- Woodworm Records
Woodworm Records was a
record label set up in 1979 to enableFairport Convention to release "Farewell, Farewell". This was a farewell concert inCropredy , Oxfordshire, (an event that was to grow into theCropredy Festival ) because the band had decided to break up afterDave Swarbrick was advised to save his hearing by not playing amplified music.As there wasn’t a record label willing to release the concert, bass guitarist
Dave Pegg and his wife Christine formed their own label to release the album.Woodworm Records soon grew and released albums by Fairport and, later, by other artists like
Dave Swarbrick . During 2004, the Peggs were divorced: one result was that the studio was sold and the record label put on hold. Members of Fairport Convention decided to form a new label,Matty Grooves Records , to take over Woodworm Records' role.Associated with the label, and especially with Fairport Convention in recent years, are Woodworm Recording Studios, where many other artists have also recorded successful albums.
See also
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List of record labels External links
* [http://www.woodwormrecords.co.uk/ Official site]
* [http://www.fairportconvention.com/ Fairport Convention site]
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