Bristol Archive Records Blog

News Update 28/1/2009

News from the vaults of Bristol this week is as follows:

 

We’ve just mastered and submitted to the platform pending release dates being set the following releases:

 

ARC 080         ELECTRIC GUITARS         SINGLE         ‘HEALTH’

 

ARC 081         ELECTRIC GUITARS         SINGLE         ‘WOLFMAN TAP’

 

ARC 083         ELECTRIC GUITARS         SINGLE         ‘WORK’

 

ARC 088         CREATURE BEAT               SINGLE         ‘SHE WON’T DANCE’

 

ARC 089         THE SPICS    ALBUM         MIDNIGHT GIRLS’

 

We’ve also submitted the first trench of The Shoc Wave Records series.

 

Shoc Wave was a label launched in Bristol in 1979 by Gene Walsh and was based in Easton. Acts on the label included The Rimshots, No Deposit, Joshua Moses and Bugs Durrant.

 

ARC 079         FELIX DC      SINGLE         ‘YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE’

 

ARC 082         SWEET ENERGY     SINGLE         ‘FAMILY AFFAIR’

 

ARC 084         HASWELL     SINGLE         ‘PRISSY MISS MAYBE’

 

ARC 085         BLACK FLAMEZ     SINGLE         ‘LIVE JAM (BF MIX)’

 

ARC 086         DOMINICA               SINGLE         INDEPENDENCE FEVER’

 

ARC 087         BLACK FLAMEZ     SINGLE         ‘NEVER YOU CHANGE’

 

We hope to have a full story on the label very soon but it was very different to any label in Bristol at the time, very diverse, multi cultural, covering many genres of music, Reggae, Dub, Native Dominican music, Disco and Ska / Pop.

 

Other news:

 

Currently we are in the studio mastering:

 

THE ROYAL ASSASSINS   ALBUM         ‘FLUX’

 

THE PIGS      ALBUM         ‘1977’

 

THE PIGS      EP       ‘YOUTHANASIA’

 

GARDEZ DARKX    ALBUM

 

EUROPEANS (LIVE)           ALBUM

 

RECORDED DELIVERY    SINGLE

 

ESSENTIAL BOP     EP       ELOQUENT SOUNDS

 

THE WILD BEASTS                        SINGLE         ‘MINIMUM MAXIMUM’

 

BLUE MOVIES         SINGLE         ‘MARY JANE’

 

SOCIAL SECURITY             ALBUM

 

 

Over and out for now…….

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