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Kitchenware Records was an
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based in
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, England. It was founded in 1982 by Keith Armstrong, Paul Ludford and Phil Mitchell, and was originally part of The Soul Kitchen, an
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and
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.


1980s signings

One of the label's early signings were
Martin Stephenson and the Daintees Martin Stephenson & the Daintees is a British rock/folk music, folk/pop band combining elements of "rockabilly, show tunes, folk pop, rootsy pop, rock & roll, straight-ahead rock and punk music, punk". The band is fronted by songwriter/guitaris ...
, whose single "Roll on Summertime" was voted as "single of the week" in ''Sounds''. In the mid-1980s, Kitchenware arranged a deal with Roger Ames'
London Records London Recordings (or London Records and London Music Stream) is a British record label that marketed records in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for Decca Records from 1947 to 1980 before becoming semi-independent. The London nam ...
(at the time a semi-independent unit within the PolyGram group) for the group, who licensed them along with soulful pop trio the Kane Gang (both of whom appeared on the label's various artists collection ''Giant - 14 Brand New Tracks from London Artists'' in 1987). Around the same time, a deal was also made with CBS Records for the rights to the recordings of Prefab Sprout, an indie pop act fronted by
Paddy McAloon Patrick Joseph McAloon (born 7 June 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and a founder of the band Prefab Sprout. Early life McAloon was born and grew up in Witton Gilbert in County Durham, England. He was trained to be a Catholic priest be ...
. Prefab Sprout were signed to Kitchenware in 1983 and would go on to have a number of top 40 hits, once they allowed their
Steely Dan Steely Dan is an American rock band formed in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, in 1971 by Walter Becker (guitars, bass, backing vocals) and Donald Fagen (keyboards, lead vocals). Originally having a traditional band lineup, Becker and Fagen cho ...
influences to show through. These three acts would feature on a compilation album put out by EMI Records in 1999 called ''Happy Ever After - The Best of Kitchenware Records'' alongside lesser known acts such as Geoff Smith, Hug and Hurrah!.


21st century re-launch

In the early 2000s, Kitchenware was relaunched as a true 'indie' record label and signed bands such as
Editors Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, organization, a ...
and the Motorettes. Editors were the most successful of Kitchenware's 21st century acts, having gained platinum status with their album '' The Back Room'', which reached number two on the
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. The band's second album, '' An End Has a Start'', brought the label its first UK number-one album upon its 25th anniversary in 2007, whilst third album ''
In This Light and on This Evening ''In This Light and on This Evening'' is the third studio album by English rock band Editors. It was released on 12 October 2009 by Kitchenware Records. The band had said the material would have a more raw and anthemic sound compared to their ...
'' also topped the chart. ''In This Light and on This Evening'' was to be Editors' last album with Kitchenware, as they signed direct to PIAS, the company which had the licence for the first three Editors album's European releases. The company dissolved in 2017.


Artists

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Martin Stephenson and the Daintees Martin Stephenson & the Daintees is a British rock/folk music, folk/pop band combining elements of "rockabilly, show tunes, folk pop, rootsy pop, rock & roll, straight-ahead rock and punk music, punk". The band is fronted by songwriter/guitaris ...
(licensed in the 1980s to
London Records London Recordings (or London Records and London Music Stream) is a British record label that marketed records in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for Decca Records from 1947 to 1980 before becoming semi-independent. The London nam ...
) * Hurrah! * The Fatima Mansions (licensed to Radioactive Records) * Cathal Coughlan (formally of Microdisney/The Fatima Mansions) * Kane Gang (licensed in the 1980s to London Records, now licensed to DMG's Gary Crowley's Lost 80's Presents... label) * Prefab Sprout (licensed to CBS Records (Columbia)/
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) * Geoff Smith"Six Wings Of Bliss" by Geoff Smith, Track 12 on ''Happy Ever After - The Best Of Kitchenware Records'', Kitchenware Records/EMI 1999 catalogue number: 724349882027 * The Motorettes *
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* Kid Coda * The Changes (licensed from Drama Club Records, Chicago, US) * Karima Francis * Waiting for Volkaerts * Kate Walsh
Hug
(licensed to
EMI EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At t ...
) * Wushcatte *
Editors Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, organization, a ...
* Smith & Burrows (Tom Smith from Editors/Andy Burrows from Razorlight) * The Linkmen


See also

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References


External links

* Company website last
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