Rectangle's Podcast

Claire Wilcock ( Planet Claire) talked with Clare Wadd, co owner of Sarah Records. Recorded and produced by Benjamin Schoos for radio rectangle Sarah Records was a UK independent record label active between 1987 and 1995,[1] best known for its recordings of indie pop.The label was formed in Bristol in 1987 by Clare Wadd and Matt Haynes, and grew out of the fanzine scene at the time, Haynes having previously edited Are You Scared To Get Happy?,[2] and Wadd Kvatch. Both these fanzines had given away flexidiscs - indeed, Are You Scared To Get Happy? had been part of the Sha-la-la organisation, a record label set up solely to produce flexidiscs. Several Sarah releases were fanzines and flexi-discs, as it was felt this summed up the aesthetic of the label better than 12" singles and albums.[2]Sarah Records was usually seen as being grounded in the C86 jangly indie-pop sensibility, though the late Seventies DIY scene and independent yet stylish and imaginative labels such as Postcard Records, Factory and Creation,