When a band starts recording, and they don't have a record contract, they usually wind up doing everything themselves. They become their own producers, engineers, music publishers, and marketing department. When an album is finally completed, they usually come up with a name for their "record company." Often times the "record label" is simply named after the band.
When Sound System recorded "For Sherry" in 1986, CW knew that the band (at least in that form) might not be around for a second release, and wanted to name his record label with something that would continue even after the band split up. CW labored over this for a few days.
Sound System Records was out.
TuneSmith Records? No
Cinder Block Records? Definitely not.
Finally it came to him as he was listening to his beloved Beatles LPs: Walrus Records. Why not? After all, Lennon himself had borrowed his "alter ego man" from Lewis Carrol's poem, "The Walrus and the Carpenter." Just another link in a long chain.
The many iterations of Sound System recorded all their works on Walrus Records, as did CW when he broke from the group. Smith & Straughn did combined releases on Walrus Records / Oval Stone Records.
When CW and Steve opened Trifecta Records in 1998, CW folded the Walrus catalogue into the new Trifecta label, but kept the Walrus name handy for future use.
With Trifecta studio closed, CW intends to keep both the Walrus and Trifecta labels alive by continuing to release Sound System, CW Smith, and Smith & Straughn music on both labels: Walrus / Trifecta.
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