{{short description|Scottish record label}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --> | name = SL Records | image = <!-- logo, such as "LABEL-LOGO.jpg" --> | image_size = <!-- size --> | image_alt = <!-- WP:ALT text describing the image --> | caption = <!-- a caption for the image --> | parent = <!-- parent company, such as "Warner Music Group" --> | founded = {{start date|1997}} | founder = Ed Pybus & Merlin Kemp | defunct = <!-- year the label dissolved, such as {{end date|1990}} --> | status = Active | distributor = <!-- distributors, separate with commas or <br /> --> | genre = Alternative rock<br />Indie pop | country = Scotland, UK | location = Edinburgh | website = <!-- such as "{{URL|www.atlanticrecords.com}}" --> }} '''SL Records''' was a record label based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in 1997 and is known for releasing anti-folk, alternative rock, and indie pop albums.<ref name=list>{{Cite news |url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/23380-labels-of-love-sl-records/ |title=Labels of Love: SL Records |last=Meighan |first=Nicola |date=2010-02-03 |work=The List |access-date=2017-08-13 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The label's first release was the compilation album ''It's a Life Sentence'', which was released in May 1997. The album compiled tracks by different artists who had performed live on a radio show co-hosted by Ed Pybus, who later became the label's founder, along with his flatmate Merlin Kemp.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/3001/SL-Records |title=SL Records - Interview |work=www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk |access-date=2017-08-13}}</ref> Pybus started the label soon after graduating from university; "SL" in the label's name stands for "student loans".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/music/the-spirit-of-john-peel-remains-alive-and-well-in-edinburgh-1-570924 |title=The spirit of John Peel remains alive and well in Edinburgh |date=2004-12-15 |website=www.scotsman.com |language=en |access-date=2017-08-19}}</ref> The label came to greater attention after its first single, Khaya's "Summer/Winter Song," was played on air by multiple British radio hosts, including John Peel.<ref name=skinny>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/always-read-the-label-sl-records |title=Always Read The Label: SL Records |last=McLaughlin |first=Milo |date=2006-12-12 |work=The Skinny |access-date=2017-08-13 |language=en}}</ref>
==Notable artists== Notable current or former SL Records artists include the following:<ref name=list/><ref name=skinny/> *Ballboy *Dawn of the Replicants *Misty's Big Adventure *Saint Jude’s Infirmary *Withered Hand
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