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Sarah Records

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      • Ivy
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  • And…
    • Popkiss
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Category Archives: Press General Label

Sarah in NME, Summer 1988 (Fred Dellar)

Sarah Records Posted on August 7, 2015 by MattAugust 7, 2015

Sarah Records in NME

Posted in Before Sarah, Press Are You Scared To Get Happy?, Press Fanzine culture, Press General Label, Press Sarah Compilations

NME “Fred Fact” on Sarah 21-30 7″ labels (Fred Dellar, NME)

Sarah Records Posted on August 3, 2015 by MattAugust 3, 2015

Fred Fact

Posted in Orchids, Press General Label, Trains and Postcards | Tagged Postcards

My Secret World: NME review

Sarah Records Posted on April 1, 2015 by MattApril 1, 2015

My Secret World NME review

Posted in My Secret World, Press General Label | Tagged My Secret World

(Second) Greatest Indie Label Of All Time (NME, 7th March, 2015)

Sarah Records Posted on March 8, 2015 by MattMarch 8, 2015

NME's list of greatest indie labelsWell, it only took them 25 years… ahem. Not sure who reads the NME in 2015, or who writes for it, or why either of them do those things, but this still made us smile. In case you’re wondering, 4AD are Number One and XL Number Three. Creation, Rough Trade and Factory are all further down. Postcard and Crass don’t feature anywhere, which seems a bit remiss; I always saw us as a cross between the two. (Obviously this is a screen grab from their website, but I assume it’s in the tree-killing version too.)

Posted in Another Sunny Day, East River Pipe, Field Mice, Heavenly, Press General Label

Sarah Records Investment Portfolio

Sarah Records Posted on February 25, 2015 by MattNovember 2, 2017

Spiral Scratch articleIn 1988, Spiral Scratch – a sort of inept Record Collector (“for those who know the value of nothing but would still quite like to know its price in G/VG condition” – Oscar Wilde) – printed this bit of pro-Tory propaganda suggesting readers invest in Sarah, a label “run by Matt and his girlfriend Clare” (oh dear… not a good start…), because “even if you lose in the collectable stakes, you can console yourself [with] some fine music”… as if listening to Sean Urchins’ dreary Summershine could ever really make up for the loss of 50p and an SAE. Whatever happened to Mr Urchins, I wonder? I hope he’s OK. Shadow Factory was never really going to called Doing It For The Publicity, by the way: that was a dig at Creation’s Doing It For The Kids with its one previously unavailable track…

Posted in Capitalism, Feminism, Politics, Press General Label, Press Sha-la-la

End of Sarah (Peter Paphides, Time Out, August 1995)

Sarah Records Posted on February 20, 2015 by MattFebruary 20, 2015

Sarah Records in Time Out

Posted in Another Sunny Day, Capitalism, East River Pipe, Field Mice, Harvey Williams, Heavenly, Press Another Sunny Day, Press East River Pipe, Press Field Mice, Press General Label, Press Harvey Williams, Press Heavenly, Press Sarah Compilations, Press Sea Urchins, Press Springfields, Press Sugargliders, Press Talulah Gosh, Press Wake, Sarah 100, Sea Urchins, Springfields, Sugargliders, Talulah Gosh, Wake | Tagged Another Sunny Day, East River Pipe, Field Mice, Harvey Williams, Heavenly, Sarah 100, Sea Urchins, Springfields, Sugargliders, Talulah Gosh, Wake

Sarah Farewell Party (Mike Goldsmith, NME, August 1995)

Sarah Records Posted on June 6, 2014 by MattJanuary 13, 2015

FarewellPartyMG

Posted in Press Another Sunny Day, Press Blueboy, Press Boyracer, Press Brighter, Press General Label, Press Heavenly, Press Orchids, Press Secret Shine, Sarah 100

NME Discography (August 1991)

Sarah Records Posted on June 6, 2014 by MattJanuary 16, 2015

NMEDiscography

Posted in Press General Label, Press Talulah Gosh, Saropoly | Tagged Saropoly

Cutie Calls (Everett True, Melody Maker, August 1990)

Sarah Records Posted on June 6, 2014 by MattJanuary 17, 2015

CutieCalls

Posted in Capitalism, Press Another Sunny Day, Press Are You Scared To Get Happy?, Press Field Mice, Press General Label, Press Gentle Despite, Press Orchids, Press Sarah Compilations, Press Sea Urchins, Press St Christopher

Sarah R.I.P. (Dave Simpson, Melody Maker, Sep 1995)

Sarah Records Posted on May 23, 2014 by MattJanuary 17, 2015

SarahRIP

Posted in Capitalism, Feminism, Press Another Sunny Day, Press Blueboy, Press East River Pipe, Press Even As We Speak, Press Field Mice, Press General Label, Press Orchids, Press Sarah Compilations, Press Sugargliders, Press Tramway, Sarah 100, Saropoly | Tagged Saropoly

Sarah Records by Colm o’Callaghan

Sarah Records Posted on March 15, 2014 by MattJanuary 17, 2015

ColmOCallaghan

Posted in Capitalism, Feminism, Press Blueboy, Press Field Mice, Press General Label, Press Heavenly, Press Wake

Matt Factor 45 (NME)

Sarah Records Posted on March 15, 2014 by MattApril 7, 2015

MattFactor

Posted in Before Sarah, Press Another Sunny Day, Press Are You Scared To Get Happy?, Press General Label, Press Orchids, Press Sea Urchins, Press Sha-la-la, Press Springfields

Sarah was a Bristol-based independent record label, active between November 1987 and August 1995. This site was launched in 2015 to archive photos, press, posters and other artefacts; it’s a work in progress.

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