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Go! Discs Records was a Hammersmith, London based record label, launched in 1983 by Andy MacDonald. Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in West London, approximately 5 miles (8km west of Charing Cross on In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Major releases Michael Jackson's Thriller, the highest-selling album of all time as well as the best-selling album of 1983 and 1984 was released With artists like Billy Bragg, The Housemartins and later The Beautiful South, it became a prominent label. Stephen William Bragg (born December 20, 1957 in Essex, England) better known as Billy Bragg, is an English musician who The Housemartins were an English pop band that was active in the 1980s The Beautiful South were an English Pop group formed at the end of the 1980s by former members of Hull group The Housemartins - Paul Heaton Go! Beat Records was launched as a subsidiary for dance artists like Beats International, Gabrielle and Portishead. Go! Beat Records was a Record label launched as a subsidiary of Go! Discs Records for dance artists like David Holmes and Portishead Louise Gabrielle Bobb (born April 16 1970, Hackney) is a multi-platinum selling Brit Award winning English singer who records under the Portishead (pɔːtɪsˈhɛd IS an English musical group from Bristol. In 1992 Paul Weller signed for the label. Paul Weller (born John William Weller 25 May 1958 in Sheerwater near Woking, Surrey) is an English Singer-songwriter.

In 1996 MacDonald resigned when PolyGram acquired a majority stake in the label, and the label folded not too long afterwards. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996. PolyGram was the name from 1972 of the Major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945 However, Go! Discs' dance offshoot Go! Beat Records, continued and became a unit in the Universal Records group. Go! Beat Records was a Record label launched as a subsidiary of Go! Discs Records for dance artists like David Holmes and Portishead

Go! Discs had the dubious honour of sponsoring the Fulchester United team, club of Billy the Fish in Viz comic. Billy the Fish is a long-running Cartoon strip in the British Comic Viz that first appeared in 1983 Viz is a popular British adult Comic magazine that has been running since 1979 Various blatant plugs for Go! artists were often spoken by characters in the strip and Fulchester's home ground carried adverts for Go! and various releases from them. Equally dubiously in the late 80s the label employed Essex comedian Phil Jupitus as head of publicity.

Andy MacDonald & Independiente

After leaving Go! Discs, Andy MacDonald started Independiente Records, and continued his involvement with the recording career of Paul Weller. Independiente Records is a Record label formed in 1997 after Andy MacDonald had sold Go! Discs Records to PolyGram in 1996 for a reported £30Million Paul Weller (born John William Weller 25 May 1958 in Sheerwater near Woking, Surrey) is an English Singer-songwriter. Independiente is also famous for being the home of Travis and infamously for signing most of the members of the So Solid Crew on separate disastrous recording contracts. Travis are a Scottish Alternative rock band from Glasgow, comprising Fran Healy ( lead vocals, Guitar, Piano, So Solid Crew are a UK garage and grime act whose hits include "Oh No (Sentimental Things" and " 21 Seconds " the latter of which reached

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Stephen William Bragg (born December 20, 1957 in Essex, England) better known as Billy Bragg, is an English musician who The Housemartins were an English pop band that was active in the 1980s The Beautiful South were an English Pop group formed at the end of the 1980s by former members of Hull group The Housemartins - Paul Heaton The Bathers are a Scottish Chamber Pop band Formed in Glasgow in 1985 after the band Friends Again split up they are essentially the vehicle for singer Paul Weller (born John William Weller 25 May 1958 in Sheerwater near Woking, Surrey) is an English Singer-songwriter. The Blue Ox Babes were a pop group formed in 1981 by former Dexys Midnight Runners guitarist Kevin Archer together with his girlfriend Yasmin Saleh and former Dexy's Drugstore are a British -based three-piece Pop rock and Dream pop band comprising Brazilian singer and bassist Isabel Monteiro drummer Mike Chylinski The Trash Can Sinatras, now generally known as Trashcan Sinatras, are a Scottish band that was formed in Irvine Scotland in 1986 The La's are an English rock band from Liverpool consisting of frontman Lee Mavers (vocals guitars and John Power ( bass The Frank and Walters are a pop / rock band from Cork, Ireland. The Stairs were an English rock band formed in Liverpool during the early 1990's by vocalist and bassist Edgar Summertyme, and included This is a list of notable Record labels Due to the large number of entries the list has been divided by the first character of the label's name See also
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