FatLip Recordings was an independent record label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 owned, operated and releasing music by the band Curve

Curve (band)

Curve was an English music group formed in 1990 chiefly around the collaboration of singer/songwriter Toni Halliday and bassist/guitarist/programmer Dean Garcia.-History:...

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History

The label was only active when Curve wished to release music independently. It was first used in 1996. Curve had recently reunited, having been split up for two years, and were without a record label, as their previous deal with Anxious Records

Anxious Records

Anxious Records was a record label set up by David A. Stewart of Eurythmics.Besides distributing his own records, the label distributed also groups like Londonbeat and Soft Parade.-Anxious Records:Anxious Records signed the following acts:* Chris Braide...

 had expired. They therefore self-released the 'Pink Girl with the Blues' single on their own FatLip Recordings label. The label became dorment when the band signed with Universal Records

Universal Records

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Curve's relationship with Universal was strained, with the situation becoming untenable after Universal refused to release Curve's latest album, Gift

Gift (Curve album)

Gift was the fourth all-new studio album to be released by the British band Curve.Following two years of legal wrangles between the group and their then record company, Universal Records, the online success of Curve's self-released album Open Day at the Hate Fest convinced Universal - who had been...

, in 2000. Curve were completed their contract with Universal in early 2001 without Gift being released. Freed from record label control, Curve began putting MP3s of new and old material their site for fans to download. These, along with some new tracks, were collected together on CD in Open Day at the Hate Fest

Open Day at the Hate Fest

Open Day at the Hate Fest is an album-length, internet-released compilation of music recorded by Curve since their reformation in 1996.Open Day at the Hate Fest was produced during a time that saw Curve embroiled in legal battles with Universal Records over the company's decision to shelve Gift,...

, which was released through the band's website later in 2001. The brisk sales of the CD made Universal realise that there was a market for Gift and the album was finally released, but only in the United States

United States

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The FatLip brand was once again used for Curve's next album, The New Adventures of Curve

The New Adventures of Curve

The New Adventures of Curve is the fifth and final studio album released by the British band Curve.The LP was exclusively available via the group's official website...

, which was released through the band's website in 2002.

A few weeks after The New Adventures of Curve was released, Gift was finally released in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. It was released by Artful Records (who had a distribution deal with Universal), though FatLip is also named on the packaging. A similar arrangement was used for the 'Perish' single.

Releases

• 1996: Curve - 'Pink Girl with the Blues' (single - CD/7")
• 2001: Curve - Open Day at the Hate Fest
  Open Day at the Hate Fest
  Open Day at the Hate Fest is an album-length, internet-released compilation of music recorded by Curve since their reformation in 1996.Open Day at the Hate Fest was produced during a time that saw Curve embroiled in legal battles with Universal Records over the company's decision to shelve Gift,...
  
  (compilation album - CD)
• 2002: Curve - The New Adventures of Curve
  The New Adventures of Curve
  The New Adventures of Curve is the fifth and final studio album released by the British band Curve.The LP was exclusively available via the group's official website...
  
  (studio album - CD)
• 2002: Curve - Gift
  Gift (Curve album)
  Gift was the fourth all-new studio album to be released by the British band Curve.Following two years of legal wrangles between the group and their then record company, Universal Records, the online success of Curve's self-released album Open Day at the Hate Fest convinced Universal - who had been...
  
  (studio album - CD (UK release only); with Artful Records)
• 2002: Curve - 'Perish' (single - CD; with Artful Records)