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Proper Records
Proper Records is a record label founded in 1996 commencing with a handful of releases, including The Balham Alligators and Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers. The label grew in stature and renowned through its reissue imprint, 'Properbox', a series of great value 4 CD sets focussing on important historical recording in the jazz, country and rock ‘n’ roll genres.
The label continues to plough this rich furrow but is now more well known for being the UK home to highly regarded artists such as Joan Baez, Richard Thompson, Nick Lowe, The Waterboys, Loudon Wainwright III, Dr. John, Jimmie Vaughan, Little Feat, Paul Heaton, Cowboy Junkies, Chris Barber, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Los Lobos, Jimmy Webb, Hot Club Of Cowtown, Tom Russell, Sonny Landreth, Mary Gauthier, Paul Brady, Ian McLagan, Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham, Bill Kirchen, Dennis Locorierre, Robyn Hitchcock and many more. Proper is also nurturing newer talents, releasing albums by the likes of Diana Jones, Elizabeth Cook, Ruthie Foster and Red Sky July.
There is also a subsidiary jazz label, Specific Jazz whose roster currently includes award winning artists Jacqui Dankworth, Tony Kofi, Anita Wardell, Alan Barnes and Jay Phelps.
Discography
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Love's Truck Stop Matraca Berg
Format: CD
22/10/2012
Matraca Berg didn't set out to write five #1 hits in a single calendar year, to be nominated for Grammys in each of the past three decades, to have he… -
Collectors Edition 5CD Box Set… Bill Wyman's Rh…
Format: CD
08/10/2012
UK EXCLUSIVE, AUTOGRAPHED LIMITED EDITION. Back in the 1990s, Bill Wyman did the unthinkable and left The Rolling Stones - the consensus greatest r… -
Live At Blue Rock Mary Gauthier
Format: CD
01/10/2012
Essentially a Greatest Hits package from the Louisiana songstress recorded live at Blue Rock Artists Ranch near Austin Texas, the finest live music li… -
The Emperors Of Wyoming The Emperors Of Wyom…
Format: CD
17/09/2012
Producer extraordinaire and member of Garbage, Butch Vig teams up with friends on this eponymous debut. An amazingly timeless debut record of Ameri… -
Charmer Aimee Mann
Format: CD
17/09/2012
Influenced by what Mann calls the "superpop" of the 70's and 80's, this album is her first release since 2008's celebrated @#%&*! Smilers, which the B… -
When I'm President Ian Hunter & The…
Format: CD
03/09/2012
As leader of '70s British rock legends Mott The Hoople and as a hugely influential solo artist, Ian Hunter is widely revered as one of rock'n'roll's m… -
Presents The 8th (CD + DVD) Paul Heaton
Format: CD
02/07/2012
"The 8th" is one of the longest songs ever written and was one of the hits of last year's Manchester International Festival 2011. A song in eight chap… -
Thunder In The Sky Laurence Jones
Format: CD
11/06/2012
Laurence Jones and his Band play a blend of the rocking blues with a groovy and catchy modern edge. Laurence is being talked about as of one of the Ne… -
Elemental Journey Sonny Landreth
Format: CD
28/05/2012
Sonny Landreth's 11th album, bearing the fittingly evocative title "Elemental Journey", is something very different from the Louisiana slide wizard. R… -
Dancer In The Fire: A Paul Bra… Paul Brady
Format: CD
23/04/2012
'Dancer In The Fire' is a rich and diverse double CD of Paul Brady's favourite recordings, personally chosen by the artist himself. "With this reco… -
Politics The Waterboys
Format: 7"
21/04/2012
LIMITED EDITION 7" VINYL. One off, 7" Single pressing for the stand-out track "Politics", from their widely-acclaimed 2011 album, "An Appointment W… -
Older Than My Old Man Now Loudon Wainwright II…
Format: CD
16/04/2012
No less than 5 generations of Wainwrights make contributions to this new album with duets with Rufus, Martha, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Lexie Kelly Wainw…
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