Croydon Municipal
Return to previous pageCroydon Municipal is a label curated by Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley that loves to root through boxes of old 45s and 78s, give them a quick wash, package them together, and make them available again at a nice affordable price. We think of it as a public service.
It’s also intended as a way of curating the past, the early years of pop – almost everything is out there and available if you know which dusty rooms to look in, but you have to have the keys.
Croydon Municipal is an attempt to make sense of the analogue pop era in a digital world.
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Girls Gonna Bop: Rockin’ Girls From The Late 50s
Various Artists
On Bob Stanley's label, here is a collection of rocking rarities from 50s girls who rarely got the chance to challenge the dominant males of the era, but sound top of the shop to 21st century ears in tune with legends like Wanda Jackson and Ella Mae Morse. They are both included among two dozen terrific, hard boppin' tracks with a side order of country twang.
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On Bob Stanley's label, following up the acclaimed SOHO CONTINENTAL, here is a collection of coffee bar sounds from 50s and 60s London, the soundtrack to the birth of rock'n'roll, Gaggia machines, capuccinos, jukeboxes blasting out UK born sounds for boys in leather and beehived girls.
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And This Is Me: Britain’s Finest Thespians Sing
Various Artists
• Carry On stars by the truckload
• Most tracks available for the first time on CD
• Gorgeous artwork
• Thorough sleevenotes by noted pop historian Bob Stanley
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Doo Wop Soda Shop
Various Artists
On Bob Stanley's Croydon Municipal label, here is DOO WOP SODA SHOP - a warm and wonderful collection of American vocal group rarities that evoke the spirit of the innocent fifties – the after school romance, sharing a soda as the jukebox plays haunting and atmospheric vocal harmony 45s.
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Soho Continental
Various Artists
On Bob Stanley's label, here is an exotic collection of rarities that evoke the heart of Bohemian London in the fifties and sixties. The coffee bars, the trattorias, the ouzo, Ricard and whatever Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud's tipple might be in the Colony Room.
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All About The Girls – Lost Girl Group Gems Of The 1960s
Various Artists
Renowned girl group collector Bob Stanley pulls 24 gems out of his collection. It’s a fabulous cross section of this much-loved sixties genre, ranging from...
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Songs For Swinging Ghosts
Various Artists
Here's a classy collection of sexy sirens and cool ghouls, a party friendly selection that could have been the soundtrack to Carry On Screaming!
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Troxy Music: Fifties and Sixties Film Themes Screen 2
Various Artists
On Bob Stanley’s label, following up the acclaimed first volume of Troxy Music, here is another batch of film themes from the 50s and 60s,...
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Popcorn Exotica: R&B, Soul and Exotic Rockers From The 50s & 60s
Various Artists
On Bob Stanley’s label, following up the acclaimed Popcorn Girls (“this enchanting… enlightening collection is an indispensable window on a rarely celebrated scene” – The...
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Saint Etienne Presents: Songs For A London Winter
Various Artists
Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs have ransacked their record collections, with a helping hand from DJ Martin Green, to give you the sound of Piccadilly in December – baubles, bangles, tinsel and whisky macs. This is a decidedly London selection – Joe Henderson's ‘Sleighride’ has the distinct feel of Hampstead Heath rather than Lapland.
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Such A Much! R&B Girls of the 50s & 60s
Various Artists
• Here’s a crunching collection of R&B girls, with coyness in short supply. In fact, the sassy singers gathered here on this collection of rockers,...
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TV Is The Thing: Fifties And Sixties Television Themes
Various Artists
• From the wide-open skies of Champion The Wonder Horse to the mean streets of Z Cars Merseyside via Anthony Newley’s oddball Gurney Slade, here...
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