1965 Records

{{Infobox record label

| name = 1965 Records

| image_name = 1965 Records (logo).svg

| image_size = 105px

| image_bg =

| parent = Sony BMG/Columbia

| founded = 2006

| founder = James Endeacott (Managing director)

| genre = Various

| country = {{Flag|United Kingdom}}

| location = London

| url = [http://www.1965records.co.uk www.1965records.co.uk]

}}

1965 Records is a London-based subsidiary record label of SonyBMG.{{cite web|title=SonyBMG website|url=http://www.sonymusic.co.uk/news/3613/0/|accessdate=22 April 2011|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924103826/http://www.sonymusic.co.uk/news/3613/0/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Music Week|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?storyCode=1036521§ioncode=1| accessdate= 22 April 2011 }}{{cite web|title=Transgressive|url=http://www.transgressiverecords.co.uk/studios.php|accessdate=22 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721081416/http://www.transgressiverecords.co.uk/studios.php|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead}} Formed in 2006, the label was founded by James Endeacott (formerly of Rough Trade Records), who first signed The Libertines.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-strokes/25126|title='1965 Records' team up with NME for special CD|work=NME|accessdate=2007-08-22}} The label features bands who are primarily indie rock/pop,{{cite web|url=http://www.tunetribe.com/Label?label_id=3196|title=Label description|publisher=Tunetribe.com|accessdate=2007-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024185403/http://www.tunetribe.com/Label?label_id=3196|archive-date=24 October 2007|url-status=dead}} and are best known for signing Dundee based four-piece The View.

History

1965 Records took their name from the year of Endeacott's birth, as well as his favourite year for music.{{cite web|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-5371034_ITM|title=Rough Trade man forms label with Sony BMG|publisher=Music Week|accessdate=2007-08-23| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070929090313/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-5371034_ITM| archivedate= 29 September 2007 | url-status= live}} Originating in May 2006, the company initially releasing five separate limited edition 7-inch vinyl singles by Jack Afro,{{cite web|url=http://www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/6526/|title=Jack Afro to release their debut single on the 1965 Records (Sony) label|publisher=leedsmusicscene.net|accessdate=2007-08-22}} Billie the Vision & the Dancers, Pizzy Yelliot, The Book of Lists and Jahcoozi in the first three months of its creation between May and July. The label's first album distribution, Cannery Hours by The Occasion, came on 17 July 2006. The label followed this with the release of "Wasted Little DJs" by The View on 7 August 2006. This single was the first charting single associated with the label, reaching #15 in the UK Singles Chart.

=''NME Presents: Independent Thinking''=

On 11 November 2006, 1965 Records were given their first push into the public eye. Music publication NME released a covermount CD with the magazine, titled "NME Presents: Independent Thinking". It contained a number of unreleased tracks by bands signed to the label, such as The Law, The Draytones and Ripchord. The CD was headed by The View, who contributed with a rare live version of "Screamin' n Shoutin'" at Abertay University.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/release/855237|title=NME Presents - Independent Thinking - 1965 Records|date=25 November 2006 |publisher=discogs|accessdate=2007-08-22}}

=Commercial success=

1965 Records gained their first major chart hit with the release of The View's "Same Jeans",{{cite web|url=http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/9142|publisher=Drowned in Sound|title=The View: Same Jeans|accessdate=2007-08-22| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120536/http://www.drownedinsound.com/release/view/9142| archivedate= 29 September 2007 | url-status= dead}} which peaked at #3 in the UK Singles Chart on 22 January 2007. One week later, the band would also give the label their first number one album with their debut album Hats Off to the Buskers on 29 January 2007.

Throughout 16–27 May 2007, 1965 Records took part in a joint tour with fellow record label Deltasonic named "The Sonic65 Tour". The tour featured Deltasonic artist Candie Payne and 1965 band The Draytones playing in a number of locations across the UK, including King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow as well as the 100 Club in London.

1965 Records was re-launched in 2015.