Best Before Records

Best Before Records was launched in 2004 as part of a subsidy under the Channelfly and Mama Group corporate. In December 2009 Mama Group was acquired by HMV[4] who had shown no interest in this part of the corporation therefore the label Best Before Records was taken over by label manager Anthony Shaw and became a fully independent label distributed by PIAS Entertainment Group in the UK and Europe.[5]

After separating from its parent company, it continued to develop a strong label identity and effectively launching several new artist careers including ‘Dananananaykroyd’, ‘Johnny Foreigner’, 'The Heights' and ‘The Morning After Girls’. Taking on further bands like Sharks, 22, Mutiny On The Bounty, ACODA and most recently Death and the Penguin, American Fangs and Press to MECO.

In 2015, Best Before Records changed worldwide distribution to The Orchard and released several new albums.

Artists that have been signed, or are currently signed, to the label [6]

• Press to MECO
• 22
• American Fangs
• ACODA.[7]
• Dananananaykroyd
• Death and the Penguin
• Johnny Foreigner (active with Alcopop! Records UK) [8]
• Mutiny On The Bounty
• Sharks
• The Chapman Family
• The Heights
• The Morning After Girls
• The Pistolas

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