Duke Street Records was a Canadian independent record label<ref name=barren>"Barren ground for Canada's gutsy record labels". Edmonton Journal, May 10, 1990.</ref> established in 1984 by Andrew Hermant, but the record label ceased operating in 1994.<ref name = archivesdon/> The Universal Music Group took over the label when it halted operations.
The label released albums in a wide variety of genres by artists such as Art Bergmann,<ref name=barren/> The Front, Jane Siberry,<ref name=barren/> FM, Rik Emmett, Willie P. Bennett, Rob McConnell, Scott Merritt,<ref name=barren/> Chalk Circle,<ref name=barren/> Valdy, Manteca,<ref name=barren/> Don Ross, Eye Eye, Neo A4,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Barbara Lynch.<ref>Duke Street Records at The Canadian Encyclopedia.</ref>
In 1995, Hermant donated his entire archive of Duke Street material to the Music Archives at the National Library of Canada. This 24-year collection includes over 2,100 audio tapes and a 30 cm stack of textual records, including promotional material and photographs.<ref name = archivesdon>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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