| Jacaranda Records | |
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| Founded | 2018 |
| Founder | Ray Mia |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Location | 21-23 Slater Street Liverpool L1 4BW |
| Official website | Official website |
Jacaranda Records is an independent record label in Liverpool, United Kingdom, specialising in Immersive Audio. [1]
Headquartered at The Jacaranda, the 1958 venue credited with launching The Beatles on their early careers, [2] the label also operates live music venues and record stores [3] across the city. [4]
Founded by former UMG Executive Vice President Ray Mia, [5] in November 2018 the label announced plans to build a vinyl production press [6] and recording studio [7] in Liverpool, with construction of the company's first immersive audio facility beginning three months later. [8]
In the summer of 2019, the label signed Spilt (band) and SHARDS on 10 year contracts. [9] [10] The label signed Aimée Steven at the end of that year. [11]
Jacaranda Records operates two live music venues and vinyl record stores in Liverpool, and was shortlisted for Music Week's Independent Retailer of The Year award in 2020. [12]
The Jacaranda (21-23 Slater Street, Liverpool L1 4BW)
Originally opened by Allan Williams in 1958, The Jacaranda provided both rehearsal space and a stage for John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Stuart Sutcliffe to perform for the first time as The Silver Beetles. Re-furbished in 2014, [13] the 60-year-old music hub still contains murals painted by Sutcliffe & Lennon and continues to operate as a bar, record shop and live music venue.
Jacaranda Phase One (40 Seel Street, Liverpool L1 4BE)
Opened to create a larger, 300-capacity pop-up live music venue in May 2018, Phase One also contains a cafe bar and vinyl records store with private listening booths. [14]
| Catalog # | Artist | Title | Format | Notes, Limited Edition Variants |
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| JR001 | Spilt (band) | Sickly Fit | EP |
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| JR002 | Spilt (band) | 1984 | Single |
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| JR003 | Spilt (band) | Funny Money | Single |
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| JR004 | Spilt (band) | Order | Single |
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| JR005 | Spilt (band) | Still Crazy | Single |
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| JR006 | Spilt (band) | Yes | Single |
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| JR007 | Spilt (band) | SOMEONE N NO-ONE | Single |
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| JR008 | Spilt (band) | canalboatrodeo | Single |
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| JR011 | Spilt (band) | No Ball Games (Stereo Mix) | Album | |
| JR012 | SHARDS (band) | Refractions EP | EP |
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| JR013 | Aimée Steven | Better Off Dead | Single | |
| JR014 | SHARDS (band) | My Birthday | Single |
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| JR015 | Aimée Steven | Hell Is A Teenage Girl | Single |
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The Jacaranda is a Liverpool music venue closely associated with the rise of the Merseybeat phenomenon in the 1960s. Opened by The Beatles' first manager Allan Williams in 1958, it played a key role in launching the band's early careers, in addition to providing a stage for local acts like Gerry and the Pacemakers & Rory Storm and The Hurricanes. The headquarters of independent record label Jacaranda Records and still operating as a live music venue, record store and bar, the club has occupied a place in Liverpool's music scene for over 60 years.