Loog Records is a UK-based record label, owned by
Universal Music Group
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, and operated as an imprint of
Polydor Records
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. The label was launched in 2003 and managed by former
NME
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editor James Oldham. It is named after former
Rolling Stones
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manager
Andrew Loog Oldham. Loog has released recordings by artists such as
The Bravery,
The Open,
The Troubadours,
Starky and
Hatcham Social.
Former artists
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Chapel Club (parted ways early 2012)
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The Childballads (one-off E.P.)
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The Courteeners
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Effi Briest
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Envy & Other Sins (moved over to A&M before splitting up)
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Hatcham Social (now on Fierce Panda)
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The Horrors (now on XL Recordings)
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Mad Action (split up)
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Patrick Wolf
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(now on Mercury Records)
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S.C.U.M (now on Mute Records)
References
British independent record labels
Record labels established in 2003
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