Mesa Dog Records

Mesa Dog Records was a record label in the New England region of the United States from 2003 to 2018. The label's most notable artists included Plum Crazy and New Threads.

Founded in 2003 as a way to release his band Plum Crazy's first album, Jamie Choquette founded Mesa Dog Records in North Adams, Massachusetts. Plum Crazy would release two albums on this label before breaking up in 2007. Choquette released a handful of solo material on the label before handing over the keys to his stepson Jacob Keplinger in 2013. Keplinger would go on to release four solo albums on the label and two with Maple Cap. In the fall of 2016, Keplinger left Massachusetts but took Mesa Dog Records with him, and proceeded to release three more albums under the label with Seymour Butts, New Threads, and a fifth solo album.

The final release on Mesa Dog Records would be New Threads' single "Alcohol", the first from their self-titled second album. Shortly after the song's release, the label was dissolved and absorbed by its' parent company, Pink Hat Publishing. PHP would soon reorganize into Pink Hat Records and would absorb the entire Mesa Dog catalog along with it. As of late 2021, nearly everything released on the label is currently in the Pink Hat Archive.

Releases

 * Remember That Time..., Plum Crazy (2003)
 * Slot Machine Rolodex, Plum Crazy (2005)
 * Out From Behind the Glass, Jamie Choquette (2006)
 * A Good Idea Gone to Waste, Jamie Choquette (2007)
 * Acoustica, Jacob Keplinger (2013)
 * Good Morning, Afternoon, Jacob Keplinger (2014)
 * Why Am I Keeping This To Myself?, Jacob Keplinger (2015)
 * Cherry, Maple Cap (2015)
 * Safe Travels, Jacob Keplinger (2016)
 * Live at Last, Maple Cap (2016)
 * Metamorphosis, Maple Cap (2016)
 * Seymour Butts, Seymour Butts (2016)
 * Bootleg EP #1, new threads (2017)
 * Death in the Afternoon, new threads (2017)
 * The Russ Anderson Mixtape, Jacob Keplinger (2017)
 * Alcohol, new threads (2018)