jeepster records
after releasing a number of albums and eps on jeepster records, they are now signed to rough trade records in the united kingdom and matador records in the united states .
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originally without a logo and label name jeepster recordings, when a logo was designed it was jeepster .
the band left jeepster in 2002 and moved over to rough trade records. they subsequently released the records dear catastrophe wife, the life pursuit, belle and sebastian write about love and girls in peacetime want to dance .
another significant change occurred, with the band leaving jeepster records. times had changed for both parties and there was a mutual understanding that everyone would be better off trying something new. as far as b & s were concerned, that something new was rough trade records. for jeepster it was ceasing to release b & s records, in favour of a long - planned b & s dvd compilation .
cult records is an independent record label and online record store founded by julian casablancas .
glaswegian group belle & sebastian tap into the fey sound of c86 whilst often delving into delightfully deceptive dark imagery, despite their upbeat pop sound. the indie icons first made their name through the cult label jeepster records before joining the rough trade records roster .
on april 24th 2006 jeepster will reissue our two snow patrol albums. [ cont… ]
belle and sebastian have created a spotify playlist for the jeepster singles collection. [ cont… ]
a digital only sampler of tracks from snow patrol’s two jeepster albums plus two previously unreleased songs .
sixnationstate’s second jeepster single, where are you now? , was released on 26th march. [ cont… ]
we’re really excited about this very special new belle and sebastian release to commemorate jeepster’s 21st year. [ cont… ]
‘i’m a cuckoo’ will be released on february 16th in the uk and europe through rough trade records. [ cont… ]
explosive indie band parka make their jeepster debut with the release of ‘if you wanna? ’ on 7th may 2007 .
snow patrol released their single, ‘one night is not enough’ on 5th march 2001 on jeepster recordings. [ cont… ]
soul jazz records’ new ‘punk 45’ album charts the rise of underground punk across the united states in the years 1973 - 1980 .
we’d like to congratulate matador records, jeepster’s longterm licensing partner for our belle & sebastian catalogue in north america, on their upcoming 21st birthday. to celebrate the milestone matador will be throwing a party in las vegas! matador at 21: … [ cont… ]
on friday 12th july 2002 belle & sebastian signed a new deal for their future recordings with rough trade records worldwide. [ cont… ]
taking their name from the french novel belle et sébastien, belle & sebastian recorded debut album tigermilk in just three days with original only 1, 000 copies pressed onto vinyl. it saw them sign to jeepster records which would become their home for their formative years .
explosive indie band parka make their jeepster debut with the release of ‘if you wanna? ’ on 7th may 2007. [ cont… ]
we’re proud to announce the release of two new jeepster digital compilations which are now available exclusively from the itunes store. [ cont… ]
it wasn' t all doom and gloom. in the late nineties, jeepster expanded to take on salako and looper. in 1999 belle & sebastian won the brit award for best newcomer for the boy with the arab strap. it put jeepster firmly on the map .
sixnationstate’s first jeepster single, a studio recording of storming live favourite ‘fire! ’, will be released on november 6th. [ cont… ]
template: about template: use british english template: use dmy dates template: infobox musical artist belle and sebastian are a scottish band formed in glasgow in january 1996. led by stuart murdoch, the band has released 9 albums to date. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] much of their work had been released on jeepster records, but they are now signed to rough trade records in the united kingdom and matador records in the united states. though often praised by critics, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] belle and sebastian have enjoyed only limited commercial success. [ 3 ]
enjoyable it might have been, but the money would have come in handy. in 1997, jeepster signed a new band called snow patrol .
the double a - side single entitled “books” is to be released on rough trade records on june 21st in the uk and europe. [ cont… ]
belle and sebastian’s sixth album “dear catastrophe waitress” will be released by rough trade records in the uk / europe on october 6th 2003. [ cont… ]
so, while d' andrea is sticking with his day job in the city, leaving his wife to run jeepster, he is positive about the future .
belle & sebastian’s first ever compilation album entitled ‘push barman to open old wounds’, was released in the uk on may 23rd by jeepster recordings. [ cont… ]
by 2006 we felt ready to sign again ,
says d' andrea .
and through our connections with worst case scenario records we found sixnationstate .
building on the success of their always essential edits 12
s, psychemagik are back with the full length lp ‘magik cyrkles’, a new compilation for leng records .
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- punkerama records -? ?? - uk - 2012 - 250 copies in different colour sleeves: 50 pink, 75 red, the rest white .
“i would agree. it would be easy to give up that gentleness, ’cos on the surface it has brought us nothing but bootings from the man - in - the - street. our records never leap out at you. but, in time, you hope some people would quietly be able to lean on those records. ”
jeepster reaches a birthday milestone later this year and to celebrate we’ve been getting together some rarities and unseen gems that we think you might like to see. [ cont… ]
isobel campbell’s new collaborative album recorded with former screaming trees and queens of the stone age vocalist mark lanegan will be released on january 30th 2006 through v2 records. [ cont… ]
belle & sebastian have confirmed that their new album entitled “the life pursuit” will be released in the uk and europe on february 6th 2006 by rough trade records. [ cont… ]
does d' andrea think they could have done anything differently ?
no ,
he says .
belle & sebastian might not even have been a band without jeepster .
after a self enforced break from signing bands jeepster are back and we’re thrilled to announced that we’ve secured the signatures of one of the most exciting bands around, sixnationstate. [ cont… ]
belle and sebastian’s retrospective dvd compilation will be released by jeepster recordings on october 20th 2003. the title of the compilation is ‘fans only’ and the catalogue number will be jprdvd001. [ cont… ]
the album coincides with the release of soul jazz records’ massive new deluxe 400 page ‘punk 45s’ cover art book edited and compiled by jon savage (author of the seminal book on punk, ‘england’s dreaming’) and stuart baker (founder of soul jazz records). the book includes text by jon savage, numerous interviews and articles from the likes of richard hell, seymour stein (sire records), geoff travis (rough trade), and peter saville (factory), as well as exhaustive biographies, band lineups and more on the many hundreds of bands who feature in the book .
soul jazz records continue their journey into the vaults of the mighty studio one with this next instalment, featuring everything from classic ska and rocksteady to the deepest roots, heaviest dub and dancehall roots .
the third single from belle & sebastian’s ‘the life pursuit’ album, ‘the white collar boy’, will be released by rough trade records in the u. k. on monday 26th june. [ cont… ]
snow patrol have confirmed that the third single from final straw will be ‘chocolate’, it will be released by fiction records / polydor on the monday after the arran weekender, april 12th. [ cont… ]
t. rex world - wide illustrated discography pre t. rex and early marc bolan see john' s children records are not for sale - for your viewing pleasure only click here if you like to sort them by title
you could describe us as a patron of the arts rather than a label ,
says stef d' andrea, the co - founder and md of jeepster .
we' re in this for the experience .
the dvd release of snow patrol’s performance at somerset house on august 8th 2004 is now available featuring live versions of three tracks from the band’s second jeepster album ‘when it’s all over we still have to clear up’. [ cont… ]
' nuggets: original artyfacts from the first psychedelic era 1965 - 68' was originally released as a double - lp in 1972 by elektra records that celebrated 27 three - minute masterpieces that made up one of the most influential rock anthologies ever released .
as snow patrol found success with a top 10 hit
run
and belle & sebastian continued to gather pace, jeepster put out a dvd and compilation album for belle & sebastian, followed in 2006 by releases of th to snow patrol albums .
we’re pleased to confirm that six of the tracks that snow patrol recorded while signed to jeepster will be included on their forthcoming career best of collection, ‘up to now’. ‘up to now’ will be released on november 9th 2009. … [ cont… ]
this album features some of the most in - demand and collectible studio one tracks over the years, all digitally remastered. the sleevenotes are by rob chapman, author of the celebrated books about studio one records, ‘never grow old’ and ‘downbeat the ruler’ .
murdoch couldnt' be persuaded to record in a more professional studio, but did agree to sign to jeepster. however, the band had a very definite idea of what they wanted to do, and that didn' t include single releases, gigs, interviews or photographs .
while maintaining our critical success, jeepster has remained 100% independently owned and financed allowing total creative freedom to continue. as part of this pledge, in 2006 we signed the lively and enigmatic sixnationstate. whilst touring to support the release of their 2007 debut album they were identified as one of the most exciting live bands around .
‘punk 45: kill the hippies! kill yourself! the american nation destroys its young - underground punk in the united states of america’ is the first in soul jazz records’ ‘punk 45’ series of album releases coinciding with the new book and will be followed at the start of next year by ‘punk 45 vol. 2 underground punk in the uk’ .
belle & sebastian’s new album “storytelling” was released on jeepster on june 3rd 2002. it is also available through our usual overseas partners. the album is available on cd (jprcd014) and lp (jprlp014) formats. as previously reported, the record is made up of songs written for the film of the same name. [ cont… ]
erased tapes collection v is a collection of five seven - inch records carrying ten exclusive songs recorded by the erased tapes artists in celebration of the label' s fifth anniversary. housed in a rigid box, manually produced and hand - assembled, it comes in a strictly limited edition of five hundred vinyl sets designed by torsten posselt at feld berlin .
the jeepster “fans only” dvd was released in october 2003, and it tells the story of b & s 1996 – 2003 in a far more eloquent and entertaining way than this. there’s loads of unreleased and unseen footage – as well as a few dodgy haircuts – on there which should hopefully make you giggle as much as it did us .
2004 ended with the band back in glasgow, ensconced in the studio, writing the next album, ‘the life pursuit’, which was recorded in california in summer 2005 and released in february 2006. in the meantime, a double - cd, triple - lp compilation of all the jeepster ep’s and singles called “push barman to open old wounds” was released on may 23rd 2005 .
celebrating 10 years of ed banger records, ‘ed rec vol x’ is a 14 track compilation featureing all brand new tracks by your favourite ed banger artists like justice, mr oizo, sebastian, busy p, cassius, breakbot, mickey moonlight, feadz and more. famed for their electro bangers, the ed rec archive ranges from stadium headliners to quiet spins in the bar next door to your flat .
also in 2006, we re - released snow patrol’s two very excellent jeepster albums with loads of extras including b - sides and a video. we then slipped back into our accidental habit of working with glasgow based bands and added the bouncy and energetic parka to our roster. like sixnationstate parka recorded a debut album to be proud of and ‘attack of the hundred yard hardman’ hit stores in spring 2008 .
another key member of the inner - circle, freddie burretti, who would play a central role in helping create the ziggy image. buretti also fronted the short - lived pre - ziggy arnold corns project, which saw the release of 2 tracks that would subsequently become bowie / ziggy favourites, ‘moonage daydream’ and ‘hang on to yourself’ (although burretti fronted the project, it was bowie’s vocals on the records) .
to mark the 40 - year anniversary of nuggets, rhino has remastered the collection from the original analogue album master and will release it as a standalone cd and as a 180 - gram double - lp. the package also includes new liner notes by lenny kaye, the original compilation producer / compiler and long - time patti smith guitarist, and a new introduction by jac holzman, the founder of elektra records .
a compilation of anatolian & levantine 78s recorded between 1928 and 1952. from the regions now known as turkey, syria, lebanon & egypt! beautiful classical solo improvisations, folk songs and ensemble rockers - all never reissued before on lp. compiled by ian nagoski. extensive liner notes featuring a meditation on the supposed site of the garden of eden, details on the artists and photos. a co - release with canary records
this is a record store day 2013 exclusive, limited to one per person. exclusive tape, produced in conjunction with common bar and piccadilly records was lovingly put together to celebrate rsd. all the bands on this tape played at common bar in manchester during the day of april 20th 2013. limited to just 50 hand numbered copies. featuring horsebeach, bernard + edith, jonnie common and emperor zero, two tracks by each band .
belle and sebastian release a compilation of bbc recordings spanning the years 1996 – 2001 on jeepster recordings on 17th november 2008. the album tracks the group’s development from their first live radio recordings for mark radcliffe’s show in july 1996, shortly after the release of their ‘tigermilk’ album, through to a batch of four, much bootlegged songs recorded for john peel in 2001, none of which have previously appeared on cd or vinyl. [ cont… ]
having always done well with claremont 56 releases, label boss paul' mudd' murphy' s idea of a series of cd compilations from lesser known, perhaps more underground and unsung djs seemed like an inspired idea here at piccadilly records. especially as the whole shebang would kick off with a selection from the coveted record bags of local balearic (bæliˈærɨk) reprobates moonboots and balearic mike (he' s so balearic they named a spanish archipelago after him ...) .
it wasn’t just bowie, but the whole ziggy package, complete with the spiders, that rocked my world. ‘hunky dory’, ‘ziggy stardust’ and ‘aladdin sane’ are life - defining records for me, which also happen to be the 3 lp’s that all 3 spiders appear on. so, whilst acknowledging ziggy’s 40th, i also want to celebrate one of the great rock bands – bowie may have had the vision and the drive, but the spiders from mars, especially ronson, were the facilitators of his wildest dreams. urltoken
emblazoned with a detailed debossing of the mountain - shaped logo, the black box opens at an angle and reveals five screen - printed inner sleeves carrying five dinged 7
records, plus a hand - numbered sixth inner. the additional sleeve contains a mountain - shaped record centrepiece, an anti - static cleaning cloth and has a unique code imprinted on the back. the code enables its rightful owner to download a digital edition of this release from the 24th of december 2013. until then this exclusive collection shall be enjoyed on vinyl only .
subtitled
the funky side of p & p records
, this box set feature seven super funky 45s, all packaged in one beautiful box. the two ps, peter brown and patrick adams, are well known for the disco tracks they produced for their own p & p imprint, but this box set takes a look at the soul and funk 45s they cut for the label as well. includes tracks by eddie owen, wild honey, otis turner and the mighty kingpins, henry brooks, sons of darkness, and ella hamilton .
spotted by the fiercely independent label jeepster last year, parka’s first single for the label, ‘if you wanna? ’, is a rabble rousing call to the dancefloor from the glaswegian four piece. the second single ever to be released by parka, ‘if you wanna? ’ follows debut ‘disco dancer’ which was released on small indie singles label worst case scenario in 2006. the band are quickly picking up the art of making the perfect pop song, ‘if you wanna? ’ is bound to be a dancefloor favourite in indie clubs all over the uk .
’, but lots of bowie fans stuck with the former and still hear it that way now. in 1972 bolan was the biggest pop idol in britain, and between 1970 - 72 had a sensational run of hits – ‘ride a white swan’ (# 2), ‘hot love’ (# 1), ‘get it on’ (# 1), ‘jeepster’ (# 2), ‘telegram sam’ (# 1), ‘debora’ (re - issue, # 7), ‘metal guru’ (# 1), ‘children of the revolution’ (# 2). ‘solid gold easy action’ (# 2) and ‘20
in 1999 the band were awarded with best newcomer (for their third album) at the brit awards, upsetting the much better known acts steps and 5ive. [ 21 ] that same year, the band hosted their own festival, the bowlie weekender. tigermilk was also given a full release by jeepster before the band started work on their next lp. the result was fold your hands child, you walk like a peasant, which became the band' s first top 10 album in the uk. [ 11 ] a stand - alone single ,
legal man
, reached no. 15 and gave them their first appearance on top of the pops. [ 22 ]
in 1999 the band was awarded with best newcomer (for their third album) at the brit awards, upsetting better - known acts such as steps and 5ive. [ 18 ] that same year, the band hosted their own festival, the bowlie weekender. tigermilk was also given a full release by jeepster before the band started work on their next lp. the result was fold your hands child, you walk like a peasant, which became the band' s first top 10 album in the uk. [ 8 ] a stand - alone single ,
legal man
, reached no. 15 and gave them their first appearance on top of the pops. [ 19 ]
although his name sounds german, gesaffelstein is in fact a young french dj and producer that was discovered by the hacker back in 2008. since then gesaffelstein became one of the most sought after producers in the world, remixing tracks for lana del rey, moby and laurent garnier to name a few, releasing music on his own zone records, tiga’s turbo imprint and brodinski’s bromance label and producing tracks on kanye west’s latest album “yeezus” together with french pioneers daft punk. in only a few years time gesaffelstein became a tastemaker who determines the face and sound of today’s electronic music scene. gesaffelstein’s energizing techno, dark and obsessional, works the dance - floor yet at the same time continues to mine emotional landscapes and powerful atmospheres .
the second ep “lazy line painter jane”, was released on july 28th, the week of the seminal union chapel gig in islington, london. despite the poor sound, the band had the crowd dancing in the aisles (and pews) of the chapel. for most, this gig was their first b & s gig and a religious experience was shared by all. the “lazy jane” ep narrowly missed the top 40, crashing in at number 41, much to chris geddes (keyboards) amusement, as he had made bets with jeepster boss mark jones that it would not get in. the band played two more gigs on their mini tour of the south - west in oxford and colchester, preparing them for their american debut .
it was pretty much downhill from there – bowie continued to sell records to a loyal fan base that stayed with him throughout, with new fans acquired via a series of megatours, and would still pick up the odd # 1 lp during the 3 decades following ‘let’s dance’, but despite morphing from one approach to the next he couldn’t find the magic he once seemed able to summon so effortlessly. the proof is in the pudding – following his death the vast majority of the top 40 bowie tracks downloaded were from his first decade, and only a couple from the mid - ’80s on, most notably his surprise 2013 hit single ‘where are we now? ’, which was his first top 10 hit since ‘jump they say’ 20 years before, serving to build the momentum for another chart topping album, ‘the next day’ .
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they signed belle & sebastien and snow patrol, but lost both to bigger labels on the cusp of their achieving major success .
a scout spotted the scottish indie band at stow college in glasgow almost as soon as d' andrea, jo, his wife, and mark jones, set up the label in 1995 .
their first two albums were already written and stuart murdoch had a plan which included recording them at college using money he' d borrowed from his dad
recalls d' andrea .
d' andrea turned down radiohead' s request that belle & sebastian support them on their 1997 tour. and rejected krispy kreme' s $ 350, 000 (£175, 000) syncing deal .
i almost staretd to enjoy saying' no' ,
he says .
we took the tried and tested route of album production with them, but it cost a lot of money ,
says d' andrea .
they sold 10, 000 of each of the two albums we produced, but they were capable of more. so we spent more, but the sales didn' t rise to match .
but by 2002, the label ran out of money .
that coincided with the time when belle & sebastian and snow patrol were ready to embrace the mainstream ,
says d' andrea .
we were honest about the fact we were broke
,
snow patrol went off to polydor and belle & sebastian to rough trade. d' andrea returned to his job as a metals trader in the city, while his wife continued to keep things ticking over .
two singles releases have had low - key success and an album, sixnationstate, is due out in september. although d' andrea was keen to focus on just one band, later last year he spied parka, again picked up by worst case scenario .
i had to sign them
says d' andrea .
they have the punky energy of the buzzcocks, with a dance feel .
does anyone ?
asks d' andrea .
no one really knows how to do the job anymore. people are willing to spend money on going to concerts, merchandise, food, but not music itself .
the musicality is amazing ,
he says .
these kids are the mp3 generation; they' re mixing up genres and not following any one particular style. when you get someone who does it well, it' s incredibly exciting .
belle and sebastian have announced that they will play a very special one off concert in glasgow with the rsno. [ cont… ]
snow patrol have announced new headline shows in the united states for later this year. [ cont… ]
20 years since they took fans for a weekend away at the bowlie weekender, belle and sebastian would like you to join them at sea for the boaty weekender. [ cont… ]
snow patrol have confirmed additional dates for their wildness tour in europe, the uk and ireland in december 2018 and january and february 2019. [ cont… ]
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uk record labels association, the bpi, gives notice that six candidates have put their names forward for election to bpi council as independent representatives. bpi council is the key forum for determining bpi policy and activity .
two of the six places on bpi council designated for independent representation are currently vacant after henry semmence (absolute label services) and katy ellis (anglo management) stood down by rotation .
details and video manifestos for each of the candidates are available for bpi members to view on the members’ section of the bpi website .
ceo recorded music for warner music group, and nicola tuer, coo sony music uk, are re - standing to fill two of the six places designated to majors on bpi council that are currently also vacant .
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as a 6 foot 3 man... i had difficulty fitting my legs in to the seating at the troxy and made for a very uncomfortable few hours. . also, your spot lights often blinded me and i noted other people holding a hand over their eyes, this was a bit annoying. a really poor depressing back - up artist, but belle and sebastian were very good
b & s; on form. . loved the video backdrop. good set with a couple of exceptions for me. interactive as always. encore lifted the roof. not a great fan of rock city as a venue... viewing position always an issue but a really fun night .
the band members include drummer richard colburn, stevie jackson and bobby kildea playing guitar, keys by sarah martin and chris geddes with dave mcgowan playing bass .
they make their headline performance at the nottingham rock city, brighton dome and the troxy in london during march of 2018 .
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they would grow from indie darlings to greater commercial success, assisted by being selected for use in films like high fidelity and (500) days of summer and also becoming the end credit music for the channel 4 comedy television show teachers. their name and gig attendance grew across the albums if you’re feeling sinister, the boy with the arab strap, fold your hands child, you walk like a peasant and storytelling .
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critically acclaimed album releases followed from all four new signings and a few months after the 1998 release of belle & sebastian’s third album ‘the boy with the arab strap’ they were nominated for a brit award. against all odds they went on to beat steps in the 1999 brit awards best newcomer category .
in the summer of 2008 we released an album of highlights from belle & sebastian’s various bbc sessions with, in addition, a limited edition twelve track live recording dating back to 2001. the album provides the band’s dedicated fans with a nostalgic reminder of how belle & sebastian’s live sound progressed .
the “sinister” lp had been licensed in north america by virgin subsidiary label the enclave since february. belle and sebastian journeyed over to new york in september to take part in the cmj (college music journal) festival. they played two gigs at the angel oransanz foundation centre for the arts, an old chapel in greenwich village. the excitement levels were so high, parts of the ceiling decided to join the band onstage, as belle and sebastian – literally – brought the house down .
the band were also invited to play at the barcelona bam festival in late september. this time their venue was an ancient courtyard at the plaza del rei, and under a starry moonlit sky, beneath the gaze of a thousand gargoyles they captivated, yet again, another audience .
“3. . 6. . 9 seconds of light” was the last of the summer ep’s released on october 13th, and the music press finally realised just how important b & s are, when both the melody maker and the nme made it their single of the week. despite the lack of radio play, it became the bands’ first top 40 hit, debuting at number 32 on the charts .
1998 saw the release of “the boy with the arab strap”, which became the biggest hit yet, hitting the charts at number 12, before disappearing without trace. the band disappeared too, but fortunately left a trace which led to the us and europe on their first overseas tour .
oh, and the band won “best newcomer” at the brit awards, much to the chagrin of dennis waterman, whose re - mix of “i could be so good for you (theme from minder) ” was deemed ineligible on grounds of being shit. however, waterman’s tears turned to cheers the next year when he was presented with an honorary award for “best thing to happen to rula lenska” .
the fourth single “this is just a modern rock song” was released, backed by the sublime “slow graffiti” .
1999 was a reasonably quiet year for the band. the only highlights were the re - release of “tigermilk” and the bowlie weekender, belle & sebastian’s own festival. held at pontin’s holiday camp in camber sands, the festival featured mercury rev, teenage fanclub, flaming lips, godspeed you black emperor, mogwai and broadcast among others, and spawned all tomorrow’s parties .
the rest of the year, and the first half of 2000 saw the band locked up in cava with tony doogan, recording the songs that would eventually make up b & s’ first top ten lp “fold your hands child, you walk like a peasant”. the accompanying single “legal man” was a top 15 hit, and gave the band their first “top of the pops” appearance, and their first brush with the law. it was a riotous appearance that degenerated into a blur of monkey butlers and roses .
the ever - expanding b & s line - up had a bit of a blow when stuart david departed to concentrate on looper and writing books. but it’s alright. playing the bass isn’t exactly rocket science .
the members of the band took the rest of the year off to concentrate on other projects; bel’s gentle waves; mick with the amphetameanies; beans and stevie with v - twin and richard with snow patrol .
they reconvened in january 2001 to record some new songs, again with doogan. the first of these, “jonathan david”, was released as a single on june 18th 2001, becoming a minor hit in the uk and a major hit in brazil. the band celebrated by playing a 13 - date tour of the uk, as well as sell - out trips to the usa, spain, japan and brazil. having survived various gruesome tour initiation tests, “belfast” bobby kildea was poached from v - twin, joining the band as full - time bassist. he lacks the boy david’s dry, cutting wit, but is somewhat easier on the eye .
the second and final single of the year was called “i’m waking up to us”, and was released in november 2002. it was the first time the band had collaborated with a producer; the producer in question being mike hurst, the man behind several great ’60s hits, and loads of dodgy ’80s stuff .
large chunks of 2002 were also spent recording “storytelling”, the soundtrack album to todd solondz’s film of the same name. as it turns out, a lot of the album doesn’t feature in the film, but the film at the very least, inspired all the music. alright ?
the rest of 2002 was spent on the road, or so it seemed, performing shows in the uk, denmark, sweden, holland, belgium, france, italy, the usa, canada, norway, germany, greece, portugal and spain. sadly there was another casualty along the way; isobel was the next to falter, returning home midway through the us tour. she’d never tried to pretend the rock’n’roll life suited her, and the cons had started to outweigh the pros. so that was that .
one of the highlights of the year was in december, when b & s went to london to play at john peel’s christmas party. some new songs were aired, and a drunken choir joined the band for some carols. for many though, the climax was a unique take on “the twelve days of christmas” where richard finally got to do his bird impressions .
which brings us to 2003. barring any late changes of mind, belle & sebastian have completed their 6th studio album. recorded in sussex and london with ‘80s maestro trevor horn (buggles, yes, abc, tatu, frankie goes to hollywood), the album is the first to feature bobby and not isobel. there are plans, sure, there are plans. some will happen, some won’t, and some kinda will and won’t. there will be a good deal of touring later in the year, but for now, august saw the band’s biggest ever headline shows in nyc, la and san fran. they weren’t sure whether neil diamond’s “love at the greek” was recorded in the la or san fran greek theatre, so they did both to be on the safe side .
in november 2003, the band released their first ever single from an album in the form of “step into my office, baby”. the video is in the style of the seventies “confessions…” films and stars richard as the window cleaner come office piece of fluff. graham linehan – he of father ted fame – graciously accepted b & s’s request to write and direct the video, which instigated the biggest amount of back - slapping “love your work” you could imagine .
the release of “i’m a cuckoo” from dcw in february 2004 saw b & s enjoying unprecedented radio play, and their biggest uk hit to date with a number 14 smash. the ep was also memorable for the first - ever b & s remix; australian mavericks’ avalanches unique take on “i’m a cuckoo” which has to be heard to be believed. “wrapped up in books” was released as a aa - side with new track, the epic “your cover’s blown”, as the final album single in june, netting the group their 3rd top 20 hit .
the success of the “dear catastrophe waitress” album and singles led to b & s being nominated for both the mercury music prize and the ivor novello award, but failing to win either. more oddness was to be experienced in november when trevor horn threw a party / concert to celebrate his 25 years in the business and asked b & s to perform. the band finally threw off their indie shackles and shared a stage with pet shop boys, abc, grace jones, seal, yes and frankie goes to hollywood! highlight? probably stuart inadvertently addressing the “i’ve got no claims to your crown” line of “i’m a cuckoo” to prince charles, who was watching from sidestage. and catching camilla stealing the rider when we were watching yes .
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belle and sebastian are an indie pop band formed in glasgow in january 1996. they are often compared with acts such as the smiths, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] bob dylan and nick drake. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] the name belle & sebastian comes from belle et sébastien, a 1965 children' s book by french writer cécile aubry, later adapted for television and an anime. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] though consistently lauded by critics, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] belle & sebastian' s
wistful pop
[ 8 ] has enjoyed only limited commercial success. [ 6 ]
jeepster records is a london , england-based independent record label , founded in 1995 , and specialising in british indie and alternative bands , particularly glasgow-based acts . it is most notable for its signing of belle and sebastian and snow patrol . 
jeepster records is a london, england-based independent record label, founded in 1995, and specialising in british indie and alternative bands, particularly glasgow-based acts. it is most notable for its signing of belle and sebastian and snow patrol.
jeepster records is a london, england-based independent record label, founded in 1995, and specialising in british indie and alternative bands, particularly glasgow-based acts. it is most notable for its signing of belle and sebastian and snow patrol.