樂隊介紹
1987年，Clare Wadd和Matt Haynes在英國布里斯托（Bristol ）的一間地下室創建了SarahRecords。1995年8月，Sarah發行了它第一百張也是最後一張專輯Sarah 100後宣布關閉。Sarah 100不能算是Sarah系列唱片中最出色的一張，但它集合了幾乎所有Sarah旗下的知名樂隊，既是Sarah音樂品味的精粹，亦可見證90'獨立音樂之唯美傳奇。
關於Sarah公司在音樂本身之外的運作理念，說起來令人費解，當然它也許是某些社會學批評家感興趣的話題，Sarah認為它的唱片發行到一百張之時，希望會有一場全球性的社會主義革命，而實際上，當Sarah 100真的出現時，除了資本主義全球一體化愈加變本加厲之外，地球依舊在我們心靈之外悲傷旋轉，這個世界上什麼激動人心的事情也沒發生。
Sarah是個跛著腿奮力向左傾斜的堂吉科德，這往往是人們津津樂道的熱點，而它音樂本身的美學姿態才是真正的妙不可言。Sarah在音樂上的成就非常簡單明了，即是它從87年到95年發行的100張低成本高水準的獨立流行樂唱片，包括專輯，單曲，EP和合輯。它很好的給別的唱片公司上了一課：即使不燒錢也能做出不是垃圾的流行樂。而且Sarah在唱片平面設計上更有獨到美感，寧靜唯美之勢直逼另類聖殿4.A.D的專業美工小組。
幸運的是，Sarah公司合伙人之一的Matt Haynes後來在倫敦創建另一獨立廠牌Shinkansen，Shinkansen 繼承了Sarah失落的音樂世界。眾多Sarah的精華樂隊,藝人也轉入Shinkansen旗下，包括Trembling Blue Stars, Harvey Williams,Blueboy, Fosca，The Field Mice等等。
解散聲明
英文原版
A day for destroying things... ...because when you were nineteen
Didn't YOU ever want to create something beautful and pure
Just so one day you could set it on fire
And then watch the city light up as it burned?
Didn't you want to do that every day of life?
Nothing should be forever.
Bands should do one single and then split up,fanzines finish after one flawless issue, lovers leave in the rain at 5am and never be seen again -Habit and fear of change are the worst reasons for ever doing ANYTHNG. Stopping a record label after 100 perfect releases is the most gorgeous pop art-statement ever and says more about pop-music than any two-part digipak limited edition coloured vinyl 7'' grimly authentic lo-fi ten-track EP(or any other marketing gimmick) ever will. Sarah Records is owned by no-one but us, so it's OURS to create and destroy how we want and we don't do encores. We want to burn in bright colours and go pop, to be giddy, impulsive and silly, to kiss people in new places -EXQUISITELY- and DARE to tear things apart.
Sarah Records 1987 - 1995 August 28th 1995
中文翻譯
一段時光的終結 ... 一切只因你曾在19歲...
想創造一些完美而純粹的東西？
儘管有一天你會將他們付之一炬。
注視著被它點亮的城市燈火漸起。
然後讓生命的每一天都凝結如此回憶。
本來就沒什麼海枯石爛的事情。
樂隊做完一首歌就解散，你聽到一首完美曲子，然後滿意離開，你的戀人轉身走進凌晨5點的雨中，今生今世永不相逢……習慣和拒絕改變，才永遠是你做任何事情的最大障礙。所以要在100張精美的唱片完成後終結這個唱片廠牌，它們刻畫了流行音樂最絢爛的痕跡，不止在於那些彩色的vinyl 7寸唱片，低保真的十軌EP，或者任何的行銷噱頭。Sarah只屬於我們自己，它是我們想要創造出和毀滅掉的東西。我們永不舊話重提。我們想在絢爛的色彩里燃燒，衝動，眩暈，痴狂；我們在嶄新的地方親吻人群，精緻，敏感；我們敢於結束一切。
Sarah Records 1987 - 1995 August 28th 1995
旗下樂隊
14 Iced Bears
Aberdeen
Action Painting!
Another Sunny Day
Blueboy
Boyracer
Brighter
Christine's Cat
East River Pipe
Eternal
Even As We Speak
Fanzines
The Field Mice
The Forever People
Gentle Despite
The Golden Dawn
The Harvest Ministers
Harvey Williams
Heavenly
The Hit Parade
Ivy
Northern Picture Library
The Orchids
The Poppyheads
The Rosaries
The Sea Urchins
Secret Shine
Shelley
The Springfields
St. Christopher
The Sugargliders
The Sweetest Ache
Talulah Gosh!
Tramway
The Wake
出品唱片
Singles:
Sarah 001: The Sea Urchins - Pristine Christine
Sarah 002: The Orchids - I've Got a Habit
Sarah 003: Another Sunny Day - Anorak City
Sarah 004: Fanzines - Fanzine
Sarah 005: 14 Iced Bears - Come Get Me
Sarah 006: The Poppyheads - Cremation Town
Sarah 007: Another Sunny Day - I'm In Love With A Girl Who Doesn't Know I Exist
Sarah 008: The Sea Urchins - Solace
Sarah 009: The Golden Dawn - My Secret World
Sarah 010: The Springfields - Sunflower
Sarah 011: The Orchids - Underneath The Window, Underneath The Sink
Sarah 012: The Field Mice - Emma's House
Sarah 013: Christine's Cat - Your Love Is...
Sarah 014: Fanzines - Cold / Lemonade
Sarah 014a: Fanzines - Lemonade - A Fanzine
Sarah 014aa: Fanzines - Cold - A Lie
Sarah 015: St. Christopher - You Deserve More Than A Maybe
Sarah 016: Another Sunny Day - What's Happened?
Sarah 017: The Golden Dawn - George Hamilton's Dead
Sarah 018: The Field Mice - Sensitive
Sarah 019: Brighter - Around the World In Eighty Days
Sarah 020: St. Christopher - All Of A Tremble
Sarah 021: The Wake - Crush The Flowers
Sarah 022: Another Sunny Day - You Should All Be Murdered
Sarah 023: The Orchids - What Will We Do Next?
Sarah 024: The Field Mice - The Autumn Store Pt. 1
Sarah 025: The Field Mice - The Autumn Store Pt. 2
Sarah 026: Gentle Despite - Darkest Blue
Sarah 027: Brighter - Noah's Ark
Sarah 028: Action Painting! - These Things Happen
Sarah 029: The Orchids - Something For The Longing
Sarah 030: Heavenly - I Fell In Love Last Night
Sarah 031: Eternal - Breathe
Sarah 032: Fanzines - Sunstroke
Sarah 033: The Sea Urchins - A Morning Odyssey
Sarah 034: St. Christopher - Antoinette
Sarah 035: Another Sunny Day - Rio
Sarah 036: The Sweetest Ache - If I Could Shine
Sarah 037: Even As We Speak - Nothing Ever Happens
Sarah 038: The Field Mice - So Said Kay
Sarah 039: The Sweetest Ache - Tell Me How It Feels
Sarah 040: The Springfields - Wonder
Sarah 041: Heavenly - Our Love Is Heavenly
Sarah 042: The Orchids - Penetration
Sarah 043: Tramway - Maritime City
Sarah 044: The Field Mice - September's Not So Far Away
Sarah 045: Gentle Despite - Torment To Me
Sarah 046: St. Christopher - Say Yes To Everything
Sarah 047: The Sweetest Ache - Sickening
Sarah 048: The Wake - Major John
Sarah 049: Even As We Speak - One Step Forward
Sarah 050: Fanzines - Saropoly
Sarah 051: Heavenly - So Little Deserve
Sarah 052: Tramway - Sweet Chariot
Sarah 053: Secret Shine - After Years
Sarah 054: The Forever People - Invisible
Sarah 055: Blueboy - Clearer
Sarah 056: Brighter - Half-Hearted
Sarah 057: The Field Mice - Missing The Moon
Sarah 058: The Hit Parade - In Gunnersbury Park
Sarah 059: Even As We Speak - Beautiful Day
Sarah 060: Another Sunny Day - New Year's Honours
Sarah 061: Secret Shine - Ephemeral
Sarah 062: The Rosaries - Forever
Sarah 063: The Sugargliders - Letter From A Lifeboat
Sarah 064: The Harvest Ministers - You Do My World The World of Good
Sarah 065: Blueboy - Popkiss
Sarah 066: The Orchids - Thaumaturgy
Sarah 067: The Sugargliders - Seventeen
Sarah 068: The Harvest Ministers - Six O'Clock Is Rosary
Sarah 069: Brighter - Disney
Sarah 070: Blueboy - Cloud Babies
Sarah 070a: Fanzines - Just As Good As I Should Be
Sarah 070b: Fanzines - Nice Boys Prefer Vanilla
Sarah 070c: Fanzines - I Am Telling You Because You Are Far Away
Sarah 071: Secret Shine - Loveblind
Sarah 072: The Sugargliders - Ahprahran
Sarah 073: Action Painting! - Classical Music
Sarah 074: Blueboy - Meet Johnny Rave
Sarah 075: East River Pipe - Helmet On
Sarah 076: Boyracer - B Is For Boyracer ep.
Sarah 077: The Sugargliders - Trumpet Play
Sarah 078: East River Pipe - She's A Real Good Time
Sarah 079: Even As We Speak - Blue Eyes Deceiving Me
Sarah 080: Blueboy - Some Gorgeous Accident
Sarah 081: Heavenly - P.U.N.K. Girl
Sarah 082: Heavenly - Atta Girl
Sarah 083: The Sugargliders - Will We Ever Learn?
Sarah 084: The Harvest Ministers - If It Kills Me And It Will
Sarah 085: Boyracer - From Purity To Purgatory
Sarah 086: The Sugargliders - Top 40 Sculpture
Sarah 087: Action Painting! - Mustard Gas
Sarah 088: Blueboy - River
Sarah 089: Secret Shine - Greater Than God
Sarah 090: The Hit Parade - Autobiography
Sarah 091: Ivy - Wish You Would
Sarah 092: Ivy - Avenge
Sarah 093: Aberdeen - Byron
Sarah 094: Northern Picture Library - Paris
Sarah 095: Northern Picture Library - Last September's Farewell Kiss
Sarah 096: Boyracer - Pure Hatred 96
Sarah 097: Aberdeen - Fireworks
Sarah 098: Shelley - Reproduction Is Pollution
Sarah 099: Blueboy - Dirty Mags
10" LPs
Sarah 401: The Orchids - Lyceum
Sarah 402: The Field Mice - Snowball
Sarah 403: St. Christopher - Bacharach
Sarah 404: Brighter - Laurel
Sarah 405: East River Pipe - Goodbye California
Sarah 406: Harvey Williams - Rebellion
Sarah 407: East River Pipe - Even The Sun Was Afraid
12" LPs
Sarah 601: The Field Mice - Skywriting
Sarah 602: The Wake - Make It Loud
Sarah 603: Heavenly - Heavenly Vs. Satan
Sarah 604: Talulah Gosh! - They've Scoffed The Lot
Sarah 605: The Orchids - Unholy Soul
Sarah 606: The Field Mice - Coastal
Sarah 607: The Field Mice - For Keeps
Sarah 608: The Sweetest Ache - Jaguar
Sarah 609: The Sea Urchins - Stardust
Sarah 610: Heavenly - Le Jardin De Heavenly
Sarah 611: The Orchids - Epicurean - A Soundtrack
Sarah 612: Blueboy - If Wishes Were Horses
Sarah 613: Another Sunny Day - London Weekend
Sarah 614: Even As We Speak - Feral Pop Frenzy
Sarah 615: Secret Shine - Untouched
Sarah 616: The Harvest Ministers - Little Dark Mansion
Sarah 617: The Orchids - Striving For The Lazy Perfection
Sarah 618: The Wake - Tidal Wave of Hype
Sarah 619: The Sugargliders - We're All Trying To Get There
Sarah 620: Blueboy - Unisex
Sarah 621: East River Pipe - Poor Fricky
Sarah 622: The Hit Parade - The Sound Of The Hit Parade
Sarah 623: Heavenly - The Decline And Fall Of Heavenly
Compilations
Sarah 587: Various Artists - Shadow Factory
Sarah 376: Various Artists - Temple Cloud
Sarah 545: Various Artists - Air Balloon Road
Sarah 501: Various Artists - Glass Arcade
Sarah 583: Various Artists - Fountain Island
Sarah 628: Various Artists - Engine Common
Sarah 530: Various Artists - Gaol Ferry Bridge
Sarah 359: Various Artists - Battery Point
Sarah 100: Various Artists - There And Back Again Lane
