| Food Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | EMI (1994-2000) |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Founder | David Balfe, Andy Ross |
| Distributor(s) | Rough Trade |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Food Records was a 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 licenced acts to the Polygram offshoot London and Warner's WEA Records, before becoming closely associated with the EMI group's Parlophone label. In 1988 EMI invested in the label and then in 1994 EMI gained complete control and folded it into Parlophone a few years later.
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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, Octopus and Grass Show.
The Food catalogue lists the following releases under the FOOD catalog number (12 inch vinyl singles have an added T after the number):
| Cat No. | Artist | Title | Date | Configuration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOOD 1 | 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 | Brilliant | The End Of The World | 86 | |
| 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 | She's So High | October 1990 | CD, MC, 7", 12" |
| 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 | CD, MC, 2x12" |
| FOOD 30 | Jesus Jones | Right Here, Right Now (Reissue) | ||
| FOOD 31 | Blur | Bang | July 1991 | CD, MC, 7", 12" |
| 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 | CD, MC, 7", 12" |
| FOOD 38 | Sensitize | Falling Through | ||
| FOOD 39 | Diesel Park West | God Only Knows | ||
| FOOD 40 | Blur | For Tomorrow | April 1993 | 2xCD, MC, 12" |
| 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 | 2xCD, Red 7", 12" w/ Print |
| FOOD 46 | Blur | Sunday Sunday | September 1993 | 2xCD, Yellow 7", 12" w/ Print |
| FOOD 47 | Blur | Girls & Boys | March 1994 | 2xCD, MC, Numbered 7" |
| FOOD 48 | Skyscraper | Man Made Hell | 1994 | |
| FOOD 49 | Strangelove | Time For The Rest Of Your Life | ||
| FOOD 50 | Blur | To The End | May 1994 | 2xCD, MC, 12" |
| FOOD 51 | Shampoo | Trouble | ||
| FOOD 53 | Blur | Parklife | August 1994 | 2xCD, MC, 12" Poster Pack |
| FOOD 54 | Shampoo | Viva La Megababes | ||
| FOOD 55 | Strangelove | Is There A Place? | ||
| FOOD 56 | Blur | End Of A Century | November 1994 | CD, MC, Numbered 7" |
| FOOD 57 | Blur | This Is A Low | ||
| FOOD 58 | Shampoo | Delicious | ||
| FOOD 61 | Dubstar | Stars | ||
| FOOD 63 | Blur | Country House | August 1995 | 2xCD, MC, 7" |
| FOOD 67 | Dubstar | Anywhere | ||
| FOOD 68 | Octopus | Magazine | ||
| FOOD 69 | Blur | The Universal | November 1995 | 2xCD, MC |
| FOOD 70 | Strangelove | Living With The Human Machines | ||
| FOOD 71 | Dubstar | Not So Manic Now | ||
| FOOD 73 | Blur | Stereotypes | February 1996 | CD, MC, Pink Gatefold 7" |
| FOOD 75 | Dubstar | Stars (Reissue) | ||
| FOOD 76 | Shampoo | Girl Power | ||
| FOOD 77 | Blur | Charmless Man | April 1996 | CD, MC, Gatefold 7" |
| 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 | Out Of The Void | ||
| FOOD 87 | Octopus | Jealousy | ||
| FOOD 88 | The Supernaturals | The Day Before Yesterday's Man | ||
| FOOD 89 | Blur | Beetlebum | January 1997 | 2xCD, Red 7" |
| FOOD 90 | Grass~Show | 1962 | ||
| FOOD 91 | Octopus | Adrenalina | ||
| FOOD 92 | The Supernaturals | Smile (Reissue) | ||
| FOOD 93 | Blur | Song 2 | April 1997 | 2xCD, Purple 7" |
| 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 | 2xCD, White 7" |
| 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 | CD, MC, Orange 7" |
| 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 | CD, 7" |
| FOOD 112 | The Supernaturals | I Wasn't Built To Get Up | ||
| FOOD 113 | Idlewild | Everyone Says You're So Fragile | CD, 7" | |
| FOOD 114 | Idlewild | I'm A Message | 2xCD, 7" | |
| FOOD 115 | The Supernaturals | Sheffield Song | ||
| FOOD 116 | Idlewild | When I Argue I See Shapes | 2xCD, 7" | |
| FOOD 117 | Blur | Tender | February 1999 | 2xCD, MC, Blue 7" |
| 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 | 2xCD |
| FOOD 123 | Blur | No Distance Left To Run | November 1999 | 2xCD, MC, DVD |
| FOOD 124 | Idlewild | Little Discourage | September 1999 | 2xCD, 7" |
| FOOD 125 | Fungus | Rebel | ||
| FOOD 126 | Fungus | A Fanclub Would Be Nice | March 2000 | |
| FOOD 127 | Idlewild | Actually It's Darkness | March 2000 | 2xCD, 7" |
| FOOD 128 | Dubstar | I (Friday Night) | ||
| FOOD 130 | Fungus | Real Me | ||
| FOOD 132 | Idlewild | These Wooden Ideas | June 2000 | 2xCD, 7" |
| FOOD 133 | Dubstar | The Self Same Thing | August 2000 | |
| FOOD 134 | Idlewild | Roseability | October 2000 | 2xCD, 7" |
| FOOD 135 | Blur | Music Is My Radar | October 2000 | 2xCD, MC, 12" |
| FOOD 136 | Tenner | Last Chance EP | ||
| FOOD 137 | Matthew Jay | Let Your Shoulder Fall | March 2001 | |
| FOOD 138 | Matthew Jay | Please Don't Send Me Away | June 2001 |
| 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 | 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 |
In December 1989, Food Records released a Christmas EP (FOOD 23) that featured Food artists covering each other's songs, the line up was: