Food Records was a record label

Record label

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 set up in 1984

1984 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.-Janury-March:*January 21 – "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.*January 27 – Michael Jackson's...

 by David Balfe

David Balfe

David Balfe is most notable for playing keyboards with The Teardrop Explodes, founding the Zoo and Food record labels, signing Blur and for being the subject of their number one hit - "Country House".-Biography:...

, who later took on Andy Ross as his partner. Originally formed as an independent record label

Independent record label

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 with distribution going through Rough Trade Distribution, Food licenced acts to the Polygram

PolyGram

PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...

 offshoot London

London Records

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 and Warner's WEA Records

Warner Music Group

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, before becoming closely associated with the EMI

EMI

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 group's Parlophone

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 label. In 1988 EMI

EMI

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 invested in the label and then in 1994 EMI gained complete control and folded it into Parlophone a few years later.

Artists

Food was sold to EMI by David Balfe in 1994. Andy Ross continued running Food as a sub-label of EMI, where it was the record label of Blur

Blur (band)

Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...

, Idlewild

Idlewild (band)

Idlewild are a Scottish rock band, formed in Edinburgh, in 1995, comprising Roddy Woomble , Rod Jones , Colin Newton , Allan Stewart and Gareth Russell...

, Jesus Jones

Jesus Jones

Jesus Jones are a British rock band. The Wiltshire-based group, formed in late 1988, recorded and performed in the late 1980s, throughout the 1990s, and into the 2000s. They are best remembered for their track, "Right Here, Right Now", an international hit and subsequently globally appropriated for...

, Dubstar

Dubstar

Dubstar are an English band, performing mostly dream pop and indie dance music, as well as occasional pop ballads and, on later releases, guitar-heavy rock with an industrial influence. The group was formed in 1992 by Steve Hillier and Chris Wilkie in Newcastle-upon-Tyne...

, Octopus

Octopus (band)

Octopus were a Britpop band from Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland formed in 1995. They had three hit singles before splitting up in 1997.-History:...

 and Grass Show

Grass Show (band)

Grass Show were a Britpop-inspired indie band from Sweden, active in the mid to late 1990s. They released one album in the United Kingdom, Something Smells Good In Stinkville, in 1997, with three singles, "1962", "Freak Show" and "Out Of The Void"...

.

Releases

The Food catalogue lists the following releases under the FOOD catalog number (12 inch vinyl singles have an added T after the number):

Singles

Cat No.	Artist	Title	Date	Configuration
FOOD 1	Brilliant Brilliant (band) Brilliant were a British pop/rock group active in the 1980s. Although not commercially successful and mauled by the critics, they remain notable because of the personnel involved - Martin Glover aka Youth, formerly of Killing Joke and subsequently a top producer/remixer; Jimmy Cauty, later to find...	Soul Murder	June 1984
FOOD 2	The Woodentops The Woodentops The Woodentops are a British rock band that have enjoyed critical acclaim and moderate popularity in the mid-1980s.-History:The band formed in 1983 in South London with an initial line-up of Rolo McGinty , Simon Mawby , Alice Thompson , Frank DeFreitas , and Paul Hookham .After a...	Plenty	July 1984
FOOD 3	Brilliant	Wait For It	October 1984
FOOD 5	Brilliant	It's A Man's World	September 1985
FOOD 6	Brilliant	Love Is War	February 1986
FOOD 7	Brilliant	Somebody	July 1986
FOOD 8	Brilliant	The End Of The World	86
FOOD 9	Voice of the Beehive Voice of the Beehive Voice of the Beehive is an Anglo-American alternative pop rock band formed in London in 1986 by Californian sisters Tracey Bryn and Melissa Brooke Belland, daughters of The Four Preps singer, Bruce Belland.- Career :...	Just A City	March 1987
FOOD 10	Crazyhead	Baby Turpentine	July 1987
FOOD 11	Diesel Park West Diesel Park West Diesel Park West are an alternative rock band from Leicester, England. Formed in 1981, they have released ten albums to date, plus six singles that have appeared in the UK Singles Chart.-Original line-up:*John Butler...	When The Hoodoo Comes	July 1987
FOOD 12	Crazyhead	Time Has Taken Its Toll On You
FOOD 14	Crazyhead	Rags
FOOD 14	Crazyhead	Have Love Will Travel EP
FOOD 15	Diesel Park West	Jackie's Still Sad
FOOD 17	Diesel Park West	All The Myths On Sunday
FOOD 18	Jesus Jones Jesus Jones Jesus Jones are a British rock band. The Wiltshire-based group, formed in late 1988, recorded and performed in the late 1980s, throughout the 1990s, and into the 2000s. They are best remembered for their track, "Right Here, Right Now", an international hit and subsequently globally appropriated for...	Info Freako
FOOD 19	Diesel Park West	Like Princes Do
FOOD 20	Diesel Park West	Hoodoo EP
FOOD 21	Jesus Jones	Never Enough
FOOD 22	Jesus Jones	Bring It On Down
FOOD 23	Various	The Food Christmas EP	December 1989
FOOD 24	Jesus Jones	Real, Real, Real
FOOD 25	Jesus Jones	Right Here, Right Now
FOOD 26	Blur Blur (band) Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...	She's So High	October 1990	CD, MC, 7", 12"
FOOD 27	Jesus Jones	International Bright Young Thing
FOOD 28	Jesus Jones	Who? Where? Why?
FOOD 29	Blur	There's No Other Way	April 1991	CD, MC, 2x12"
FOOD 30	Jesus Jones	Right Here, Right Now (Reissue)
FOOD 31	Blur	Bang	July 1991	CD, MC, 7", 12"
FOOD 33	Sensitize	Maniac
FOOD 34	Various	Food X-Mas Party 1991
FOOD 35	Diesel Park West	Fall To Love
FOOD 36	Diesel Park West	Boy On Top Of The News
FOOD 37	Blur	Popscene	March 1992	CD, MC, 7", 12"
FOOD 38	Sensitize	Falling Through
FOOD 39	Diesel Park West	God Only Knows
FOOD 40	Blur	For Tomorrow	April 1993	2xCD, MC, 12"
FOOD 41	Jesus Jones	The Devil You Know
FOOD 42	Jesus Jones	The Right Decision
FOOD 44	Jesus Jones	Zeroes And Ones
FOOD 45	Blur	Chemical World	June 1993	2xCD, Red 7", 12" w/ Print
FOOD 46	Blur	Sunday Sunday	September 1993	2xCD, Yellow 7", 12" w/ Print
FOOD 47	Blur	Girls & Boys	March 1994	2xCD, MC, Numbered 7"
FOOD 48	Skyscraper Skyscraper (band) Skyscraper were a UK-based rock band formed during 1992. The original line up consisted of Vic Kemlicz previously of Camden band Milk, ex-Swervedriver bassist Adi Vines and drummer Oliver Grasset formerly of the band Pitchfork Skyscraper...	Man Made Hell	1994
FOOD 49	Strangelove Strangelove (band) Strangelove were an English alternative rock band, formed in Bristol in 1991 and led by singer Patrick Duff. They released three albums before splitting up in 1998.-History:...	Time For The Rest Of Your Life
FOOD 50	Blur	To The End	May 1994	2xCD, MC, 12"
FOOD 51	Shampoo Shampoo (band) Shampoo were a British all-girl band in the 1990s, formed by Jacqui Blake and Caroline "Carrie" Askew. They were most famous for their hit song, "Trouble".-History:...	Trouble
FOOD 53	Blur	Parklife	August 1994	2xCD, MC, 12" Poster Pack
FOOD 54	Shampoo	Viva La Megababes
FOOD 55	Strangelove	Is There A Place?
FOOD 56	Blur	End Of A Century	November 1994	CD, MC, Numbered 7"
FOOD 57	Blur	This Is A Low
FOOD 58	Shampoo	Delicious
FOOD 61	Dubstar Dubstar Dubstar are an English band, performing mostly dream pop and indie dance music, as well as occasional pop ballads and, on later releases, guitar-heavy rock with an industrial influence. The group was formed in 1992 by Steve Hillier and Chris Wilkie in Newcastle-upon-Tyne...	Stars
FOOD 63	Blur	Country House	August 1995	2xCD, MC, 7"
FOOD 67	Dubstar	Anywhere
FOOD 68	Octopus Octopus (band) Octopus were a Britpop band from Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland formed in 1995. They had three hit singles before splitting up in 1997.-History:...	Magazine
FOOD 69	Blur	The Universal	November 1995	2xCD, MC
FOOD 70	Strangelove	Living With The Human Machines
FOOD 71	Dubstar	Not So Manic Now
FOOD 73	Blur	Stereotypes	February 1996	CD, MC, Pink Gatefold 7"
FOOD 75	Dubstar	Stars (Reissue)
FOOD 76	Shampoo	Girl Power
FOOD 77	Blur	Charmless Man	April 1996	CD, MC, Gatefold 7"
FOOD 78	Octopus	Your Smile
FOOD 79	The Supernaturals The Supernaturals The Supernaturals were a five-piece guitar based pop band from Glasgow, Scotland. Fronted by singer-songwriter James McColl, they signed to Parlophone in 1996, and had a string of singles which were taken from their three albums and four EPs. Other members included Mark Guthrie, Derek McManus and...	Smile
FOOD 80	Dubstar	Elevator Song
FOOD 81	Strangelove	Beautiful Alone
FOOD 82	Strangelove	Sway
FOOD 83	Shampoo	I Know What Boys Like
FOOD 84	Octopus	Saved
FOOD 85	The Supernaturals	Lazy Lover
FOOD 86	Grass~Show Grass Show (band) Grass Show were a Britpop-inspired indie band from Sweden, active in the mid to late 1990s. They released one album in the United Kingdom, Something Smells Good In Stinkville, in 1997, with three singles, "1962", "Freak Show" and "Out Of The Void"...	Out Of The Void
FOOD 87	Octopus	Jealousy
FOOD 88	The Supernaturals	The Day Before Yesterday's Man
FOOD 89	Blur	Beetlebum	January 1997	2xCD, Red 7"
FOOD 90	Grass~Show	1962
FOOD 91	Octopus	Adrenalina
FOOD 92	The Supernaturals	Smile (Reissue)
FOOD 93	Blur	Song 2	April 1997	2xCD, Purple 7"
FOOD 94	Grass~Show	Freak Show
FOOD 95	Jesus Jones	The Next Big Thing
FOOD 96	Dubstar	No More Talk
FOOD 97	Strangelove	The Greatest Show On Earth
FOOD 98	Blur	On Your Own	June 1997	2xCD, White 7"
FOOD 99	The Supernaturals	Love Has Passed Away
FOOD 102	Jesus Jones	Chemical #1
FOOD 103	Grass~Show	Out Of The Void (Reissue)
FOOD 104	Dubstar	Cathedral Park
FOOD 105	Strangelove	Freak
FOOD 106	The Supernaturals	Prepare To Land
FOOD 107	Blur	M.O.R.	September 1997	CD, MC, Orange 7"
FOOD 108	Dubstar	I Will Be Your Girlfriend	March 1998
FOOD 109	Blur	Death Of A Party
FOOD 110	Strangelove	Another Night In
FOOD 111	Idlewild Idlewild (band) Idlewild are a Scottish rock band, formed in Edinburgh, in 1995, comprising Roddy Woomble , Rod Jones , Colin Newton , Allan Stewart and Gareth Russell...	A Film For The Future	April 1998	CD, 7"
FOOD 112	The Supernaturals	I Wasn't Built To Get Up
FOOD 113	Idlewild	Everyone Says You're So Fragile		CD, 7"
FOOD 114	Idlewild	I'm A Message		2xCD, 7"
FOOD 115	The Supernaturals	Sheffield Song
FOOD 116	Idlewild	When I Argue I See Shapes		2xCD, 7"
FOOD 117	Blur	Tender	February 1999	2xCD, MC, Blue 7"
FOOD 118	Liz Horsman	Heavy High
FOOD 119	The Supernaturals	Everest
FOOD 120	Blur	Bugman
FOOD 121	Liz Horsman	Just Thinking
FOOD 122	Blur	Coffee + TV	June 1999	2xCD
FOOD 123	Blur	No Distance Left To Run	November 1999	2xCD, MC, DVD
FOOD 124	Idlewild	Little Discourage	September 1999	2xCD, 7"
FOOD 125	Fungus	Rebel
FOOD 126	Fungus	A Fanclub Would Be Nice	March 2000
FOOD 127	Idlewild	Actually It's Darkness	March 2000	2xCD, 7"
FOOD 128	Dubstar	I (Friday Night)
FOOD 130	Fungus	Real Me
FOOD 132	Idlewild	These Wooden Ideas	June 2000	2xCD, 7"
FOOD 133	Dubstar	The Self Same Thing	August 2000
FOOD 134	Idlewild	Roseability	October 2000	2xCD, 7"
FOOD 135	Blur	Music Is My Radar	October 2000	2xCD, MC, 12"
FOOD 136	Tenner	Last Chance EP
FOOD 137	Matthew Jay	Let Your Shoulder Fall	March 2001
FOOD 138	Matthew Jay	Please Don't Send Me Away	June 2001

Albums

Cat No.	Artist	Title	Date
BITE 1	Various Artists	Imminent Episode One
BITE TWO	Various Artists	Imminent Two
FOOD LP 1	Crazyhead	Desert Orchid
FOOD LP 3	Jesus Jones	Liquidizer
FOOD LP 5	Jesus Jones	Doubt
FOOD LP 6	Blur	Leisure	August 1991
FOOD LP 8	Jesus Jones	Perverse
FOOD LP 9	Blur	Modern Life Is Rubbish	May 1993
FOOD LP 10	Blur	Parklife	April 1994
FOOD LP 11	Strangelove	Time For The Rest Of Your Life
FOOD LP 12	Shampoo	We Are Shampoo
FOOD LP 13	Dubstar	Disgraceful
FOOD LP 14	Blur	The Great Escape	September 1995
FOOD LP 15	Strangelove	Love And Other Demons
FOOD LP 18	Octopus	From A To B
FOOD LP 19	Blur	Blur	February 1997
FOOD LP 20	Grass Show Grass Show (band) Grass Show were a Britpop-inspired indie band from Sweden, active in the mid to late 1990s. They released one album in the United Kingdom, Something Smells Good In Stinkville, in 1997, with three singles, "1962", "Freak Show" and "Out Of The Void"...	Something Smells Good In Stinkville Something Smells Good in Stinkville Something Smells Good in Stinville is a 1997 album by Swedish indie/banjo band Grass-Show. It featured three singles: "1962", "Freak Show" and "Out of the Void".- Track listing :#"Freak Show"#"1962"#"Out of the Void"#"Unreal World"#"Cavemankind"...
FOOD LP 21	The Supernaturals	It Doesn't Matter Anymore It Doesn't Matter Anymore "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" is a pop ballad written by Paul Anka and recorded by Buddy Holly in 1958. The song reached #13 as a posthumous hit on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in early 1959 shortly after Holly was killed in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. The single was a two-sided hit, backed...
FOOD LP 22	Jesus Jones	Already
FOOD LP 23	Dubstar	Goodbye
FOOD LP 28	Idlewild	Hope Is Important
FOOD LP 29	Blur	13	March 1999
FOOD LP 30	Dubstar	Make It Better
FOOD LP 31	Fungus	Rookie Season
FOOD LP 32	Idlewild	100 Broken Windows
FOOD LP 33	Blur	The Best Of	October 2000
FOOD LP 34	Matthew Jay	Draw

The Food Christmas EP

In December 1989, Food Records released a Christmas EP (FOOD 23) that featured Food artists covering each other's songs, the line up was:

• Crazyhead
  Crazyhead
  Crazyhead are an English garage punk band from Leicester, England. Though lumped in with the largely media-created grebo scene, they were more influenced by the garage rock of the late 1960s, as well as bands like The Ramones, The Stooges and Captain Beefheart...
  
   covering Diesel Park West's "Like Princes Do"
• Jesus Jones
  Jesus Jones
  Jesus Jones are a British rock band. The Wiltshire-based group, formed in late 1988, recorded and performed in the late 1980s, throughout the 1990s, and into the 2000s. They are best remembered for their track, "Right Here, Right Now", an international hit and subsequently globally appropriated for...
  
   covering Crazyhead's "I Don't Want That Kind Of Love"
• Diesel Park West
  Diesel Park West
  Diesel Park West are an alternative rock band from Leicester, England. Formed in 1981, they have released ten albums to date, plus six singles that have appeared in the UK Singles Chart.-Original line-up:*John Butler...
  
  covering Jesus Jones' "Info-Freako"