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| Beggars Banquet Records | |
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| Parent company | Beggars Group |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Founder | Martin Mills, Nick Austin |
| Distributor | Beggars Group |
| Genre | Punk rock,new wave,alternative rock |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Location | Wandsworth, London |
| Official website | beggars |
Beggars Banquet Records is a Britishindependent record label. Beggars Banquet started as a chain of record shops owned byMartin Mills and Nick Austin and is part of theBeggars Group of labels.
In 1977, spurred by the prevailingDIY aesthetics of the Britishpunk rock movement (then at the height of its popularity), Martin Mills and Nick Austin founded a record label to release records under the Beggars Banquet imprint.[1] The first band on the label was the English punk groupthe Lurkers; the first release on the label was the Lurkers' 7" single "Shadow"/"Love Story".[1] They also released the first solo "Duffo" album from Australian big-band vocalistJeff Duff. Later in the decade and into the early 1980s, hits withTubeway Army andGary Numan secured the label's future.[1] Other bands who were signed to the label includethe Associates,Bauhaus,the Cult,Biffy Clyro,Flesh for Lulu,Gene Loves Jezebel,the Icicle Works andthe Go-Betweens.[citation needed]
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