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Late Night Tales

Late Night Tales and its predecessor Another Late Night are the names of two related series of artist-curated compilation albums released by Azuli Records in the UK until 2009 when the independent record label Night Time Stories took over the series. Both series were started by the author A.W. Wilde. The tracks on the albums are selected and mixed by a diverse selection of artists asked by Late Night Tales to create the ultimate late night mix. Many of the albums end with a story track, read by famous English performers including Benedict Cumberbatch, [1] Will Self, Brian Blessed and Patrick Moore. With the exception of Jamiroquai, Air, Bill Brewster, and Don Letts' contributions, each release includes a cover version recorded by the artist(s).

Contents

The series has been met with critical acclaim, [2] [3] with GQ praising Late Night Tales as "The Rolls Royce of compilations". [4] 2011 saw the label celebrate their tenth anniversary with a box set including all albums to date. [5]

Albums

Editions of Late Night Tales
No.Album nameArtistRelease dateCat. No.Singles
1 Another Late Night: Fila Brazillia Fila Brazillia 19 February 2001ALN01"Nature Boy" (Nat King Cole cover version)
2 Another Late Night: Howie B Howie B 24 July 2001ALN02"Under the Boardwalk" (The Drifters cover version)
3 Another Late Night: Rae & Christian Rae & Christian 1 March 2001ALN03"Flashlight" (Parliament cover version)
4 Another Late Night: Zero 7 Zero 7 18 February 2002ALN04"Truths and Rights" (Johnny Osbourne cover version)
5 Another Late Night: Groove Armada Groove Armada 3 June 2002ALN05"Fly Me to the Moon" (Frank Sinatra cover version)
6 Another Late Night: Tommy Guerrero Tommy Guerrero 23 September 2002ALN06"Come Together" (The Beatles cover version)
7 Another Late Night: Kid Loco Kid Loco 10 February 2003ALN07"Paralysed" (Gang of Four cover version)
8 Late Night Tales: Nightmares on Wax Nightmares on Wax 12 May 2003ALN08"Brothers on the Slide" (Cymande cover version)
9 Late Night Tales: Sly & Robbie Sly & Robbie 14 July 2003ALN09"La Isla Bonita" (Madonna cover version)
10 Late Night Tales: Jamiroquai Jamiroquai 10 November 2003ALN10
11 Late Night Tales: Turin Brakes Turin Brakes 16 February 2004ALN11"Moonlight Mile" (The Rolling Stones cover version)
12 Late Night Tales: Four Tet Four Tet 4 October 2004ALN12"Castles Made of Sand" (Jimi Hendrix cover version)
13 Late Night Tales: The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips 7 March 2005ALN13"Seven Nation Army" (The White Stripes cover version)
14 Late Night Tales: Belle & Sebastian Belle & Sebastian 27 February 2006ALN14"Casaco Marron" (Trio Esperanca cover version)
15 Late Night Tales: Air Air 11 September 2006ALN15
16 Late Night Tales: David Shrigley aka Shrigley Forced to Speak with Others David Shrigley 23 October 2006ALN16
17 Late Night Tales: Nouvelle Vague Nouvelle Vague 5 February 2007ALN17"Come On Eileen" (Dexys Midnight Runners cover version)
18 Late Night Tales: Lindstrøm Lindstrøm 9 July 2007ALN18"Let It Happen" (Vangelis cover version)
19 Late Night Tales: Fatboy Slim Fatboy Slim 15 October 2007ALN19"Radioactivity" (Kraftwerk cover version)
20 Late Night Tales: Groove Armada Groove Armada 10 March 2008ALN20"Are "Friends" Electric?" (Gary Numan cover version)
21 Late Night Tales: Matt Helders Arctic Monkeys 27 October 2008ALN21 Matt Helders – "Dreamer" (feat. Nesreen Shah) + Alex Turner – "A Choice of Three" (Spoken Word)
22 Late Night Tales: Snow Patrol Snow Patrol 28 September 2009ALN23"New Sensation" (INXS cover version)
23 Late Night Tales: The Cinematic Orchestra The Cinematic Orchestra 5 April 2010ALN22"Talking About Freedom" feat. Fontella Bass (Fontella Bass cover version)
24 Late Night Tales: Midlake Midlake 28 March 2011ALN24"Am I Going Insane" (Black Sabbath cover version)
25 Late Night Tales: Trentemøller Trentemøller 30 May 2011ALN25"Blue Hotel" (Chris Isaak cover version)
26 Late Night Tales: MGMT MGMT 3 October 2011ALN26"All We Ever Wanted Was Everything" (Bauhaus cover version)
27 Late Night Tales: Belle and Sebastian Vol. II Belle and Sebastian 26 March 2012ALN27"Crash" (The Primitives cover version)
28 Late Night Tales: Music For Pleasure Tom Findlay 11 June 2012ALN28"How Long" (Ace cover version)
29 Late Night Tales: Metronomy Metronomy 3 September 2012ALN29"Hypnose" (Jean-Michel Jarre cover version)
30 Late Night Tales: Friendly Fires Friendly Fires 5 November 2012ALN30"Why Don't You Answer?" (Eberhard Schoener + Sting cover version)
31 Late Night Tales Presents After Dark Bill Brewster 5 May 2013ALN31
32 Late Night Tales: Röyksopp Röyksopp 14 June 2013ALN32"Ice Machine" (Depeche Mode cover version)
33 Late Night Tales: Bonobo Bonobo 17 November 2013ALN34"Get Thy Bearings" (Donovan cover version)
34 Late Night Tales: Django Django Django Django 11 May 2014ALN35"Porpoise Song" (Exclusive Monkees Cover Version)
35 Late Night Tales Presents After Dark: Nightshift Bill Brewster 6 July 2014ALN36
36 Late Night Tales: Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand 15 September 2014ALN37"Leaving My Old Life Behind" (Exclusive Jonathan Halper Cover Version)
37 Late Night Tales presents Automatic Soul Tom Findlay 3 November 2014ALN38"Don't Look Any Further" (Exclusive Dennis Edwards Cover Version)
38 Late Night Tales: Jon Hopkins Jon Hopkins 2 March 2015ALN39"I Remember" (Exclusive Yeasayer Cover Version)
39 Late Night Tales Presents After Dark: Nocturne Bill Brewster 11 May 2015ALN41
40 Late Night Tales: Nils Frahm Nils Frahm 11 September 2015ALN42"4:33" (Exclusive John Cage Cover Version)
41 Late Night Tales presents Sasha: Scene Delete Sasha 1 April 2016ALN43
42 Late Night Tales: Ólafur Arnalds Ólafur Arnalds 24 June 2016ALN44"Say My Name" (Exclusive Destiny's Child Cover Version)
43 Late Night Tales: David Holmes David Holmes 21 October 2016ALN45"I'm Not in Love" (Exclusive 10cc Cover Version)
44 Late Night Tales: BadBadNotGood BadBadNotGood 28 July 2017ALN46"To You" (Exclusive Andy Shauf Cover Version)
45 Late Night Tales: Agnes Obel Agnes Obel 25 May 2018ALN49"Poem About Death"
46 Late Night Tales: Floating Points Floating Points 29 March 2019ALN52"Sweet Time Suite Opening (Exclusive Kenny Wheeler Cover Version)"
47 Late Night Tales: Hot Chip Hot Chip 2 October 2020ALN56"Candy Says (Exclusive The Velvet Underground Cover Version)"
48 Late Night Tales: Khruangbin Khruangbin 4 December 2020ALN60"Summer Madness (Exclusive Kool & the Gang Cover Version)"
49 Late Night Tales: Jordan Rakei Jordan Rakei 9 April 2021ALN61"Lover, You Should've Come Over (Exclusive Jeff Buckley Cover Version)"
50 Late Night Tales Presents Version Excursion - Selected by Don Letts Don Letts 24 September 2021ALN64
51Late Night Tales presents After Dark: Vespertine Bill Brewster 4 August 2023ALN69

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