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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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Slipstream (LP) Bonnie Raitt
Format: LP
09/04/2012
LIMTED EDITION VINYL, 180 GRAM 2 DISC SET. Bonnie Raitt's new album 'Slipstream' is daring, bluesy, and steeped with the inimitable slide guitar an… -
Slipstream Bonnie Raitt
Format: CD
02/04/2012
PROPER MUSIC BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2012 AND GRAMMY AWARD WINNER 2013 (BEST AMERICANA ALBUM). Bonnie Raitt's new album "Slipstream" is daring, blu… -
The Wilderness: The Nomad Seri… Cowboy Junkies
Format: CD
26/03/2012
Cowboy Junkies are releasing The Wilderness, Volume 4 of The Nomad Series, marking the conclusion of an ambitious schedule of four releases over an 18… -
Intersection Nanci Griffith
Format: CD
20/02/2012
Twenty albums now, and none before like this. "Intersection" is not an album of resolution or closure; it's an album about difficulties, about anger,… -
The Sailor's Revenge Bap Kennedy
Format: CD
30/01/2012
'The best singer songwriter I ever saw' (Steve Earle). High praise indeed from Earle who then sought to play and record with the ex Energy Orchard mai… -
A Treasury Of Shanties And Son… Various Artists
Format: CD
14/11/2011
Since The Fisherman's Friends sailed to the top of the charts last year they have continued to appeal to a wide audience with their refreshingly authe… -
Red Sky July Red Sky July
Format: CD
17/10/2011
Red Sky July are Charity Hair (The Alice Band), Shelly Poole (Alisha's Attic) and Ally McErlaine (Texas) - three successful musician/writers united in… -
Sing In My Meadow: The Nomad S… Cowboy Junkies
Format: CD
17/10/2011
The idea behind Sing In My Meadow was to create an album that referenced an aspect of our live performances that we don't dig into very much in our st… -
40 Feat: The Hot Tomato Anthol… LITTLE FEAT
Format: CD
26/09/2011
As American as rock'n'roll itself, Little Feat's music transcends boundaries, a freewheeling fusion of California rock and Dixie-inflected funk-boogie… -
An Appointment With Mr. Yeats… The Waterboys
Format: LP
19/09/2011
LIMITED VINYL EDITION. 'An Appointment with Mr Yeats' sees the words of W B Yeats, one of Ireland's greatest literary sons, merged with the music… -
An Appointment With Mr Yeats The Waterboys
Format: CD
19/09/2011
'An Appointment with Mr Yeats' sees the words of W B Yeats, one of Ireland's greatest literary sons, merged with the music of The Waterboys, one of B… -
The Old Magic (Vinyl) Nick Lowe
Format: LP
12/09/2011
LIMITED VINYL EDITION. "I'm sixty-one years old now, Lord I never thought I'd see 30," Nick Lowe sings on "Checkout Time," a song from his first ne…
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