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This playlist is based on the the most played tracks tagged as Sarah Records at last.fm although I have not included non Sarah Records artists. I have also added a few favourites of mine too which were not on the list.

Sarah Records was a UK independent record label active between 1987 and 1995,best known for its recordings of twee pop.

The label was formed in Bristol in 1987 by Clare Wadd and Matt Haynes, and grew out of the fanzine scene at the time, Haynes having previously edited Are You Scared To Get Happy?, and Wadd Kvatch. Both these fanzines had given away flexidiscs - indeed, AYSTGH had been part of the Sha-la-la o anisation, a record label set up solely to produce flexidiscs. Several Sarah releases were fanzines and flexi-discs, as it was felt this summed up the aesthetic of the label better than 12″ singles and albums.

Sarah Records was usually seen as being grounded in the C86 jangly indie-pop sensibility, though the late Seventies DIY scene and independent yet stylish and imaginative labels such as Postcard Records, Factory and Creation, plus the mid-Eighties fanzine culture, were bigger influences. It ceased operation with the release of There and Back Again Lane, the hundredth release in the main catalogue sequence - a booklet telling the story of the label, along with a CD of representative tracks. Half-page adverts entitled “A Day For Destroying Things” in both NME and Melody Maker marked the release. “We don’t do encores”, the advert announced, and the label has stuck by this sentiment, with no further releases. Bands on the label included Heavenly, East River Pipe, The Orchids, Even As We Speak, Boyracer, Brighter, Blueboy, The Field Mice, Another Sunny Day and St. Christopher.

Another Sunny Day - Anorak City
The Sea Urchins - Pristine Christine
The Sea Urchins - Please Rain Fall
The Field Mice - Sensitive
The Golden Dawn - George Hamilton’s Dead
The Field Mice - End Of The Affair
Another Sunny Day - The Centre Of My Little World
The Field Mice - Letting Go
Action Painting! - These Things Happen
The Field Mice - Let’s Kiss And Make Up
Heavenly - So Little Deserve
Heavenly - And The Birds Aren’t Singing
Heavenly - Atta Girl
The Field Mice - White
Another Sunny Day - Rio
The Field Mice - Everything About You
Heavenly - I’m Not Scared Of You
Another Sunny Day - You Should All Be Murdered
St. Christopher - All Of A Tremble
Heavenly - P.U.N.K. Girl
The Orchids - Tiny Words
Heavenly - Three Star Compartment
Heavenly - C Is The Heavenly Option
Heavenly - I Fell In Love Last Night
Even As We Speak - Drown
Another Sunny Day - I’m In Love With A Girl Who Doesn’t Know I Exist
Blueboy - The Joy Of Living
14 Iced Bears - Come Get Me
The Field Mice - This Love Is Not Wrong
The Wake - Carbrain
The Sea Urchins - Everglades
The Field Mice - The Last Letter
Heavenly - Starshy
The Field Mice - Couldn’t Feel Safer
The Field Mice - You’re Kidding Aren’t You
Aberdeen - Byron
Blueboy - Finistere
Heavenly - Tool
Heavenly - Shallow
The Field Mice - Fabulous Friend
Harvey Williams - She Sleeps Around
Secret Shine - Temporal
Heavenly - Modestic
Another Sunny Day - The Very Beginning
Heavenly - Dig Your Own Grave
Boyracer - I’ve Got It And It’s Not Worth Having
The Field Mice - Tilting At Windmills
Blueboy - Boys Don’t Matter
Heavenly - Hearts And Crosses
Even As We Speak - One Step Forward
Even As We Speak - Falling Down The Stairs
Heavenly - Different Day
Heavenly - Boyfriend Stays The Same
Another Sunny Day - I Don’t Suppose I’ll Get A Second Chance
Aberdeen - Clouds Like These
Another Sunny Day - Green
Blueboy - Candy Bracelet
Heavenly - Wrap My Arms Around Him
Blueboy - Sea Horses
Blueboy - Air France
Heavenly - Cool Guitar Boy
Aberdeen - Drive
Blueboy - So Catch Him
The Field Mice - It Isn’t Forever
Brighter - So You Said
The Field Mice - September’s Not So Far Away
Blueboy - Fleetway
The Field Mice - Missing The Moon

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