Light in the Attic Records

Light in the Attic Records & Distribution is an independent record label, distribution company, and sync licensing house founded in 2001 in Seattle, Washington by Matt Sullivan; Josh Wright joined shortly thereafter. The label is noted for its reissues of albums by artists such as Rodriguez, Betty Davis, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Serge Gainsbourg, Jim Sullivan, Donnie and Joe Emerson, Karen Dalton, Lee Hazlewood, Nancy Sinatra, Sly Stone, and Lou Reed, as well as compilations of archival recordings in genres including Japanese city pop, country funk, and ambient. The label has also released albums by contemporary bands such as The Black Angels and Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators.

In 2024, the online music database Discogs named Light in the Attic Indie Label of the Year. The label has also received multiple honors from the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) at the Libera Awards, including winning Label of the Year (Medium) in 2021 and 2024, nomination for Marketing Genius in 2021, and winning Best Soul/Funk Record in 2024 for Betty Davis’ Crashin’ from Passion. Several Light in the Attic releases and contributors have received GRAMMY Award nominations, including Native North America (Vol. 1), Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990, There's a Dream I've Been Saving: Lee Hazlewood Industries 1966-1971, and Lou Reed’s Words & Music, May 1965, with individual nominations for Alec Palao (Album Notes, I’m Just Like You: Sly’s Stone Flower 1969–70), Kevin Howes (Album Notes, Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never DIes: The Willie Dunn Anthology), and Masaki Koike (Packaging, Words & Music, May 1965).