HitIt! Recordings

HitIt! Recordings HitIt! Recordings was/is an independent recording company based in Chicago, Illinois. By 1995, HitIt! While the label was the public face of HitIIt!

Founded in early 1994 by Ken Waagner and was an in-house record label at The Chicago Recording Company. Recordings was/is and independent recording company based in Chicago, Illinois. The label was co-founded by Ken Waagner and Mark Gartenberg in the fall of 1993 after the two spent a short period of time as the co-Managing Directors of Dali Records, a sub label of the WEA distributed, Elektra mar

keted Chameleon Records where they worked with artists including Ultramarine, Majesty Crush and Kinetic Order. opened it's doors in 1994 with the release of KC wall of sound practitioners Molly McGuire's second 7-inch and debut album, followed by the licensed release of Butterfly Child's "onomatopoeia" and Sardina's "Presents" in a whirlwind first two years. added Triple Fast Action, Shiner, Boys Life and Giant's Chair to the singles bins and Butterfly Child's "Honeymoon Suite" and Global Communication's "Remotion" from Dedicated Records in the UK, followed by the release of Scottish journeyman Chris Connelly's band The Bells. It was also during 1995, we began trying to track down ex-Talk Talk members Paul Webb and Lee Harris' .O.Rang project and released their two albums "Herd of Instinct" and "Fields & Waves". During 1996 we spent a good deal of time working on Molly McGuire's "Lime", Shiner's "Lula Divinia" (a joint release with DeSoto Records) and Butterfly Child's "Soft Explosives" all of which were released over 1997-98, while HitIt! inked a manufacturing and distribution deal with ADA, Molly McGuire signed to Epic Records and Triple Fast Action signed to Capitol. the label played a significant role in the Chicago music scene from 1993 onward - the label crashed due to a Y2K error, but was recently restored and reactivated.

🎸 **VINYL ALERT** 🎸**Available NOW for the first time since the 90s ** Molly McGuire "Lime" 30th Anniversary Remastered ...
02/06/2026

🎸 **VINYL ALERT** 🎸

**Available NOW for the first time since the 90s **

Molly McGuire "Lime" 30th Anniversary Remastered Limited Edition!

Originally released in 1996 on HitIt!/Epic Records, this Kansas City post-punk masterpiece finally gets the vinyl treatment it deserves.

**What makes this release special:**

🔊 Remastered by Mario Quintero (Spotlights, Sisters)

🎛️ Recorded, mixed & co-produced by Ken Andrews (Failure)

✨ 45rpm double album featuring all ten songs for superior audio quality

📦 Deluxe full-color gatefold jacket on reverse board stock

⚫ Black poly lined inner sleeves

🏴‍☠️ Pressed at Pirates Press

**THREE exclusive variants, only 300 copies worldwide:**

- 100 Plastic Pirates Kelly Green with Black Splatter
- 100 Royal Pine Box Two Tone Translucent Green
- 100 Classic Coin Toss Black Virgin Vinyl

📀 **Records Collecting Dust • RCDR-002**

Once they're gone, they're gone forever.

**Order now:** https://mollymcguire.bandcamp.com/

10 track album

Touching tribute to Joe Cassidy and Butterfly Child.
12/11/2023

Touching tribute to Joe Cassidy and Butterfly Child.

A Metro tribute to Joe Cassidy of Butterfly Child funded an award for emerging musicians in Northern Ireland. A Reader writer helped pick the winner.

09/27/2019

10 track album

Originally released on Rough Trade Records in 1993 - we originally tried to license this record for Dali Records, then D...
02/15/2015

Originally released on Rough Trade Records in 1993 - we originally tried to license this record for Dali Records, then Dali got shut down, Joe got signed to Dedicated and he and I did a deal directly to license the record in the US which led to us putting out two more records together - "The Honeymoon Suite" and "Soft Explosives".

butterfly child - verte ecole, on the album "onomatopoeia" (1993) rough trade records. strange pop record for its time, more in common with post-rock/ electr...

The Chicago Recording Company at 232 East Ohio - Home of HitIt! Recordings.
01/26/2012

The Chicago Recording Company at 232 East Ohio - Home of HitIt! Recordings.

01/26/2012

Molly at Soda Bar. 3/23/12 Photo: Tommy Bryant.

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