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A small independent record label in Little Rock, AR, founded by Brad Caviness in the '90s. It was credited as distributor on Evanescence's independent EPs - Evanescence EP (1998) and Sound Asleep (1999) - and demo CD Origin (2000). Bigwig closed in 2007.
Bigwig first associated with Evanescence in 1998, with the RIM v.beta compilation. In the same year, the band had a verbal agreement with Gotee Records to release an indie full-length album titled Vanish through Bigwig in the summer of 1999,[1][2] but it was eventually scrapped, and Origin was the full-length album that was released much later.[3]
Its website published the band's first known merchandise: a shirt and a poster; both sold during the Little Rock concerts back in 2000.
The label's website sold Origin at the price of $15, falsely marketing it as the band's "debut CD".[4][5] It could be reserved both online via PayPal.com or via mail. It was shipped to the USA, and after some time also to Canada (for $16) and Europe (for $17).[6]
The label manufactured 2,500 copies of Origin, with the first pressing of 1,000 copies delivered in October 2000 and the final pressing of 1,500 copies in January 2001. Bigwig released Evanescence from their contract when they signed to Wind-Up Records in 2001, relinquishing its license to manufacture or distribute any additional copies of Origin.[7][8] However, Bigwig continued to sell copies of it until February 2003 (a day or two before the Daredevil Soundtrack with two Evanescence songs was released), when it was removed from the catalog.[9][10]
The label supposedly planned to release a rarities compilation album titled The Insanity of Logic, but it was never completed due to the band's contract with Wind-up.[11]
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Notes and References
- ↑ Email written by Brad Caviness on July 12, 1998 (Part 1 and 2)
- ↑ "Enclave Interview (1998)". Notachristianband.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20040829074437/http://www.notachristianband.com/enclave.shtml.
- ↑ "Email correspondence between AeternusAmatorius and a source close to Evanescence between 1995 and 2001 eras.". December 20, 2012. https://evanescencereference.info/wiki/index.php?title=File:VanishInfo.jpeg.
- ↑ bigwigenterprises.com - April 20, 2001
- ↑ The band doesn't consider Origin an album, but demos they packaged as an album to shop to record labels.
- ↑ bigwigenterprises.com - June 5, 2002
- ↑ "EVANESCENCE ANNOUNCES MAJOR LABEL RECORDING DEAL". Bigwigenterprises.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2002.
- ↑ Brad Caviness' email from December 2012
- ↑ "Evanescence - Debut CD - Origin - Out of Print". Bigwigenterprises.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20030206090306/http://bigwigenterprises.com/. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
- ↑ Email from Bradley S. Caviness to DhammaSeeker, Mar 29, 2007 11:39 AM (GMT-6)
- ↑ Email on the scrapped compilation album dated December 12, 2012
