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 Independent label: Heater Volume Records Former Address: 54 Battersea Rise, London, SW11. Native Hipsters' grew out of another band, 'The Patterns', who themselves grew out of 'The Wildings' and 'The Blue Poppies'. While doing some bedroom recordings for a planned Patterns record, It was 'There Goes Concorde Again' one of the tracks recorded, and decided to release it and the Patterns material already recorded. they pressed up 500 copies of each, settling on the Hipster name at the last minute after a brainstorming session. To reduce costs they hand stamped each record label and made the covers by cutting up huge hoarding posters of Kevin Keegan. For about a week they formed a production line to produce the finished records. they shipped them out to Rough Trade and waited. About a month later John Peel played Concorde. Within days they had an order for another thousand copies. Then a further order for another 4 thousand. Distributed By Rough Trade and Pinnacle Records. The Wildings Recorded Why Did I Buy Those Blue Pajamas (Album) In 1979. Its An Early Example Of Crowd Source Funding, Because thay Got 60 People To Give Us £10 Each To Fund The Release. And Pressed 500 Copies. For Their £10 The 60 People Got Their Photos On The Back Cover, Got A Free Copy Of The Album, And Got Their Money Back When they Sold Them. The Band Went On To Change Its Name To 'The Patterns' And Then To The Native Hipsters'. they Put Out Several Other Diy Vinyl Releases Over The Years. the Latest Release Was In 2012 With A Cd By.  The Native Hipsters Called 'Original Copy'.

  
79 The Wildings Why Did I Buy Those Blue Pajamas (Album) HEATER VOLUME HVR 675
80 Patterns The Bishop Is In The Fridge HEATER VOLUME HVR 002
80 Native Hipsters There Goes Concorde Again HEATER VOLUME HVR 003





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