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Heavenly Recordings

January 29, 2023

Heavenly Recordings is a London-based independent record label founded by Jeff Barrett in 1990. Heavenly released the first albums from Saint Etienne, Beth Orton and Doves, and early singles by Manic Street Preachers. Current Heavenly artists include Stealing Sheep, Mattiel, The Orielles, Confidence Man, audiobooks, Pip Blom, H. Hawkline, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Gwenno Saunders, Amber Arcades, Working Men's Club, Katy J Pearson and CHAI.

Heavenly Recordings
Founded1990
FounderJeff Barrett
Distributor(s)PIAS Group
GenreIndie
Country of originUK
Official websiteheavenlyrecordings.com

Heavenly won Independent Label of the Year at the 2015 Music Week Awards.[1] Other achievements include a Mercury Prize nomination for Saint Etienne's debut album Foxbase Alpha and three Number 1 albums with Doves. It is considered a key British indie record label, alongside Factory, Creation, Rough Trade, Mute, Ninja Tune and Domino.

History

1980s: pre-Heavenly

In the early 1980s, Jeff Barrett was a record shop manager and live music promoter living in Plymouth. He put on early gigs by The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream, The Loft and The Pastels, all bands signed to Creation Records, and Creation founder Alan McGee soon offered Barrett a job at the label. Jeff became Creation’s first full-time employee, in the summer of 1985, and worked there until 1988, when he left to set up Capersville press agency. Capersville represented several Creation bands, as well as representing Factory Records and all their artists (including Happy Mondays and New Order), The KLF and Inspiral Carpets.[2] At the same time, Barrett was putting on gigs and club nights in London and set up two short-lived record labels – Head and Sub-Aqua – who released records by Loop, East Village and Laugh. Then in 1990, in partnership with his former record shop boss Mike Chadwick,[3] Barrett set up Heavenly.

1990s & 2000s

The first Heavenly release was a 12-inch single by London house act Sly & Lovechild, produced by Andrew Weatherall. This was followed by the debut singles from Saint Etienne ("Only Love Can Break Your Heart") and Flowered Up ("It’s On"); both became key tracks in the UK house scene.[4]

Next, Heavenly signed Manic Street Preachers and released two singles, "Motown Junk" in January 1991 and "You Love Us" in May 1991. The Manics then signed to Columbia Records for their first album.

Meanwhile, Flowered Up had made one album with London Records but returned to Heavenly in 1992 for their classic 13-minute single, "Weekender." Saint Etienne’s debut album, Foxbase Alpha, was shortlisted for the 1992 Mercury Prize.

Over the next few years, Heavenly signed and released records by The Rockingbirds, Flowered Up, Beth Orton, The Hybirds, Monkey Mafia, Dot Allison, Q-Tee and Espiritu. Colleague and friend Martin Kelly became a partner in the label, as well as manager of Saint Etienne. Beth Orton's first album Trailer Park was nominated for two Brit Awards and for the 1997 Mercury Prize. Orton won a Brit for her second album, Central Reservation (album)!Central Reservation, in 2000.

In 2000 Heavenly signed Doves, as well as 22-20s, Cherry Ghost, Edwyn Collins and Ed Harcourt. Doves had four platinum albums in a row: Lost Souls (2000), The Last Broadcast (2002), Some Cities (2005), and Kingdom of Rust (2009). The Last Broadcast and Some Cities gave Heavenly its first UK Number 1 albums.

In 2004 the label signed The Magic Numbers, whose self-titled debut became Heavenly’s bestselling album ever. The album was Mercury-nominated in 2005, and band were nominated for Best British Newcomer at the 2006 Brit Awards.

2010s

Heavenly signed Stealing Sheep and Toy in 2011; both bands released their debuts the following year.[5][6] This marked the start of another halcyon period for Heavenly.

In 2012 the label released the debut single from Temples, "Shelter Song." In 2013, they signed Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood for their collaborative album Black Pudding; both artists are now signed to Heavenly individually. Temples’ debut album Sun Structures, released in 2014, was Heavenly’s 100th album release, a UK Top 10 hit and Rough Trade’s Number 1 Album of the Year.[7]

In 2014 and 2015, in the run-up to their 25th anniversary, the label signed and released albums by The Wytches, Gwenno, Eaves, Drinks, H. Hawkline, Hooton Tennis Club, Kid Wave, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and Fever The Ghost.

In April 2015, Jeff Barrett and Heavenly right-hand man Danny Mitchell accepted the Music Week Awards prize for Best Independent Record Company.

In 2017, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard released five critically acclaimed full-length albums, all on Heavenly. Pitchfork described the releases as “musically and ideologically dense albums […] showing a new dedication to pop craftsmanship.” The Quietus said that each album “offered up something radical and conceptually full-blown. Much better still, they all delivered on quality.”

In 2016, the label released Fading Lines by Dutch singer Amber Arcades.[8] Since then, Heavenly releases include: Baxter Dury’s Prince of Tears, described by The Quietus as “beautiful, heart-rending, sexy, repulsive”;[9] Gwenno’s second album, Le Kov, sung entirely in Cornish and made Album of the Year lists in The Guardian, Mojo and Rough Trade; the debut album from David Wrench’s new band audiobooks; Stealing Sheep’s “bold, voltaic” third album, Big Wows;[10] and Pip Blom’s debut, Boat.

In 2019 Heavenly signed Working Men’s Club, Katy J Pearson and Raf Rundell.

Affiliations

The Social

In 1999 The Social opened in central London near Oxford Circus, named for the Sunday Social nights which Heavenly ran with The Chemical Brothers during the 90s. The Social is still an independent live venue currently preparing to celebrate its 30th year after fighting off threat of a buyout in 2019.[11] Audiobooks, Black Midi, Goat Girl, Edwyn Collins, The Chemical Brothers and Beck have played at The Social in the past couple of years, and it hosts regular literary readings, often in cahoots with Faber – recent authors include Eimear McBride, Viv Albertine, Deborah Levy, DBC Pierre and Robert Macfarlane. The Social also runs the Stonebridge Bar at Glastonbury Festival.

Caught by the River

In 2007, Barrett set up Caught By The River[12] with Robin Turner and Andrew Walsh. CBTR commissions writers with a focus on the natural world and our relationships with it, and is currently run by Diva Harris. It has supported several new authors in the early stages of their careers, including Amy Liptrot and Luke Turner of The Quietus, who both wrote regular columns for Caught By The River that later became critically acclaimed books. CBTR also releases music on the Rivertones label and hosts stages at UK festivals including Port Eliot and Cerys Matthews' The Good Life Experience.

Heavenly Films

In 2009 Martin Kelly left Heavenly Recordings and set up Heavenly Films with his brother, Paul Kelly. Their films include Lawrence of Belgravia (2011), about Lawrence from indie band Felt, and Dexys: Nowhere Is Home (2014).

Artists

Current

Former

See also

References

  1. ^ "And the winners are - [Music Week]". 10 April 2015.
  2. ^ Gate, Kenny. "25 Years Of Heavenly". PIAS. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. ^ Ingham, Tim (15 May 2019). "Mike Chadwick". Music Business Worldwide. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  4. ^ Lindsay, Cam. "The Story Behind Saint Etienne's Genre Bending Debut". Vice. Vice. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. ^ Aizlewood, John. "Stealing Sheep - Into The Diamond Sun review". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  6. ^ Simpson, Dave (6 September 2012). "Toy - Toy review". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  7. ^ Britton, Luke (14 November 2014). "Temples Top Rough Trade's Albums Of The Year List". NME. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  8. ^ Hann, Michael (20 June 2016). "The War Crimes Expert Who Funded Her Album Working Shop Tills". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  9. ^ Allen, Jeremy. "Full Of Promise & Cum: Baxter Dury's Prince Of Tears". The Quietus. The Quietus. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  10. ^ Rahkonen, Anna. "Star Spangled Bangers - Stealing Sheep's Big Wows". The Quietus. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  11. ^ Bainbridge, Luke (16 March 2019). "Fight for the Social, the West End's last bastion of the counter-culture". The Guardian.
  12. ^ Caught By The River, Caught By The River. "Caught By The River". Caught By The River. Caught By The River.

External links

  • Heavenly Recordings – official site
  • Heavenly Recordings discography at Discogs  
  • A Slice Of Heaven: 25 Years Of Heavenly Recordings 2 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine - [PIAS]'s Blog, 24 February 2015

January 29, 2023
heavenly, recordings, london, based, independent, record, label, founded, jeff, barrett, 1990, heavenly, released, first, albums, from, saint, etienne, beth, orton, doves, early, singles, manic, street, preachers, current, heavenly, artists, include, stealing,. Heavenly Recordings is a London based independent record label founded by Jeff Barrett in 1990 Heavenly released the first albums from Saint Etienne Beth Orton and Doves and early singles by Manic Street Preachers Current Heavenly artists include Stealing Sheep Mattiel The Orielles Confidence Man audiobooks Pip Blom H Hawkline King Gizzard amp the Lizard Wizard Gwenno Saunders Amber Arcades Working Men s Club Katy J Pearson and CHAI Heavenly RecordingsFounded1990FounderJeff BarrettDistributor s PIAS GroupGenreIndieCountry of originUKOfficial websiteheavenlyrecordings wbr comHeavenly won Independent Label of the Year at the 2015 Music Week Awards 1 Other achievements include a Mercury Prize nomination for Saint Etienne s debut album Foxbase Alpha and three Number 1 albums with Doves It is considered a key British indie record label alongside Factory Creation Rough Trade Mute Ninja Tune and Domino Contents 1 History 1 1 1980s pre Heavenly 1 2 1990s amp 2000s 1 3 2010s 2 Affiliations 2 1 The Social 2 2 Caught by the River 2 3 Heavenly Films 3 Artists 3 1 Current 3 2 Former 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory Edit1980s pre Heavenly Edit In the early 1980s Jeff Barrett was a record shop manager and live music promoter living in Plymouth He put on early gigs by The Jesus and Mary Chain Primal Scream The Loft and The Pastels all bands signed to Creation Records and Creation founder Alan McGee soon offered Barrett a job at the label Jeff became Creation s first full time employee in the summer of 1985 and worked there until 1988 when he left to set up Capersville press agency Capersville represented several Creation bands as well as representing Factory Records and all their artists including Happy Mondays and New Order The KLF and Inspiral Carpets 2 At the same time Barrett was putting on gigs and club nights in London and set up two short lived record labels Head and Sub Aqua who released records by Loop East Village and Laugh Then in 1990 in partnership with his former record shop boss Mike Chadwick 3 Barrett set up Heavenly 1990s amp 2000s Edit The first Heavenly release was a 12 inch single by London house act Sly amp Lovechild produced by Andrew Weatherall This was followed by the debut singles from Saint Etienne Only Love Can Break Your Heart and Flowered Up It s On both became key tracks in the UK house scene 4 Next Heavenly signed Manic Street Preachers and released two singles Motown Junk in January 1991 and You Love Us in May 1991 The Manics then signed to Columbia Records for their first album Meanwhile Flowered Up had made one album with London Records but returned to Heavenly in 1992 for their classic 13 minute single Weekender Saint Etienne s debut album Foxbase Alpha was shortlisted for the 1992 Mercury Prize Over the next few years Heavenly signed and released records by The Rockingbirds Flowered Up Beth Orton The Hybirds Monkey Mafia Dot Allison Q Tee and Espiritu Colleague and friend Martin Kelly became a partner in the label as well as manager of Saint Etienne Beth Orton s first album Trailer Park was nominated for two Brit Awards and for the 1997 Mercury Prize Orton won a Brit for her second album Central Reservation album Central Reservation in 2000 In 2000 Heavenly signed Doves as well as 22 20s Cherry Ghost Edwyn Collins and Ed Harcourt Doves had four platinum albums in a row Lost Souls 2000 The Last Broadcast 2002 Some Cities 2005 and Kingdom of Rust 2009 The Last Broadcast and Some Cities gave Heavenly its first UK Number 1 albums In 2004 the label signed The Magic Numbers whose self titled debut became Heavenly s bestselling album ever The album was Mercury nominated in 2005 and band were nominated for Best British Newcomer at the 2006 Brit Awards 2010s Edit Heavenly signed Stealing Sheep and Toy in 2011 both bands released their debuts the following year 5 6 This marked the start of another halcyon period for Heavenly In 2012 the label released the debut single from Temples Shelter Song In 2013 they signed Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood for their collaborative album Black Pudding both artists are now signed to Heavenly individually Temples debut album Sun Structures released in 2014 was Heavenly s 100th album release a UK Top 10 hit and Rough Trade s Number 1 Album of the Year 7 In 2014 and 2015 in the run up to their 25th anniversary the label signed and released albums by The Wytches Gwenno Eaves Drinks H Hawkline Hooton Tennis Club Kid Wave King Gizzard amp the Lizard Wizard and Fever The Ghost In April 2015 Jeff Barrett and Heavenly right hand man Danny Mitchell accepted the Music Week Awards prize for Best Independent Record Company In 2017 King Gizzard amp the Lizard Wizard released five critically acclaimed full length albums all on Heavenly Pitchfork described the releases as musically and ideologically dense albums showing a new dedication to pop craftsmanship The Quietus said that each album offered up something radical and conceptually full blown Much better still they all delivered on quality In 2016 the label released Fading Lines by Dutch singer Amber Arcades 8 Since then Heavenly releases include Baxter Dury s Prince of Tears described by The Quietus as beautiful heart rending sexy repulsive 9 Gwenno s second album Le Kov sung entirely in Cornish and made Album of the Year lists in The Guardian Mojo and Rough Trade the debut album from David Wrench s new band audiobooks Stealing Sheep s bold voltaic third album Big Wows 10 and Pip Blom s debut Boat In 2019 Heavenly signed Working Men s Club Katy J Pearson and Raf Rundell Affiliations EditThe Social Edit In 1999 The Social opened in central London near Oxford Circus named for the Sunday Social nights which Heavenly ran with The Chemical Brothers during the 90s The Social is still an independent live venue currently preparing to celebrate its 30th year after fighting off threat of a buyout in 2019 11 Audiobooks Black Midi Goat Girl Edwyn Collins The Chemical Brothers and Beck have played at The Social in the past couple of years and it hosts regular literary readings often in cahoots with Faber recent authors include Eimear McBride Viv Albertine Deborah Levy DBC Pierre and Robert Macfarlane The Social also runs the Stonebridge Bar at Glastonbury Festival Caught by the River Edit In 2007 Barrett set up Caught By The River 12 with Robin Turner and Andrew Walsh CBTR commissions writers with a focus on the natural world and our relationships with it and is currently run by Diva Harris It has supported several new authors in the early stages of their careers including Amy Liptrot and Luke Turner of The Quietus who both wrote regular columns for Caught By The River that later became critically acclaimed books CBTR also releases music on the Rivertones label and hosts stages at UK festivals including Port Eliot and Cerys Matthews The Good Life Experience Heavenly Films Edit In 2009 Martin Kelly left Heavenly Recordings and set up Heavenly Films with his brother Paul Kelly Their films include Lawrence of Belgravia 2011 about Lawrence from indie band Felt and Dexys Nowhere Is Home 2014 Artists EditCurrent Edit Amber Arcades audiobooks Baxter Dury Boy Azooga Chai Confidence Man Duke Garwood Gwenno H Hawkline Hatchie Jimi Goodwin Katy J Pearson King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Mark Lanegan Mattiel Night Beats The Orielles The Parrots Pip Blom Saint Etienne Gwenno Saunders Stealing Sheep Working Men s ClubFormer Edit 22 20s Beggars Bronx Dogs Cherry Ghost Dr Robert Dot Allison Doves DRINKS East Village Eaves Edwyn Collins Fever The Ghost Espiritu Fabulous Fionn Regan Flowered Up Pete Fowler Pete Greenwood Hooton Tennis Club James Levy and the Blood Red Rose Jaymay Ed Harcourt The Hybirds Kid Wave LCMDF The Magic Numbers Manic Street Preachers Monkey Mafia Trevor Moss amp Hannah Lou Nada Surf Northern Uproar Omega Amoeba Beth Orton Q Tee The Head and the Heart The Soft Pack The Little Ones The Loose Salute The Rockingbirds Sea of Bees Sly and Lovechild Temples The Wytches Toy The Voyeurs James Walbourne The Vines The Wishing StonesSee also EditList of record labels Heavenly Records discographyReferences Edit And the winners are Music Week 10 April 2015 Gate Kenny 25 Years Of Heavenly PIAS Retrieved 7 June 2019 Ingham Tim 15 May 2019 Mike Chadwick Music Business Worldwide Retrieved 7 June 2019 Lindsay Cam The Story Behind Saint Etienne s Genre Bending Debut Vice Vice Retrieved 7 June 2019 Aizlewood John Stealing Sheep Into The Diamond Sun review BBC BBC Retrieved 7 June 2019 Simpson Dave 6 September 2012 Toy Toy review The Guardian Retrieved 7 June 2019 Britton Luke 14 November 2014 Temples Top Rough Trade s Albums Of The Year List NME Retrieved 7 June 2019 Hann Michael 20 June 2016 The War Crimes Expert Who Funded Her Album Working Shop Tills The Guardian Retrieved 7 June 2019 Allen Jeremy Full Of Promise amp Cum Baxter Dury s Prince Of Tears The Quietus The Quietus Retrieved 6 June 2019 Rahkonen Anna Star Spangled Bangers Stealing Sheep s Big Wows The Quietus Retrieved 6 June 2019 Bainbridge Luke 16 March 2019 Fight for the Social the West End s last bastion of the counter culture The Guardian Caught By The River Caught By The River Caught By The River Caught By The River Caught By The River External links EditHeavenly Recordings official site Heavenly Recordings discography at Discogs A Slice Of Heaven 25 Years Of Heavenly Recordings Archived 2 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine PIAS s Blog 24 February 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Heavenly Recordings amp oldid 1130429828, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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