Last Night From Glasgow
| Last Night From Glasgow | |
|---|---|
 The current Last Night From Glasgow logo | |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Genre | various |
| Country of origin | Scotland |
| Location | Glasgow |
| Official website | lastnightfromglasgow |
Last Night From Glasgow (often abbreviated to LNFG) is a not-for-profit independent record label based in Glasgow, Scotland. It was established in 2016 and relies on a crowdfunding business model to operate.[1] The label's name is taken from the line "When I called you last night from Glasgow" in ABBA's Super Trouper.[2]
History
In January 2016 music fan Ian Smith contacted Murray Easton to discuss setting up a record label that would treat artists more fairly than existing larger labels do. In February of that year Smith and Easton met with friends Andy Hynes, Joe Judge, Stephen Kelly and Ross Mullen to discuss the concept. They agreed to found a record label operated on a patronage model, funded by a £50 donation from 60 of their friends and associates. In return the patrons would receive physical copies of each release and guest list entry to all label events.[3][4]
The label was founded with the intention of assisting unsigned artists with the physical release and promotion of their music.[5] Artists do not enter into any restrictive contract with the label, retain the intellectual rights to their music and are paid fairly for their work. All profits are reinvested into the objectives of the label;[6] it operates as a not-for-profit private limited company.[7] Operating capital is primarily raised by the sale of annual memberships and in return for their patronage, members receive a 12" vinyl copy of each of that year's releases, digital releases and guest list entry to all album launch events.[8]
The label's inaugural event took place on 2 June 2016 at The Old Hairdresser's venue in Glasgow, with 100 members and a roster of three artists.[9] In the 2017 membership year the label operated with '200 or so' members who received physical copies of five albums (four on vinyl record and one on USB) and one EP as well as digital copies of singles.[10]
In February 2018 it was announced that Last Night from Glasgow had been awarded Creative Scotland funding "...to produce the recording, production, manufacture, distribution and promotion of six vinyl albums and supporting digital releases for six currently unsigned Scottish artists".[11] Further funding was obtained in February 2019 to "record, mix, master, produce, manufacture, promote and distribute seven albums and supporting digital releases.[12]
In March 2020 the label announced they would be releasing 'The Isolation Sessions', an album of LNFG artists covering each other's songs with the proceeds going to venues that had to close due to Covid-19 lockdown laws.[13] As of August 2020 over £3,000 had been donated to events and venues and over £3,500 of stock given to independent record stores.[14] As part of the project, photographer Brian Sweeney took black and white photographs of LNFG members and artists. The format of the photos was inspired by historical pictures of Glasgow women hanging out of their windows.[15]
In October 2020 LNFG organised a concert in an open-sided gazebo, to meet with local Covid-19 regulations, that The Herald described as 'Scotland's first concert in six months'. [16]
Artists
The following artists have released music on the Last Night From Glasgow label:[17]
- Mark W. Georgsson
- BooHooHoo
- Be Charlotte
- TeenCanteen
- Emme Woods
- Stephen Solo
- Radiophonic Tuckshop
- Sun Rose
- Sister John
- Medicine Men
- Bis
- Annie Booth
- Zoë Bestel
- L-space
- The Gracious Losers
- Joe Kane / Radiophonic Tuckshop
- Cloth
- Carla J. Easton
- Domiciles
- Foundlings
- Loudmammoth
- Fenella
- Broken Chanter
- The Girl Who Cried Wolf
- Kohla
- The Martial Arts
Sub-labels
Komponist
In July 2019 it was announced that LNFG would be launching a new label 'Komponist', "focussed on the compositional artists as opposed to songwriters. Concentrating on all forms of instrumental music, be it Jazz, NeoClassical, Electronica or Heavy Drone." [18] [19]
Hive
In 2019 a new label called Hive was announced that would allow artists to use LNFG's promotional services while still self-releasing an album.
Past Night From Glasgow
In 2020 it was announced that a new label would be set up, called 'Past Night From Glasgow'. The purpose of the label is to re-issue older albums not currently available. The first album announced was Sisters by The Bluebells.[20][21]
Releases
| Year | Type | Title | Artist | Format(s) | Catalogue No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Single | The Ballad of the Nearly Man | Mark W. Georgsson | 7" vinyl | LNFG1 | |
| Single | Oh My Dear Friend | Mark W. Georgsson | Digital | LNFGd1 | ||
| LP | Pii | Stephen Solo | Limited edition USB credit card | LNFGUSB1 | ||
| Single | I Don't Drink to Forget | Emme Woods | 7" vinyl | LNFG2 | ||
| LP | Say It All with a Kiss | TeenCanteen | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG3 / LNFGUSB2 | ||
| EP | DebutHooHoo | BooHooHoo | Limited edition USB wristband | LNFGUSB3 | ||
| Single | Machines That Breathe | Be Charlotte | Digital, limited edition 7" pink vinyl | LNFG4 | ||
| 2017 | Single | He Came Down | Sister John | Digital | LNFGd2 | |
| LP | Faces and Places | Mark W. Georgsson | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG 5 | ||
| Single | I've Been Running | Emme Woods | Digital | LNFGd4 | ||
| Single | Fire | BooHooHoo | Digital | LNFGd5 | ||
| EP | Sirens | TeenCanteen | 10″ translucent splatter vinyl, digital | LNFG6 | ||
| Single | Out of the Light | Medicine Men | Digital | LNFGd6 | ||
| LP | Into the Light | Medicine Men | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG7 | ||
| Single | Sweetest Moment | Sister John | Digital | LNFGd7 | ||
| Single | Smirk | Sun Rose | Digital | LNFGd8 | ||
| EP | Running Commentary EP | Radiophonic Tuckshop | CD, digital | LNFGd9 | ||
| Single | A Banjo Lament | Mark W. Georgsson | Digital | LNFGd10 | ||
| Single | Bruised Peach | Medicine Men | Digital | LNFGd11 | ||
| Single | Chasm | Annie Booth | Digital | LNFSFd1 | ||
| LP | Returned from Sea | Sister John | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG8 | ||
| LP | Pii2 | Stephen Solo | Limited edition USB cassette | LNFGusb4 | ||
| LP | An Unforgiving Light | Annie Booth | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG9 / LNFSF01 | Co-release with Scottish Fiction | |
| Single | Over My | Annie Booth | Digital | LNFSFd2 | Co-release with Scottish Fiction | |
| Single | Minima | Sun Rose | Digital | LNFGd12 | ||
| LP | The Essential Luxury | Sun Rose | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG10 | ||
| Single | You Wrecked My Christmas | Bis | Digital | LNFGd13 | ||
| LP | The Winter Garden Playtest | Radiophonic Tuckshop | Limited edition CD, digital | LNFGd14 | ||
| Single | Solitude | Annie Booth | Digital | LNFSFd3 | Co-release with Scottish Fiction | |
| Single | Dance (Around the Fake Fir Tree) | Mark. W Georgsson | Digital | LNFGd15 | ||
| Single | Golden Packets | Medicine Men | Limited edition cassette,digital | LNFGd16 | ||
| 2018 | Single | Where the River Meets the Sea | The Gracious Losers | Digital | LNFGd17 | |
| Single | Friends | Sister John | Digital | LNFGd18 | ||
| Single | Suneaters | L-space | Digital | LNFGd19 | ||
| EP | Money Can Be Exchanged for Goods and Services | L-space | CD, digital | LNFGd20 | ||
| LP | The ABC of LNFG | Various Artists | CD, digital | LNFGd21 | ||
| LP | Transience | Zoë Bestel | 12" vinyl, CD, digital | LNFG11 | ||
| Single | Eye for an Eye | Zoë Bestel | Digital | LNFGd22 | ||
| Single | Wanting What I Can't Have | Carla J. Easton | CD, digital, limited edition 7” picture disk | LNFOG01 | Co-release with Olive Grove Records | |
| Single | Moonlight Parade | The Gracious Losers | Digital | LNFGd23 | ||
| Single | Backup Baby | L-space | Digital | LNFGd24 | ||
| Single | Demo Love | Cloth | Digital | LNFGd25 | ||
| Single | LocoCoco | Stephen Solo | Digital | LNFGd26 | ||
| LP | The Last of the Gracious Losers | The Gracious Losers | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG12 | ||
| LP | Kipple Arcadia | L-space | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG13 | ||
| Single | Tripp | Cloth | Digital | LNFGd27 | ||
| Single | Tripp – Wuh Oh Remix | Cloth | Digital | LNFGd28 | ||
| LP | Joe Kane/Radiophonic Tuckshop | Joe Kane/Radiophonic Tuckshop | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG14 | ||
| Single | Blue Flowers | L-space | Limited square 7″ vinyl, digital | LNFG15 | ||
| Single | Only You | Domiciles | Limited square 7″ vinyl, digital | LNFG16 | ||
| Single | Holder | Cloth | Limited square 7″ vinyl, digital | LNFG17 | ||
| Single | Jennifer & Lucifer | Joe Kane/Radiophonic Tuckshop | Digital | LNFGd29 | ||
| EP | Three Bands | Cloth / Domiciles / L-space | Limited edition CD, set of three limited edition 7" vinyl | LNFGd30 | Special limited release to coincide with "Three Bands" tour | |
| 2019 | Single | I'm the One | Sister John | Digital | LNFGd31 | Release date: 04/01/19 |
| Single | Sound of a Heartbreak | Bis | Digital | LNFGd32 | Release date: 18/01/19 | |
| LP | Sister John | Sister John | 12" black vinyl, 12" transparent milk white vinyl (pre-order edition), digital | LNFG18 | Release date: 25/01/19 | |
| LP | Slight Disconnects | Bis | 12" vinyl (black, mandarin orange and yellow editions), CD, digital | LNFG19 | Release date: 15/02/19 | |
| Single | I'm the One | Sister John | Digital | LNFGd31 | Release date: 04/01/19 | |
| Single | Sound of a Heartbreak | Bis | Digital | LNFGd32 | Release date: 18/01/19 | |
| EP | Foundlings | Foundlings | CD, digital and limited edition lathe cut vinyl. | LNFG21 | Release date: 01/03/19 | |
| Single | Enemy | Foundings | Digital | LNFGd33 | Release date: 08/02/19 | |
| Single | Airport | Sister John | Digital, extremely rare heart shaped vinyl | LNFGd34 | Release date: 14/02/19 | |
| LP | A Gift from Midnight | Fenella | 12" vinyl (black and red editions), digital | LNFG22 | Release date: 29/03/19. Co-release with Little Tiger (Riverside Music College). | |
| EP | Spectral | Annie Booth | 12" vinyl (black and purple editions), CD, digital | LNFSF6 / LNFG23 | Release date: 10/05/19. Co-release with Scottish Fiction. | |
| Single | For a Reason | Domiciles | Digital and limited edition lathe cut vinyl. | LNFG24 | Release date: 26/04/19 | |
| Single | Back on Board | Medicine Men | Digital and limited edition lathe cut vinyl. | LNFGd35 | Release date: 05/04/19 | |
| Single | Wholesale | Broken Chanter | Digital and limited edition lathe cut vinyl. | LNFOG02 | Release date: 24/05/19 | |
| Single | Nothing Else | Sister John | Digital and limited edition lathe cut vinyl. | LNFG26 | Release date: 14/06/19. AA side with LNFGd31. | |
| LP | Music for Megastructures | L-space | Digital. | LNFGd36 | Release date: 19/04/19 | |
| Single | Let Go | Loudmammoth | Digital and limited edition lathe cut vinyl. | LNFG27 | Release date: 28/06/19 | |
| Single | There Is No Point (Other Than The Point That There Is No Point) | Bis | Digital | LNFGd37 | Release date: 17/05/19 | |
| Single | Eight Years | Sister John | Digital | LNFGd38 | Release date: 31/05/19 | |
| EP | I Used To Be The Martial Arts | The Martial Arts | Vinyl, CD and digital | LNFG28 | Release date: 05/07/19 | |
| Single | Second Best | The Girl Who Cried Wolf | Digital | LNFGd40 | Release date: 12/07/19 | |
| Album | Pii3 | Stephen Solo | Digital | LNFGd41 | Release date: 19/07/19 | |
| Single | Sinking Sun | Domiciles | Digital | LNFGd42 | Release date: 26/07/19 | |
| Single | T O U C H | Kohla | Digital | LNFGd43 | Release date: 02/08/19 | |
| Album | This is Not A Zen Garden | Domiciles | 12" vinyl (black and white editions), CD, digital | LNFG29 | Release date: 16/08/19 | |
| Single | Should We Be Dancing? | Broken Chanter | Digital | LNFGd44 | Release date: 23/08/19 | |
| Single | I Wanna Go Out With Someone Else | Bis | Digital | LNFGd45 | Release date: 30/08/19 | |
| Album | Broken Chanter | Broken Chanter | 12" vinyl (black, milk white and duck egg blue editions), CD, digital. | LNFG30 / LNFOG03 | Release date: 06/09/19. Co-release with Olive Grove Records. | |
| Single | I Never Knew / Tigers in the Street | L-space | Digital | LNFGd46 | Release date: 04/10/19 | |
| Single | Getaway Driver | Medicine Men | Digital | LNFGd47 | Release date: 11/10/19 |
References
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- ^ Dalziel, Magdalene (2017-07-06). "Glasgow record label leads the way with pioneering new crowdfunding model". GlasgowLive. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ "Introducing Last Night from Glasgow Records". Last Night From Glasgow. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Last Night From Glasgow's Ian Smith: 'In an industry controlled by conglomerates, I wanted to put forward a socialist model for a record label'". The List. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ Glasgow, Last Night From. "About". Last Night From Glasgow. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
- ^ Wilson, Martin (2016-03-12). "The Birth of a Label - Last Night From Glasgow - Overblown". Overblown. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
- ^ "LAST NIGHT FROM GLASGOW LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". companieshouse.gov. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
- ^ "Membership - 2018/2019". Last Night From Glasgow. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
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- ^ "Last Night from Glasgow on their first two years". The Skinny. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
- ^ Munro, Iain. "Over £830,000 support for cultural activity across Scotland". Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ "Over £790,000 support for cultural activity across Scotland". www.creativescotland.com. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
- ^ "LNFG Presents The Isolation Sessions". Last Night From Glasgow. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Last Night From Glasgow". Facebook. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Black and white portraits capture Scots in isolation". The Herald. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Live music is back. Review of Scotland's first concert in six months". The Herald. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Last Night From Glasgow". Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ^ LNfG (2019-07-07). "Say Hello to Komponist". Last Night From Glasgow. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
- ^ "Spotlight on Last Night From Glasgow". The Ginger Quiff. 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
- ^ "'No matter what happens, people want to listen to new music' – Ian Smith of Last Night From Glasgow". The Herald. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "LNFG invites you to a Past Night From Glasgow". Last Night From Glasgow. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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