapop – The Circle Is Round (LP, Album) 2019
HHBTM200 - Fred Schneider and the Superions – Bat Baby (7") 2019
HHBTM201 - WesdaRuler – Ocean Drive (LP, Album) 2019
HHBTM202 - Suggested Friends – Turtle Taxi (LP, Album) 2019
HHBTM203 - Wedding Present – Tommy 30 (LP, Album) 2019
HHBTM220 - Katie Lass - Hypnopomp (LP, Album) 2022
HHBTM223 - The Primitives - Don’t Know Where To Start (EP) 2023