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4AD is a British record label owned by Beggars Group. It was founded in London under the name Axis Records by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in 1980 as an imprint of Beggars Banquet Records . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The name was changed to 4AD after the release of the label's first four singles.
Topics about 4AD albums in general should be placed in relevant topic categories This category contains studio albums released on the 4AD label. Please move any non-studio albums to an appropriate subcategory per WikiProject Albums guidelines .
The same year, 4AD issued the 1983 mini-LP on CD for the first time, with the 12" versions of both of these singles added, along with the B-side "Looks Like We're Shy One Horse / Shoot Out" and the previous non-album single "Breakdown". "Baby I Love You So" was ranked number 12 by New Musical Express on their critics' list of the best singles ...
This Mortal Coil were a British music collective led by Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the British record label 4AD. [5] Although Watts-Russell and John Fryer were the only two official members, the band's recorded output featured a large rotating cast of supporting artists, many of whom were otherwise associated with 4AD, including members of Cocteau Twins, Pixies and Dead Can Dance. [6]
Pages in category "4AD compilation albums" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1983–1991; A.
Blood is the third and final album released by 4AD collective This Mortal Coil, an umbrella title for a loose grouping of guest musicians and vocalists brought together by label co-founder Ivo Watts-Russell. The supergroup consists primarily of artists attached to the 4AD label, of which Watts-Russell was boss and president at the time.
Watts-Russell was born in Edinburgh, the youngest of eight children of Major David Watts-Russell and Gina Spinola (née Baker; died 2018 aged 98); [2] [3] he "never related emotionally" to either of his parents, and grew up "on a dilapidated Northamptonshire estate in an atmosphere of almost Victorian froideur". [4]
4AD albums (5 C, 244 P) 4AD artists (134 P) S. 4AD singles (66 P) Pages in category "4AD" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.