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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'.
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The
Wildings
Why Did I Buy Those
Blue Pajamas (Album)
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Patterns
The Bishop Is In The
Fridge
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Native
Hipsters
There Goes Concorde
Again
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