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| Glass Records | |
|---|---|
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| Founded | 1981 |
| Founder | David E. Barker |
| Defunct | 1990 – resurrected 2015 |
| Distributor(s) | Nine Mile, The Cartel |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Location | London |
Glass Records was a British independent record label which operated from 1981 to 1990, and was resurrected in 2015. [1]
Glass was one of the key London-based indie labels of the 1980s. Early releases focused on artists from Northampton (Religious Overdose, Where's Lisse & The Jazz Butcher), and the Midlands (Bron Area & In Embrace). The label released several records by artists having later associations with other London-based indies: Creation Records (The Jazz Butcher and Nikki Sudden & the Jacobites) ; Fire Records (Spacemen 3 and The Perfect Disaster). Glass's mainstay acts were The Pastels, In Embrace and The Jazz Butcher. The label also issued material by Bauhaus member David J, and American punk band The Replacements, and the influential Liverpool Ur-grunge Walkingseeds.
Founder David Barker went on to work for Fire Records, creating the Paperhouse label, taking the Walkingseeds with him, and releasing the first Teenage Fanclub album, then moving to Creation Records for 2 years.
Glass Records returned in 2015 as Glass Redux, reissuing some of its catalogue, unreleased material, rarities and new material from associated and former artists on the label. With the exception of 3 LPs for Record Store Day 2018, all these releases are on CD. In 2016, Glass launched the Glass Miniature download only imprint.
A new imprint was announced in 2018, Glass Modern, ostensibly for new artists and vinyl reissues from cult figures from the international rock'n'roll underground, past, present and future. The first six releases are by The Venus Fly Trap (Icon-GLAMCD001) The Froot (Forbidden Froot-GLAMCD002), on CD and Vinyl reissues by David J (Crocodile Tears and the Velvet Cosh-GLAMLP003), The Velvet Crush (In The Presence of Greatness-GLAMLP004), Thurston Moore (Klangfarbenmelodie.. And The Colorist Strikes Primitiv-GLALP006) and a brand New LP/Cd by David J in collaboration with Detroit PsychRockers Duende: Duende with David J (Oracle of the Horizontal-GLAMLP005/GLAMCD005)
Albums may be in LP (GLALP, GLASSLP or GLEX), compact disc (GLACD or GLEXCD), or cassette (GLAMC or GLASSMC) format, with singles listed mainly with the GLASS prefix. Mini-albums are listed as MGLALP. Artefacts with the same title under different catalogue entries refer to the same recording, if releases were not always issued in more than one format, leading to apparent gaps in the series. (Note that the first Glass Records single was actually released in 1980, although at that point there were not intended to be any more, thus 1981 is the year given as the beginning of it as an ongoing record label).
| Catalogue number | Artist | Title | Year |
| GLASS 043 | The Jazz Butcher | The Human Jungle (7") | 1986 |
| GLACD 002 | The Jazz Butcher | Bath of Bacon (CD, Album) | 1988 |
| GLACD 008 | Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth | Jacobites (CD, Album) | 1984 |
| GLACD 009 | The Jazz Butcher | A Scandal in Bohemia/Sex & Travel (CD, Comp) | 1986 |
| GLACD 010 | David J | Crocodile Tears and the Velvet Cosh (CD, Album) | 1985 |
| GLACD 012 | Jacobites | Robespierre's Velvet Basement (CD, Album) | 1986 |
| GLACD 017 | David J | On Glass (CD, Comp) | 1986 |
| GLACD 020 | The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy | Distressed Gentlefolk (CD, Album) | 1986 |
| GLACD 023 | The Jazz Butcher | Big Questions (CD, Comp) | 1988 |
| GLACD 029 | Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth : Jacobites | Fortune of Fame (Big Hits & Stereo Landings) (CD, Comp) | 1988 |
| GLACD 030 | Spacemen 3 | Performance (CD, Album) | 1988 |
| GLACD034 | Walkingseeds | Upwind of Disaster, Downwind of Atonement (CD, Album) | 1988 |
| GLAEP 101 | David J | Blue Moods Turning Tail (12", EP) | 1985 |
| GLAEP 102 | Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth : Jacobites | Pin Your Heart To Me (12", EP) | 1986 |
| GLAEP 103 | Outskirts | Down (12") | 1986 |
| GLAEP 104 | The Jazz Butcher v Max Eider | Conspiracy (12", EP) | 1986 |
| GLAEP 105 | Spacemen 3 | Walkin' With Jesus (12") | 1986 |
| GLAEP 106 | In Embrace | What's Got into Me? (12", EP) | 1987 |
| GLAEP 107 | The Perfect Disaster | Hey Hey Hey (12") | 1987 |
| GLAEP 108 | Spacemen 3 | Transparent Radiation (12", EP) | 1987 |
| GLAEP 109 | The Perfect Disaster | Bluebell (12") | 1987 |
| GLAEP110 | Walkingseeds | Shaved Beatnik (12") | 1989 |
| GLALP 001 | In Embrace | Passionfruit Pastels (LP, Album) | 1982 |
| GLALP 002 | The Jazz Butcher | Bath of Bacon (LP) | 1983 |
| GLALP 003 | Various | The Pulse of New York (LP, Comp) | 1983 |
| GLALP 004 | In Embrace | Too (LP, Album) | 1983 |
| GLALP 005 | Bron Area | The Trees and the Villages (LP, Album) | 1983 |
| GLALP 006 | The Gadgets | Blue Album (LP, Album) | 1983 |
| GLALP 007 | Various | Shadow And Substance (The Wonderful World of Glass, Vol. 2) (LP, Comp) | 1984 |
| GLALP 008 | Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth | Jacobites (LP) | 1984 |
| GLALP 009 | The Jazz Butcher | A Scandal in Bohemia (LP, Album) | 1984 |
| GLALP 010 | David J | Crocodile Tears and the Velvet Cosh (LP, Album) | 1985 |
| GLALP012 | Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth, Jacobites | Robespierre's Velvet Basement (LP) | 1985 |
| GLALP013 | Space Negros | Pink Noise (LP) | 1985 |
| GLALP 015 | Mayo Thompson | Corky's Debt To His Father (LP, Album, RE) | 1985 |
| GLALP 017 | David J | On Glass (LP, Comp) | 1986 |
| GLALP 018 | Spacemen 3 | Sound of Confusion (LP) | 1986 |
| GLALP 019 | Various | 50,000 Glass Fans Can't Be Wrong – A Glass Records Selection (LP, Comp) | 1986 |
| GLALP 020 | The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy | Distressed Gentlefolk (LP) | 1986 |
| GLALP 021 | The Pastels | Up for a Bit with The Pastels (LP, Album) | 1987 |
| GLALP 023 | The Jazz Butcher | Big Questions (LP, Comp) | 1987 |
| GLALP 025 | Downy Mildew | Broomtree (LP, Album) | 1987 |
| GLALP 026 | Spacemen 3 | The Perfect Prescription (LP) | 1987 |
| GLALP 027 | The Perfect Disaster | Perfect Disaster (LP, Album, RE) | 1987 |
| GLALP 028 | The Membranes | Kiss Ass... Godhead! (LP, Album) | 1988 |
| GLALP 029 | Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth : Jacobites | Fortune of Fame (Big Hits and Broken Biscuits) (LP) | 1988 |
| GLALP 030 | Spacemen 3 | Performance (Album) | 1988 |
| GLALP 031 | Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet | Savvy Show Stoppers (Album) | 1988 |
| GLALP034 | Walkingseeds | Upwind of Disaster, Downwind of Atonement (LP) | 1988 |
| GLALP 035 | The Red Crayola | Malefactor, Adé (LP, Album) | 1989 |
| GLALP 104 | The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy | Distressed Gentlefolk / The Conspiracy LP (2xLP, Comp) | 1986 |
| GLAMC 009 | The Jazz Butcher | A Scandal in Bohemia/Bath of Bacon (Cass, Comp, Dou) | 1984 |
| GLAMC 011 | The Jazz Butcher | Sex And Travel/The Gift of Music (Cass, Comp, Dou) | 1985 |
| GLAMC 020 | The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy | Distressed Gentlefolk (Cass, Album) | 1986 |
| GLAMC 021 | The Pastels | Up for a Bit with The Pastels (Cass, Album) | 1987 |
| GLAMC 023 | The Jazz Butcher | Big Questions (Cass, Comp) | 1987 |
| GLAMC 026 | Spacemen 3 | The Perfect Prescription (Cass, Album) | 1987 |
| GLASS 001 | Glass | New Colours (7") | 1980 |
| GLASS 003 | Ciaran Harte | Love Is Strange (7") | 1981 |
| GLASS 004 | Religious Overdose | 25 Minutes/Control Addicts (7") | 1981 |
| GLASS 006 | Richard Formby | Outside The Angular Colony (Cass) | 1981 |
| GLASS 007 | English Subtitles | Tannoy/Cars on Fire (7", Single) | 1981 |
| GLASS 008 | Where's Lisse? | Talk Takes Too Long (7") | 1981 |
| GLASS 009 | Religious Overdose | I Said Go/Alien To You (7") | 1981 |
| GLASS 010 | Various | The Wonderful World of Glass Vol. 1 (LP, Comp) | 1981 |
| Glass 011 | Various | Northampton Under Glass (Cass, Comp) | 1981 |
| GLASS 012 | Bron Area | Different Phrases (12") | 1982 |
| GLASS 014 | Where's Lisse? | Tutorial (12") | 1982 |
| GLASS 017 | Kevin Harrison | Fly (12") | 1982 |
| GLASS 018 | Religious Overdose | The Girl with the Disappearing Head (I've Got To Adjust To It) (12") | 1982 |
| GLASS 019 | In Embrace | The Initial Caress (12") | 1982 |
| GLASS 021 | The Cravats | Terminus/Little Yellow Froggy (7") | 1982 |
| GLASS 022 | Anti Establishment | Future Girl/No Trust (7", Single) | 1982 |
| GLASS 023 | Anti Establishment | Anti Men (7", Single) | 1983 |
| GLASS 024 | In Embrace | Sun Brings Smiles (7") | 1982 |
| GLASS 025 | The Wise Men | Knowledge (7", Single) | 1983 |
| GLASS 026 | The Gadgets | We Had No Way of Knowing (7") | 1983 |
| GLASS 027 | The Jazz Butcher | Southern Mark Smith | 1983 |
| GLASS 028 | Schleïmer...K | Fugitive Kind (12") | 1982 |
| GLASS 029 | The Tempest | Lady Left This/Attic (7") | 1983 |
| GLASS 030 | In Embrace | The Living Daylights (7") | 1983 |
| GLASS 031 | David J and the J-Walkers | The Promised Land (7", Single) | 1983 |
| GLASS 033 | The Jazz Butcher | Marnie (7") | 1984 |
| GLASS 034 | In Embrace | Your Heaven Scent (Single) | 1984 |
| GLASS 039 | David J | I Can't Shake This Shadow of Fear/War Game (7", Single) | 1984 |
| GLASS 040 | The Jazz Butcher | Roadrunner/Rain (7") | 1984 |
| GLASS 041 | The Jazz Butcher | Real Men (7", Single, TP) | 1985 |
| GLASS 041 | The Jazz Butcher | Real Men (7", Single) | 1985 |
| GLASS 042 | David J | Crocodile Tears and the Velvet Cosh (7", Single) | 1985 |
| GLASS 043 | The Jazz Butcher | The Human Jungle (7") | 1985 |
| GLASS 044 | The Doctor's Children | Tomorrow I'll Die (7", Single) | 1985 |
| GLASS 045 | Jacobites | When The Rain Comes (7", Single) | 1986 |
| GLASS 046 | The Jazz Butcher and his Sikkorskis from Hell | Hard (7", Single) | 1986 |
| GLASS 048 | The Pastels | Truck Train Tractor (7") | 1986 |
| GLASS 049 | The Jazz Butcher | Angels (7") | 1986 |
| GLASS 050 | The Pastels | Crawl Babies (7", Single) | 1987 |
| GLASS 051 | In Embrace | A Room Upstairs (7", Single) | 1986 |
| GLASS 052 | The Membranes | Time-Warp 1991 (Long Live Trad Rock) (7", Single) | 1987 |
| GLASS 053 | The Pastels | Comin' Through (7", Single) | 1987 |
| GLASS 055 | The Apartments | The Shyest Time (7") | 1988 |
| GLASS 056 | The Servants | It's My Turn (7") | 1989 |
| GLASS 12031 | David J and the J-Walkers | The Promised Land (12", Single) | 1983 |
| GLASS 12032 | David J | V For Vendetta (12") | 1984 |
| GLASS 12033 | The Jazz Butcher | Marnie (Miaow Mix) (12") | 1984 |
| GLASS 12034 | In Embrace | Your Heaven Scent (Plays Hell With Me) (12", EP) | 1984 |
| GLASS 12039 | David J | I Can't Shake This Shadow of Fear (12", Single) | 1984 |
| GLASS 12040 | The Jazz Butcher | Roadrunner (12") | 1984 |
| GLASS 12041 | The Jazz Butcher | Real Men (12") | 1985 |
| GLASS 12042 | David J | Crocodile Tears and the Velvet Cosh (12", Single) | 1985 |
| GLASS 12043 | The Jazz Butcher | The Human Jungle (12") | 1985 |
| GLASS 12045 | Jacobites | When The Rain Comes/Country Girl (12", EP) | 1986 |
| GLASS 12046 | The Jazz Butcher and his Sikkorskis from Hell | Hard (12") | 1986 |
| GLASS 12048 | The Pastels | Truck Train Tractor (12", Maxi) | 1986 |
| GLASS 12049 | The Jazz Butcher | Angels (12") | 1986 |
| GLASS 12050 | The Pastels | Crawl Babies (12") | 1987 |
| GLASS 12051 | In Embrace | A Room Upstairs (12") | 1986 |
| GLASS 12053 | The Pastels | Comin' Through (12") | 1987 |
| GLASS 12054 | Spacemen 3 | Take Me to the Other Side (12") | 1988 |
| GLASS 12055 | The Apartments | The Shyest Time (12") | 1988 |
| GLASS 12056 | The Servants | It's My Turn (EP) | 1989 |
| GLASSLP 013 | English Subtitles | Original Dialogue (LP) | 1982 |
| GLASSLP 020 | Elliott Sharp | Nots (LP, Album) | 1982 |
| GLASSMC 015 | Kevin Harrison | Spectro Verdu Est Mort? (Cass, Album) | 1981 |
| GLEX 101 | The Jazz Butcher | The Gift of Music (LP, Comp) | 1985 |
| GLEX 102 | In Embrace | Wanderlust (1982 – 1984) (LP, Comp) | 1986 |
| GLEXCD 101 | The Jazz Butcher | The Gift of Music (CD, Comp) | 1988 |
| HMMM001 | The Jazz Butcher | Christmas with the Pygmies (7", Fan) | 1986 |
| HMMM 002 | The Jazz Butcher | Speedy Gonzales (7") | 1987 |
| MGLALP 011 | The Jazz Butcher | Sex And Travel (12", Mini-album) | 1985 |
| MGLALP 014 | Outskirts | Heaven's on the Move (12", Mini-album) | 1985 |
| MGLALP 016 | The Replacements | Boink!! (LP, Mini-album, Comp) | 1986 |
| MGLALP 024 | Colin Lloyd Tucker | Head (LP, Mini-album) | 1987 |
| MGLALP 032 | Clay Idols | Every Day Starts Like This (LP, Mini-album) | 1988 |
| MGLALP 037 | Walkingseeds | Sensory Deprivation Chamber Quartet Dwarf LP (LP) | 1989 |
| MGLAMC 016 | The Replacements | Boink!! (Cass, Mini-album) | 1986 |
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