On the Fiddle Recordings is an English

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established by and run by the English

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band

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History

The label was initially founded by the band in the early 1990s to distribute limited edition albums to their fan-club members. The label went dormant, but was resurrected in 2006 when the band became disillusioned with

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’ attempt to market their music, and decided to release their music on their own independent label. The first On the Fiddle release was a live DVD, ''Chaos Theory'', in October 2006 and includes a live show from Reading Hexagon and the 1993 tour diary/concert ''Part Time Punks''. The label released the band's first independent album ''Letters from the Underground'' in 2008. Hailed as a ‘return to form’ by critics and fans alike, and the album put the Levellers in the Top 30 for the first time in nearly a decade. Follow up albums ''Static On The Airwaves'' and the ''Greatest Hits'' compilation both made the Top 40. The release of

We the Collective ''We the Collective'' is the eleventh studio album by folk-punk rock band the Levellers. The album entered the British album charts at number 12, the band's highest charting entry in over 21 years. The 10-track album features acoustic re-recordi ...

on 30 March 2018 saw the band receive their highest charting entry for 21 years when it reached #12, the band's previous best charting album was 1997's '' Mouth to Mouth'' which reached #5 when the band was still with

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records. The band's latest release ''

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'' which was released on 14 August 2020 entered the charts at #8 continuing this revival in chart success and giving the band their 4th top 10 album. The label also releases

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frontman Mark Chadwick's solo work.

Discography

The Levellers

Studio albums * ''

Letters from the Underground ''Letters from the Underground'' is the ninth studio album by folk-punk rock band the Levellers. It includes the single "Burn America Burn", which is a social commentary on the recurrence of school shooting A school shooting is an attac ...

'' (2008) * ''

Static on the Airwaves ''Static on the Airwaves'' is the tenth studio album by folk-punk rock band the Levellers. The " iTunes Deluxe Edition" contains two bonus tracks and two videos. Reception Ian Abrahams of ''Record Collector'' said the topic of war gives the a ...

'' (2012) * ''

'' (2018) * ''

(2020)

Mark Chadwick

* ''All the Pieces'' (2010) * ''Moment'' (2014

Nick Burbridge

* ''All Kinds of Disorder'' (2013) * ''Gathered'' (2013) * ''Resolved'' (2017)

Dan Donnelly

* ''Are We Having Fun?'' (2018)

References

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