William Patrick Butler, our official photographer, just posted his amazing photos of our Special Passenger recording session at Olympic Records Studio back in April.

Check out all of the photos on his blog: Scenes Around Jackson.  Here are a few favorites:

We love you Patrick!!!

Special Passenger Records is currently looking for bands to participate in The Hanukkah Project, a compilation cd and so much more to be released this winter.  The finished project will be a hand printed box of presents including Hanukkah goodies, Special Passenger buttons and a cd with original Hanukkah songs.  It will be silly, cute, handmade and collaborative, which is exactly what Special Passenger Records is all about.

A Dubb Nubb Hanukkah!

We plan to release the project on Thursday, December 3rd at a big Hanukkah party at One to One Studios in Jackson, MS.  This party will feature The Bachelorettes and Can!!Can from Atlanta, GA.  Of course, there will be latkes, dreidel and a Manischevitz shot bar.

Elliot Wilson, Dee Bird & my mom..hopefully 2/3 will be on the album!

Please contact Amanda (amanda@speshpassrecords.com) if you are interested in submiting a song for this project or if you have any questions.  The deadline to commit is November 1st and we will need your songs by November 15th!

Special Passenger Records is a newly formed Jackson record label run by Annie and Amanda of The Bachelorettes. The label represents four girl bands: local 60’s pop group The Bachelorettes and Jackson singer songwriter Lizzie Wright Super Space Ship, as well as St. Louis artists Dubb Nubb and Dee Bird. Special Passenger Records emphasizes a ‘do it yourself’ philosophy; their album packaging and merch are handmade and they are dedicated to expanding local participation in the Jackson music scene. Inspired by the collaborative and supportive environment of Jackson, Special Passenger Records promotes musical experiences and projects that cultivate a sense of community.

Special Passenger Records will soon be releasing a zine project called The Wedding Album, including a compilation of three songs by The Bachelorettes (brides), Senryu (grooms) and Katie and the Bass Drums (best band) that were performed at the band wedding last August. The project will be available on October 24th at The Bachelorettes show at Ole Tavern on George St.

Coming soon — the launch of www.speshpassrecords.com and more projects and music, including a Hanukkah compilation album to be released in December.