Fellaheen Records

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Fellaheen Records
Founded1993
Founder Steven Stavrakis and Stephen Pavlovic
Defunctc1998
StatusDefunct
Distributor(s) Shock Records
Genreindie
Country of originAustralia
Location Sydney

Fellaheen Records was an Australian record label run by Steven Stavrakis and Stephen Pavlovic. [1]

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The label was founded in 1993 after Stavrakis' closed his previous label Waterfront Records. [2] The new label released music from local and international acts, including Australians Fur, Budd, Sourpuss, Ben Lee, Magic Dirt, [3] [4] and was considered more "indie" than Waterfront. [5]

In 1995 they released the Beastie Boys' Aglio E Olio EP as a lathe cut clear vinyl record, [6] with some being shared with the Beastie Boys' label Grand Royal. [7] Three other lathe records were released for bands Gerling, Pavement, and Sourpuss. [6] The label also released other Grand Royal albums by DJ Hurricane and Luscious Jackson, often with exclusives tracks. [8] [9] Grand Royal in turn released Ben Lee's debut album in America, [10] and Fellaheen is credited with starting Ben Lee's career. [11]

Adam Yee was Assistant Managing Director/ A & R at Fellaheen Records for three and a half years, but left in August 1997. [12] Later that month, Fellaheen Records' operations were taken over by Shock Records, [13] where they were looked after by Tom Larnach-Jones. [14] Shock later owned the label outright. [15] Following this, Pavlovic started another label Modular Recordings in 1998. [16] Stavrakis worked at Modular briefly before starting In-Fidelity Recordings with Bruce Milne in 2002. [17] [18]

Discography

CatalogueArtistTitle
JacK 001-2 The Fluid Spot The Loon
JacK 002-7Magic DirtSupertear/Sea
JacK 003-7MidgetJuice/Flicker
JacK 004-2The FluidSpot The Loon
JacK 005-2BuddYakfat
JacK 006-7 Noise Addict I Wish I Was Him
JacK 007.5-2Noise AddictVs. Silverchair
JacK 008-7FurFix It/ Chocolate Sea
JacK 009-2Pavement Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
JacK 010-2 Superchunk Foolish
JacK 010.5-2SuperchunkFoolish Tour Edition
JacK 011-2 Huggy Bear ...Presents Main Squeeze
JacK 012-2HatemanTriple Forte
JacK 014-2FurFind What You Like & Let It Kill You
JacK 015-2Pavement Gold Soundz
JacK 016-2BuddNaf
JacK 017-2Luscious Jackson Natural Ingredients
JacK 018-2Hurricane The Hurra
JacK 019-2SuperchunkThe On Paper It Made Perfect Sense EP
JacK 020-2PavementRattle By The Rush
JacK 021-2Pavement Wowee Zowee
JacK 022-2 Guided By Voices Alien Lanes
JacK 023-2Ben Lee Grandpaw Would
JacK 024-2Superchunk Incidental Music 1991-95
JacK 025-2DioleneDee-O-Leen
JacK 026-2Pavement Father To A Sister Of Thought
JacK 027-2FurLosin' Your Marbles
JacK 028-2SuperchunkHyper Enough
JacK 029-2Superchunk Here's Where The Strings Come In
JacK 030-2Ben LeeAway With The Pixies
JacK 031-2Noise AddictMeet The Real You
JacK 032-2Pavement Pacific Trim
JacK 032-7PavementPacific Trim
JacK 033-2Beastie BoysAglio E Olio
JacK 033-7Beastie BoysAglio E Olio
JacK 034-7GerlingSedatives For Dead Radars
JacK 035-7SourpussSolvent
JacK 036-2BuddOvit
JacK 037-2SourpussTabouli
JacK 038-2DioleneCazzo, Cucucelle e Ove
JacK 039-2Guided By Voices Under The Bushes Under The Stars
JacK 040-2FurNeon Pressure
JacK 041-2 Kostars Klassics With a K
JacK 042-2GerlingA Day of Research
JacK 043-2SandpitLessons In Posture
JacK 045-1Fur & DioleneSplit
JacK 046-2Superchuck & Guided By VoicesSplit
Jack 047-2VariousFellaheen Compilation
JacK 048-1SebadohBakesale
JacK 049-2SandpitThe Tyranny Of Creeps
JacK 050-2Pavement Brighten The Corners
Jack 051-2FurThe Betty Shakes
JacK 052-2Ben Lee Something To Remember Me By
JacK 053-2FurBlondi
JacK054-7Pavement Shady Lane
JacK 056FurHigh Side
JacK057-2SuperchunkIndoor Living
JacK 059-2SandpitAlong The Moors
JacK 061-2SandpitGreater Expectations
JacK 062-2FurJimmy Rogers
JacK 063-2SandpitOn Second Thought
JacK 065-2SandpitThe Hunting Picture
JacK 066-2BuddNaf/Ovit
JacK 067-2BuddPrana

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