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[edit]
In January 2016 music fan Ian Smith contacted 5 friends with a view to setting up a small record label. They agreed to found the business operated on a patronage model, with donations of a £50 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] According to Smith, 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[edit]
The following artists have released music on the Last Night From Glasgow label:[17]
- Mark W. Georgsson
- BooHooHoo
- St Dukes
- Be Charlotte
- TeenCanteen
- Emme Woods
- Stephen Solo
- Radiophonic Tuckshop
- Sun Rose
- Sister John
- Medicine Men
- Bis
- Annie Booth
- Zoë Bestel
- L-space
- In the forest
- 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
- The Muldoons
Sub-labels[edit]
Komponist[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[22][edit]
Excluding digital-only singles
| Year | Type | Title | Artist | Format(s) | Catalogue No. | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Single | The Ballad of the Nearly Man | Mark W. Georgsson | 7" vinyl | LNFG1 | ||
| LP | Pii | Stephen Solo | 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 | USB wristband | LNFGUSB3 | |||
| Single | Machines That Breathe | Be Charlotte | Digital, 7" vinyl | LNFG4 | Limited edition 7" pink vinyl | ||
| 2017 | LP | Faces and Places | Mark W. Georgsson | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG 5 | ||
| EP | Sirens | TeenCanteen | 10″ vinyl, digital | LNFG6 | Translucent splatter vinyl | ||
| LP | Into the Light | Medicine Men | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG7 | |||
| EP | Running Commentary EP | Radiophonic Tuckshop | CD, digital | LNFGd9 | |||
| LP | Returned from Sea | Sister John | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG8 | |||
| LP | Pii2 | Stephen Solo | USB cassette | LNFGusb4 | |||
| LP | An Unforgiving Light | Annie Booth | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG9 / LNFSF01 | Co-release with Scottish Fiction | ||
| LP | The Essential Luxury | Sun Rose | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG10 | |||
| LP | The Winter Garden Playtest | Radiophonic Tuckshop | CD, digital | LNFGd14 | |||
| Single | Golden Packets | Medicine Men | Cassette,digital | LNFGd16 | |||
| 2018 | 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 | Wanting What I Can't Have | Carla J. Easton | CD, digital, 7” picture disk | LNFOG01 | Co-release with Olive Grove Records | ||
| LP | The Last of the Gracious Losers | The Gracious Losers | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG12 | |||
| LP | Kipple Arcadia | L-space | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG13 | |||
| LP | Joe Kane/Radiophonic Tuckshop | Joe Kane/Radiophonic Tuckshop | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG14 | |||
| Single | Blue Flowers | L-space | 7″ vinyl, digital | LNFG15 | |||
| Single | Only You | Domiciles | Square 7″ vinyl, digital | LNFG16 | |||
| Single | Holder | Cloth | Square 7″ vinyl, digital | LNFG17 | |||
| EP | Three Bands | Cloth / Domiciles / L-space | CD, set of three 7" vinyl | LNFGd30 | Special limited release to coincide with "Three Bands" tour | ||
| 2019 | LP | Sister John | Sister John | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG18 | 25/01/19 | 12" black vinyl, 12" transparent milk white vinyl |
| LP | Slight Disconnects | Bis | 12" vinyl CD, digital | LNFG19 | 15/02/19 | Black, mandarin orange and yellow vinyl | |
| EP | Foundlings | Foundlings | CD, digital, lathe cut vinyl. | LNFG21 | 01/03/19 | ||
| Single | Airport | Sister John | Digital, extremely rare heart shaped vinyl | LNFGd34 | 14/02/19 | ||
| LP | A Gift from Midnight | Fenella | 12" vinyl, digital | LNFG22 | 29/03/19 | Black and red vinyl. Co-release with Little Tiger (Riverside Music College). | |
| EP | Spectral | Annie Booth | 12" vinyl, CD, digital | LNFSF6 / LNFG23 | 10/05/19 | Black and purple vinyl
Co-release with Scottish Fiction. | |
| Single | For a Reason | Domiciles | Digital, lathe cut vinyl | LNFG24 | 26/04/19 | ||
| Single | Back on Board | Medicine Men | Digital, lathe cut vinyl | LNFGd35 | 05/04/19 | ||
| Single | Wholesale | Broken Chanter | Digital, lathe cut vinyl | LNFOG02 | 24/05/19 | ||
| Single | Nothing Else | Sister John | Digital, lathe cut vinyl | LNFG26 | 14/06/19 | AA side with LNFGd31. | |
| LP | Music for Megastructures | L-space | Digital. | LNFGd36 | 19/04/19 | ||
| Single | Let Go | Loudmammoth | Digital, lathe cut vinyl | LNFG27 | 28/06/19 | ||
| EP | I Used To Be The Martial Arts | The Martial Arts | Vinyl, CD and digital | LNFG28 | 05/07/19 | ||
| Album | Pii3 | Stephen Solo | Digital | LNFGd41 | 19/07/19 | ||
| Album | This is Not A Zen Garden | Domiciles | 12" vinyl, CD, digital | LNFG29 | 16/08/19 | Black and white vinyl editions | |
| Album | Broken Chanter | Broken Chanter | 12" vinyl, CD, digital | LNFG30 / LNFOG03 | 06/09/19 | Black, milk white and duck egg blue vinyl editions. Co-release with Olive Grove Records. | |
| Album | Beast Rotations | Site of Future Rome | CD and digital | LNFGK01 | 04/10/19 | Komponist | |
| Album | Cloth | Cloth | Vinyl, CD and digital | LNFG31 | 15/11/19 | ||
| 2020 | Album | Music For Megastructures | L-space | CD and digital | LNFGK03 | 31/01/20 | Expanded Komponist release |
| Single | Feed the Engines | L-space | Vinyl, CD and digital | 07/02/20 | |||
| Album | Post Neo Anti | Close Lobsters | Vinyl, CD and digital | LNFG33 | 28/02/20 | ||
| EP | Better Run | Lemon Drink | CD and digital | 14/03/20 | |||
| Album | Artificial Mass | Yasuyuki Uesugi | CD and digital | LNFK04 | Komponist | ||
| Album | Vulture Party | Vulture Party | Vinyl, CD and digital | 03/04/20 | Hive | ||
| Album | Earthbound | Starless | Vinyl, CD and digital | LNFG35 | 15/05/20 | ||
| Album | A Different Port | Medicine Men | Vinyl, CD and digital | LNFG34 | 29/05/20 | ||
| Album | Made For Each Other | The Muldoons | Vinyl & digital | LNFGH05 | 03/07/20 | Hive | |
| Album | Now That's What I Call Disappointment | Michael M. | Vinyl & digital | LNFGH06 | 03/07/20 | Hive | |
| Album | Comes A Time | Mark W Georgsson | Vinyl & digital | LNFG36 | 14/08/20 | ||
| Album | Andre Salvador and the Von Kings | Andre Salvador and the Von Kings | Vinyl & digital | LNFGH07 | 28/08/20 | Hive | |
| Single | On The Run / The Storm | In the Forest / Nicol & Elliott | Vinyl & digital | 03/09/2020 | |||
| Album | Isolation Sessions | Various Artists | Vinyl, CD & digital | LNFG37 | August 2020 | Double album | |
| Album | Doubtlands | Mt. Doubt | Vinyl & digital | LNFG38 | 18/09/20 | ||
| Album | Edit | Joe McAlinden | Vinyl, CD and digital | LNFGK07 | 25/09/20 | Komponist | |
| Album | Clean Living | Slow Weather | Vinyl & digital | LNFG39 | November 2020 | ||
| Single | IDST | Slime City | CD & Digital | 20/11/20 | |||
| Album | While I Sit and Watch This Tree | Lizabett Russo | Vinyl & digital | LNFGH09 | 27/11/20 | Hive | |
| Album | Germinal | Tom Donnelly | CD and digital | LNFGK08 | 04/12/20 | Komponist | |
| 2021 | Album | Music For Animations | Bis | Vinyl, CD and digital | LNFG40 | 26/01/21 | |
| Album | Sisters | The Bluebells | Vinyl & digital | PNFG01 | 12/03/21 | Past Night From Glasgow | |
| Album | Six Road Ends | Gracious Losers | Vinyl & digital | LNFG43 | 26/03/21 | ||
| Album | Another Life | Hadda Be | Vinyl, CD and digital | LNFG44 | 30/04/21 | ||
| Album | Star Wars | BMX Bandits | Vinyl & digital | PNFG02 | 30/04/21 | Past Night From Glasgow - 30th Anniversary release | |
| Album | I Am By Day | Sister John | Vinyl, CD and digital | LNFG45 | 28/05/21 | ||
| Album | Citalodisco | Ace City Racers | Vinyl & digital | LNFGH14 | 25/06/21 | Hive |
References[edit]
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- ^ "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.
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- ^ "LAST NIGHT FROM GLASGOW LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". companieshouse.gov. 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.
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- ^ "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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