Caff Records

Caff Records was a short lived British independent record label run by Bob Stanley^[1] of the band Saint Etienne. The label grew out of a fanzine Stanley put out with fellow band member Pete Wiggs,^[2] with the label going by the name Caff, Caff Records and Caff Corporation.^[3] Established in 1989, it is most noted for single releases by Pulp and the Manic Street Preachers. The Caff logo is a line drawing of a duck. After closing the label, Stanley together with Wiggs ran Icerink Records (1992–1994),^[4] Royal Mint (1995) and EMIdisc (1996).^[5] They currently have a CD imprint called Eclipse via Universal.^[6]

Caff Records
Founded	1989
Founder	Bob Stanley
Defunct	1992
Genre	Alternative rock Shoegazing Britpop
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Location	Croydon, England

Discography

Caff only released one-off singles of each group. Singles, EPs and split singles were solely released on the seven inch (7") format.

Catalogue Number	Date	Artist	Title
CAFF 1	1989	East Village / Cath Coughlan	Freeze Out / Im' long Me Measaim (Split flexi-disc)[1][3]
CAFF 2	1989	The Field Mice	I Can See Myself Alone Forever / Everything About You
CAFF 3	1989	Phil Wilson	Better Days / The Written Word
CAFF 4	1989	Close Lobsters	Just Too Bloody Stupid
CAFF 5	1989	Television Personalities	I Still Believe In Magic / Respectable
CAFF 6	1989	Buffalo Tom	Enemy / Deep In The Ground
CAFF 7	1990	Another Sunny Day	Genetic Engineering / Kilburn Towers
CAFF 8	1990	The Claim	Birth Of A Teenager / Mike The Bike
CAFF 9	1990	Galaxie 500	Rain / Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste
CAFF 10	1990	Razorcuts	Sometimes I Worry About You (4 track EP)
CAFF 11	1990	The Orchids	An Ill Wind That Blows / All Those Things
CAFF 12	1990	The Lilac Time	Madresfield / Bird On A Wire
CAFF 13	1990	Biff Bang Pow/ The Times	Sleep / Extase (Split single, usually known as The Mods Are Back!)
CAFF 14	1991	Bitch Magnet	Sadie / Ducks And Drakes
CAFF 15	1991	Manic Street Preachers	New Art Riot / Repeat After Me (Known as Feminine Is Beautiful)
CAFF 16	1991	World Of Twist	The Sausage / Skidding Into Love / Space Rockit
CAFF 17	1992	Pulp	My Legendary Girlfriend (live) / Sickly Grin / Back In LA

See also

• Shampoo - a pop duo who released a number of records on Icerink
• List of record labels