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Last Night From Glasgow

Last Night From Glasgow (often abbreviated to LNFG) is a not-for-profit independent record label based in Glasgow, Scotland. It was established in 2016 and relies on a crowdfunding business model to operate.[1] The label's name is taken from the line "When I called you last night from Glasgow" in ABBA's Super Trouper.[2]

Last Night From Glasgow
LNFG logo
The current Last Night From Glasgow logo
Founded2016; 8 years ago (2016)
Genrevarious
Country of originScotland
LocationGlasgow
Official websitelastnightfromglasgow.com

History

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In January 2016 music fan Ian Smith contacted 5 friends with a view to setting up a small record label. They agreed to found the business operated on a patronage model, with donations of a £50 from 60 of their friends and associates. In return the patrons would receive physical copies of each release and guest list entry to all label events.[3][4]

The label was founded with the intention of assisting unsigned artists with the physical release and promotion of their music.[5] Artists do not enter into any restrictive contract with the label, retain the intellectual rights to their music and are paid fairly for their work. All profits are reinvested into the objectives of the label;[6] it operates as a not-for-profit private limited company.[7] Operating capital is primarily raised by the sale of annual memberships and in return for their patronage, members receive a 12" vinyl copy of each of that year's releases, digital releases and guest list entry to all album launch events.[8]

The label's inaugural event took place on 2 June 2016 at The Old Hairdresser's venue in Glasgow, with 100 members and a roster of three artists.[9] According to Smith, in the 2017 membership year the label operated with '200 or so' members who received physical copies of five albums (four on vinyl record and one on USB) and one EP as well as digital copies of singles.[10]

In February 2018 it was announced that Last Night from Glasgow had been awarded Creative Scotland funding "...to produce the recording, production, manufacture, distribution and promotion of six vinyl albums and supporting digital releases for six currently unsigned Scottish artists".[11] Further funding was obtained in February 2019 to "record, mix, master, produce, manufacture, promote and distribute seven albums and supporting digital releases.[12]

In March 2020 the label announced they would be releasing 'The Isolation Sessions', an album of LNFG artists covering each other's songs with the proceeds going to venues that had to close due to Covid-19 lockdown laws.[13] As of August 2020 over £3,000 had been donated to events and venues and over £3,500 of stock given to independent record stores.[14] As part of the project, photographer Brian Sweeney took black and white photographs of LNFG members and artists. The format of the photos was inspired by historical pictures of Glasgow women hanging out of their windows.[15]

In October 2020 LNFG organised a concert in an open-sided gazebo, to meet with local Covid-19 regulations, that The Herald described as 'Scotland's first concert in six months'.[16]

Artists

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The following artists have released music on the Last Night From Glasgow label:[17]

  • Mark W. Georgsson
  • BooHooHoo
  • St Dukes
  • Be Charlotte
  • TeenCanteen
  • Emme Woods
  • Stephen Solo
  • Radiophonic Tuckshop
  • Sun Rose
  • Sister John
  • Medicine Men
  • Bis
  • Annie Booth
  • Zoë Bestel
  • L-space
  • In the forest
  • The Gracious Losers
  • Joe Kane / Radiophonic Tuckshop
  • Cloth
  • Carla J. Easton
  • Domiciles
  • Foundlings
  • Loudmammoth
  • Fenella
  • Broken Chanter
  • The Girl Who Cried Wolf
  • Kohla
  • The Martial Arts
  • The Muldoons

Sub-labels

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Komponist

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In July 2019 it was announced that LNFG would be launching a new label 'Komponist', "focussed on the compositional artists as opposed to songwriters. Concentrating on all forms of instrumental music, be it Jazz, NeoClassical, Electronica or Heavy Drone."[18][19]

Hive

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In 2019 a new label called Hive was announced that would allow artists to use LNFG's promotional services while still self-releasing an album.

Past Night From Glasgow

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In 2020 it was announced that a new label would be set up, called 'Past Night From Glasgow'. The purpose of the label is to re-issue older albums not currently available. The first album announced was Sisters by The Bluebells.[20][21]

Releases[22]

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Excluding digital-only singles

Year Type Title Artist Format(s) Catalogue No. Release date Notes
2016 Single The Ballad of the Nearly Man Mark W. Georgsson 7" vinyl LNFG1
LP Pii Stephen Solo USB credit card LNFGUSB1
Single I Don't Drink to Forget Emme Woods 7" vinyl LNFG2
LP Say It All with a Kiss TeenCanteen 12" vinyl, digital LNFG3 / LNFGUSB2
EP DebutHooHoo BooHooHoo USB wristband LNFGUSB3
Single Machines That Breathe Be Charlotte Digital, 7" vinyl LNFG4 Limited edition 7" pink vinyl
2017 LP Faces and Places Mark W. Georgsson 12" vinyl, digital LNFG 5
EP Sirens TeenCanteen 10″ vinyl, digital LNFG6 Translucent splatter vinyl
LP Into the Light Medicine Men 12" vinyl, digital LNFG7
EP Running Commentary EP Radiophonic Tuckshop CD, digital LNFGd9
LP Returned from Sea Sister John 12" vinyl, digital LNFG8
LP Pii2 Stephen Solo USB cassette LNFGusb4
LP An Unforgiving Light Annie Booth 12" vinyl, digital LNFG9 / LNFSF01 Co-release with Scottish Fiction
LP The Essential Luxury Sun Rose 12" vinyl, digital LNFG10
LP The Winter Garden Playtest Radiophonic Tuckshop CD, digital LNFGd14
Single Golden Packets Medicine Men Cassette,digital LNFGd16
2018 EP Money Can Be Exchanged for Goods and Services L-space CD, digital LNFGd20
LP The ABC of LNFG Various Artists CD, digital LNFGd21
LP Transience Zoë Bestel 12" vinyl, CD, digital LNFG11
Single Wanting What I Can't Have Carla J. Easton CD, digital, 7” picture disk LNFOG01 Co-release with Olive Grove Records
LP The Last of the Gracious Losers The Gracious Losers 12" vinyl, digital LNFG12
LP Kipple Arcadia L-space 12" vinyl, digital LNFG13
LP Joe Kane/Radiophonic Tuckshop Joe Kane/Radiophonic Tuckshop 12" vinyl, digital LNFG14
Single Blue Flowers L-space 7″ vinyl, digital LNFG15
Single Only You Domiciles Square 7″ vinyl, digital LNFG16
Single Holder Cloth Square 7″ vinyl, digital LNFG17
EP Three Bands Cloth / Domiciles / L-space CD, set of three 7" vinyl LNFGd30 Special limited release to coincide with "Three Bands" tour
2019 LP Sister John Sister John 12" vinyl, digital LNFG18 25/01/19 12" black vinyl, 12" transparent milk white vinyl
LP Slight Disconnects Bis 12" vinyl CD, digital LNFG19 15/02/19 Black, mandarin orange and yellow vinyl
EP Foundlings Foundlings CD, digital, lathe cut vinyl. LNFG21 01/03/19
Single Airport Sister John Digital, extremely rare heart shaped vinyl LNFGd34 14/02/19
LP A Gift from Midnight Fenella 12" vinyl, digital LNFG22 29/03/19 Black and red vinyl. Co-release with Little Tiger (Riverside Music College).
EP Spectral Annie Booth 12" vinyl, CD, digital LNFSF6 / LNFG23 10/05/19 Black and purple vinyl

Co-release with Scottish Fiction.

Single For a Reason Domiciles Digital, lathe cut vinyl LNFG24 26/04/19
Single Back on Board Medicine Men Digital, lathe cut vinyl LNFGd35 05/04/19
Single Wholesale Broken Chanter Digital, lathe cut vinyl LNFOG02 24/05/19
Single Nothing Else Sister John Digital, lathe cut vinyl LNFG26 14/06/19 AA side with LNFGd31.
LP Music for Megastructures L-space Digital. LNFGd36 19/04/19
Single Let Go Loudmammoth Digital, lathe cut vinyl LNFG27 28/06/19
EP I Used To Be The Martial Arts The Martial Arts Vinyl, CD and digital LNFG28 05/07/19
Album Pii3 Stephen Solo Digital LNFGd41 19/07/19
Album This is Not A Zen Garden Domiciles 12" vinyl, CD, digital LNFG29 16/08/19 Black and white vinyl editions
Album Broken Chanter Broken Chanter 12" vinyl, CD, digital LNFG30 / LNFOG03 06/09/19 Black, milk white and duck egg blue vinyl editions. Co-release with Olive Grove Records.
Album Beast Rotations Site of Future Rome CD and digital LNFGK01 04/10/19 Komponist
Album Cloth Cloth Vinyl, CD and digital LNFG31 15/11/19
2020 Album Music For Megastructures L-space CD and digital LNFGK03 31/01/20 Expanded Komponist release
Single Feed the Engines L-space Vinyl, CD and digital 07/02/20
Album Post Neo Anti Close Lobsters Vinyl, CD and digital LNFG33 28/02/20
EP Better Run Lemon Drink CD and digital 14/03/20
Album Artificial Mass Yasuyuki Uesugi CD and digital LNFK04 Komponist
Album Vulture Party Vulture Party Vinyl, CD and digital 03/04/20 Hive
Album Earthbound Starless Vinyl, CD and digital LNFG35 15/05/20
Album A Different Port Medicine Men Vinyl, CD and digital LNFG34 29/05/20
Album Made For Each Other The Muldoons Vinyl & digital LNFGH05 03/07/20 Hive
Album Now That's What I Call Disappointment Michael M. Vinyl & digital LNFGH06 03/07/20 Hive
Album Comes A Time Mark W Georgsson Vinyl & digital LNFG36 14/08/20
Album Andre Salvador and the Von Kings Andre Salvador and the Von Kings Vinyl & digital LNFGH07 28/08/20 Hive
Single On The Run / The Storm In the Forest / Nicol & Elliott Vinyl & digital 03/09/2020
Album Isolation Sessions Various Artists Vinyl, CD & digital LNFG37 August 2020 Double album
Album Doubtlands Mt. Doubt Vinyl & digital LNFG38 18/09/20
Album Edit Joe McAlinden Vinyl, CD and digital LNFGK07 25/09/20 Komponist
Album Clean Living Slow Weather Vinyl & digital LNFG39 November 2020
Single IDST Slime City CD & Digital 20/11/20
Album While I Sit and Watch This Tree Lizabett Russo Vinyl & digital LNFGH09 27/11/20 Hive
Album Germinal Tom Donnelly CD and digital LNFGK08 04/12/20 Komponist
2021 Album Music For Animations Bis Vinyl, CD and digital LNFG40 26/01/21
Album Sisters The Bluebells Vinyl & digital PNFG01 12/03/21 Past Night From Glasgow
Album Six Road Ends Gracious Losers Vinyl & digital LNFG43 26/03/21
Album Another Life Hadda Be Vinyl, CD and digital LNFG44 30/04/21
Album Star Wars BMX Bandits Vinyl & digital PNFG02 30/04/21 Past Night From Glasgow - 30th Anniversary release
Album I Am By Day Sister John Vinyl, CD and digital LNFG45 28/05/21
Album Citalodisco Ace City Racers Vinyl & digital LNFGH14 25/06/21 Hive

References

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  1. ^ "Looking to the future with Last Night From Glasgow". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  2. ^ Dalziel, Magdalene (2017-07-06). "Glasgow record label leads the way with pioneering new crowdfunding model". GlasgowLive. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  3. ^ "Introducing Last Night from Glasgow Records". Last Night From Glasgow. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Last Night From Glasgow's Ian Smith: 'In an industry controlled by conglomerates, I wanted to put forward a socialist model for a record label'". The List. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. ^ Glasgow, Last Night From. "About". Last Night From Glasgow. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  6. ^ Wilson, Martin (2016-03-12). "The Birth of a Label - Last Night From Glasgow - Overblown". Overblown. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  7. ^ "LAST NIGHT FROM GLASGOW LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)". companieshouse.gov. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  8. ^ "Membership - 2018/2019". Last Night From Glasgow. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  9. ^ "BPI Guest Blog - meet last night from Glasgow". BPI. 2017-12-07. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  10. ^ "Last Night from Glasgow on their first two years". The Skinny. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  11. ^ Munro, Iain. "Over £830,000 support for cultural activity across Scotland". Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  12. ^ "Over £790,000 support for cultural activity across Scotland". www.creativescotland.com. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
  13. ^ "LNFG Presents The Isolation Sessions". Last Night From Glasgow. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Last Night From Glasgow". Facebook. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Black and white portraits capture Scots in isolation". The Herald. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Live music is back. Review of Scotland's first concert in six months". The Herald. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  17. ^ "Last Night From Glasgow". Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  18. ^ LNfG (2019-07-07). "Say Hello to Komponist". Last Night From Glasgow. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  19. ^ "Spotlight on Last Night From Glasgow". The Ginger Quiff. 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
  20. ^ "'No matter what happens, people want to listen to new music' – Ian Smith of Last Night From Glasgow". The Herald. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  21. ^ "LNFG invites you to a Past Night From Glasgow". Last Night From Glasgow. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  22. ^ "Last Night From Glasgow". Last Night From Glasgow. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
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