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F-Beat Records was a record label set up by Jake Riviera in 1979. The label's first release, "I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down" by Elvis Costello & the Attractions, reached number 4 in the UK charts, the highest singles chart position the label attained.〔Freeth, Nick (2002) ''The Guitar & rock equipment'', Salamander, ISBN 978-1840653953, p. 230〕 The first album released on the label was Costello's ''Get Happy!!'', which peaked at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart.〔Buckley, Peter (ed.) (2003) ''The Rough Guide to Rock'', Rough Guides, ISBN 978-1843531050, p. 231〕 As well as releases from Costello, whom Riviera managed, he sought bands for the label via an advert in ''NME'', one of the bands who applied (and were given an audition - ultimately unsuccessfully) being Johnny Marr and Andy Rourke's band White Dice.〔Rogan, Johnny (1993) ''Morrissey and Marr: The Severed Alliance'', Omnibus Press, ISBN 978-0711930001, p. 124〕 The roster was built up to include Nick Lowe, Carlene Carter, The Blasters, Blanket of Secrecy and Clive Langer and the Boxes. F-Beat was distributed in the mid-1980s by RCA Records.〔Ellis, Lucy & Sutherland, Bryony (2002) ''Annie Lennox: the Biography'', Omnibus Press, ISBN 978-0711991927, p. 136〕 Costello notched up another fifteen hits for F-Beat before leaving for Warner Bros. Records. The original F-Beat label was closed down in 1986, but it was briefly reactivated in the early 1990s with a new roster including Blab Happy, Nicola Hitchcock, Phil Burdett and The Gutter Brothers. The F-Beat label had associated offshoot labels in Demon Records and Edsel Records, the latter concentrating on reissues.〔Hoffman, F (2004) ''Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound'', Routledge, ISBN 978-0415938358, pp. 285-6〕 F-Beat and its sub-labels were acquired by MCI Records and then in 1998 by Kingfisher plc for £2 million.〔Solomons, Mark & Ferguson, Tom (1998) "(British Retailer Kingfisher Picks Up Demon Label )", ''Billboard'', 18 April 1998, pp. 6, 85. Retrieved 17 November 2012〕 ==Roster== *Elvis Costello & the Attractions *Nick Lowe *Rockpile *Steve Nieve *Clive Langer & the Boxes *The Coward Brothers *The Costello Show *Carlene Carter *Blanket of Secrecy *The Blasters *Blab Happy *Nicola Hitchcock *The Gutter Brothers 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「F-Beat Records」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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