One Little Independent Records

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One Little Independent Records (formerly One Little Indian Records) is an English independent record label. It was founded in 1985 by former Flux of Pink Indians bassist Derek Birkett, his wife Sue Birkett and former Flux guitarist Tim Kelly.<ref name="Music Week">Template:Cite journal</ref> In the 1990s it set up a number of subsidiary labels.

History

1980s

One Little Indian Records was founded in 1985 and managed by former Flux of Pink Indians bassist Derek Birkett, with the name inspired by the "philosophies of the Indigenous People of the Americas".<ref name=namechange>Template:Cite news</ref>

Many of the early releases on the label stemmed from the founders' anarcho-punk connections. These included reissues of two albums by Flux of Pink Indians, and new releases by several acts previously associated with Crass Records: D & V,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Babymen (featuring members of The Cravats),<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Annie Anxiety Bandez and the Sugarcubes (who included Björk and other former members of anarcho-punk band K.U.K.L.)<ref name="Music Week" /> The first album release on the label was Uncarved Block by Flux.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Other early signings included A.R. Kane.,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Kitchens of Distinction and The Shamen.<ref name="Music Week" />

1990s

Success continued with Alabama 3,<ref name="amazing-oli" /> Björk,<ref name="guardian-fufanu" /> Chumbawamba,<ref name="amazing-oli" /> Skunk Anansie,<ref name="amazing-oli" /> Sneaker Pimps.<ref name="guardian-fufanu" />

Beginning in 1990, the label created several autonomous satellite imprints including Clean-up Records, Partisan Records and Fat Cat Records,Template:Citation needed all of which had success. Artists on the labels included Alabama 3 (A3), Sigur Rós, and Sneaker Pimps. Elemental Records was added to the roster in 1995.Template:Citation needed

The song titles of The Shamen's 1996 album Hempton Manor form an acrostic, spelling out "Fuck Birket" in an acrimonious reference to label co-founder Derek Birkett, who wanted the group to move back into more commercial territory.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1997 and 2001, the company also acquired some of the old Rough Trade Records and Nude Records labels, and the rights to several albums previously released by spinART Records.Template:Citation needed

2000s

In 2009, Paul McCartney, along with Youth, released an album called Electric Arguments under the name of The Fireman through One Little Indian.<ref name=amazing-oli/>

In June 2020, in response to worldwide protests following the murder of George Floyd, it was announced that the company's name would be changed from One Little Indian Records to One Little Independent Records with immediate effect,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and that the company would donate money towards organisations which promote and assist Native American communities in North America.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web

}}</ref> In a written statement, Birkett said:

The last few weeks have been a monumental learning curve ... Following the receipt of an eye-opening letter from a Crass fan that detailed precisely why the logo and label name are offensive, as well as the violent history of the terminology, I felt equally appalled and grateful to them for making me understand what must be changed.<ref name=namechange/>

Controversies

In 1986, the label's reissue of the Flux of Pink Indians album The Fucking Cunts Treat Us Like Pricks was banned by several major retailers including HMV and Our Price due to its sexually explicit title and cover art.<ref name="Cloonan">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Ankeny">Ankeny, Jason "Flux of Pink Indians Biography", Allmusic. Retrieved 14 June 2013</ref><ref name="Ogg">Ogg, Alex "Flux of Pink Indians" in Buckley, Peter (ed.) (1999) The Rough Guide to Rock, Rough Guides, Template:ISBN, pp. 382-3</ref><ref name="Glasper">Glasper, Ian (2006) The Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho Punk 1980 to 1984, Cherry Red Books, Template:ISBN, pp. 43-44</ref> Copies of the album were seized by police from Manchester's Eastern Bloc record shop, which was charged with displaying "Obscene Articles For Publication For Gain".<ref name="Redhead">Redhead, Steve (1990) End of the Century Party: Youth and Pop Towards 2000, Manchester University Press, Template:ISBN, p. 18</ref> The label and its publishing company, Second Wind, were also charged under the Obscene Publications Act.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> All cases were eventually dropped.<ref name="The Catalogue">Template:Cite journal</ref>

In 1992, The Shamen's single Ebeneezer Goode provided the label with its first number 1 hit on the UK Charts.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The Sun and The Daily Telegraph alleged that the song encouraged drug use,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the Broadcasting Standards Council ruled that it should not have been broadcast by the programme Top of the Pops.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Notable artists

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Reception

Amazing Radio has characterised the label as "consistently brilliant" and as having "a rich musical history".<ref name=amazing-oli/>

See also

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