Food Records was a British rock

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set up in 1984 by

David Balfe David Balfe (born 1958 in Carlisle, Cumberland) is a musician and record company executive, most notable for playing keyboards with the Teardrop Explodes, founding the Zoo and Food independent record labels, signing Blur and for being the subj ...

(formally of

Zoo Records Zoo Records was a British independent record label formed by Bill Drummond and David Balfe in 1978. Zoo was launched to release the work of the perennially struggling Liverpool band Big in Japan (the label's first release being the '' From ...

), who later took on Andy Ross as his partner. Originally formed as an independent record label with distribution going through Rough Trade Distribution, Food also licensed acts through WEA Records, before becoming closely associated with the

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group's

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label.

invested in the label and then in 1994 EMI gained complete control and folded it into Parlophone in 2000. Ross died in 2022 aged 66.

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, Strangelove, Idlewild,

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, The Supernaturals, Octopus and Grass Show.

''The Food Christmas EP''

In December 1989, Food Records released ''The Food Christmas EP'' (FOOD 23) that featured Food artists covering each other's songs. Crazyhead covered Diesel Park West's "Like Princes Do",

covered Crazyhead's "I Don't Want That Kind Of Love" and

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covered Jesus Jones' "Info-Freako". The EP was released on CD, 7" vinyl, 12" and a limited gatefold sleeve 12" vinyl. The EP charted at #63 on the

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. ;Track listing (7" and 12") #"I Don't Want That Kind Of Love" (Reverb) – 4:10 performed by

#"Like Princes Do" (John Butler) – 3:25 performed by Crazyhead #"Info Freako" (Mike Edwards) – 3:52 performed by

#*CD versions reverse the track order to begin with "Info Freako". ;Credits *Mike Edwards - producer ("I Don't Want That Kind Of Love") *Rick Wilson - producer ("Like Princes Do" and "Info Freako") *John Butler - producer ("Info Freako")

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Artists

''The Food Christmas EP''

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