Debut release from our sister label....

The Store Keys are the psych pop collaboration featuring Stevie Jackson of Belle and Sebastian, Marco Rea and Stuart Kidd (The Wellgreen), Roy Moller and Lorne Cowieson. This is the debut single release, limited to 500 copies on 7" vinyl. The B-Side features the song Red Light from 'Wellgreens' the debut album by The Wellgreen.

The release is on Barne Society Records, sister label of Starla.##

You can buy it on limited 7" vinyl and download here

New 45 from The DT6 - Now Available -

The latest Starla 45 has now arrived in the shape of "Donkey Chop" from The DT6 b/w "Scotstoun Shuffle" with guest vocals from Mr Paul Mills.
This time the vinyl is limited to 300 copies, so this will sell out very quickly, we suggest you get your orders in ASAP!
Here are the audio clips, orders can be placed on the side bar on the right of this page, or email us via the CONTACT page -

The DT6 - Donkey Chop (Clip)

Paul Mills & The DT6 - Scotstoun Shuffle (Clip)

Starla 1003 Has Arrived! - Hear it Now...

Well folks, the third Starla 45 has arrived in the shape of The Privates Hammond Orchestra with "The Chop" . The main track is a rocking instrumental follow-up to the band's debut release on RecordKicks earlier this year. Over on the B-Side there is a version of Nat Adderley's "Work Song" in the inimitable Privates style.

The record was debuted at Friday Street (Scotland's Premier Mod Club) over the weekend by Guest DJ Mark Robb and the reception so far has been fantastic. We were selling them to the dancers in the street outside at 3am!

Orders are now being taken for copies at the very reasonable price of £5 each + P&P - order with the paypal button on this page or email us at starlarecords (at) gmail.com

Here is a sample of the track

Coming Very Soon!

Here's a sneak peek at the forthcoming third Starla single from The Privates Hammond Orchestra with "The Chop". The singles (limited edition of 500 only copies) are being pressed at the moment and will be available to order shortly.

Coming Soon....

Heres a sneak preview for our next release - the third Starla Records 45 comes from The
Privates Hammond Orchrestra - more info soon...

More Live Footage from The Privates in Spain

From THE BEAT GOES ON 2010 Mod & 60's rally in Luanco (Asturias-Spain)
The winter EUROYEYE MOD RALLY. www.myspace.com/euroyeye

First up - Jimmy Smith's "The Cat"


And their version of "Turtle Walk" from Lou Donaldson

The Privates Hammond Orchestra - Live In Spain - January 2010

Catch some of the highlights of The Privates Hammond Orchestra's recent trip to play in Spain here, including an exclusive live version of the band's forthcoming single on Starla Records with "The Chop".








For all the latest live dates and news on The Privates Hammond Orchestra check http://www.myspace.com/theprivateshammond

Hogmanay Hootenanny 2009

Hogmanay Hootenanny 2009

GLASGOW R&B FESTIVAL presents HOGMANAY HOOTENANNY 2009 @ V Club, Sauchiehall St. Glasgow.
10pm-5am on December 31 2009.

Top quality r'n'b, rock'n'roll, soul and ska to see in the New Year! Tickets £20 (£15 early bird special). Tickets available from www.ticketweb.co.uk, www.tickets-scotland.com, The variety Bar 0141 332 4449, Blackfriars Bar 0141 552 5924

The Main Room will house the Festival Dance Floor with live performances from The Five Aces, The Bottleneckers & The Privates Hammond Orchestra. DJ's The Glasgow R&B Festival DJ's Aaron and Tony (All Tore Up), Jennie and Colin Baillie (Double Breasted Modzine), David Stone (Vintage Voltage), Richard Rinn (The Bottleneckers), JA live selectors Brian & Hectorrr, Mark Robb and Craig 'Loosejoints' (Starla Records), Junior Otaman.

More over on MySpace

The Privates Hammond Orchestra - Debut 45 - OUT NOW!!

At long last we are delighted to let you know the debut from out latest Starla act - 'The Privates Hammond Orchestra' is out now on Starla/RecordKicks 45 and mp3.

The storming R&B of The Privates backing Joe Kane with his composition on the A-side with "I'm Sorry (Can I Please Come Home)" and the B-side has The Privates own "The Battle of Yoker" an instrumental tittyshaker style workout that has echoes of Jack McDuff and Booker T & the MGs.

The single is in stock and ready for download over at the RecordKicks wesbite and in all good vendors Worldwide from this week. Reactions so far have been fantastic, with great feedback from djs, critics and dancers alike as well as play on the airwaves from the likes of Mark Lamarr on BBC Radio 2's 'God's Jukebox'.

"Top notch thumping Hammond shaker – save it for the top of the night!" - Jazzman Gerald

"cracking bit of driving hammond." - Modculture.co.uk

"an upbeat piece of rockin R&B" - Double Breasted Modzine

Soulshaker Vol 6 OUT NOW - The Privates Hammond Orchestra DEBUT!!!!!

The Privates Hammond Orchestra make their debut with a track included on the Soulshaker Volume 6 Compilation on the excellent RecordKicks from Milan. Alongside such luminaries as Jimi Tenor, Nicole Willis, The New Mastersounds, Kenny Dope and many more. The Privates are joined by vocalist and composer for the track Joe Kane, for his "I'm Sorry (Can I Please Come Home)".

There will be an 45 of the track backed with The Privates own "The Battle Of Yoker" on the flip, more details soon. In the meantime check out (and buy) the album on CD and download here

Furthur Volume 1 - Craig Loosejoints Mix For Download

The latest in the mix series is, as The Who would say, a quick one. Mixed live in the process of procrastinating over other things, this is a mix of more leftfield sounds covering psych, oddball soundtracks, space-jazz and eastern beat from Craig Loosejoints. No tracklisting this time, but points for ones you can spot - Enjoy! Craig Loosejoints - Furthur Vol 1

More Private Exploits...

Following a storming set at The Wee Chill Festival this week, The Privates Hammond Orchestra return a week later a Glasgow's soul institution Divine on Sat 3 October at Glasgow School of Art. Matching this dynamite three piece with a club night that's dedicated to the best in Soul, Funk, 60s Beat and other grooves is a no-brainer and sure to be the best night out in the Northern Hemisphere this week. To ensure full potential for pleasure, we'd recommend the excellent pre-club "Get The Records On" hosted by Jamie & Ian at the CCA bar next to the Art School from 8pm. See you there!

More Starla Related Events This Weekend

We've got another couple of Starla events this weekend coming, first of all our old friend Kevin Rowland (of Dexy's Midnight Runners) will be returning to Glasgow for a dj set at the Rio Cafe on Friday night (Friday 25 September) . Kevin made the trip up last year and played an amazing set with added live vocals at the Starla DJs old Sunday Service club, and we've stayed in touch since. This time Kevin is playing a low-profile bar show just for you!

Then on Saturday (26 Sept) Craig Loosejoints will be djing at the second Wee Chill Festival of the year at Glasgow's Queen's Park Glasshouse. Also appearing are Starla recording artists and all-round good-guys The Privates Hammond Orchestra. Set times are still TBC, but the whole shebang runs from 6pm-12am

Craig and fellow Starla DJ Mark Robb will also be spinning at the official Wee Chill afterparty at The Admiral on Waterloo Street till 3am. Full details here

Privates On Parade

Over the past couple of months we've been working in the Starla studios with local heroes The Privates Hammond Orchestra on a number of recording projects. We're pleased to announce that the results of these sessions will include a co-release with the excellent Record Kicks Records of Milan on a 45 release and a track contributed to the next installement of their dynamite "Soulshaker" compilation series. There is also a Starla debut 45 for The Privates to come and the results of some soundtrack work we've been doing with them as well. More details to come.

In the meantime, if you want to get in on the ground floor of The Privates rise to world domination you could do worse than head to Glasgow's renowned Rio Cafe this coming friday at 9pm for a free-entry performance by the band.

For those of you further afield, you could do worse than checking out their Privates for yourself over here http://www.myspace.com/theprivateshammond

Words from the Don...

The DT6: The Theme From ‘The Baden Persuader' (Starla)

So here’s the second great 45 from this Glasgow-based Funk label. Obviously not trying to pose as an original late-60’s Funk record it succeeds on many levels because it’s a cross of modern studio sounds and live musicianship merging together to give us a track in the ‘blaxploitation’style of soundtrack Funk. It works perfectly and is as equally as good as anything in this style that has gone before.

Snowboy – Blues & Soul Magazine Summer 2009

Starla Dancefloor Selections Volume 1 - Craig Loosejoints - Mix For Download

The next in the series of Starla mix cds comes in the shape of Dancefloor Selections Volume 1. Pretty self-explanatory really, its a handful of some of our current dancefloor favourites. Theres a bit of jazz, northern soul, funk, r&b, latin, sitar beat, garage and freakbeat in there, old and new, all from original vinyl. Enjoy!
Craig Reece (Loosejoints) - Starla Dancefloor Selections Volume 1

DT6 MP3s Now Available / New Chart / Craig Loosejoints @ Modrophenia

For those of you not fortunate enough to have vinyl playing facilities (sort it out asap people!) we now have mp3s, wavs etc of both the DT6 Starla singles available from the usual outlets (I-Tunes, Play.com, emusic etc and our friends over at Juno) for a only a few pence each!

Speaking of Juno Records, we have a new chart online there to tide you over till the next Starla dj mix goes online, featuring our current favourite tracks that are in-stock here

More news soon, in the meantime if you're in Glasgow next weekend, Starla's own Craig (Loosejoints) will be guesting at Modrophenia at Maggie Mays next Friday 4 September playing a 45s set of dancefloor fireworks, more info here

Very Limited Re-stock of "The Baden Persuader"

We've managed to scrape together a few more copies from the Starla offices, so if you've missed out and would like to order one, now's your chance - order at the top right of this page, or email us for details on starlarecords (at) gmail.com

News of the next couple of projects from Starla will be announced, soon. We've been busy in the studio for the last couple of weeks and are very excited about out new material and new Starla recording artists. More new soon.....

Craig Loosejoints - Jukebox Jazz - Mix For Download

Volume three of the Starla Mix CD series is now available in the shape of "Jukebox Jazz" selected and mixed by Starla's own Craig Loosejoints. A mix of jazz tracks with an eye on the dancefloor, this is a mix of 45s and LP tracks both well known and obscure, with the emphasis on a personal selection of favourites. Down load with cover art here - Craig Loosejoints - Jukebox Jazz

Hot Hot Hot!!!!!!!!!!!!

First of all we're now down to the last box of copies of "(Theme From) The Baden Persuader", thats about 20 copies so please don't hesitate if you're wanting a copy, cos we ain't re-pressing (unless you're going to order 300 or something).

We've also been working away at Starla HQ (aka "The Barn") our heavily fortified Glasgow studio, in the last week with the latest label artistes "The Star-Las". Less of a jazz tribute to Scouse-songsters of the nineties, more of a three-headed R&B/boogaloo monster bearing drums, guitar and TWO Hammond organs. Sessions have gone extremely well so far and new music will be unveiled very soon, to be first to hear about it, email us at starlarecords (at) gmail.com and we'll keep you in the loop.

No new artwork as yet, but to keep the page from being a mass of text, heres a pic from the recent DT6 show at the Old Fruitmarket with JTQ as part of the Glasgow Jazz Festival