Caff Records was a short lived

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run by Bob Stanley of the band Saint Etienne. The label grew out of a fanzine Stanley put out with fellow band member

Pete Wiggs Peter Stewart Wiggs (born 15 May 1966) is an English musician and DJ from Reigate, Surrey. Saint Etienne Pete Wiggs is a member of the pop/dance group Saint Etienne (alongside Bob Stanley and Sarah Cracknell) for which he co-writes songs, p ...

, with the label going by the name Caff, Caff Records and Caff Corporation. Established in 1989, it is most noted for single releases by

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and the

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. The Caff logo is a line drawing of a duck. After closing the label, Stanley together with Wiggs ran Icerink Records (1992–1994), Royal Mint (1995) and EMIdisc (1996). They currently have a CD imprint called Eclipse via

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Discography

Caff only released one-off singles of each group.

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, EPs and split singles were solely released on the seven inch (7") format.

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{{Authority control British independent record labels Record labels established in 1989 Defunct record labels of the United Kingdom

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