Blast First is a sub label of one-time independent record labelMute Records, founded in approximately 1985. It was named after a phrase taken from the first number of the radical Vorticist journal Blast, published by Wyndham Lewis in 1914. Lewis's "Manifesto" begins with the words "BLAST First (from politeness) ENGLAND".
The label was founded by Paul Smith to give UK release to albums by Sonic Youth, a US band with which he was then working closely. It went on to feature more hardcore rock bands than the master label of its synthpop-oriented parent company. Before Mute Records was sold to the EMI group, Blast First fit into the company's profile, which included labels such as the Fine Line and the Grey Area.
The labels employees included the sisters Pat and Liz Naylor,[1] and the novelist Alistair Fruish.[2]
^Turner, Luke (25 April 2012). "How Soon is Now". The Quietus.
^"Epic four-hour reading of Alistair Fruish's novel is a return to arts as resistance". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
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Blast First Petite
Discography listing at Rate Your Music
December 20, 2023
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