Caff Records was a short lived

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run by Bob Stanley of the band Saint Etienne. The label grew out of a fanzine Stanley put out with fellow band member

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, with the label going by the name Caff, Caff Records and Caff Corporation. Established in 1989, it is most noted for single releases by

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and the

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. The Caff logo is a line drawing of a duck. After closing the label, Stanley together with Wiggs ran Icerink Records (1992–94), Royal Mint (1995) and EMIdisc (1996). They currently have a CD imprint called Eclipse via

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Discography

Caff only released one-off singles of each group.

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, EPs and split singles were solely released on the seven inch (7") format.

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{{Authority control British independent record labels Record labels established in 1989 Defunct record labels of the United Kingdom

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