Play It Again Sam

Play It Again Sam

Sub-label of [PIAS] Entertainment Group

100 releases 12 sub-labels 1983–2026

About

Play It Again Sam is a major independent distributor and label. The distribution company has existed since 1982, while the label operates under the name . In 2010 the PIAS Group launched the new "Play It Again Sam" label from their London offices. On occasion the distribution company has also previously used the names (since the mid-1980s), (for example, used for the labels and ) and (since around 2001). Label Code: LC 7800 / LC 07800

Top Play It Again Sam Releases

Absolution
Absolution
Muse
2003
Play
Moby
1999
Ágætis byrjun
Ágætis byrjun
Sigur Rós
1999
Simple Things
Simple Things
Zero 7
2001
The Chronic
The Chronic
Dr. Dre
1992
The Back Room
The Back Room
Editors
2005
A Passage in Time
Dead Can Dance
1991
Mr. Beast
Mr. Beast
Mogwai
2006
69 Love Songs
69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields
1999
Aventine
Aventine
Agnes Obel
2013
Into the Labyrinth
Dead Can Dance
1993
Philharmonics
Philharmonics
Agnes Obel
2010
House of Pain
House of Pain
House of Pain
1992
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Sigur Rós
2002
Deadringer
Deadringer
RJD2
2002
Strange Trails
Lord Huron
2015
Spooky
Spooky
Lush
1992
Black Cherry
Black Cherry
Goldfrapp
2003
Black Gold
Editors
2019
Classics
Classics
The Aphex Twin
1994
Howl
Howl
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
2005
The Mindsweep
Enter Shikari
2015
Mink Car
Mink Car
They Might Be Giants
2001
Bande à part
Nouvelle Vague
2006
Black Earth
Bohren & der Club of Gore
2002
Split
Lush
1994
Head Carrier
Pixies
2016
Sunset Mission
Bohren & der Club of Gore
2000
Dive Deep
Dive Deep
Morcheeba
2008
Heavy Metal
Cameron Winter
2024
Farm
Dinosaur Jr.
2009
Toward the Within
Toward the Within
Dead Can Dance
1994
Any Minute Now
Any Minute Now
Soulwax
2004
Lonesome Dreams
Lord Huron
2012
Melting Pot
The Charlatans
1997
The Antidote
The Antidote
Morcheeba
2005
Citizen of Glass
Citizen of Glass
Agnes Obel
2016
Ruby Blue
Ruby Blue
Róisín Murphy
2005
3D Country
Geese
2023
Prisoner
Prisoner
The Jezabels
2011
Levelling the Land
Levelling the Land
Levellers
1991
Flat Beat
Flat Beat
Mr. Oizo
1999
Vanished
Vanished
Crystal Castles
2008
Firestarter
The Prodigy
1996
Beyond
Dinosaur Jr.
2007
Tamer Animals
Other Lives
2011
duyster.II
duyster.II
Various Artists
2006
I Bet on Sky
Dinosaur Jr.
2012
Louder, Please
Rose Gray
2025
The Night We Met
Lord Huron
2015
Real Life
Joan as Police Woman
2006
Sexor
Sexor
Tiga
2005
Wildewoman
Lucius
2013
Piano Nights
Bohren & der Club of Gore
2014
The Tennessee Fire
The Tennessee Fire
My Morning Jacket
1999
Alec Eiffel
Pixies
1991
duyster.
Various Artists
2005
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Mew
2015
In Dream
Editors
2015
Violence
Editors
2018
Applause
Applause
Balthazar
2010
Androgyny
Androgyny
Garbage
2001
Beyond Skin
Nitin Sawhney
1999
Siren
Heather Nova
1998
Thin Walls
Thin Walls
Balthazar
2015
Rats
Rats
Balthazar
2012
Checklist File 3
Various Artists
1997
Dream On
Scala & Kolacny Brothers
2003
No Deal
No Deal
Melanie De Biasio
2013
King
Belly
1995
Narrow
Soap&Skin
2012
Remission and Bites
Remission and Bites
Skinny Puppy
1987
Play It!: Vol. 3
Various Artists
1994

Play It Again Sam Artist Roster

Editors
Editors
44 releases
Group
Various Artists
Various Artists
38 releases
Other
Keaton Henson
Keaton Henson
24 releases
Person
Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari
19 releases
Group
The Neon Judgement
The Neon Judgement
18 releases
Group
AO
Agnes Obel
18 releases
Person
Meat Beat Manifesto
Meat Beat Manifesto
17 releases
Group
TW
The Weathermen
14 releases
Group
The Young Gods
The Young Gods
14 releases
Group
Soulwax
Soulwax
14 releases
Group
Trisomie 21
Trisomie 21
13 releases
Group
Geese
Geese
13 releases
Group
Róisín Murphy
Róisín Murphy
12 releases
Person
Anna of the North
Anna of the North
12 releases
Person
D
dEUS
12 releases
Group
NO
Nation of Language
12 releases
Group
Ghostpoet
Ghostpoet
12 releases
Person

Sub-labels

Groove Kissing

Was a Belgium house and techno label. Division of Play It Again Sam. A sublabel for the Dutch scene, specially for house sounds Labelcode: LC 7800

Back Bone Records

1990's Belgium label. Note: sometimes also referred to as: Backbone Records. A division of: Play It Again Sam.

Who's That Beat?

"The dance label of Play it again Sam" Label Code: LC 7800 For artist roles, please use .

LD Records

Brussels-based defunct sublabel of Play It Again Sam.

Rodger Records

Small Belgian label, distributed by Play It Again Sam.

Pop Records

Pop Records was founded in 1990 and it should have become the subdivision of PIAS for Belgian artists but soon dies a quiet death.

Wax Trax! Europe

Label Code: LC 7800

Les Editions Confidentielles

Publishing company established 1986 by Play It Again Sam founders Michel Lambot and Kenny Gates, mainly for the PIAS artist roster. Renamed [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/264594-Strictly-Confi...

State Of The Art (2)

Compilation series with electronic tracks which ran from 1994 to 1997.

Radio City Records

Small Belgian label, distributed by Play It Again Sam.

Play It Again Sam Records USA

Defunct American division of Play It Again Sam that was run in partnership with Wax Trax! Records during the late 1980s. Play It Again Sam Records USA releases with a catalog number starting...

Play It Again Sam Records

Play It Again Sam Records was the record label of , based in Brussels, Belgium. The label was started in 1984 when Play It Again Sam started signing up acts and released a string of obscur...

Contact Label

Play It Again Sam 1 Bevington Path London, SE1 3PW UK [formerly contacts, now obsolete] Play It Again Sam 100 Rue de Veeweyde B 1070 Brussels tel: +32 2 558 58 11 fax: +32 2 558 58 86 e-mail: pias@piasrecordings.com Play It Again Sam Rue de Cureghem 67 B-1000 Brussels Belgium