Critic, writer and former label boss Paul Morley looks back at the individuals who helped create and mould the record labels and the acts they signed.
A personal portrait of the music industry, told through the many iconic and generation defining record labels that helped mould it.
Paul Morley traces the winding path taken by record labels during the 80's and 90's in the company of such label bosses as Lucian Grainge, Mike Smith, Tony Wadsworth, Geoff Travis, Alan McGee, Lawrence Bell, Jonathan Poneman, Martin Mills, Steve Beckett and Seymour Stein (the men responsible for Universal Music, Columbia, EMI, Rough Trade, Creation, Domino, Sub Pop, Beggars, Warp and Sire). Would the CD bring untold wealth and expansion or sow the potential seeds of destruction for the record industry? Or would following a more traditional artist-centred way of operating save the day?
First broadcast in 2009.
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Sigur R贸s
HOPPIPOLLA
- TAKK.
- EMI.
- B000-AANVZ6.
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The Clash
White Riot
- The Essential Clash.
- Sony TV.
- B00008-GRB9.
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Neil Young
WALK ON
- ON THE BEACH.
- REPRISE.
- N/A-01.
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Richard Hell & the Voidoids
BLANK GENERATION
- FLARES & VELVET COLLARS.
- DEBUTANTE.
- 565-477-2.
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Buzzcocks
Boredom
- SPIRAL SCRATCH.
- DOCUMENT.
- DC-1.
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Buzzcocks
Breakdown
- Sniffin Glue - The Essential Punk Accessory.
- Castle Music.
- cmf-cd764.
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Joy Division
Digital
- Substance.
- Centredate.
- CD-5200142.
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The Smiths
HAND IN GLOVE
- Hand In Glove.
- na.
- n-a.
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The Normal
T.V.O.D.
- 25 YEARS OF ROUGH TRADE SHOPS.
- ROUGH TRADE.
- CDSTUMM-199.
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Scritti Politti
The "Sweetest Girl"
- SONGS TO REMEMBER.
- VIRGIN.
- CDV2944-1.
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The Smiths
This Charming Man
- The Smiths: Best....
- Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
- 450990327-2.
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The Strokes
LAST NIGHT
- IS THIS IT.
- Rough Trade.
- RTRADECD-030.
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Gary Numan
Are Friends Electric?
Performer: Tubeway Army.- Fantastic 70's (Various Artists).
- Sony Tv/Columbia.
- SONYTV-54CD*.
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David Bowie & TV on the Radio
Province
- Single.
- 4AD.
- EAD272-4P.
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Enya
Orinoco Flow
- PURE MOODS (VARIOUS ARTISTS).
- VIRGIN.
- VTCD-28.
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The Beloved
Hello
- Weekender - Various Artists.
- Columbia.
- 49-111-2.
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Madonna
Everybody
- MADONNA - THE FIRST ALBUM.
- SHIRE.
- SHIRE-9238672.
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Sin茅ad O鈥機onnor
NOTHING COMPARES 2 U
- NOTHING COMPARES 2 U.
- ENSIGN RECORDS LTD.
- ENYCD-630.
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Nirvana
Smells Like Teen Spirit
- NEVERMIND.
- DGC.
- DGCD-24425.
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The Jesus and Mary Chain
Upside Down
- CD86.
- Castle.
- CMEDD-1420.
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Oasis
Live Forever
- Live Forever (Various Artists).
- Virgin.
- VTDCD-512.
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Spice Girls
Wannabe
- Spice Girls.
- Columbia.
- SONYTV-68CDA.
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The Cramps
Domino
- Psychedelic Jungle Gravest Hits.
- IRS.
- CD-70058.
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Franz Ferdinand
Take Me Out
- FRANZ FERDINAND.
- DOMINO.
- WIGCD-136P.
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Arctic Monkeys
I BET YOU LOOK GOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR
- CD SINGLE.
- DOMINO.
- RUG-212CD.
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China Crisis
King In A Catholic Style (Wake Up)
- Virgin.
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The Icicle Works
Birds Fly (Whisper To A Scream)
- BEGGARS BANQUET.
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Prefab Sprout
Moving The River
- Epic.
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