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Repeat Records
Repeat Records (aka R*E*P*E*A*T Records) is a British independent record label, fanzine and music promoter, based in Swansea, South Wales and with links to its home of 24 years, Cambridge, England. R*E*P*E*A*T began as a fanzine, started in 1994 by Cambridge schoolteacher Richard Rose under his stage name Rosey R*E*P*E*A*T. Originally a messy cut and paste homage to the literature and adrenaline fuelled genius of Manic Street Preachers, it grew in subsequent issues to include articles about the local and national music scene, socialist and anti-racist issues and other polemical rants, images, poems and opinions. After a few years the fanzine enjoyed one of the largest print runs in the country. Much of its content gradually became web based, with its site repeatfanzine.co.uk reportedly attracting 4 million hits from 300,000 users in 2018. In 2011 a book compiling many of the articles and photos from the early printed issues, along with a compilation CD, was published. The fanzine quickly evolved into live music promotion and a label; this latter began in 1997 with the issue of a white label vinyl free with the fanzine. The track 'Patrick' by Cambridge band Freeboy was played on Radio One by Steve Lamacq, who has been a consistent supporter of the label ever since.…
Article summary
Repeat Records (aka R*E*P*E*A*T Records) is a British independent record label, fanzine and music promoter, based in Swansea, South Wales and with links to its home of 24 years, Cambridge, England. R*E*P*E*A*T began as a fanzine, started in 1994 by Cambridge schoolteacher Richard Rose under his stage name Rosey R*E*P*E*A*T. Originally a messy cut and paste homage to the literature and adrenaline fuelled genius of Manic Street Preachers, it grew in subsequent issues to include articles about the local and national music scene, socialist and anti-racist issues and other polemical rants, images, poems and opinions. After a few years the fanzine enjoyed one of the largest print runs in the country. Much of its content gradually became web based, with its site repeatfanzine.co.uk reportedly attracting 4 million hits from 300,000 users in 2018. In 2011 a book compiling many of the articles and photos from the early printed issues, along with a compilation CD, was published. The fanzine quickly evolved into live music promotion and a label; this latter began in 1997 with the issue of a white label vinyl free with the fanzine. The track 'Patrick' by Cambridge band Freeboy was played on Radio One by Steve Lamacq, who has been a consistent supporter of the label ever since.…
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Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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