Nervous Records
Nervous Records is a UK rockabilly music independent record label. It was formed in 1979 by Roy Williams, a DJ on the UK rock'n'roll scene. Credited by many as the leading record label behind the emergence of the British neo-rockabilly and psychobilly scene in the early 1980s and released many of the earliest records by key British artists of the genre including The Polecats, The Sharks, Frenzy and Restless – as well as leading acts from other European countries including Batmobile (Netherlands) and The Nekromantix (Denmark).
Nervous Records
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- 1979
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- United Kingdom
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Nervous Records is a UK rockabilly music independent record label. It was formed in 1979 by Roy Williams, a DJ on the UK rock'n'roll scene. Credited by many as the leading record label behind the emergence of the British neo-rockabilly and psychobilly scene in the early 1980s and released many of the earliest records by key British artists of the genre including The Polecats, The Sharks, Frenzy and Restless – as well as leading acts from other European countries including Batmobile (Netherlands) and The Nekromantix (Denmark).
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- 1.An interview with Roy Williams from Nervous Records. 21 March 2011.
- 2.Wilson, Alan. Deathrow: The Chronicles of Psychobilly. Cherry Red Books. 2003.
- 3.Brackenridge, Craig. Hell's Bent on Rockin': A History of Psychobilly. Cherry Red Books. 2007.
- 4.Virgil. Paul "Doc" Stewart. the rockabilly chronicle. 2022-08-09.
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