Found in 2008 by Andy and Keith, we started out with the carefully laid-out plan to unearth and reissue long-lost/classic tracks from the sixties and early seventies - but the record companies with the rights to the relevant back-catalogues didn't want to know. After several weeks of crying into our beer, we thought, "Sod it, we'll do it ourselves". (Well, Andy thought that and I just tagged along!)
Andy decided that it was time for him to do something different in 2012, like write novels, so for the last eight years FdM has consisted of me (Keith) and anyone else I can occasionally rope in, usually my lovely missus, Liz.
FdM releases are a right-old mix of classic and obscure tracks, reinterpreted by artists who love them, respect them but want to breathe new life into them...and new songs by bands that have their roots in the 60s and 70s.
Mega Dodo is about great music - period! We pride ourselves on the quality of our artistes and take great care and attention with every release. This not only means great music but great looking and sounding records and CDs.
Our first release by Mordecai Smyth was a limited edition 7-inch single issued in July 2011. It was followed in August by the band's debut album, 'Sticky Tape & Rust'.
Since then Mega Dodo has released records by artistes from America, France, Finland, Ireland, Philippines, Portugal , Russia, Sweden and the United Kingdom. We've got plenty more great music lined up so be sure to pop back regularly to see what we're doing, or keep up to date by following us and our artistes on Facebook.
Billywitch is a new record label marketed and distributed by Mega Dodo.
Billywitch will be releasing limited edition runs of vinyl LPs and compact discs.
Its first release is due in November 2020 with more to follow in 2021.
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