A Big Frock Rekord

	A Big Frock Rekord
Type	Independent
Founded	1980
Founder(s)	David Ball, Marc Almond
Status	Active
Origin	United Kingdom
Artist(s)	Soft Cell ; Dave Ball

A Big Frock Rekord is an independent record label created by David Ball and Marc Almond in 1980. It was initially made for their debut record as Soft Cell, released the same year, and wasn't used until 2018.

History[edit | edit source]

A Big Frock Rekord was created in 1980 by Dave Ball and Marc Almond for Soft Cell's first, self-produced record – Mutant Moments. The main reason to make a DIY EP was that established independent record labels like Mute and Rough Trade haven't showed interest in duo's demo tapes.^[1]^[2] The name of the label came from Liz Pugh, clothes designer and then partner of Huw Feather, Almond's friend and future Soft Cell art director.^[2]

Shortly after release of Mutant Moments, Stevo noticed Soft Cell and signed them to his new record label Some Bizzare, thus A Big Frock Rekord was left behind. Problems with Red Rhino Records and distribution of Mutant Moments also contributed to decision to leave independent entity.^[2]

The label was resurrected in 2018 with Club Remixes EP, in the wake of Soft Cell's 40th anniversary and series of retrospective releases. A completely new recording under the label – Magick Mutants EP, a ‘sequel’ to Mutant Moments, followed in 2019.

Since 2020 A Big Frock Rekord is used for Dave Ball releases and Soft Cell reissues.

Releases[edit | edit source]

Year	Artist	Title	Type
1980	Soft Cell	Mutant Moments	EP
2018	Soft Cell	Club Remixes EP 2018	EP
2019	Soft Cell	Magick Mutants	EP
2020	Dave Ball	1979–2019	Compilation
	Dave Ball	Deluxe EP 2020	EP
	Soft Cell	Cruelty Without Beauty 2020 Extended Mixes	EP
	Soft Cell	Cruelty Without Beauty (reissue)	Album
2022	Soft Cell	Strange Kinda Dance	Single