No.6 Records
No.6 Records was an independent record label, started in 1989 as a subsidiary of Rough Trade Records by A&R representative and booking agent Terry Tolkin. The name of the label came from the British television series The Prisoner; the main character was known in the series as "Number 6". Records later became associated with Elektra Records, continuing to release albums and EPs by alternative rock bands including Luna, Vegetarian Meat, Afghan Whigs, Tindersticks, Charles Douglas, Unrest, Jennyanykind, Jule Brown, Beme Seed, and Nada Surf.
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No.6 Records was an independent record label, started in 1989 as a subsidiary of Rough Trade Records by A&R representative and booking agent Terry Tolkin. The name of the label came from the British television series The Prisoner; the main character was known in the series as "Number 6". Records later became associated with Elektra Records, continuing to release albums and EPs by alternative rock bands including Luna, Vegetarian Meat, Afghan Whigs, Tindersticks, Charles Douglas, Unrest, Jennyanykind, Jule Brown, Beme Seed, and Nada Surf.
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The label was disbanded in 1999 after ten years and fifty releases. In April 2009 Teenbeat Records released a compilation of all the No.6 Records 7" singles, entitled Speed Dating: The No.6 Records Compendium.
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