SL Records

{{short description|Scottish record label}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| name = SL Records

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| founded = {{start date|1997}}

| founder = Ed Pybus & Merlin Kemp

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| status = Active

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| genre = Alternative rock
Indie pop

| country = Scotland, UK

| location = Edinburgh

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SL Records was a record label based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in 1997 and is known for releasing anti-folk, alternative rock, and indie pop albums.{{Cite news |url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/23380-labels-of-love-sl-records/ |title=Labels of Love: SL Records |last=Meighan |first=Nicola |date=2010-02-03 |work=The List |access-date=2017-08-13 |language=en-GB}} The label's first release was the compilation album It's a Life Sentence, which was released in May 1997. The album compiled tracks by different artists who had performed live on a radio show co-hosted by Ed Pybus, who later became the label's founder, along with his flatmate Merlin Kemp.{{Cite news |url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/3001/SL-Records |title=SL Records - Interview |work=www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk |access-date=2017-08-13}} Pybus started the label soon after graduating from university; "SL" in the label's name stands for "student loans".{{Cite web |url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/music/the-spirit-of-john-peel-remains-alive-and-well-in-edinburgh-1-570924 |title=The spirit of John Peel remains alive and well in Edinburgh |date=2004-12-15 |website=www.scotsman.com |language=en |access-date=2017-08-19}} The label came to greater attention after its first single, Khaya's "Summer/Winter Song," was played on air by multiple British radio hosts, including John Peel.{{Cite news |url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/always-read-the-label-sl-records |title=Always Read The Label: SL Records |last=McLaughlin |first=Milo |date=2006-12-12 |work=The Skinny |access-date=2017-08-13 |language=en}}