Sky and Trees Records
Sky and Trees Records is a
record label set up by
United Kingdom band
Chumbawamba in
1983. The band used the label to release and distribute a number of cassettes by themselves (see also
Cassette Culture), including their early demo recordings
Be Happy Despite It All (1983),
Another Year Of The same Old Shit (1984) and the 'cassette single' "Common Ground" (1984), which was a benefit for striking miners (see
UK miners' strike (1984-1985)). They also released material by other
anarcho-punk performers, including their 'sister' band The Passion Killers, Antidote and an
animal rights benefit compilation,
The Animals Packet. The only
vinyl release on Sky and Trees was Chumbawamba singer Danbert Nobacon's solo album
The Unfairy Tale (1984).
In 1985 Chumbawamba founded Agit Prop Records, which served as the vehicle for their future releases until they gained a record contract with One Little Indian, and later, controversially, signed to EMI Records.
See also: List of record labels