Food Records 1329194 223967058 2008-07-06T19:07:54Z Lecoqfosters 3622183 Added Food LP 15 {{Infobox record label | name = Food Records | image = | image_bg = | parent = EMI (1994-2000) | founded = 1984 | founder = [[David Balfe]], Andy Ross | defunct = 2000 (folded into EMI) | distributor = [[Rough Trade Distribution|Rough Trade]] | genre = | country = [[United Kingdom]] | location = | url = }} '''Food Records''' was a [[record label]] set up in [[1984 in music|1984]] by Andy Ross and [[David Balfe]]. Originally formed as an [[independent record label]] with distribution going through [[Rough Trade Distribution|Rough Trade]] Distribution, '''Food''' licenced acts to the [[Polygram]] offshoot [[London Records|London]] and Warner's [[Warner Music Group|WEA Records]], before becoming closely associated with the [[EMI]] group's [[Parlophone]] label. In [[1988]] [[EMI]] invested in the label, whilst in [[1994]] EMI gained complete control and folded it into Parlophone a few years later. ==Artists== Food, as a sub-label of EMI, was the record label of [[Blur (band)|Blur]], [[Idlewild (band)|Idlewild]], [[Jesus Jones]], [[Dubstar]], [[Octopus (band)|Octopus]] and [[Grass Show (band)|Grass Show]]. ==Releases== The Food catalogue lists the following releases under the FOOD catalog number (12 inch vinyl singles have an added T after the number): ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Cat No. || Artist || Title || Date |- |FOOD 1 || [[Brilliant (band)|Brilliant]] || Soul Murder || June 1984 |- |FOOD 2 || [[The Woodentops]] || Plenty || July 1984 |- |FOOD 3 || Brilliant || Wait For It || October 1984 |- |FOOD 5 || Brilliant || It's A Man's World || September 1985 |- |FOOD 6 || Brilliant || Love Is War || February 1986 |- |FOOD 7 || Brilliant || Somebody || July 1986 |- |FOOD 8 || [[Crazyhead]] || What Gives You The Idea That You're So Amazing, Baby? || |- |FOOD 9 || [[Voice of the Beehive]] || Just A City || March 1987 |- |FOOD 10 || Crazyhead || Baby Turpentine || July 1987 |- |FOOD 11 || [[Diesel Park West]] || When The Hoodoo Comes || July 1987 |- |FOOD 12 || Crazyhead || Time Has Taken Its Toll On You || |- |FOOD 14 || Crazyhead || Rags || |- |FOOD 14 || Crazyhead || Have Love Will Travel EP || |- |FOOD 15 || Diesel Park West || Jackie's Still Sad || |- |FOOD 17 || Diesel Park West || All The Myths On Sunday || |- |FOOD 18 || [[Jesus Jones]] || Info Freako || |- |FOOD 19 || Diesel Park West || Like Princes Do || |- |FOOD 20 || Diesel Park West || Hoodoo EP || |- |FOOD 21 || Jesus Jones || Never Enough || |- |FOOD 22 || Jesus Jones || Bring It On Down || |- |FOOD 23 || Various || The Food Christmas EP || December 1989 |- |FOOD 24 || Jesus Jones || Real, Real, Real || |- |FOOD 25 || Jesus Jones || Right Here, Right Now || |- |FOOD 26 || [[Blur (band)|Blur]] || She's So High || October 1990 |- |FOOD 27 || Jesus Jones || International Bright Young Thing || |- |FOOD 28 || Jesus Jones || Who? Where? Why? || |- |FOOD 29 || Blur || There's No Other Way || April 1991 |- |FOOD 30 || Jesus Jones || Right Here, Right Now (Reissue) || |- |FOOD 31 || Blur || Bang || July 1991 |- |FOOD 33 || Sensitize || Maniac || |- |FOOD 34 || Various || Food X-Mas Party 1991 || |- |FOOD 35 || Diesel Park West || Fall To Love || |- |FOOD 36 || Diesel Park West || Boy On Top Of The News || |- |FOOD 37 || Blur || Popscene || March 1992 |- |FOOD 38 || Sensitize || Falling Through || |- |FOOD 39 || Diesel Park West || God Only Knows || |- |FOOD 40 || Blur || For Tomorrow || April 1993 |- |FOOD 41 || Jesus Jones || The Devil You Know || |- |FOOD 42 || Jesus Jones || The Right Decision || |- |FOOD 44 || Jesus Jones || Zeroes And Ones || |- |FOOD 45 || Blur || Chemical World || June 1993 |- |FOOD 46 || Blur || Sunday Sunday || September 1993 |- |FOOD 47 || Blur || Girls & Boys || March 1994 |- |FOOD 49 || [[Strangelove (band)|Strangelove]] || Time For The Rest Of Your Life || |- |FOOD 50 || Blur || To The End || May 1994 |- |FOOD 51 || [[Shampoo (band)|Shampoo]] || Trouble || |- |FOOD 53 || Blur || Parklife || August 1994 |- |FOOD 54 || Shampoo || Viva La Megababes || |- |FOOD 55 || Strangelove || Is There A Place? || |- |FOOD 56 || Blur || End Of A Century || November 1994 |- |FOOD 57 || Blur || This Is A Low || |- |FOOD 58 || Shampoo || Delicious || |- |FOOD 61 || [[Dubstar]] || Stars || |- |FOOD 63 || Blur || Country House || August 1995 |- |FOOD 67 || Dubstar || Anywhere || |- |FOOD 68 || [[Octopus (band)|Octopus]] || Magazine || |- |FOOD 69 || Blur || The Universal || November 1995 |- |FOOD 70 || Strangelove || Living With The Human Machines || |- |FOOD 71 || Dubstar || Not So Manic Now || |- |FOOD 73 || Blur || Stereotypes || February 1996 |- |FOOD 75 || Dubstar || Stars (Reissue) || |- |FOOD 76 || Shampoo || Girl Power || |- |FOOD 77 || Blur || Charmless Man || April 1996 |- |FOOD 78 || Octopus || Your Smile || |- |FOOD 79 || [[The Supernaturals]] || Smile || |- |FOOD 80 || Dubstar || Elevator Song || |- |FOOD 81 || Strangelove || Beautiful Alone || |- |FOOD 82 || Strangelove || Sway || |- |FOOD 83 || Shampoo || I Know What Boys Like || |- |FOOD 84 || Octopus || Saved || |- |FOOD 85 || The Supernaturals || Lazy Lover || |- |FOOD 86 || [[Grass Show (band)|Grass~Show]] || Out Of The Void || |- |FOOD 87 || Octopus || Jealousy || |- |FOOD 88 || The Supernaturals || The Day Before Yesterday's Man || |- |FOOD 89 || Blur || Beetlebum || January 1997 |- |FOOD 90 || Grass~Show || 1962 || |- |FOOD 91 || Octopus || Adrenalina || |- |FOOD 92 || The Supernaturals || Smile (Reissue) || |- |FOOD 93 || Blur || Song 2 || April 1997 |- |FOOD 94 || Grass~Show || Freak Show || |- |FOOD 95 || Jesus Jones || The Next Big Thing || |- |FOOD 96 || Dubstar || No More Talk || |- |FOOD 97 || Strangelove || The Greatest Show On Earth || |- |FOOD 98 || Blur || On Your Own || June 1997 |- |FOOD 99 || The Supernaturals || Love Has Passed Away || |- |FOOD 102 || Jesus Jones || Chemical #1 || |- |FOOD 103 || Grass~Show || Out Of The Void (Reissue) || |- |FOOD 104 || Dubstar || Cathedral Park || |- |FOOD 105 || Strangelove || Freak || |- |FOOD 106 || The Supernaturals || Prepare To Land || |- |FOOD 107 || Blur || M.O.R. || September 1997 |- |FOOD 108 || Dubstar || I Will Be Your Girlfriend || March 1998 |- |FOOD 109 || Blur || Death Of A Party || |- |FOOD 110 || Strangelove || Another Night In || |- |FOOD 111 || [[Idlewild]] || A Film For The Future || April 1998 |- |FOOD 112 || The Supernaturals || I Wasn't Built To Get Up || |- |FOOD 113 || Idlewild || Everyone Says You're So Fragile || |- |FOOD 115 || The Supernaturals || Sheffield Song || |- |FOOD 116 || Idlewild || When I Argue I See Shapes || |- |FOOD 117 || Blur || Tender || February 1999 |- |FOOD 118 || [[Liz Horsman]] || Heavy High || |- |FOOD 119 || The Supernaturals || Everest || |- |FOOD 120 || Blur || Bugman || |- |FOOD 121 || Liz Horsman || Just Thinking || |- |FOOD 122 || Blur || Coffee + TV || June 1999 |- |FOOD 123 || Blur || No Distance Left To Run || November 1999 |- |FOOD 124 || Idlewild || Little Discourage || September 1999 |- |FOOD 125 || [[Fungus (band)|Fungus]] || Rebel || |- |FOOD 126 || Fungus || A Fanclub Would Be Nice || March 2000 |- |FOOD 127 || Idlewild || Actually It's Darkness || March 2000 |- |FOOD 128 || Dubstar || I (Friday Night) || |- |FOOD 130 || Fungus || Real Me || |- |FOOD 132 || Idlewild || These Wooden Ideas || June 2000 |- |FOOD 133 || Dubstar || The Self Same Thing || August 2000 |- |FOOD 134 || Idlewild || Roseability || October 2000 |- |FOOD 135 || Blur || Music Is My Radar || October 2000 |- |FOOD 137 || Matthew Jay || Let Your Shoulder Fall || |- |FOOD 138 || Matthew Jay || Please Don't Send Me Away || |- |} ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Cat No. || Artist || Title || Date |- |BITE 1 || Various Artists || Imminent Episode One || |- |BITE TWO || Various Artists || Imminent Two || |- |FOOD LP 1 || Crazyhead || Desert Orchid || |- |FOOD LP 3 || Jesus Jones || Liquidizer || |- |FOOD LP 5 || Jesus Jones || Doubt || |- |FOOD LP 6 || Blur || Leisure || August 1991 |- |FOOD LP 8 || Jesus Jones || Perverse || |- |FOOD LP 9 || Blur || Modern Life Is Rubbish || May 1993 |- |FOOD LP 10 || Blur || Parklife || April 1994 |- |FOOD LP 11 || Strangelove || Time For The Rest Of Your Life || |- |FOOD LP 12 || Shampoo || We Are Shampoo || |- |FOOD LP 13 || Dubstar || Disgraceful || |- |FOOD LP 14 || Blur || The Great Escape || September 1995 |- |FOOD LP 15 || Strangelove || Love And Other Demons || |- |FOOD LP 18 || Octopus || From A To B || |- |FOOD LP 19 || Blur || Blur || February 1997 |- |FOOD LP 20 || [[Grass Show (band)|Grass Show]] || [[Something Smells Good In Stinkville]] || |- |FOOD LP 21 || The Supernaturals || It Doesn't Matter Anymore || |- |FOOD LP 22 || Jesus Jones || Already || |- |FOOD LP 23 || Dubstar || Goodbye || |- |FOOD LP 28 || Idlewild || Hope Is Important || |- |FOOD LP 29 || Blur || 13 || March 1999 |- |FOOD LP 30 || Dubstar || Make It Better || |- |FOOD LP 31 || Fungus || Rookie Season || |- |FOOD LP 32 || Idlewild || 100 Broken Windows || |- |FOOD LP 33 || Blur || The Best Of || October 2000 |- |FOOD LP 34 || Matthew Jay || Draw || |- |} ====The Food Christmas EP==== In December 1989, Food Records released a Christmas EP (FOOD 23) that featured Food artists covering each other's songs, the line up was: * [[Crazyhead]] covering Diesel Park West's "Like Princes Do" * [[Jesus Jones]] covering Crazyhead's "I Don't Want That Kind Of Love" * [[Diesel Park West]] covering Jesus Jones' "Info-Freako" == See also == * [[List of record labels]] [[Category:British record labels]] [[Category:Record labels established in 1984]] [[Category:Record labels disestablished in 1994]] [[Category:Independent record labels]] [[Category:EMI]] [[Category:Parlophone subsidiaries]] [[Category:Indie music record labels]] [[Category:Pop record labels]]