On the Fiddle (record label)

On The Fiddle Recordings is an English record label established by and run by the English folk rock band the Levellers.

On The Fiddle Recordings
Parent companyThe Levellers
Founded2006 (2006)
GenreAlternative rock, British folk rock
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LocationBrighton

History

The label was initially founded by the band in the early 1990s to distribute limited edition albums to their fan-club members. The label went dormant, but was resurrected in 2006 when the band became disillusioned with Eagle Records’ attempt to market their music, and decided to release their music on their own independent label.[1]

The first On The Fiddle release was a live DVD, "Chaos Theory", in October 2006 and includes a live show from Reading Hexagon and the 1993 tour diary/concert "Part Time Punks". The label released the band's first independent album “Letters From The Underground” in 2008. Hailed as a ‘return to form’ by critics and fans alike, and the album put the Levellers in the Top 30 for the first time in nearly a decade.[1]

Follow up albums “Static On The Airwaves” and the “Greatest Hits” compilation both made the Top 40.[1] The band's latest release We the Collective which was released on 30 March 2018 entered the charts at number 12, the band's highest charting entry for 21 years, when the band was still with China records.

The label also releases The Levellers frontman Mark Chadwick's solo work

Discography

The Levellers

Studio albums

Mark Chadwick
  • All The Pieces (2010)
  • Moment (2014

Nick Burbridge
  • All Kinds Of Disorder (2013)
  • Gathered (2013)
  • Resolved (2017)

Dan Donnelly
  • Are We Having Fun? (2018)

References
  1. "On The Fiddle Recordings". Discogs.com. 6 April 2018.
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