Dental Records

Dental Records is a United Kingdom record label associated with independent ska and ska-punk releases. The available reference material identifies the label through its work with The Ballistics, an Ipswich, England band formed in 2002. Dental Records is credited with issuing the band's 2005 album Allow Me to Demonstrate and its 2006 album The Spirit of Kelso Cochrane. It also handled a digital edition of the band's limited novelty Christmas recording All I Want For Christmas Is Abi Titmuss in 2008. The label's documented catalogue therefore reflects the independent British ska circuit of the mid-2000s, including full-length albums and limited or digital releases rather than a broad commercial catalogue. The available material does not establish Dental Records' founding date, ownership, headquarters, distribution arrangements, wider roster, or present operating status. The Ballistics announced their split in July 2009 and played their final show in September of that year, after which the label's later activity is not documented in the supplied sources.

The documented history of Dental Records is closely tied to The Ballistics, an Ipswich, England ska band formed in 2002. The available reference does not identify when Dental Records was established, who founded it, where it operated from, or whether it was an imprint of another company. Its recorded activity places it within the independent British music scene of the mid-2000s. Dental Records is credited with the 2005 release of The Ballistics' album Allow Me to Demonstrate. By this point the band had moved beyond its earlier street-punk sound toward ska-punk, while continuing to develop a stronger ska identity through changes in its line-up and arrangements. The label was also credited on The Spirit of Kelso Cochrane, issued late in 2006. That album reflected the group's expanded brass section and its increasing interest in 1960s ska, the 2 Tone tradition, and mod-related influences. The label's documented catalogue also includes a limited CDR version of All I Want For Xmas Is Abi Titmuss from 2006 and a worldwide iTunes download edition under the shorter title All I Want For Christmas Is Abi Titmuss in 2008. These releases indicate a willingness to handle small-run and digital material alongside conventional album releases. The Ballistics also recorded Come On The Town, a song connected with Ipswich Town and released in 2007 for an MS-related cause, although the supplied discography credits that release to ITISC rather than Dental Records. In July 2009, The Ballistics announced that they were breaking up, and the group played its final concert on 12 September 2009. The supplied sources do not document Dental Records' activities after that point, nor do they establish whether the label continued with other artists. Accordingly, its current status, broader catalogue, ownership, and corporate structure remain undetermined.

• 2008

  Worldwide digital release

  [1]The Ballisticsen.wikipedia.org

  Dental Records was credited on the worldwide iTunes edition of The Ballistics' limited Christmas recording.

• 2006

  Release of The Spirit of Kelso Cochrane

  [1]The Ballisticsen.wikipedia.org

  The label was credited on The Ballistics' second album, released toward the end of 2006.

• 2005

  Release of Allow Me to Demonstrate

  [1]The Ballisticsen.wikipedia.org

  Dental Records was credited with issuing The Ballistics' first full-length album, Allow Me to Demonstrate.

An independent British record label associated with grassroots ska and ska-punk releases, including physical albums and limited or digital catalogue items.

• Album · 2005

  Allow Me to Demonstrate

  The Ballistics' first full-length album, released in 2005 with Dental Records credited as the label. It belongs to the band's transition from an earlier street-punk approach toward a more developed ska-punk sound.

• Album · 2006

  The Spirit of Kelso Cochrane

  The Ballistics' second album, released late in 2006 through Dental Records. The record represented the band's stronger use of brass and its movement toward a purer ska style influenced by 1960s ska, 2 Tone, and mod music.

• Limited-edition recording · 2006

  All I Want For Xmas Is Abi Titmuss

  A limited CDR recording by The Ballistics, listed in the group's discography as a 2006 Dental Records release. A subsequent worldwide iTunes download edition appeared in 2008 under the related title All I Want For Christmas Is Abi Titmuss.

• Digital single or download · 2008

  All I Want For Christmas Is Abi Titmuss

  The digital version of The Ballistics' Christmas-themed recording, made available worldwide through iTunes in 2008 with Dental Records credited.

• 2008

  Expansion of a limited release into worldwide digital distributionProduct launch

  Background

  The Ballistics' Christmas recording had first appeared as a limited CDR release, creating a small-run physical edition in the label's catalogue.

  Action taken

  Dental Records was credited on a worldwide iTunes download edition released in 2008.

  Aftermath

  The digital edition is the latest Dental Records release identified in the supplied material. No later label activity is documented.

  Source

1. 1The Ballisticsen.wikipedia.org