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David Westlake (born 12 February 1965) is an English singer/songwriter. He led indie band The Servants from 1985 to 1991.
David Westlake | |
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 At the NME C86 show – London, 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 12 February 1965 Hayes, Middlesex, England[1] |
| Origin | England |
| Genres | Indie, art rock |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1985-present |
| Labels | Tiny Global Productions Cherry Red Records |
| Formerly of | The Servants |
| Spouse | Patsy Westlake[2] |
| Website | lost-sheep.com/ davidwestlake |
Westlake formed indie band The Servants in 1985 in Hayes, Middlesex, England.[3]
The Servants appeared on 1986’s NME-associated C86 compilation, and the band was from 1986 to 1991 the original home of Luke Haines.[4]
Haines describes David Westlake’s first solo album, 1987’s Westlake (Creation Records), as “a minor classic”.[5] Retitled D87, the album was reissued in expanded form in 2023.[6]
In 2002, Westlake released self-pressed album Play Dusty for Me (Mahlerphone) in a limited issue that quickly sold out.[7] Play Dusty for Me was reissued in limited form in 2010 and 2015.[8][9]
Tiny Global Productions released Westlake’s album My Beautiful England in 2022.[10][11]
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The Servants’ Small Time album was well received on its 2012 Cherry Red Records release, more than twenty years after its 1991-recording. The belated release followed the inclusion of 1990’s Disinterest in Mojo magazine’s 2011 list of the greatest British indie records of all time.[12]
Westlake and Haines played live together for the first time in twenty-three years at the Lexington, London N1 on 4 May 2014.[13] Westlake and band played at an NME C86 show on 14 June 2014 at Venue 229, London W1; the show marked Cherry Red Records’ expanded reissue of C86.[14]
As chronicled in an interview in US music magazine The Big Takeover (issue 53, 2004), Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch was a huge Westlake fan and tried to locate him in the early 1990s in hope of forming a band with him, before launching Belle and Sebastian in his school class instead.[7]
David Westlake is a solicitor and academic.[2]
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Solo
Albums
- Westlake (Nov 1987, Creation Records CRELP 019; Aug 1993, CRECD019; Aug 2023 [expanded: D87], Optic Nerve Recordings OPT4.054 LP/CD)
- Play Dusty for Me (Jun 2002, Mahlerphone, CDA 001; reissued Jul 2010 & Nov 2015)
- My Beautiful England (Oct 2022, Tiny Global Productions, PICI-0038-LP / PICI-0038-CD)
With the Servants
Albums
- Disinterest (Jul 1990, Paperhouse Records, PAPLP005 [LP]/PAPCD005 [CD])
- Reserved (compilation; Mar 2006, Cherry Red Records, CDMRED297 [CD]; reissued in reduced form as Youth Club Disco, Jul 2011)
- Small Time/Hey Hey We're the Manqués (Oct 2012, Cherry Red Records, CDB RED 535 [2CD]; reissued Dec 2013)
Singles
- “She’s Always Hiding”/“Transparent” (Mar 1986, Head Records, HEAD1 [7"])
- “The Sun, a Small Star”/“Meredith”/“It Takes No Gentleman”/“Funny Business” (Oct 1986, Head Records, HEAD3 [12"])
- “It’s My Turn”/“Afterglow” (Sep 1989, Glass Records, GLASS056 [7"])
- “It’s My Turn”/“Afterglow”/“Faithful to 3 Lovers”/“Do or Be Done” (Sep 1989, Glass Records, GLASS12 056 [12"])
- “Look Like a Girl”/“Bad Habits Die Hard” (Aug 1990, Paperhouse Records, PAPER004 [7"])
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