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About Me

THIS IS A FANSITE FOR THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND IMPORTANT RECORD LABELS AND PRODUCTION/REMIX OUTFITS OF THE EARLY 90'S. PRIOR TO BEING A RECORD LABEL, BOYS OWN STARTED OUT IN THE MID 1980'S SIMPLY AS A FANZINE, SET UP BY ANDREW WEATHERALL, TERRY FARLEY, CYMON ECCLES & STEVE MAYES. THE FANZINE MAINLY FEATURED JOKES, STUFF, FOOTBALL NONSENSE, LADS FASHION AND CLUB NEWS. IT WAS INFLUENCED BY A FOOTY FANZINE COMING OUT OF LIVERPOOL IN THE EARLY 80'S, 'THE END', WHICH WAS CO-EDITED BY A CERTAIN PETER HOOTON (THE FARM).AROUND 1989 WEATHERALL STARTED DJ'ING AT DANNY RAMPLING'S SEMINAL LONDON CLUB SHOOM AND AS ACID HOUSE/BALEARICA WAS TAKING HOLD, HE WAS ASKED TO REMIX PRIMAL SCREAM'S 'LOADED' AND HAPPY MONDAYS 'HALLELUJAH'. AROUND THE SAME TIME, TERRY FARLEY WAS ASKED TO REMIX THE FARM'S HITS INCLUDING 'STEPPIN STONE' & 'GROOVY TRAIN'. THESE REMIXES AND PRODUCTIONS WERE CREDITED TO 'BOYS OWN'. IT WAS THIS INITIAL SUCCESS AND THE BACKING OF LONDON RECORDS THAT 'BOYS OWN PRODUCTIONS' WAS SET UP IN AUGUST 1990.THE FIRST RELEASE WAS BOCCA JUNIORS, (WEATHERALL/FARLEY/NICOLSON/HELLER) 'RAISE (63 STEPS TO HEAVEN)', THE THRASHING DOVES SAMPLING PIANO ANTHEM WAS AN INSTANT EARLY IBIZA/BALEARIC ANTHEM.THE LABEL CONTINUED TO GROW AND HAD AN IMPRESSIVE ROSTER OF ACTS & DJ'S INCLUDING DARREN PRICE, DARREN EMERSON, ROCKY & DIESEL (X-PRESS 2), UNDERWORLD & ONE DOVE.SADLY AND PERHAPS BECAUSE HE HAD DIFFERENT PROJECTS TO PURSUE WEATHERALL 'FUCKED OFF FIRST...' - ACCORDING TO STEVE HALL, AND SET UP HIS OWN BAND AND LABEL SABRES OF PARADISE.BOYS OWN PRODUCTIONS NO LONGER EXISTS AS THE NAME OF THE LABEL. IT NOW OPERATES UNDER THE NAME JUNIOR (LONDON) AND ALSO STILL USE'S JBO (JUNIOR BOYS OWN) AS A LOGO ON MORE COMMERCIAL RELEASES. THE BOYS OWN TEAM ARE STILL BANGING OUT THE HOUSE & CLUB ANTHEMS WITH A NEW BREED OF ARTISTS.

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Member Since: 7/11/2007
Band Members: ANDREW WEATHERALL TERRY FARLEY PETE HELLER CYMON ECKEL HUGO NICOLSON STEVE HALL STEVE MAYES
Influences: BALEARIC BEATS, AMNESIA, PACHA, DJ ALFREDO, SMILEY T-SHIRTS AND HAPPY FACES, FEELING SAUCY INSTEAD OF SAUCED, EATING FRUITS ON THE DANCEFLOOR, BASHED UP CONVERSE TRAINERS, LOVELY GIRLS WITH BLINDING ACCENTS, ICE POPS, HEDONISM, SPARKLERS AT THE FUTURE, INDIAN BELLY DANCERS AT THE SHOOM, ALMOST EVERYONE FINALLY REALISING THAT 'ONLY LOVE CAN CONQUER HATE', WATCHING THE SUN SET AT THE CAFE DEL MAR, WATCHING THE SUN RISE ON PRIMROSE HILL, THE KARMA COLLECTIVE, PONCHO'S PONYTAILS AND BODY PAINT, NEW FRIENDSHIPS!!(TERRY FARLEY 1988)
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Record Label: Boys Own Productions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

A Boys Own Odyssey

VariousBoys Own Odyssey - Mixed by Terry Farley and The MisteronsJunior Boys Own As you get older its nigh on impossible not to forget a little of what you used to get up to; long nights being blinded...
Posted by Boys Own Productions on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:31:00 PST

Terry Farley Interview 2005

Terry FarleySlough's Ace Face and one of the quartet of cultural hooligans that brought you Boys Own. Terry Farley has been through more musical movements than Beethoven and more clothing fads than Ha...
Posted by Boys Own Productions on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:42:00 PST

Junior Boys Own Relaunch

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Posted by Boys Own Productions on Thu, 01 May 2008 12:37:00 PST

Back To The Old House

Back to the old houseJon Savage selects the definitive acid house tracksSunday April 20, 2008The ObserverJon Savage selects the definitive acid house tracks1 Fingers Inc. Mystery of Love (club version...
Posted by Boys Own Productions on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:19:00 PST

A Second Summer Of Love

Twenty years ago acid house and a new drug arrived in Britain's clubs to incite the biggest revolution in youth culture since the Sixties' summer of love. The key members of the scenes in London and M...
Posted by Boys Own Productions on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:17:00 PST

The Comeback Of Balearic?

Happy days are here againBalearic - a club scene from the 1980s spinning everything from folk-rock to disco - is flourishing again. Justin Quirk on why the conditions are perfect for a third summer of...
Posted by Boys Own Productions on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:11:00 PST

Weatherall Interview 1993

"Mr Weatherall, what are you currently doing at the moment?"My own project "Sabres of Paradise" double LP ideas. I've been working on for years, self-indulgence. A double LP that has come together fro...
Posted by Boys Own Productions on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:41:00 PST

Boys own Party Highlights!!

'The first one we did was probably the first outdoor party in Britain, in an old barn in Guilford. It was a barn in the garden of this guy's farm - in spring 1988. Danny Rampling didn't do that one ...
Posted by Boys Own Productions on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:41:00 PST