Sarah Records

这是1995年10月，Sarah公司宣布解散之时在NME/Melody Maker发表的声明。

一段时光的终结

...一切只因你曾在19岁...

想创造一些完美而纯粹的东西？

尽管有一天你会将他们付之一炬

注视着被它点亮的城市灯火渐起

然后让生命的每一天都凝结如此回忆

本来就没什么海枯石烂的事情，乐队做完一首歌就解散，你听到一首完美曲子，然后满意离开，你的恋人转身走进凌晨5点的雨中，今生今世永不相逢……习惯和拒绝改变，才永远是你做任何事情的最大障碍。

所以要在100张精美的唱片完成后终结这个唱片厂牌，它们刻画了流行音乐最绚烂的痕迹，不止在于那些彩色的vinyl 7寸唱片，低保真的十轨EP，或者任何的营销噱头。

Sarah只属于我们自己，它是我们想要创造出和毁灭掉的东西。我们永不旧话重提。

我们想在绚烂的色彩里燃烧，冲动，眩晕，痴狂；我们在崭新的地方亲吻人群，精致，敏感；我们敢于结束一切。

革命的首要行动就是破坏，第一个要销毁的是过去。这样的惊惶如同开始恋爱，它让我们感到自己的存在。

众所周知，伦敦是英国唱片工业的基地，不过我们今天不谈伦敦的唱片工业，也不谈那里的流行巨星。从伦敦一直往西，在Bristol海峡的东边，有一个同名港口小城Bristol。今日Bristol显赫的声名大概来自于上世纪90年代中后期的Trip-hop低调电子乐风潮。在那个出现了Massive Attack,Tricky,Portishead等Trip-hop三巨头的城市，还曾有过另一段另类音乐的传奇，这就是致力于制作独立流行音乐(Indie Pop)的唱片厂牌Sarah。

1987年，当Clare Wadd和Matt Haynes成立这个小唱片公司的时候，它还只是Clifton吊桥沿途的一个小地下室。关于Sarah公司在音乐本身之外的运作理念，说起来令人费解，当然它也许是某些社会学批评家感兴趣的话题，Sarah认为它的唱片发行到一百张之时，希望会有一场全球性的社会主义革命，而实际上，当Sarah 100真的出现时，除了资本主义全球一体化愈加变本加厉之外，地球依旧在我们心灵之外悲伤旋转，这个世界上什么激动人心的事情也没发生。

Sarah是个跛着腿奋力向左倾斜的堂吉科德，这往往是人们津津乐道的热点，而它音乐本身的美学姿态才是真正的妙不可言。Sarah在音乐上的成就非常简单明了，即是它从87年到95年发行的100张低成本高水准的独立流行乐唱片，包括专辑，单曲，EP和合辑。它很好的给别的唱片公司上了一课：即使不烧钱也能做出不是垃圾的流行乐。而且Sarah在唱片平面设计上更有独到美感，宁静唯美之势直逼另类圣殿4.A.D的专业美工小组。

1995年8月，Sarah公司发行了它第一百张也是最后一张专辑Sarah 100后宣布关闭。Sarah 100不能算是Sarah系列唱片中最出色的一张，但它集合了几乎所有Sarah旗下的知名乐队，既是Sarah音乐品味的精粹，亦可见证90'独立音乐之唯美传奇。

幸运的是，Sarah公司合伙人之一的Matt Haynes后来在伦敦创建另一独立厂牌Shinkansen，Shinkansen 继承了Sarah失落的音乐世界。众多Sarah的精华乐队,艺人也转入Shinkansen旗下，包括Trembling Blue Stars, Harvey Williams,Blueboy, Fosca，The Field Mice等等。

Sarah出品唱片编号和名称

EP:

Sarah 001: The Sea Urchins - Pristine Christine

Sarah 002: The Orchids - I've Got a Habit

Sarah 003: Another Sunny Day - Anorak City

Sarah 004: Fanzines - Fanzine

Sarah 005: 14 Iced Bears - Come Get Me

Sarah 006: The Poppyheads - Cremation Town

Sarah 007: Another Sunny Day - I'm In Love With A Girl Who Doesn't Know I Exist

Sarah 008: The Sea Urchins - Solace

Sarah 009: The Golden Dawn - My Secret World

Sarah 010: The Springfields - Sunflower

Sarah 011: The Orchids - Underneath The Window, Underneath The Sink

Sarah 012: The Field Mice - Emma's House

Sarah 013: Christine's Cat - Your Love Is...

Sarah 014: Fanzines - Cold / Lemonade

Sarah 014a: Fanzines - Lemonade - A Fanzine

Sarah 014aa: Fanzines - Cold - A Lie

Sarah 015: St. Christopher - You Deserve More Than A Maybe

Sarah 016: Another Sunny Day - What's Happened?

Sarah 017: The Golden Dawn - George Hamilton's Dead

Sarah 018: The Field Mice - Sensitive

Sarah 019: Brighter - Around the World In Eighty Days

Sarah 020: St. Christopher - All Of A Tremble

Sarah 021: The Wake - Crush The Flowers

Sarah 022: Another Sunny Day - You Should All Be Murdered

Sarah 023: The Orchids - What Will We Do Next?

Sarah 024: The Field Mice - The Autumn Store Pt. 1

Sarah 025: The Field Mice - The Autumn Store Pt. 2

Sarah 026: Gentle Despite - Darkest Blue

Sarah 027: Brighter - Noah's Ark

Sarah 028: Action Painting! - These Things Happen

Sarah 029: The Orchids - Something For The Longing

Sarah 030: Heavenly - I Fell In Love Last Night

Sarah 031: Eternal - Breathe

Sarah 032: Fanzines - Sunstroke

Sarah 033: The Sea Urchins - A Morning Odyssey

Sarah 034: St. Christopher - Antoinette

Sarah 035: Another Sunny Day - Rio

Sarah 036: The Sweetest Ache - If I Could Shine

Sarah 037: Even As We Speak - Nothing Ever Happens

Sarah 038: The Field Mice - So Said Kay

Sarah 039: The Sweetest Ache - Tell Me How It Feels

Sarah 040: The Springfields - Wonder

Sarah 041: Heavenly - Our Love Is Heavenly

Sarah 042: The Orchids - Penetration

Sarah 043: Tramway - Maritime City

Sarah 044: The Field Mice - September's Not So Far Away

Sarah 045: Gentle Despite - Torment To Me

Sarah 046: St. Christopher - Say Yes To Everything

Sarah 047: The Sweetest Ache - Sickening

Sarah 048: The Wake - Major John

Sarah 049: Even As We Speak - One Step Forward

Sarah 050: Fanzines - Saropoly

Sarah 051: Heavenly - So Little Deserve

Sarah 052: Tramway - Sweet Chariot

Sarah 053: Secret Shine - After Years

Sarah 054: The Forever People - Invisible

Sarah 055: Blueboy - Clearer

Sarah 056: Brighter - Half-Hearted

Sarah 057: The Field Mice - Missing The Moon

Sarah 058: The Hit Parade - In Gunnersbury Park

Sarah 059: Even As We Speak - Beautiful Day

Sarah 060: Another Sunny Day - New Year's Honours

Sarah 061: Secret Shine - Ephemeral

Sarah 062: The Rosaries - Forever

Sarah 063: The Sugargliders - Letter From A Lifeboat

Sarah 064: The Harvest Ministers - You Do My World The World of Good

Sarah 065: Blueboy - Popkiss

Sarah 066: The Orchids - Thaumaturgy

Sarah 067: The Sugargliders - Seventeen

Sarah 068: The Harvest Ministers - Six O'Clock Is Rosary

Sarah 069: Brighter - Disney

Sarah 070: Blueboy - Cloud Babies

Sarah 070a: Fanzines - Just As Good As I Should Be

Sarah 070b: Fanzines - Nice Boys Prefer Vanilla

Sarah 070c: Fanzines - I Am Telling You Because You Are Far Away

Sarah 071: Secret Shine - Loveblind

Sarah 072: The Sugargliders - Ahprahran

Sarah 073: Action Painting! - Classical Music

Sarah 074: Blueboy - Meet Johnny Rave

Sarah 075: East River Pipe - Helmet On

Sarah 076: Boyracer - B Is For Boyracer ep.

Sarah 077: The Sugargliders - Trumpet Play

Sarah 078: East River Pipe - She's A Real Good Time

Sarah 079: Even As We Speak - Blue Eyes Deceiving Me

Sarah 080: Blueboy - Some Gorgeous Accident

Sarah 081: Heavenly - P.U.N.K. Girl

Sarah 082: Heavenly - Atta Girl

Sarah 083: The Sugargliders - Will We Ever Learn?

Sarah 084: The Harvest Ministers - If It Kills Me And It Will

Sarah 085: Boyracer - From Purity To Purgatory

Sarah 086: The Sugargliders - Top 40 Sculpture

Sarah 087: Action Painting! - Mustard Gas

Sarah 088: Blueboy - River

Sarah 089: Secret Shine - Greater Than God

Sarah 090: The Hit Parade - Autobiography

Sarah 091: Ivy - Wish You Would

Sarah 092: Ivy - Avenge

Sarah 093: Aberdeen - Byron

Sarah 094: Northern Picture Library - Paris

Sarah 095: Northern Picture Library - Last September's Farewell Kiss

Sarah 096: Boyracer - Pure Hatred 96

Sarah 097: Aberdeen - Fireworks

Sarah 098: Shelley - Reproduction Is Pollution

Sarah 099: Blueboy - Dirty Mags

10" LPs

Sarah 401: The Orchids - Lyceum

Sarah 402: The Field Mice - Snowball

Sarah 403: St. Christopher - Bacharach

Sarah 404: Brighter - Laurel

Sarah 405: East River Pipe - Goodbye California

Sarah 406: Harvey Williams - Rebellion

Sarah 407: East River Pipe - Even The Sun Was Afraid

12" LPs

Sarah 601: The Field Mice - Skywriting

Sarah 602: The Wake - Make It Loud

Sarah 603: Heavenly - Heavenly Vs. Satan

Sarah 604: Talulah Gosh! - They've Scoffed The Lot

Sarah 605: The Orchids - Unholy Soul

Sarah 606: The Field Mice - Coastal

Sarah 607: The Field Mice - For Keeps

Sarah 608: The Sweetest Ache - Jaguar

Sarah 609: The Sea Urchins - Stardust

Sarah 610: Heavenly - Le Jardin De Heavenly

Sarah 611: The Orchids - Epicurean - A Soundtrack

Sarah 612: Blueboy - If Wishes Were Horses

Sarah 613: Another Sunny Day - London Weekend

Sarah 614: Even As We Speak - Feral Pop Frenzy

Sarah 615: Secret Shine - Untouched

Sarah 616: The Harvest Ministers - Little Dark Mansion

Sarah 617: The Orchids - Striving For The Lazy Perfection

Sarah 618: The Wake - Tidal Wave of Hype

Sarah 619: The Sugargliders - We're All Trying To Get There

Sarah 620: Blueboy - Unisex

Sarah 621: East River Pipe - Poor Fricky

Sarah 622: The Hit Parade - The Sound Of The Hit Parade

Sarah 623: Heavenly - The Decline And Fall Of Heavenly

Compilations

Sarah 587: Various Artists - Shadow Factory

Sarah 376: Various Artists - Temple Cloud

Sarah 545: Various Artists - Air Balloon Road

Sarah 501: Various Artists - Glass Arcade

Sarah 583: Various Artists - Fountain Island

Sarah 628: Various Artists - Engine Common

Sarah 530: Various Artists - Gaol Ferry Bridge

Sarah 359: Various Artists - Battery Point

Sarah 100: Various Artists - There And Back Again Lane