Distributor Rough Trade Records | Country of origin United Kingdom Founded 1984 Defunct 2000 | |
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Artists Albums Leisure, Blur, Hope Is Important, 100 Broken Windows, Disgraceful | ||
Food Records was a British rock record label set up in 1984 by David Balfe, who later took on Andy Ross as his partner. Originally formed as an independent record label with distribution going through Rough Trade Distribution, Food also licensed acts though WEA Records, before becoming closely associated with the EMI group's Parlophone label. EMI invested in the label and then in 1994 EMI gained complete control and folded it into Parlophone in 2000.
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Artists
Food was sold to EMI by David Balfe in 1994. Andy Ross continued running Food as a sub-label of EMI, where it was the record label of Blur, Idlewild, Jesus Jones, Dubstar, The Supernaturals, Octopus and 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):
The Food Christmas EP
In December 1989, Food Records released The Food Christmas EP (FOOD 23) that featured Food artists covering each other's songs. Crazyhead covered Diesel Park West's "Like Princes Do", Jesus Jones covered Crazyhead's "I Don't Want That Kind Of Love" and Diesel Park West covered Jesus Jones' "Info-Freako". The EP was released on CD, 7" vinyl, 12" and a limited gatefold sleeve 12" vinyl.
The EP charted at #63 on the UK Singles Chart.
- "I Don't Want That Kind Of Love" (Reverb) – 4:10 performed by Jesus Jones
- "Like Princes Do" (John Butler) – 3:25 performed by Crazyhead
- "Info Freako" (Mike Edwards) – 3:52 performed by Diesel Park West
- CD versions reverse the track order to begin with "Info Freako".