After taking 5 years off our lives in stress, we have decided to not release three box sets on the same day like last year (The Cleaners From Venus Vol.1 / Medicine / The Wake). This year we decided to bring to life two killer Flying Nun records, Snapper s/t EP and The Bats ‘By Continue Reading
TOY LOVE 2xLP Though they existed for less than two years, Toy Love are immeasurably important to the history of New Zealand music. They helped inspire the creation of Flying Nun– perhaps the most important independent label in the country’s history– and last year their influence was recognized via induction into the New Zealand Rock Continue Reading
Last month Captured Tracks announced an exclusive partnership with iconic New Zealand label ‘Flying Nun Records’ working in tandem to re-issue the labels diverse catalog. It was also announced that a 2xLP compilation of Toy Love was to be the first release of this campaign. The beginning is often the best place to start with Continue Reading
The 28-track compilation collects all the A & B sides of the three Toy Love singles, plus the best demos from 1979, a live track and even a radio jingle. All mastered for vinyl, straight from the original analogue tapes, no nasty CDs nor digital sources were used at all. Housed in a gatefold jacket, Continue Reading
Captured Tracks and Flying Nun have partnered up to manufacture and distribute the prestigious New Zealand label’s back-catalog. Flying Nun began in 1981 in Christchurch, NZ and quickly established a roster of artists and DiY ethic that would go on to influence indie rock musicians and labels to the present day. Featuring such vanguard artists Continue Reading
