Naim Records

{{Short description|Independent record label in the United Kingdom}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}

{{Infobox record label

| name = Naim Records

| parent =

| founded =

| founder = Julian Vereker

| distributor =

| genre = Various

| country = U.K.

| location = Salisbury, Wiltshire

| website = {{URL|www.naimrecords.com}}

}}

Naim Records, also known as Naim Label, is a small independent record label in the United Kingdom, based in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Founded by Julian Vereker,{{Cite web |url=https://www.naimaudio.com/naim-records |title=Naim Records |publisher=Naim Audio |access-date=5 November 2017}} its first CD was Electric Glide by Gary Boyle.Ward, Phil (June 2001) [https://web.archive.org/web/20111225013211/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun01/articles/naimlabel.asp "A NAIM OF NOTE – Recording For The Naim Label"]. Sound on Sound Magazine. Archived from [http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jun01/articles/naimlabel.asp/ the original] on 13 January 2012 Naim Records was shortlisted for the Best Small Label award at the inaugural AIM Independent Music Awards 2011.{{cite web|url=http://blog.propermusic.com/naim-edge-nominated-for-best-small-label-aim-independent-music-awards/|publisher=Proper Music|title=Naim Edge nominated for Best Small Label @ AIM Independent Music Awards|author= Ben Bowdler|date= 13 October 2011|accessdate= 26 September 2012}}

In June 2012 Mark Prisk, Business Minister for the UK Government, named Simon Drake, General Manager of Naim, one of 30 young rising stars of manufacturing in the Make It in Great Britain campaign.{{cite web |url=http://blog.propermusic.com/naim-edge-nominated-for-best-small-label-aim-independent-music-awards/|publisher=Naim Edge|title=Naim’s Simon Drake makes MiiGB 30 Under 30|date= July 2012|accessdate= 26 September 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://makeitingreatbritain.bis.gov.uk/NEWS-28062012092844|publisher=Make it in Great Britain|title=Make it in Great Britain 30 Under 30 revealed|date=28 June 2012|accessdate=26 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630185908/http://makeitingreatbritain.bis.gov.uk/NEWS-28062012092844|archive-date=30 June 2012|url-status=dead}}

Musicians who have recorded on Naim include Laurence Hobgood{{Cite web |url=http://www.analogueseduction.net/category-724/naimcd200.html |title=Marc Ford – Holy Ghost, Naim CD |publisher= Annalogue Seduction|access-date=7 November 2017}} Sabina Sciubba, Phantom Limb, The Milk, Tellison, Max Raptor, Gwyneth Herbert,{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/5712268/Gwyneth-Herbert-All-The-Ghosts-CD-review.html|title= Gwyneth Herbert: All The Ghosts, CD review |author=Andrew Perry|work= The Daily Telegraph|location= London|date= 4 July 2009|accessdate=10 October 2011}} Jon Thorne & Danny Thompson, William Fitzsimmons, Jeniferever, AM, Boy Com, Sons of Kemet, and Elektralux.