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Shoplifter Records was originally an English record company created by producer Gordon Raphael and Paul Harrison[disambiguation needed] as a partnership in 2003. Raphael has acted as producer for many bands, but most notably for The Strokes' albums Is This It? and Room on Fire.↵Shoplifter signed Regina Spektor to her first contract and released the album Soviet Kitsch after teaming up with SONY S.I.N.E for international licensing.↵. ↵Other artists to pass through Shoplifter's doors are The Satellites, Anna Mercedes, Miss Machine- who were actually the first release on Shoplifter, Absinthee, Black Light and Kill Kenada, and Char Johnson.The following year saw the merger of Sony Music and BMG which also coincided with Raphael relocating to Berlin. . The label's first single "Your Honour" by Regina Spektor was NME single of the week, beating Brian Wilson, Robbie Williams and R.E.M. amongst others.↵The album Soviet Kitsch was voted into the top 50 albums in the majority of that year's music press and broadsheet reviews. Raphael is currently producing bands internationally, but based in Berlin since 2005.