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{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Fledg'ling Records
| founded     = {{start date|1995}}
| founder     = David Suff
| genre       = British folk, folk rock
| country     = England
| location    = London
| website    ={{URL|thebeesknees.com}}
}}
[[File:RalphMcTellWithDavidSuffCornwall2006.jpg|thumb|Fledg'ling founder David Suff (right of photo) with singer-songwriter [[Ralph McTell]] (left) photographed in Cornwall in 2006]]

'''Fledg'ling Records''' is a British [[independent record label]] founded in 1991. The label has re-released some albums previously issued by Hokey Pokey Records which was also run by the Fledg'ling founder—David Suff. David Suff having been half of the team running the Richard Thompson fanzine—"Hokey Pokey" (named after a [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard]] and [[Linda Thompson (singer)|Linda Thompson]] LP). Both record labels specialise in classic and new British folk and [[folk-rock]]. Fledg'ling is based in London.

Their first release was ''[[Alright Jack]]'' by [[Home Service]] in 1991 (FLY 001). Indeed, no other records can be traced on the label until another album by Home Service "Wild Life" in 1995. Many of the early releases feature contributions by [[Graeme Taylor]]. The graphic artist David Suff<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidsuff.com/ |title=David Suff |publisher=David Suff |date= |accessdate=2014-08-13}}</ref> is the only publicly acknowledged name to be associated with the label.

They are funded or supported by enthusiasts of this kind of music - [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]] and [[Davey Graham]]. The most  acclaimed releases by Fledg'ling have been boxed sets of [[Sandy Denny]], [[Shirley Collins]] and [[Ralph McTell]], and three albums by [[Helen Watson (singer-songwriter)|Helen Watson]] (Somersault (1997), Doffing (1999) and Lifesize (2002)).

In 2016, [[Dom Flemons]] played alongside the British guitarist [[Martin Simpson]], to jointly record the Fledg'ling Records album, ''A Selection of Ever Popular Favourites''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dom-flemons-mn0000578398/biography|title=Dom Flemons - Biography & History|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dom-flemons-mn0000578398/discography|title=Dom Flemons - Album Discography|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref><ref ">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/selection-of-ever-popular-favourites-mw0002985032|title=A Selection of Ever Popular Favourites - Dom Flemons, Martin Simpson - User Reviews|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=20 February 2019}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of record labels]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.shirleycollins.co.uk/disco.html|title = Shirley Collins official Discography 1955 - 2011"|publisher = Authorised Shirley Collins Website|accessdate = 18 April 2015}}


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[[Category:British independent record labels]]
[[Category:Record labels established in 1991]]
[[Category:Folk record labels]]
[[Category:1991 establishments in the United Kingdom]]


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