Beggars Banquet Records is a British

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. Beggars Banquet started as a chain of record shops owned by Martin Mills and Nick Austin and is part of the Beggars Group of labels.

History

In 1977, spurred by the prevailing DIY aesthetics of the British punk rock movement (then at the height of its popularity), Martin Mills and Nick Austin founded a record label to release records under the Beggars Banquet imprint. The first band on the label was the English punk group the Lurkers; the first release on the label was the Lurkers' 7" single "Shadow"/"Love Story". They also released the first solo "Duffo" album from Australian big-band vocalist Jeff Duff. Later in the decade and into the early 1980s, hits with Tubeway Army and

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secured the label's future. Other bands who were signed to the label include the Associates, the Bolshoi, the Cult,

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, Gene Loves Jezebel, the Icicle Works and the Go-Betweens.

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External links

Beggars Banquet Records (archive) website
* {{Authority control British independent record labels Beggars Group Record labels established in 1977 Indie rock record labels Alternative rock record labels Punk record labels New wave record labels

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