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Nightbreed Recordings was an English record label primarily active between the years 1990 and 2010[1]. During the course of the organisation's existence, the label released fifty eight CD full length albums. Three CD EPs, one 12-inch LP and two 12 EPs.[2]
History
editThe label was started in 1990 by Trevor Bamford when he took part in a government self-employment scheme called 'Enterprise Allowance’ [3] in 1990 with the release of the 'New Alternatives' compilation LP.
After a period of label inactivity, the record label was reignited in 1992 with the release of their first CD album. 'An Endless Nightmare of Stations' by 'Every New Dead Ghost' due the record label the band had signed to closing. But not before giving the band an advance to record an album, thus leaving the band with an album ready to be released, but nowhere to release it.
The first two releases had a slow burn effect which resulted in Trevor Bamford receiving mail from across the UK as well as the rest of the world asking about the music of the bands the label had released. This constant flow of mail resulted in Trevor setting up a mail order service which began selling merchandise and releases from the bands featured on 'New Alternatives', but quickly expanded into selling music and merchandise from gothic and gothic connected bands from all over the world.
This underground and grassroots mail order service gave rise to another re-ignition of the label in 1993 as a companion activity that also created new material for the developing service; with the label quickly becoming highly prolific in its release schedule and making a significant contribution to the UK goth scene at that time.
The Nightbreed Recordings Office and Shop.
editDue to the success of the mail order service and growing label, in 1995 Trevor moved Nightbreed from the top floor of his then home to its first official commercial address at 177 Wollaton Street Nottingham UK. This move quickly resulted in the office being open on Saturdays as an unofficial shop which was open to the public from 10am until 4pm. Which once again increased further demand.
Expansion and development of Nightbreed.
editBy 1999 Nightbreed had expanded to the point where the original office was the location for the Nightbreed Studio and the retail/shop and mail order service had been moved to Avenue A Sneinton Market Nottingham. Where it remained until the closure of the mail order service and shop in 2001.
The label after 2001.
editThe label continued to release music, but on a far reduced scale to its output in the 90’s with its final release being ‘The Unquiet Void’ by ‘Midnight Configuration’ in 2010.
Nightbreed Digital.
editIn 2011 Trev decided to release music primarily in digital format and created ‘Nightbreed Digital’ as a platform for this. But with the occasional limited edition CD version also being issued for selected releases. A practice that continues to this day.
External Links.
edithttp://www.nightbreedrecordings.org/
https://www.discogs.com/label/13313-Nightbreed-Recordings?page=1
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=nightbreed%20recordings
References
edit- ^ Mercer, Mick (1996). The Hex files : the Goth Bible. Internet Archive. London : Batsford. ISBN 978-0-7134-8033-7.
- ^ Hodkinson, Paul (2002). Goth : identity, style, and subculture. Internet Archive. Oxford ; New York : Berg. ISBN 978-1-85973-600-5.
- ^ "Enterprise Allowance Scheme", www.thersa.org, 2023-12-04, retrieved 2024-04-15
- ^ Baddeley, Gavin (2006). Goth chic : a connoisseur's guide to dark culture. Internet Archive. London : Plexus. ISBN 978-0-85965-382-4.