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Firestation Records Record label from Berlin, Germany. Serving finest indie pop since 1998. Record label from Berlin, Germany - retrospectives and reissues.

We are specialized in british guitar, jangle and indie pop from the 80s and early 90s! We released more than 190 records in the last 25 years, including great bands and artists like Friends Again, Graham Fellows, The Painted Word, Mighty Mighty, The Siddeleys, The Close Lobsters, Desert Wolves, Andy Pawlak, Yeah Jazz, The Bodines, Hey Paulette, Love Parade, The Nivens, Reserve or The Bridge, to name but a few... stay tuned!

Hurrah, our new releases arrived today! Dispatch starts tomorrow! I should have dispatched all pre-orders by next Wednes...
14/12/2023

Hurrah, our new releases arrived today! Dispatch starts tomorrow! I should have dispatched all pre-orders by next Wednesday. You can also pick up your copies directly in our record shop at Wisbyer str. 51, monday - friday from 12-17:30

FST197 The Friday Club - What Is Soul? Out on two track vinyl 12" single in mid December. Available for pre-order now!! ...
02/12/2023

FST197 The Friday Club - What Is Soul? Out on two track vinyl 12" single in mid December. Available for pre-order now!! Please feel free to order your copy here via messenger or by e-mail to: [email protected] I will ship out all pre-orders between 16th - 20th of December. All three new releases will be also available from our shop on Discogs from 15th of December on.

Taken from FST197 The Friday Club - What is Soul? Out on 12" on 15.12.2023

Dear friends, the last two days of our winter sale have now begun! We look forward to receiving more orders! Please reme...
29/11/2023

Dear friends, the last two days of our winter sale have now begun! We look forward to receiving more orders! Please remember that you can combine orders from the winter-sale with an order from our new releases. This saves postage costs and packaging material. Thank you very much for your support!

The last week of Firestation Records winter sale has started! Do you already placed an order? Some good news about it. I...
24/11/2023

The last week of Firestation Records winter sale has started! Do you already placed an order? Some good news about it. I found one more copy of FST120 The Siddeleys - Sunshine Thuggery 12" single plus two copies of FST134 The Big Gun - Heard About Love Mini LP. Both were sold out a few days after the winter sale started at the beginning of the month. These should be the last ever copies of both releases which we have in stock.

Reserve - "The Sun Slid Down Behind the Tower" taken from FST198 Reserve - Beneath The London Sky. Out on limited vinyl ...
23/11/2023

Reserve - "The Sun Slid Down Behind the Tower" taken from FST198 Reserve - Beneath The London Sky. Out on limited vinyl LP very soon. Please feel free to pre-order your copy now here via messenger or by e-mail to: [email protected] I will ship out all pre-orders between 16th - 20th of December, so it is possible that some packages will even arrive before christmas!

Taken from FST198 Reserve - Beneath the London Sky Out on LP on 15.12.2023

Hello friends! As of today our new releases are available for pre-order! The official release date will be 05.01. 2024, ...
20/11/2023

Hello friends! As of today our new releases are available for pre-order! The official release date will be 05.01. 2024, but we will be able to ship most of the pre-orders before Christmas. It would be great if you could continue to support the label in such a great way. We are looking forward to your orders. As already mentioned, you are very welcome to combine your orders with an order from the winter sale to save postage costs. Further information and prices can be found on our website. Orders are welcome via messenger or e-mail. Thank you very much!

Hello Friends, we are very happy to present you our third new release. All three new releases will be released on 05.01....
15/11/2023

Hello Friends, we are very happy to present you our third new release. All three new releases will be released on 05.01.2024. Pre-orders are possible from 20.11.2023. You can combine your orders with items from the winter sale to save postage costs. Let's go! FST197 The Friday Club - What Is Soul? 2 Track vinyl 12" Single - Limited to 200 copies - Unreleased first single by legendary The Friday Club. Both tracks were recorded in 1985. 100 copies of the original 7" single were pressed but never made it into the shops. Most copies were sent to record companies. Some months later the band released the fantastic "Window Shopping" single on Two-Tone Records. Original copies of "What Is Soul?" are impossible to locate these days. Over the years a handful of copies of the demo single were sold on Ebay for about 500 Euro each.

Dear Friends, hope you enjoy your weekend. It's time  to announce our second forthcoming new release! We are very excite...
11/11/2023

Dear Friends, hope you enjoy your weekend. It's time to announce our second forthcoming new release! We are very excited and have learnt during the week that the new releases will be arriving earlier from the pressing plant!! I will therefore move the date for pre-orders forward by a few days. I will announce the exact date in the next post. Here we go! FST196 Bluetrain - Under The Hammer 5 Track vinyl 12" EP - Limited to 200 copies. Recorded in 1987. This Ep feat. two unreleased tracks and three unreleased demo versions of songs feat. on "Some Greater Love" compilation including a brilliant version of "Land of Gold", which original recording was released on Dreamworld Records which was run by Dan Treacy (Television Pesonalities) in 1987.

Hello friends, the first week of our winter sale has already passed. We are still looking forward to your orders. In the...
07/11/2023

Hello friends, the first week of our winter sale has already passed. We are still looking forward to your orders. In the meantime, it's time to present the first of our 3 new releases. Our new releases will be available at the beginning of January 2024. Pre-orders are possible from 01.12.2023. Our prices will remain stable. There will be no price increases compared to the last releases. The second announcement will be made in the middle of the month. Here we go!!! FST198 Reserve - Beneath The London Sky 21 Track Vinyl LP - Limited to 200 copies. This compilation was originally released from Firestation Records on CD only back in 2013. It was sold out immediately. Reserve was formed in 1987 by Torquil Macleod, ex member of The Siddeleys. The band released their sole 12" single on Sombrero Records in 1988 and shared a flexi-disc on pre Sarah Records label Sha-La-La with the Siddeleys in 1987.

Dear friends, our winter sale starts tomorrow!!! As announced, there are only a few copies left of some releases. For th...
31/10/2023

Dear friends, our winter sale starts tomorrow!!! As announced, there are only a few copies left of some releases. For this reason we do not offer reservations. Please send your order via messanger or e-mail. The complete list can be found here: http://firestation-records.de/sale2023.html More good news, we have found six copies of the long sold out "Sunshine Thuggery" 12" single by The Siddeleys in our warehouse. We offer them to you at the original price! Please note that this time I might need a day longer with the shipping, because I'm in the shop during the day and can't process orders between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. However, as always, I will do my best to ship all orders as soon as possible. Thank you very much! Information about our new releases will follow in the course of the month.

Hello friends, only 5 days left until our popular Firestation Records winter-sale and only 70 days until the release of ...
27/10/2023

Hello friends, only 5 days left until our popular Firestation Records winter-sale and only 70 days until the release of our three new releases. We are really looking forward to it! We are now planning the next releases, which will be released in April. We need your help for that. Our January releases will all be on vinyl. But we haven't decided on a format for the other releases yet. But among the releases in April there will be at least one CD release. Which format do you prefer, vinyl or CD?

Hello friends, only 30 days left until the Firestation Records Winter Sale and only 90 days left until the release of ou...
01/10/2023

Hello friends, only 30 days left until the Firestation Records Winter Sale and only 90 days left until the release of our three new records! Are you looking forward to it as much as we are? In the meantime, we'd like to recommend the album from the Raree-Show. Actually it was planned that the compilation CD of the ex-members of Mighty Mighty should be released by us. Due to the temporary closure of the label, the band has now released the album on their own and even reactivated their old record label Girlie Records. The songs were recorded between 1988-1990 and you can expect guitar pop of the very finest kind! The album will first be available at the Mighty Mighty gigs in October and November, Birmingham (Hare & Hounds 21/10/23) and London (Lexington 4/11/23).

Lot's of new stuff arrived today at Firestation Records Shop!
23/09/2023

Lot's of new stuff arrived today at Firestation Records Shop!

Normally we rarely do test pressings of our releases. An exception were the test pressings for the first three releases ...
16/09/2023

Normally we rarely do test pressings of our releases. An exception were the test pressings for the first three releases of the "FST Series 100". Here, 3 copies were produced in each case. The special thing about this was that the test pressings were made as coloured vinyl. The original three releases of the series were sold out immediately. During the week I found one copy each of the test pressing of FST186 Perfect - "Wonderful Weakness" and FST187 Rumblefish - "Moseley To Manhattan" in the warehouse. We offer these two LPs here at the original price of the releases. If you are interested you can contact us via Messenger. First come, first served!

Look what i found at our warehouse yesterday. This is really wonderful and very, very rare. 3 editions of the short runn...
08/09/2023

Look what i found at our warehouse yesterday. This is really wonderful and very, very rare. 3 editions of the short running Aztec Camera Fanzine "Haywire". It was published between 1990-1992. Up for sale, so please get in touch via messenger in the case you are interested.

Some of you may have already suspected it, others may be surprised. After months of deliberation, I have changed my mind...
03/09/2023

Some of you may have already suspected it, others may be surprised. After months of deliberation, I have changed my mind and decided to reactivate Firestation Records as a record label. I spent many days and nights going through the pros and cons of this decision. In the end, however, I had to admit to myself that I simply miss the label and would like to continue releasing records for a few more years and maybe even CD's again. Maybe my decision in January was just too hasty and too ill-considered. I should have waited. But there was no other way at that point. So the next few months will be exciting. In january 2024, we will have our first three new releases. We are currently working on the covers and mastering. I will post information about the releases in November. Pre-orders will be possible at the same time. Before that there will be the last Firestation Records winter-sale in November. We only have remaining stocks of most of the releases that are still available. So, make a note for November! Furthermore we need your tips. Which releases or bands would you like to see on Firestation Records in 2024? I would like to thank you all for your words of encouragement over the last few months, which have helped to get the label back on track. I hope that you will continue to be loyal to us!

We just received Japanese OBI and liner notes insert for FST195 The Friday Club - Hearts Will Win. It looks great! We ha...
31/08/2023

We just received Japanese OBI and liner notes insert for FST195 The Friday Club - Hearts Will Win. It looks great! We have two copies left of OBI and liner notes (along with the CD of course). Those who are interested are welcome to contact us via messenger.

Next weekend we will make a beautiful announcement that we are very excited about and hope you will enjoy as well. Stay ...
26/08/2023

Next weekend we will make a beautiful announcement that we are very excited about and hope you will enjoy as well. Stay tuned!

This morning i found some great original promo-photos by various guitarpop acts from the 1980's in our store. The photo ...
19/08/2023

This morning i found some great original promo-photos by various guitarpop acts from the 1980's in our store. The photo from the Bluesbells is even signed by all members of the band! This collection is up for sale. Please get in touch via messenger or by e-mail for further details.

Some more fanzines? Here we go! Today on offer we have all three titles of the legendary german guitarpop fanzine "Anora...
12/08/2023

Some more fanzines? Here we go! Today on offer we have all three titles of the legendary german guitarpop fanzine "Anorak". This fanzine series was published at the end of the 1980's by twee.net founder Peter Hahndorf and friends. Without doubt "Anorak" was the most important german guitarpop fanzine ever. After "Anorak", Peter published one more fanzine in the early 1990s which was called "I don't want to grown up". If you are interested in the four fanzines, please write us via messenger.

I found a copy each of those lovely fanzines from the past yesterday in the warehouse of our shop. The Davy Magazine has...
08/08/2023

I found a copy each of those lovely fanzines from the past yesterday in the warehouse of our shop. The Davy Magazine has East Village on the front and was published in early 1991. The second one is "Shampoo You", a fanzine about the band Shampoo. Not sure when it was published. Both fanzines are up for sale. Get in touch via messenger for details in the case you are interested.

This morning I tidied up our storage. These great bags from the Sarah Records band Heavenly fell into my hands. If you w...
05/08/2023

This morning I tidied up our storage. These great bags from the Sarah Records band Heavenly fell into my hands. If you would like to buy one, please feel free to contact us via messenger or e-mail. We have three copies! The postage costs should not be very high in that case.

Today we have a special treat for long-time fans of our record label. At the end of last week, we received copies of our...
18/07/2023

Today we have a special treat for long-time fans of our record label. At the end of last week, we received copies of our Japanese licensed releases. The CDs are identical to our releases. The highlight, however, is the respective OBI strip, as well as the Japanese liner notes to the individual releases. On the insert there are also usually rare photos of the band. We have two copies of the OBI strip and the insert for sale of each release pictured. The releases on the photo above come with the original CD. The releases from The Reflection A.O.B. and the Sullivans each come with a great badge as well. Of the six releases in the second photo, only the OBI strip and insert are available. The CD versions are no longer available. The Love Parade OBI-Strip and insert also come with a badge! The insert for FST 100 - Still Mad At Me consists of three booklets! If you are interested in one or more of them, please contact us via messenger or e-mail. These are the only copies we have. As soon as they are sold, there will be no further copies from us.

There is great news. We have new opening hours! From now on we are open five days a week. Mondays to Fridays from 12h-17...
13/07/2023

There is great news. We have new opening hours! From now on we are open five days a week. Mondays to Fridays from 12h-17.30h. We are looking forward to your visit!

Firestation Records as a record label ist history but Andrea Hess is still writing good pieces about former label bands....
15/05/2023

Firestation Records as a record label ist history but Andrea Hess is still writing good pieces about former label bands. Today:

Trambeat

Das Genre des Soul Pop ist ein schwieriger Balance Akt: Häufig sehr nah am Mainstream und gerade bei der Verwendung zeittypischer Elektronik mit einigen Jahren Abstand sehr datiert klingend. Ein Weg aus diesem Dilemma ist eine klassische Instrumentierung und die Orientierung an der poppigen Seite des Northern Soul. Paul Weller hat das schon mit späten Jam Stücken oder zu Beginn des Style Councils praktiziert und damit gewissermaßen den Blueprint für Soul Pop Afficinados geliefert. Ersetzt man Paul Weller durch eine Sängerin kommt man schnell zu Tracie Young, die auf Wellers Respond Label einige schöne Soul Pop Stücke aufgenommen hat. Ihr 1984er Album Far From the Hurting Kind ist ein vergessener Klassiker und bis auf das 2014 überraschend von Cherry Red aus den Archiven veröffentlichte No Smoke Without Fire ihr einziger Longplayer (auf Cherry Red erscheint jetzt eine 4 CD Retrospektive).
Die Verbindung dieser Einflüsse könnten Trambeat sein. Die 2012 in Süd London gegründete Band zeichnet sich durch einen satt klingenden Sound mit kraftvollen Bläsern und einen an die Hochzeit des Mittachtziger New Jazz Pops erinnernden Melodienreichtum aus. Die 2015 auf Firestation Records erschienene Tales of the Comprehensive LP versammelte zuvor nur auf 2 selbstveröffentlichten EPs und einer 7“ erhältliche Stücke. Eine sehr hörenswerte Melange von 60s Motown und Northern Soul mit einem direkten Pfeil ins Herz des Pophörers. Die Platte ist voller Höhepunkte, das Dexys getriebene Too Good for You, das getragen Hmymnische Almost Blue oder das lässig vor sich hin shuffelnde Loving You Is a Sin könnte man unfairerweise auf einem Album ohne Ausfälle herausheben.
Es dauerte ein paar Jahre bis zum im Frühjahr 2020 in Eigenregie veröffentlichten Trough the Narrows. Die Platte setzt den Stil des Debüts zunächst nahtlos fort, mit Lasso the Moon gelingt ein makelloser Einstieg feinsten Soulpops. Fighting on All Fronts kommt sehr beschwingt daher und zeigt den auf der Website der Band angeführten Einfluss von 60s Jamaika. Das bittersüß getragen optimistische Better Days und das reflektierte Drowning beweisen, dass die Band auch in ruhigeren Momenten überzeugen kann. Giving In hält perfekt die Balance von Happy Sad. Am stärksten sind Trambeat wenn sie konsequent auf Pop setzen, wie noch einmal in December Rain.
Weniger stark sind sie, wenn auf Rocksbilly gemacht wird (Blue Eyes Green), auch die Ska Einflüsse in So Lonely in Your Arms überzeugen nicht recht - dann schon lieber den Groove Auftakt aus dem finalen Through the Narrows, das sich mit seinen Bläsern zu einem schönen Schlussakkord aufschwingt. Nach dem wunderbaren Debüt hat die zweite Platte zwar ein paar Schwachstellen, kann aber ob der Favoriten als gelungen bezeichnet werden.
Trambeat sind musikalisch weiter auf der richtigen Seite unterwegs, das zeigt das aus traurigen Anlass 2021 als Di**le veröffentlichte A Rainy Night in Croydon: Ein Song über und gewidmet dem in jenem Jahr verstorbenen Robin Ogley. Man verwendete noch vorhandenes Studio Material und ergänzte es zu dieser melancholischen und dennoch optimistisch klingenden neuen Nummer.
Die Band hat sich zumindest musikalischen von diesem Verlust erholt und legte relativ frisch in diesem April das an alte Klasse anknüpfende Don‘t Hold Back nach: Alles da: die Hooks, die Bläser und der Pop Appeal. Es nährt die Hoffnung auf ein drittes Album.

Taken from Trambeat's debut album 'Tales from the Comprehensives' available from www.trambeat.co.ukLike us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trambeat.sou...

Dear Firestation Friends,now that we have more time to take care of the Firestation Records Shop, business is going quit...
29/03/2023

Dear Firestation Friends,
now that we have more time to take care of the Firestation Records Shop, business is going quite well. Well, that might have also something to do with the spring weather...
Anyway, we always need new (second hand) records.
If you still have treasures in your attic or cellar - or know someone - we are always interested.
We are happy to buy, nationally or internationally!
Within Germany, collection from your home is also possible.
Feel free to contact us at [email protected] or via Messenger.

Spring is coming and already we have more time and pleasure to welcome you in Firestation Records Shop. Therefore we ope...
16/03/2023

Spring is coming and already we have more time and pleasure to welcome you in Firestation Records Shop.
Therefore we opened from now on also on Thursdays!
New opening hours:
Tuesday to Friday from 10.00 to 17.30!

Lovely german review from Andreas Hess about our latest and last release. Thanks for your support over the  last 25 year...
19/02/2023

Lovely german review from Andreas Hess about our latest and last release. Thanks for your support over the last 25 years, Andreas!

The Friday Club - Hearts Will Win

Als Firestation Records im Sommer 2020 die Saturday Night and Sunday Morning EP herausbrachte war das eine schöne Zeitreise ins London Mitte der 80er. Sie standen aber mal nicht für die Welt der Anoraks, Mop Tops und Chelsea Boots, sondern featureten Anzüge, sauber geschnittene Haare und Loafer.

Die Band war die letzte Verpflichtung von Jerry Dammers für das Two Tone Label, lange nach deren stilprägenden Ska Veröffentlichungen und brachte eine deutliche Abkehr von diesen Wurzeln. Man wähnte sich in einem coolen Jazzclub in Soho 1985 und reihte sich ein in den Sound des damals New Jazz gelabelten Zeitgeists. Bands wie Animal Nightlife waren in der Presse und auf den Plakatwänden Londons omnipräsent. Der große Durchbruch gelang aber auch ihnen trotz diverser sehr guter Singles (Love is just the great pretender) und eines polierten Albums voller potentieller Hits (Shangri-La) nicht.

Das Umfeld stimmte für die aus dem nordenglischen Seebad Scarborough Band, ein siebenköpfiges Outfit, bestehend aus Andrew Brooks (Songschreiber, Gesang,Gitarre) Michael Hodges (Lyrics, Gesang) Adele Winter (Gesang), Terry Bateman (Gesang und Saxophon) Eddie Even (Keyboards), Graham Whitby (Bass) und Anton Hilton (Schlagzeug).

Der Legende nach zogen alle zusammen nach London, um ihre Chancen auf ein musikalisches Weiterkommen zu erhöhen. Sie fanden heraus, wo Jerry Dammers wohnte und schafften es, ihn mit einem Demotape zu einem Termin zum Vorspielen zu überzeugen. Er mochte ihre Songs, meinte aber noch nie in seinem Leben eine so out of tune spielende Band gehört zu haben.

Im Ergebnis entstand die von Jerry Dammets produzierte Window Shopping Single auf Two Tone, die inzwischen bei Discogs dreistellig gehandelt wird und bis zur Saturday Night and Sunday Morning EP das einzige Zeugnis des Schaffens der Band war.

Die 5 Songs dieser EP sind erst 1988 entstanden, von der ursprünglichen Besetzung sind hier nur mehr Brooks und Eddie Eve dabei. Michael Hodges taucht aber bei 2 Stücken in den Songwriter Credits auf. Unter den weiteren Mitwirkenden war Woody Taylor an den Drums, der später auch bei Comet Gain auftauchte.

Es gab damals schon Gerüchte über weitere Aufnahmen in den Archiven wie eine Single, die die Band auf eigenem Label dann doch nicht veröffentlichte (What is soul mit Tissue of Lies auf der Rückseite) und die Hoffnung auf weitere Veröffentlichungen.

Diese wurde nun erfüllt. Firestation bringt die Hearts Will Win Zusammenstellung auf Vinyl und CD heraus.

Hearts Will Win versammelt 8 unbekannte Stücke und eine Live in London Aufnahme aus dem Jahr 1988.

Die als Hearts Will Win betitelte erste Seite wurde in den Chrysalis Studios in London aufgenommen. Es ist völlig gleich, ob das die Demos waren mit denen Sie Jerry Dammers überzeugen wollten oder wahrscheinlicher Aufnahmen aus den Sessions zur Window Shopping Single: The Friday Club zeigen ihre Fähigkeiten den perfekten Soul Pop zu kreieren. Mitreißende Pop Hooks, lässige Beats, soulful vocals und eine coole Instrumentierung mit Bläsern und groovenden Keyboards. Eine wunderbare Melange des Weller Council Souls und der Hipsway Coolness.

Die zweite Seite der LP Live in London wurde 1988 aufgenommen und klingt eher wie ein Live Demo als ein Konzertmitschnitt. Window Shopping ist in seiner ganzen Grandezza zu hören und zeigt was hätte sein können.

Die CD beinhaltet zusätzlich die Saturday Night and Sunday Morning EP in all ihrer Glorie:

Mercy (On my soul) ist lässiger Soulpop mit einem deutlichen Kopfnicken in Richtung Dr. Robert: I just got your message baby, so sad to see you fade away.....Why is it I‘m digging your scene.

Tissue of lies könnte von einer zwischen Café Bleu und Our favourite aufgenommenen EP des Style Council stammen: Ein an Long hot summer erinnernder Beat mit einem sehr zeittypischen Saxophon.

Hangover Square ist die Blaupause für den Mitt Achtziger New Jazz im Geiste von Animal Nightlife.

Wo dieser Weg hinführen kann zeigen sie in Since you went away. Die Faszination für zeitgemäße schwarze Musik - wie sie auch Paul Weller auf dem von mir sehr geschätzten, von der Kritik damals zu Unrecht geschmähten dritten Style Council Album The Cost of Living zeigt - ist deutlich zu spüren. Sicherlich erscheinen die Dance Beats für heutige Ohren etwas dünn, aber so klang damals der Dancefloor.

Das Sly Stone Cover If you want me to stay unterstreicht diese Zielrichtung, in ihrer Aufnahme hier werden aber auch erneut die Bezüge zu Dr. Robert zum Sound der Blow Monkeys deutlich.

Chapeau an Firestation - und wir müssen leider auf einer traurigen Note enden. Leider schließt das legendäre Label seine Pforten und resigniert vor der Arroganz von Bands, die Interesse und eine Wertschätzung nicht goutieren. Wirtschaftliche Zwänge und die immense Preissteigerung für die Vinyl Veröffentlichungen ersticken auch den Enthusiasmus der letzten Fackelträger für den immerwährenden Indie POP Spirit. Uwe und seine Mitstreiter zeichnen verantwortlich für zahllose große Tonträger, die ohne sie niemals das Licht der physischen Veröffentlichung erblickt hätten. Selbst für langjährige Weggefährten und tief in der Materie steckende Fans gab es immer wieder bahnbrechende Überraschunge -?die Freude darüber einen Geschmack zu teilen und unterschätzten Künstlern die verdiente Bühne zu bieten. Sagen wir es mit den Spinners und Edwyn Collins

It‘s a shame.

Keep on burning

31/01/2023

The Firestation Records Shop will be closed this week for holidays.
We will be back for you on 7 February!

Orders via Discogs and our website are of course still possible and will be processed immediately as usual!

Even if some didn't think it was possible, it is now a fact: Firestation Records as a record label is now history, over ...
16/01/2023

Even if some didn't think it was possible, it is now a fact: Firestation Records as a record label is now history, over and out! There will be no further releases from us. Unfortunately, we can no longer release the planned releases of New English, James Dean Driving Experience and The Raree Show.

When I founded our label in 1997, I swore that I would never give up and that I would keep releasing records until I could no longer do so for health or financial reasons. More than 25 years of label work have made me sick and indifferent. Apart from that, I've reached the point where I can't release the records I want to release and I don't want to release the records I can release. I don't want to write any more emails to bands or shops that never answer me. Besides, I'm tired of having to wait years for a release. All these put-offs or excuses over the years from different bands have made me tired. I will invest all my energy in other things in the future. Why should I waste my time contacting musicians who don't feel the need to reply when I can spend the time supporting “my“ football club here in Berlin.

Another reason for the end is the ever-increasing production costs for the releases. I don't want to offer new releases with a selling price of over 30 euros.

Olaf, Jürgen and I will now concentrate fully on our record shop. Apart from that I hope that in the future I might be able to compile some compilations. there are even plans in this regard. together with one of my oldest and best friends i am working on a compilation which we will offer later on to other labels.

a big thank you to all the bands who have released records with us over the years. many thanks also to all fans of the label for your support over the years. i didn't always make it easy for some of you with my special way.

It's half time at the FST Winter Sale! Some records are especially in demand this time, so you'd better hurry up with yo...
16/01/2023

It's half time at the FST Winter Sale!
Some records are especially in demand this time, so you'd better hurry up with your orders.
For example, there are the very last copies of The Nivens (FST133) and The Orchids (FST174) left. Last chance!

Finally it's here - the vinyl version of the latest Firestation release The Friday Club - "Hearts Will Win" (FST195) wil...
13/01/2023

Finally it's here - the vinyl version of the latest Firestation release The Friday Club - "Hearts Will Win" (FST195) will be sent to all pre-orderers within the next two days.
And if you haven't ordered it yet: Don't miss it!

The annual Firestation Records WINTER SALE with huge discounts on vinyl records and CDs starts right NOW!Feel invited to...
02/01/2023

The annual Firestation Records WINTER SALE with huge discounts on vinyl records and CDs starts right NOW!

Feel invited to follow the link below and find the missing records for your FST collection.
Our sale goes until January 31st 2023, minimum order value is 20€.

As a special surprise this year, there are still some unnumbered copies of the Close Lobsters 7" "Steel Love", of which we found a box during our inventory!

Postage costs:
Germany 6,-€
EU maximum 17,-€
Rest of the world on request

http://www.firestation-records.de/sale2023.html

For those who are still looking for a Christmas present:The CD version of The Friday Club - "Hearts Will Win"(FST 195) i...
13/12/2022

For those who are still looking for a Christmas present:
The CD version of The Friday Club - "Hearts Will Win"(FST 195) is available now. It's best to order today, the better the chance to put the CD under the Christmas tree.
Order at [email protected] or via FB Messenger
Price 15,-€ plus p+p

The vinyl version will be shipped from 20 January 2023!

This one should be very interesting for guitar pop lovers and indie pop fans. Our friend Jonny Rasheed sent us a few cop...
05/12/2022

This one should be very interesting for guitar pop lovers and indie pop fans. Our friend Jonny Rasheed sent us a few copies of his album. These are the last copies that were still available. "Inspiration" was released in 1993 and can undoubtedly be called a guitar pop classic. Guest musicians on the album included people from Blueboy and The Rileys. Copies of the album are now considered untraceable. If you are interested in the CD, please send us a message. The price is 27,00 euro. We have only 10 copies available.

FST 195 The Friday Club - Hearts Will Win. Our first release in 2023 and what a great one it is!! "Hearts Will Win" will...
30/11/2022

FST 195 The Friday Club - Hearts Will Win. Our first release in 2023 and what a great one it is!! "Hearts Will Win" will be available from us on limited Vinyl and CD. The LP-version will contain 15 tracks while the CD-version will have 20 tracks! Official release date will be 27.01.2023. Pre-orders are possible from 04.12.2022. Both versions will be sell fast, there will no second pressing! Prices will be as follows: CD: 15 euro, Vinyl: 26 euro. Please ask for shipping costs.

Please find tracklist as follows:

Vinyl:

A

Promise
Bitter Sweet
Paradise Line
Honeyland
Easy Life
Keys of the City
Black Economy
The Friday Club

B

Easy Live (Live)
Honeyland (Live)
Hangover Square (Live)
Promise (Live)
Forbidden Fruit (Live)
Window Shopping (Live)
Black Economy (Live)
Mercy (On My Soul)

CD:

Promise
Bitter Sweet
Paradise Line
Honeyland
Easy Life
Keys of the City
Black Economy
The Friday Club
Easy Live (Live)
Honeyland (Live)
Hangover Square (Live)
Promise (Live)
Forbidden Fruit (Live)
Window Shopping (Live)
Black Economy (Live)
Mercy (On My Soul)
Tissue of Lies
Hangover Square
Since You Went Away
If You Want Me to Stay

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