{{Short description|British independent record label}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Use British English|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox record label | name = Caff Records | image = | image_bg = | parent = | founded = 1989 | founder = Bob Stanley | defunct = 1992 | distributor = | genre = Alternative rock<br />Indiepop<br />Shoegazing<br />Britpop | country = United Kingdom | location = Croydon, England | url = }} '''Caff Records''' was a short lived British independent record label run by Bob Stanley<ref name="Vinylnet">{{cite web | title = Caff Records label discography | url = http://www.vinylnet.co.uk/label-discography.asp/label/18/Caff-records-discography.html | publisher = All rights reserved | accessdate=22 June 2010}}</ref> of the band Saint Etienne. The label grew out of a fanzine Stanley put out with fellow band member Pete Wiggs,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/sep/05/saint-etienne-ive-been-trying-to-tell-you-interview-bfi-season|title='The 90s seem like yesterday': Saint Etienne on 30 years as pop auteurs|website=TheGuardian.com|date=5 September 2021}}</ref> with the label going by the name Caff, Caff Records and Caff Corporation.<ref name="Twee">{{cite web | title = Caff Corporation on TweeNet | url = http://www.twee.net/labels/caff.html | publisher = 1994-2008 TweeNet | accessdate=22 June 2010}}</ref> Established in 1989, it is most noted for single releases by Pulp and the Manic Street Preachers. The Caff logo is a line drawing of a duck. After closing the label, Stanley together with Wiggs ran Icerink Records (1992–1994),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Icerink |title=Icerink - CDs and Vinyl at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-06}}</ref> Royal Mint (1995) and EMIdisc (1996).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/EMIDISC |title=EMIDISC - CDs and Vinyl at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-06}}</ref> They currently have a CD imprint called Eclipse via Universal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Eclipse+%282%29 |title=Eclipse (2) - CDs and Vinyl at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-06}}</ref>
==Discography== Caff only released one-off singles of each group. Singles, EPs and split singles were solely released on the seven inch (7") format.
{| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Catalogue number !! Date !! Artist !! Title |- | CAFF 1|| 1989|| East Village / Cath Coughlan||Freeze Out / Im' long Me Measaim (Split flexi-disc)<ref name="Vinylnet"/><ref name="Twee"/> |- | CAFF 2|| 1989|| The Field Mice||I Can See Myself Alone Forever / Everything About You |- | CAFF 3|| 1989|| Phil Wilson||Better Days / The Written Word |- | CAFF 4|| 1989|| Close Lobsters||Just Too Bloody Stupid |- | CAFF 5|| 1989|| Television Personalities||I Still Believe In Magic / Respectable |- | CAFF 6|| 1989|| Buffalo Tom||Enemy / Deep In The Ground |- | CAFF 7|| 1990|| Another Sunny Day||Genetic Engineering / Kilburn Towers |- | CAFF 8|| 1990|| The Claim||Birth Of A Teenager / Mike The Bike |- | CAFF 9|| 1990|| Galaxie 500||Rain / Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste |- | CAFF 10|| 1990|| Razorcuts||Sometimes I Worry About You (4 track EP) |- | CAFF 11|| 1990|| The Orchids||An Ill Wind That Blows / All Those Things |- | CAFF 12|| 1990|| The Lilac Time||Madresfield / Bird On A Wire |- | CAFF 13|| 1990|| Biff Bang Pow/ The Times||Sleep / Extase (Split single, usually known as ''The Mods Are Back!'') |- | CAFF 14|| 1991|| Bitch Magnet||Sadie / Ducks And Drakes |- | CAFF 15|| 1991|| Manic Street Preachers||New Art Riot / Repeat After Me (Known as ''Feminine Is Beautiful'') |- | CAFF 16|| 1991|| World Of Twist||The Sausage / Skidding Into Love / Space Rockit |- | CAFF 17|| 1992|| Pulp||My Legendary Girlfriend (live) / Sickly Grin / Back In LA |}
==See also== * Shampoo - a pop duo who released a number of records on Icerink * List of record labels
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://www.saintetiennedisco.com/labels2/caff/caff.html Caff Discography] {{Authority control}}
Category:British independent record labels Category:Record labels established in 1989 Category:Defunct record labels of the United Kingdom