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    Stiff Records is a British independent record label formed in London, England, by Dave Robinson and Jake Riviera. Originally active from 1976 to 1986...
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    The British independent record label Stiff Records has released 259 singles and 65 albums on general release in the United Kingdom with a prefix catalogue...
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  • book by Mary Roach Stiff Records, a British record label Seattle's True Independent Film Festival (STIFF), an annual event Jimmy Stiff, former member of...
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  • December 2017, Universal Music Group (UMG) acquired ZTT Records, along with Stiff Records. The ZTT and Stiff back catalogues were licensed to BMG Rights Management...
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    later issued as a single in April 1979. In 1980, Wallis recorded an album for Stiff Records but it was left unreleased when Wallis refused to sign a...
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  • Independent record labels are small companies that produce and distribute records. They are not affiliated with or funded by the three major records labels...
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    Tracey Ullman (category Stiff Records artists)
    encounter with the wife of the head of the punk music label Stiff Records led to Ullman getting a record contract in 1983. Label owner Dave Robinson was taken...
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  • Bunch of Stiff Records, also known as A Bunch of Stiffs, is a various artists album to promote some of the first acts to be signed by Stiff Records. It is...
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  • "Be Stiff" is the third single by American new wave band Devo, released in 1978 by Stiff Records. The song was taken from the sessions for Q: Are We Not...
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    Elvis Costello (category Stiff Records artists)
    during the live broadcast. By late 1977, Costello had moved from Stiff Records to Radar Records, a new label founded by an associate of Jake Riviera. Riviera...
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  • Mclntyre) Smash Records (1994–1999) So So Def Recordings (2007–2009, founded by Jermaine Dupri) Springtime! (1981–1985) Stiff Records (1984–1986 only)...
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  • was unusual in the record industry. Madness and The Beat both took advantage of this clause; the former to sign to Stiff Records, and the latter to start...
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    companies with a proven track record in the music industry. UMG divested Mute Records, Parlophone, Roxy Recordings, MPS Records, Cooperative Music, Now That's...
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    Jona Lewie (category Stiff Records artists)
    Beat (Stiff Records, 1982) Optimistic (New Rose Records, 1993) List of performers on Top of the Pops List of Christmas hit singles (UK) Be Stiff Balls...
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  • They Don't Know (Kirsty MacColl song) (category Stiff Records singles)
    signed me. —Kirsty MacColl on the genesis of "They Don't Know" Recorded in Stiff Records' mobile studio, The China Shop, in the spring of 1979, Kirsty...
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    Line Records LICD-9.013430 and 2013 Repertoire Records REP-1167) 1981 "Don't Talk To Me" b/w "Junk In My Trunk" Good Foot G.F.R. 001 (reissued on Stiff Records...
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    Devo (category Stiff Records artists)
    Satisfaction". In 1978, the B Stiff EP was released by British independent label Stiff, which included the single "Be Stiff" plus two previous Booji Boy...
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    Tenpole Tudor (category Stiff Records artists)
    b-sides and selected album tracks. Wunderbar: The Stiff Records Singles Collection - (2002, Anagram Records, CD PUNK 128) - compilation of all the singles...
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    Nick Lowe (category Stiff Records artists)
    released "So It Goes" b/w "Heart of the City", the first single on the Stiff Records label, where he was an in-house producer. The single and the label were...
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  • The Belle Stars (category Stiff Records artists)
    sang in unison, in the style of Bananarama. Stiff Records was ailing by 1984, and it merged with Island Records; in July 1985 it was liquidated and bought...
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  • You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties (category Stiff Records singles)
    done by the wives of producer Andrews and Dave Robinson, the owner of Stiff Records. MacColl did however appear as a backing vocalist during live performances...
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    Katydids (Reprise) 1977: A Bunch of Stiff Records (Stiff Records) - track 1, "I Love My Label" 1978: Live Stiffs Live (Stiff) as Nick Lowe's Last Chicken in...
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    Wreckless Eric (category Stiff Records artists)
    singer-songwriter, best known for his 1977 single "Whole Wide World" on Stiff Records. More than two decades after its release, the song was included in Mojo...
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    Dave Robinson (music executive) (category Stiff Records)
    video director, record producer, music manager, and photographer. He is best known as the co-founder with Jake Riviera of Stiff Records where he signed...
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  • Fetish Records) #43 UK Indie Chart "Can't Be Funky" 7-inch single (1981, Fetish Records) Rituals 12-inch EP (1981, Fetish Records/Stiff Records) #32 Billboard...
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  • Damned Damned Damned (category Stiff Records albums)
    English punk rock band the Damned. It was released on 18 February 1977 by Stiff Records. Produced by Nick Lowe, Damned Damned Damned was the first full-length...
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    Lene Lovich (category Stiff Records artists)
    got her to record a demo of Tommy James and the Shondells' song "I Think We're Alone Now" and played it to Dave Robinson of Stiff Records, who decided...
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    Rockpile (category Columbia Records artists)
    Fighters]. Jake Riviera left Stiff Records and, taking his artists (Lowe, Elvis Costello, and the Yachts), moved to Radar Records in the UK (although Riviera...
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  • character and philosophy of the band." In 1976, Brilleaux helped found Stiff Records, one of the driving forces of the "New Wave" of the mid- to late-1970s...
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  • band created by Stiff Records in 1981. In 1981, Ian Dury left Stiff for Polydor Records, and, as a cash-in for the Christmas market, Stiff commissioned session...
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