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{{Infobox record label 
| name = Tim/Kerr Records
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| founded = 
| founder = Thor Lindsay & Tim Kerr
| status = Defunct
| distributor =
| genre = 
| country = {{USA}}
| location = [[Portland, Oregon]]
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'''Tim/Kerr''' (also known as T/K) was an American [[independent record label]] in [[Portland, Oregon]], United States, run by Thor Lindsay and Thomas "Tim" Kerr IV from 1985 until 1999.<ref name="wweek_thor_obit">{{cite web | url=https://www.wweek.com/music/2017/07/17/thor-lindsay-co-founder-of-legendary-portland-record-label-timkerr-has-died/ | title=Thor Lindsay, Co-Founder of Legendary Portland Record Label Tim/Kerr, Has Died | publisher=[[Willamette Week]] | date=2017-07-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://obits.oregonlive.com/us/obituaries/oregon/name/thomas-kerr-obituary?id=13795158 | title=Thomas Kerr IV obituary | publisher=[[The Oregonian]] | date=2019-08-03}}</ref><ref name="billboard96">{{cite magazine |last=Morris | first=Chris |date=1996-11-16|title=Tim/Kerr Growing Force Among Indies: Mercury Pact Frees Label To Develop Talent | page=15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=singles+going+steady+portland+record+store&pg=PA15 | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> Between 1978 and 1984 Lindsay and Kerr were also co-owners of an independent record store in Portland called Singles Going Steady<ref name="wweek_thor_obit" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wweek.com/music/2017/07/25/thor-lindsay-heard-the-future-of-portland-and-he-put-it-on-record/ | title=Thor Lindsay Heard the Future of Portland, and He Put It on Record | publisher=[[Willamette Week]] | date=2017-07-25}}</ref> (not to be confused with the later store in Seattle of the same name).

In a 1996 Interview with [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] magazine, Lindsay stated that the label had been founded originally to release a collaboration between [[William S. Burroughs]] and [[Gus Van Sant]] titled ''The Elvis of Letters''.<ref name="billboard96" /> The label also released albums by [[Everclear (band)|Everclear]] and [[The Dandy Warhols]], both of whom were later signed by [[Capitol Records]].<ref name="billboard96" /> In 1992 Tim/Kerr released a tribute compilation by Pacific Northwest artists called [[Eight Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers]]. Later, more artists were added, it was re-issued on CD as ''Fourteen Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers''. In 1993 the label released a collaboration between [[Kurt Cobain]] and author [[William S. Burroughs]] titled ''[[The "Priest" They Called Him]]''.

According to [[AllMusic]], the following musicians had releases through Tim/Kerr:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=18:L |title=Record Reviews, Streaming Songs, Genres & Bands |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date=2017-07-14 |accessdate=2017-07-19}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

*[[Bush Tetras]]
*[[Caveman Shoestore]]
*[[Dharma Bums (band)|Dharma Bums]]
*[[Daniel Johnston]]
*[[Dave "Snaker" Ray]]
*[[Everclear (band)|Everclear]]
*[[John Fahey (musician)|John Fahey]]
*[[Richard Hell]]
*[[Hole (band)|Hole]]
*[[Wayne Horvitz]]
*[[John Koerner|"Spider" John Koerner]]
*[[Peter Laughner]]
*[[Napalm Beach]]
*[[Pere Ubu]]
*[[Poison Idea]]
*[[The Posies]]
*[[The Raincoats]]
*[[Greg Sage]]
*[[Smegma (band)|Smegma]]
*[[Super Deluxe (band)|Super Deluxe]]
*[[Wipers (band)|Wipers]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://twolouiesmagazine.com/history/history-of-portland-rock-9/ A History of Portland Rock, Part 9: The Mid '90s], by SP Clarke
* [https://www.discogs.com/label/25507-TimKerr-Records Discogs' entry for Tim/Kerr Records]

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