Woof Records is a British

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...

founded by English musicians

Tim Hodgkinson Timothy "Tim" George Hodgkinson (born 1 May 1949) is an English experimental music composer and performer, principally on reeds, lap steel guitar, and keyboards. He first became known as one of the core members of the British avant-rock group ...

and

Bill Gilonis Bill Gilonis (born 1958) is an English guitarist and composer. He co-founded the gritty experimental rock group The Work in 1980 with Tim Hodgkinson. The group was active intermittently until 1993, recording four albums and touring extensively ...

in London in 1980.

Background

Tim Hodgkinson and Bill Gilonis began experimenting with tape collages in 1979 and recorded ''I Do – I Do – I Don't – I Don't'', an 18-minute collection of songs. Hodgkinson and Gilonis then created Woof Records to release the title on a 7-inch EP in 1980. They continued to release titles on the label, subject to the restriction that at least one of them had to play on, engineer, or produce each record. Between 1980 and 1994, 15 titles were released on the label.

Releases

* WOOF 001,

, ''I Do – I Do – I Don't – I Don't'', (7", EP), 1980 * WOOF 002, The Work, "I Hate America", (7", Single, Cle), 1981 * WOOF 003, The Work, ''

Slow Crimes ''Slow Crimes'' is a 1982 studio album by English post-punk rock group the Work. It is their debut album and was recorded between September 1981 – January 1982 in London, Switzerland and Belgium. It was released on LP in April 1982 by Woof ...

'', (LP), 1982 * WOOF 005, The Work, ''The Worst of Everywhere'', (Cass, Album, C-9), 1982 * WOOF 006, The Lowest Note on the Organ, ''The Lowest Note on the Organ'', (7", Maxi), 1983 * WOOF 007,

Catherine Jauniaux Catherine Jauniaux is a Belgian avant-garde singer. She has been described as a "one-woman-orchestra", a "human sampler", and "one of the best kept secrets in the world of improvised music". Her solo album, ''Fluvial'' (1983) is regarded as one ...

, Tim Hodgkinson, ''Fluvial'', (LP), 1983 * WOOF 008, The Lowest Note on the Organ, "Piggy Bank", (7"), 1984 * WOOF 009, Het, ''Let's Het'', (LP), 1984 * WOOF 010, Tim Hodgkinson, ''Splutter'', (LP), 1985 * WOOF 011, The Momes, ''Spiralling'', (LP), 1989 * WOOF 012, The Work, ''Rubber Cage'', (LP, Album), 1989 * WOOF 013,

Fred Frith Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser. Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock ...

, Tim Hodgkinson, '' Live Improvisations'', (CD), 1992 * WOOF 014, Valentina Ponomareva, Ken Hyder / Tim Hodgkinson, ''The Goose'', (CD, Album) 1992 * WOOF 015, The Work, ''See'', (CD), 1992 * WOOF 016, Tim Hodgkinson, ''

Each in Our Own Thoughts ''Each in Our Own Thoughts'' is a 1994 solo album by English experimental music composer and performer Tim Hodgkinson from Henry Cow. It is his second solo album, after ''Splutter'' (1985), and comprises six unreleased pieces composed by Hodgkins ...

'', (CD, Album), 1994

References

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