# SL Records

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{{short description|Scottish record label}}
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{{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](/source/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](/source/Alternative_rock)<br />[Indie pop](/source/Indie_pop)
| country     = [Scotland](/source/Scotland), [UK](/source/United_Kingdom)
| location    = [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh)
| website     = <!-- such as "{{URL|www.atlanticrecords.com}}" -->
}}
'''SL Records''' was a record label based in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh), [Scotland](/source/Scotland). It was founded in 1997 and is known for releasing [anti-folk](/source/anti-folk), [alternative rock](/source/alternative_rock), and [indie pop](/source/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 loan](/source/student_loan)s".<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](/source/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](/source/Ballboy_(band))
*[Dawn of the Replicants](/source/Dawn_of_the_Replicants)
*[Misty's Big Adventure](/source/Misty's_Big_Adventure)
*[Saint Jude’s Infirmary](/source/Saint_Jude%E2%80%99s_Infirmary)
*[Withered Hand](/source/Withered_Hand)

==References==
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Category:Record labels established in 1997
Category:Scottish record labels
Category:1997 establishments in Scotland
Category:Companies based in Edinburgh

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