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SERIOUS RECORDS

(incorporating sublabels NEEDLE & LOW FAT VINYL)

Total Mixes: 21, Duration: 04:42:01
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This is a label from the U.K. and here is some information about it taken from James Hamilton's columns in Record Mirror:

May 1986: Street Sounds are about to have a rival, Serious Records, who release their first double LP 'Upfront 1' next week (at single LP price) containing current hits by Princess, Joyce Sims (remix), George Clinton, William Bell, Cool Notes, Willie Collins (title track), TC Curtis, Crown Heights Affair (original), Steve 'Silk' Hurley, Total Contrast, Spyder-D, Ice-T, MC Boob, Cut Master DC, plus two megamixes of all these - impressive, huh?

March 1987: Serious Records seem seriously to be filling the Street Sounds void, signing a two year deal with PRT

April 1987: Serious Records are starting another label called Needle Records, to carry a new 'Dance Mania' compilation LP series, as a supplement to the 'Upfront' series, plus they're releasing a beefed-up US revamp of 'Rock The House (Medley)', which in their version will no longer be credited to Mr K Mix by Special K

December 1988: Serious Records are indeed being put into liquidation, although Mahesh Bajaj's other Needle Records and Low Fat Vinyl labels will continue to trade, the previously mentioned winding up petition against Serious having frozen the company's accounts and caused cash flow difficulties (as so often happens in similar cases)

February 1989: Mahesh Bajaj has apparently signed Bonnie Byrd's import hit for his Needle and Upfront labels, which he continues to run from the offices of PRT (his biggest creditor in the crash of Serious Records, so obviously the company still has faith in him - just as it did in Morgan Khan under similiar circumstances)
Year Cat No. Release Title Mixer(s) Mix Title Length
1986UPFT1Upfront 1Eddie RichardsBROOKLYN'S IN THE HOUSE Mega Mix00:13:40
1986UPFT2Upfront 2Chad JacksonDISCO MIX CLUB Hip Hop Megamix00:07:14
1986UPFT3Upfront 3C.J. Mackintosh & ToscaHIP HOP MEGA MIX00:11:00
1986SASB1Serious BeatsC.J. Mackintosh & ToscaHIP HOP MEGA MIX Side A00:05:06
1986SASB1Serious BeatsC.J. Mackintosh & ToscaHIP HOP MEGA MIX Side B00:05:03
1987SHOP2Hip Hop 2C.J. MackintoshHIP HOP 2 MEGA MIX Side A00:07:50
1987SHOP2Hip Hop 2C.J. MackintoshHIP HOP 2 MEGA MIX Side B00:05:54
1987HHOP87Hip Hop 87Double TroubleU.K. HIP HOP MEGA MIX00:07:25
1987UPFT8Upfront 8Double TroubleGANGSTER MIX House Style00:08:06
1987BOIT1Best Of House Megamix 1The Bovver Boys & Double TroubleSERIOUS MEGAMIX Pt. 100:26:52
1987BOIT1Best Of House Megamix 1The Bovver Boys & Double TroubleSERIOUS MEGAMIX Pt. 200:19:18
1988BOIT2Best Of House Megamix 2Double TroubleCOUNT DOWN MIX Pt. 100:20:58
1988BOIT2Best Of House Megamix 2Double TroubleACID PH 1 Pt. 200:21:22
1988BOIT3Best Of House Megamix 3Double TroublePERFECT VISION MIX00:19:25
1988BOIT3Best Of House Megamix 3Double TroubleACID OVERTURE00:16:24
1988DUIX1Acid Trax MegamixDouble TroubleACID TO THE BONE00:20:42
1988DUIX1Acid Trax MegamixDouble TroubleCONCENTRATED SOLUTION00:18:01
1988DRUG3Acid Trax 3Double TroubleKEEP SMILING MEDLEY MIX00:17:47
1988HOHI88House HitsDouble TroubleHOUSE MEGA-MIX00:12:57
1988UPFT10Upfront 10Double TroubleMAD ON ACID MEGA MIX00:07:35
1988XTER1House X-Ter-CDouble TroubleHOUSE X-TER-C MEGAMIX00:09:22