Editing Transcopic Records

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox record label
| image = TranscopicRecordsLogo.jpg
| parent = [[EMI]]
| founded = 1998
| founder = [[Graham Coxon]]
| status = Defunct
| defunct = 2005
| distributor = [[Parlophone]]
| genre = [[Alternative rock]], [[indie rock]], [[Lo-fi music|lo-fi]]
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| location    = [[London]]
}}

'''Transcopic''' was a British [[record label]] created in 1998 by [[Blur (band)|Blur]] guitarist [[Graham Coxon]] for his solo releases, as well as those of other left field artists.<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|date=27 May 2011|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=%22transcopic+records%22&pg=PA2006-IA1461|publisher=[[Music Sales Group|Omnibus Press]]|isbn=9780857125958|accessdate=2 January 2015}}</ref> Along with Coxon's music, the label issued records by acts such as [[Ooberman]], [[The Buff Medways]], [[You Am I]], and [[Billy Childish]]. It was co-owned by Jamie Davis, who subsequently co-founded [[Ark Recordings]] and founded [[The Jaded Hearts Club]] .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rage/archive/s2428922.htm|title=Sparkadia|date=29 November 2008|publisher=[[ABC Online]]|accessdate=2 January 2015}}</ref>

Coxon issued his first five solo albums and their associated singles on the label between 1998 and 2005. After the closure of Transcopic, Coxon released his sixth album, ''[[Love Travels at Illegal Speeds]]'' (2006), via [[Parlophone]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Power|first=Martin|date=10 June 2013|title=The Life of Blur|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XjIDAwAAQBAJ&q=%22transcopic+records%22&pg=PT389|publisher=[[Music Sales Group|Omnibus Press]]|isbn=978-1-7803-8697-3|accessdate=2 January 2015}}</ref>

==Selected releases==
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* Assembly Line People Program - ''Noise Vision 80'' (TRAN001)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Transcopic Records Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/transcopic-records-mn0000276926 |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ooberman]]  - "Sugar Bum" (TRAN002)<ref name="mcs">{{cite book |author1=Strong, Martin C. |author1-link=Martin C. Strong |title=The great indie discography |date=2003 |publisher=Canongate |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-1-84195-335-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/greatindiediscog0000stro/page/902/mode/1up?q=%22Ooberman%22 |access-date=28 May 2024 |page=902}}</ref>
* Control Freaks - ''Agro'' (TRAN003)
* Assembly Line People Program - ''Critical Gate'' (TRAN004)
* [[Graham Coxon]] - ''[[The Sky is Too High]]'' (TRANCD005/TRANLP005)
* Assembly Line People Program - ''Subdivision of Being'' (TRANCD006/TRANLP006)
* [[Bunsen Honeydew]] - ''Didn't You Used To Be Invisible?'' (TRAN007)
* Graham Coxon - ''[[The Golden D]]'' (TRANCD0)
* Mower - ''Na'' (TRAN008)
* Mower - ''Drinking For Britain'' (TRANCD009/TRAN009)
* Graham Coxon - ''[[Crow Sit On Blood Tree]]'' (TRANCD010/TRANLP010)
* Graham Coxon - ''Thank God For The Rain/You Never Will Be'' (TRANCD011/TRAN011)
* [[The Buff Medways]] - ''A Strange Kind of Happiness'' (TRAN012)
* Mower - ''Mower'' (TRANCD013/TRANLP013)
* Mower - ''Rest in Peace'' (TRAN014)
* The Buff Medways - ''Troubled Mind / Leave My Kitten Alone'' (TRAN015)
* The Buff Medways - ''Steady The Buffs'' (TRAN016/TRANLP016)
* The Buff Medways - ''Strood Lights / You Make Me Die'' (TRAN017)
* Graham Coxon - ''[[The Kiss of Morning]]'' (TRANCD018/TRANLP018)
* Louis Vause - ''Pianophernalia'' (TRANCD019)
* Graham Coxon - ''Escape Song / Mountain of Regret'' (TRANCD020)
* [[You Am I]] - ''[[No After You Sir...: An Introduction to You Am I]]'' (TRANCD021)
* Mower - ''After Dark'' (TRANCD022/TRAN022)
* Mower - ''The Morning After'' (TRANCD023/TRAN023)
* Mower - ''People Are Cruel'' (TRANCD023/TRANLP023)
* The Buff Medways - ''Just 15'' (TRAN025)
* The Buff Medways - ''1914'' (TRANCD026/TRANLP026)
* [[Neon (Australian band)|Neon]] - ''A Man'' (TRANCD027)
* [[Neon (Australian band)|Neon]] - ''Hit Me Again'' (TRANCD028)

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

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/transcopic-records-mn0000276926/credits Releases crediting Transcopic Records] at [[AllMusic]]
*[https://musicbrainz.org/label/1294b462-87a7-4d4e-be9c-4c9962a5f395 Transcopic Records (EMI)]

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[[Category:British record labels]]
[[Category:Vanity record labels]]
[[Category:Record labels established in 1998]]
[[Category:Indie rock record labels]]
[[Category:Graham Coxon]]


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