Sleeping Bag Records

Sleeping Bag Records
Founded	1981
Founder	Arthur Russell William Socolov Juggy Gales
Genre	Various
Country of origin	USA
Location	New York City, New York

Sleeping Bag Records is a defunct New York City-based old school hip hop and dance music independent record label that operated from 1981 to 1992. The label's artist roster included acts such as old school hip hop groups Mantronix, Just-Ice, Nice & Smooth, T La Rock, EPMD and Stezo; freestyle vocalist Nocera and Kariya; and R&B singer-songwriter Joyce Sims.

Sleeping Bag Records was founded by avant-garde cellist, composer, and underground disco artist Arthur Russell, William Socolov, and Juggy Gales. The label's corporate logo was a drawing of a koala.

Sub-label Fresh Records was founded in 1985.

After closing its doors in 1992, the catalog sat in limbo for several years. In 1996, the label and its catalog were purchased by Warlock Records, which has been rereleasing its titles with the Sleeping Bag and Fresh logos alongside the Warlock Records logo since. The building in Manhattan where the label had its headquarters was torn down in the 1990s and a luxury apartment building stands in its place.

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