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Caff Records

Caff Records was a short lived British independent record label run by Bob Stanley of the band Saint Etienne. The label grew out of a fanzine Stanley put out with fellow band member Pete Wiggs, with the label going by the name Caff, Caff Records and Caff Corporation. Established in 1989, it is most noted for single releases by Pulp and the Manic Street Preachers. The Caff logo is a line drawing of a duck. After closing the label, Stanley together with Wiggs ran Icerink Records (1992–1994), Royal Mint (1995) and EMIdisc (1996). They currently have a CD imprint called Eclipse via Universal.

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Caff Records
Founded1989
FounderBob Stanley
Defunct1992
GenreAlternative rock
Indiepop
Shoegazing
Britpop
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LocationCroydon, England

Caff Records was a short lived British independent record label run by Bob Stanley1 of the band Saint Etienne. The label grew out of a fanzine Stanley put out with fellow band member Pete Wiggs,2 with the label going by the name Caff, Caff Records and Caff Corporation.3 Established in 1989, it is most noted for single releases by Pulp and the Manic Street Preachers. The Caff logo is a line drawing of a duck. After closing the label, Stanley together with Wiggs ran Icerink Records (1992–1994),4 Royal Mint (1995) and EMIdisc (1996).5 They currently have a CD imprint called Eclipse via Universal.6

Discography

Caff only released one-off singles of each group. Singles, EPs and split singles were solely released on the seven inch (7") format.

Catalogue number Date Artist Title
CAFF 1 1989 East Village / Cath Coughlan Freeze Out / Im' long Me Measaim (Split flexi-disc)13
CAFF 2 1989 The Field Mice I Can See Myself Alone Forever / Everything About You
CAFF 3 1989 Phil Wilson Better Days / The Written Word
CAFF 4 1989 Close Lobsters Just Too Bloody Stupid
CAFF 5 1989 Television Personalities I Still Believe in Magic / Respectable
CAFF 6 1989 Buffalo Tom Enemy / Deep in the Ground
CAFF 7 1990 Another Sunny Day Genetic Engineering / Kilburn Towers
CAFF 8 1990 The Claim Birth of a Teenager / Mike The Bike
CAFF 9 1990 Galaxie 500 Rain / Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste
CAFF 10 1990 Razorcuts Sometimes I Worry About You (4 track EP)
CAFF 11 1990 The Orchids An Ill Wind That Blows / All Those Things
CAFF 12 1990 The Lilac Time Madresfield / Bird on a Wire
CAFF 13 1990 Biff Bang Pow/ The Times Sleep / Extase (Split single, usually known as The Mods Are Back!)
CAFF 14 1991 Bitch Magnet Sadie / Ducks And Drakes
CAFF 15 1991 Manic Street Preachers New Art Riot / Repeat After Me (Known as Feminine Is Beautiful)
CAFF 16 1991 World of Twist The Sausage / Skidding into Love / Space Rockit
CAFF 17 1992 Pulp My Legendary Girlfriend (live) / Sickly Grin / Back in LA
See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Caff Records label discography". All rights reserved. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  2. "'The 90s seem like yesterday': Saint Etienne on 30 years as pop auteurs". The Guardian. 5 September 2021.
  3. "Caff Corporation on TweeNet". 1994-2008 TweeNet. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  4. "Icerink - CDs and Vinyl at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  5. "EMIDISC - CDs and Vinyl at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  6. "Eclipse (2) - CDs and Vinyl at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
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