DISTINCTIVE
RECORDS
Distinctive Records was a DIY label. It
managed one single. An SRT custom pressing ,SRT catalogue number: SRT4 KS126. It
issued singles in YEAH-0 numerical series. Yeah Jazz were an English rock
band from Uttoxeter, Staffordshire formed in 1983. With a line-up of Kevin Hand
(vocals), Mark "Chats" Chatfield (guitar), Stu Ballantyne (bass guitar), and Ian
Hitchins (drums). Their debut releases was a cassette EP, Julie and the Sea
Lions, in 1984, and over the next two years they developed a more folk-oriented
sound, before their next release, "This Is Not Love" in 1986, which featured
Frank Sweeney of The June Brides on violin. After a pair of further singles,
yeah Jazz signed to Cherry Red Records, and added Terry Edwards for their debut
single for the label, "Sharon", in 1987. This was followed in April 1988 by the
band's debut album, Six Lane Ends. This was published only in LP and tape forms
in the UK and on CD in Japan only with the bonus track "This is not love -
Live". The group split up in 1989, but reformed in 1991. Distributed By
Distinctive Records.
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Yeah Jazz
Julie And The Sealions
DISTINCTIVE
YEAH
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