Demon Music Group launches vinyl-only label

Demon Music Group has launched a new vinyl-only label with special limited-edition releases planned for Record Store Day.

Demon Records will also re-release classic albums, as well as re-mastered and re-cut versions.

There are currently releases lined up from The Jesus and Mary Chain, T. Rex, Marc Bolan, Suede, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Dinosaur L, Family, Ruth Copeland, Ashley Beedle, Tom Moulton, Sugar, The Beat, Average White Band, The SOS Band, Ian McCulloch and more.

The vinyl releases will cover a number of Demon’s catalogue artists as well as new third party projects.

Demon Records special release schedule will be available on Record Store Day, taking place on April 20.

More information will be revealed regarding Demon’s new acquisition Tabu Records.

The Demon Records Record Store Day releases can be found below:

Artist: The Jesus and Mary Chain
Album Title: Psychocandy – Colour Splatter LP
Cat No: CANDY1
Quantity: Strictly limited to 1000 numbered units
Info: Paint splatter vinyl reissue of The Jesus and Mary Chain classic Psychocandy with A3 reproduction early gig poster.

Artist: Suede
Title: Barriers / Animal Nitrate – 7″ Double A – side
Cat No: SUEDE9313
Quantity: Limited to 1500
Info: Demon Records, in partnership with ADA [Warner] present this strictly limited Suede Double A – Side 7″ single, offering fans an exclusive link between their past and present material. This strictly limited package sees the first single ‘Barriers’ from 2013’s Bloodsports album alongside Animal Nitrate which celebrates it’s 20th anniversary this year.

Artist: Dinosaur L
Title: Go Bang – Double A-side 12”
Cat No: DINO01
Quantity: 750
Info: Legendary avant-disco anthem from maverick cult hero Arthur Russell, the epic and sought after Francois Kervorkian and Walter Gibbons mixes are pressed on a clear 140 gram vinyl 12” and sleeved in a reproduction of the original Sleeping Bag Records house bag.

Artist: Marc Bolan
Title: Marc Bolan Maxi Pack – Double 7” Gatefold Package.
Cat No: BOLAN5
Quantity: Limited to 1500
Info: Deluxe gatefold package highlighting the only two singles from this era that Bolan issued on the EMI label, one a duet version of an old Phil Spector song with Gloria Jones, the other using the Big Carrot pseudonym.

7” 1: Marc Bolan & Gloria Jones: To Know You Is To Love You / City Port
7” 2: Big Carrot: Blackjack / Squint Eye Mangle

Artist: Heaven N’ Hell
Title: The Heaven N’ Hell Remixes – 12”
Cat No: HELLFIRE 1
Quantity: Limited to 700
Info: For the first time ever on 12” vinyl, Demon Records sister label Harmless Records are delighted to finally unleash 3 stunning versions of Heaven N’ Hell’s mighty Whatcha Gonna Do. Originally from the soundtrack to the obscure 1979 film Nocturna, the tracks have been in high demand for the last few years.

The 12” features Ashley Beedle’s brand new exclusive remix, Tom Moulton’s original remix and a previously unreleased Tom Moulton instrumental remix.

Artist: Family / Ruth Copeland
Title:  Ashley Beedle Rocks Re-Edits -12”
Cat No: ASHROCKS1
Quantity: 700
Info:  Harmless Records are proud to present two brand-spanking new Ashley Beedle re-edits on two classic prog/rock & funk tracks exclusive for Record Store Day! Ashley Beedle sonically re-works Family’s Burlesque and Ruth Copeland’s marathon workout of the Rolling Stones classic Gimme Shelter to produce a stunning double-sided 12” limited to just 700 copies.

Artist: Ian McCulloch
Title: The Killing Moon / Pro Patria Mori (Reworks) – 7″ Single
Cat No: MAC001
Quantity: Limited 800 numbered run
Info: To celebrate the release of Ian McCulloch’s new album package Holy Ghosts on April 15th, this limited and numbered 7″ single pays homage to the original Echo and the Bunnymen Killing Moon sleeve and features unreleased live orchestral reworks of Mac’s legendary tracks produced by Youth (known for his work with The Orb, Killing Joke, Depeche Mode and The Verve).

Artist: Men Without Hats
Title: Safety Dance – 30th Anniversary 7” Picture Disc
Cat No: SAFETY01
Quantity: Limited to 500
Info: New vinyl release celebrating the 30th anniversary of the new wave/synth pop smash hit. Side B features a previously unreleased instrumental mix.

Artist: Chas & Dave
Title: ‘Rabbit’ – Rabbit Shaped 7” Vinyl
Cat No: RABBIT01
Quantity: Limited to 750
Info: Exclusive rabbit-shaped 7” in plastic wallet. This replica shaped vinyl mirrors the 1980 original single with Side A featuring the cockney classic Rabbit and with The Sideboard Song on Side B.

Source: Music Week