# Chain Smoking Records

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- **Brand record:** https://optimly.ai/brand/chain-smoking-records
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/chain-smoking-records.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/chain-smoking-records/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://chainsmokingrecords.com
- **Slug:** chain-smoking-records
- **Categories:** media-entertainment

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Independent Midwest music label selling music releases and artist merchandise.
Source: Brand's website (https://chainsmokingrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Description:** Chain Smoking Records is an independent music label in the heart of the Midwest, established in 2006. It releases and sells music in formats including vinyl, CDs, and cassettes, along with artist merchandise, and features a roster of independent artists.
Source: Brand's website (https://chainsmokingrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

## Identity

- **Mission:** To operate as an independent music label in the heart of the Midwest and bring artist releases, merchandise, news, and promotions to its audience.
Source: Brand's website (https://chainsmokingrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Website:** https://chainsmokingrecords.com
Source: Brand's website (https://chainsmokingrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Voice & tone:** Informal, enthusiastic, promotional, and artist-focused.
Source: Brand's website (https://chainsmokingrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Founded:** 2006
Source: Brand's website (https://chainsmokingrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Headquarters:** The Midwest, United States
Source: Brand's website (https://chainsmokingrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

## Offerings

- **Problem solved:** Provides independent artists with music releases, distribution, merchandise, and promotional exposure while giving fans a place to discover and purchase their work.
Source: Brand's website (https://chainsmokingrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Independent music label operations
  - Music release and distribution
  - Online sales of vinyl, CDs, and cassettes
  - Artist merchandise sales
  - Artist roster promotion
  - Newsletter communications about artist news, releases, and promotions
Source: Brand's website (https://chainsmokingrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Products / SKUs:**
  - Vinyl LPs and double LPs
  - CDs and digipak CDs
  - Cassettes
  - Artist T-shirts and other merchandise
  - Distro releases from other artists
Source: Brand's website (https://chainsmokingrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Pricing:** Product prices shown on the site range from $8.00 to $40.00 USD for music releases and from $25.00 to $30.00 USD for featured merchandise. Shipping is calculated at checkout.
Source: Brand's website (https://chainsmokingrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Independent music and recorded music
Source: Brand's website (https://chainsmokingrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Customer base:** Music fans and customers purchasing independent music releases and artist merchandise.
Source: Brand's website (https://chainsmokingrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Use cases:**
  - Discovering and purchasing independent music
  - Buying vinyl, CDs, or cassettes from featured artists
  - Buying artist-branded merchandise
  - Finding releases from the label's artist roster and distro catalog
  - Subscribing for artist news, upcoming releases, and promotions
Source: Brand's website (https://chainsmokingrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

- **Customer outcomes:**
  - Access to independent music in physical formats
  - Ability to purchase artist merchandise
  - Discovery of releases from Chain Smoking Records artists and distro artists
  - Updates about artist news, releases, and promotions
Source: Brand's website (https://chainsmokingrecords.com) · 2026-11-07

Page last updated 2026-11-07.

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