Recreational Records

Recreational Records
Parent company Revolver
Founded 1981
Founder Revolver
Defunct 1982
Distributor(s) the Cartel
Country of origin United Kingdom
Location Bristol

Recreational Records was a British record label set up in 1981 by the Bristol record shop and distributor Revolver Records. Originally formed as an independent record label with its own distribution as part of the Cartel.

Revolver Records and the Cartel

Revolver Records (not to be confused with Revolver Music) was a long established record store based at The Triangle, Clifton, Bristol, and in the 1970s was a hangout of Mark Stewart, Nick Sheppard, and other local musicians. It also had a distribution arm, which allowed it to distribute its own records (under the Recreational label) and those of other Indie labels (Monopause Records, etc.) via its participation in the Cartel.

The Cartel was a co-operative record distribution organisation in the United Kingdom, set up by a number of small independent record labels to handle their distribution to record shops. By pooling their resources it allowed them to compete with the larger distribution operations of the major record labels, and also to gain access to the larger shop chains. The association of regional distributors included some of the most notable labels of the 1980s UK post-punk and indie scene: Backs (Norwich), Fast Forward (Edinburgh), Native (Sheffield), Nine Mile (Leamington Spa), Probe (Liverpool), Revolver (Bristol), Red Rhino (York) and Rough Trade (London).[1][2][3][4]

Artists

Releases

The Recreational catalogue[12] listed singles with the Sport prefix (some had 7" and 12" versions), apart from The X-Certs 7" single Together/Untogether, which is listed as Play 1.

Singles

Cat No. Artist Title Date Configuration
PLAY 1 The X-Certs Together/Untogether 1981 7”
SPORT 1 Talisman Dole Age/Free Speech 1981 7”
SPORT 12 Talisman Dole Age/Free Speech 1981 12”
SPORT 2 Talisman Run Come Girl/Wicked Dem 1981 7”
SPORT 22 Talisman Run Come Girl/Wicked Dem 1981 12”
SPORT 3 Mouth Ooh, Ah, Yeah!/Ooh? 1981 7”
SPORT 4 Electric Guitars Work/Don't Wake The Baby 1981 7”
SPORT 52 Animal Magic Get It Right/Grip/Crow Black/Go Funky-Doo-Lally 1982 12”
SPORT 6 Ivory Coasters Mungaka Makossa/Chavakali Charlie 1982 7”
SPORT 62 Ivory Coasters Mungaka Makossa/Chavakali Charlie/The Bongo That Ate Pik Botha 1982 12”
SPORT 7 Scream And Dance In Rhythm/Giacometti 1982 7”
SPORT 72 Scream And Dance In Rhythm/In Pink & Black/Giacometti/Giacometti (wicked mix) 1982 12”
SPORT 8 Animal Magic Standard Man/Trash That Blad! 1982 7”

Reissues on other labels

Bristol Archive Records are currently providing Recreational back catalogue tracks for download, through the usual outlets (Amazon, iTunes, etc.).

See also

References

  1. "(Record industry) Distribution". Pennyroyal 3.
  2. Young, Rob (2006). Rough Trade. Black Dog Publishing. ISBN 1-904772-47-1.
  3. Cox, Paul; Fawcett, Tom (2006). DIY: The Rough Trade Story. Orion. ISBN 0-7528-5358-9.
  4. Reynolds, Simon (2006). Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk, 1978–1984. Faber & Faber. ISBN 0-571-21570-X.
  5. Two sessions for John Peel and two singles for Recreational Records. Contributed one track to 'Touchdown' compilation on Fontana.UK Indie Charts entry for Animal Magic
  6. Prince Nico Mbarga at Allmusic.com
  7. http://www.discogs.com/Various-Birth-Of-The-Y/release/713937 Birth Of The Y at Discogs.com
  8. Scream and Dance at last.fm
  9. DJ Marcelle mix of ‘In Rhythm’ at Discogs.com
  10. UK Indie Charts entry for Talisman
  11. Talisman Discography at Bristol Archive Records
  12. Recreational Records at Discogs.com

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