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| Jungle Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1982 |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | punk rock, post punk, gothic, alternative |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Official website | www |
Jungle Records is a British independent record label established in 1982, specializing in punk rock, post punk, gothic, and alternative releases.
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From 1982 to 1986, they also operated as a record distributor and were associate members of the Cartel. They held the exclusive right to sell records from The Cartel and all indie labels, including those by Depeche Mode, New Order, and The Smiths, to the Our Price Records chain. [1]
The label has recorded albums by Johnny Thunders such as Copy Cats (with Patti Palladin) and Que Sera Sera . They control the Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers tape library, including their L.A.M.F. album.
They discovered and released the first recordings by Mercury Rev: Yerself Is Steam [2] and Car Wash Hair. They also released early recordings by Fields of the Nephilim.
Jungle Records licenses material from the French label Skydog Records, including Iggy & the Stooges' Metallic KO', various other Iggy Pop releases, and albums by Flamin' Groovies, MC5, Kim Fowley, and New York Dolls.
They have released recordings by artists and bands such as Alternative TV, Sid Vicious, Sky Saxon, The Seeds, The Newtown Neurotics, Jimi Hendrix, Play Dead, The March Violets, UK Subs, King Kurt, The Adicts, Broken Bones, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Test Dept, Nina Simone, Family Fodder, Christian Death, The Eden House, Specimen, The Slits, Jayne County, Wendy James, Tyla Gang, Wasted Youth, Cuddly Toys, Ducks Deluxe, Sterling Roswell, Wilko Johnson, The Waldos, The Hillbilly Moon Explosion, and Creaming Jesus. [3]
Through their sub-label imprint Goldtop Recordings, in collaboration with Goldtop Studio, they have released albums by Geraint Watkins, Martin Belmont, and Hillbilly Moon Explosion.
Other labels owned or administered by Jungle Records include Fall Out Records, Ministry Of Power, Fresh Records, Red Records, Mint Films, and Middle Earth. [4]
They also operate as a music publisher under the name Jungle Music, publishing over a quarter of their music catalogue. [5] As a book publisher, they released Johnny Thunders...In Cold Blood by Nina Antonia in 1987. In 2014, they co-produced the film Looking For Johnny: The Legend of Johnny Thunders, directed by Danny Garcia.
