Welcome to my Junior Boys Own Discography Page

This page is dedicated to Junior Boys Own and includes the entire Boys Own, JBO, Junior London, Junior and related artists Discographies, including all Junior Remixes, and remixes by Artists while signed to Junior Records. See the A Short History section below for more details.

As far as i am aware, there is no other detailed discography on the web like this one. I am Junior's biggest fan, which, has developed because of my love of Underwordl, who are signed to the label and have been ever since 1992. I own almost all of the stuff listed below, so its as accurate as it is because i have first hand experience of the stuff....

I think this discography is pretty accurate, but there are always gaps and if you can help fill any i would be very grateful. so please email me on matt@fruitandvegrecords.co.uk if you have any detailed information or pictures.

BOYS OWN - A SHORT HISTORY

BOYS OWN, JUNIOR BOYS OWN , JUNIOR LONDON, JBO OR JUNIOR, THE POPULAR HOUSE MUSIC LABEL INITIALLY STARTED OUT IN THE VERY LATE 1980'S SIMPLY AS 'BOYS OWN' - AN IRREVERANT 'FOOTY' MAGAZINE SET UP BY ANDREW WEATHERALL, TERRY FARELY & STEVE AMYES (1986) - BASED UPON THE IDEA OF THE ORIGINAL 'BOYS OWN' PAPERS ISSUED BETWEEN THE 1870'S TO THE 1960'S. THE FANZINE MAINLY FEATURED JOKES, STUFF, FOOTBALL NONESENSE AND LADS FASHION AND CLUB NEWS (A COPY OF AN ORIGINAL PAPER (FROM 1959 IS BELOW) - UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE WEATHERALL FARLEY MAGAZINE.

AROUND 1989 WEATHERALL STARTED WORKING AS A DJ AT LONDON CLUB SCHOOM AND WAS ASKED TO REMIX - PRIMAL SCREAM'S SEMINAL CLUB CLASSIC 'LOADED'. AT THE SAME TIME TERRY FARLEY WAS REMIXING THE FARM'S HITS INCLUDING 'STEPPIN STONE' - BOTH WON THEM GREAT NOTORIETY, AND BOTH PRODUCTIONS WERE CREDITTED TO 'BOYS OWN'. IT WAS THIS INITIAL SUCCESS AND THE BACKING OF LONDON RECORDS THAT 'BOYS OWN RECORDS' WAS SET UP IN AUGUST 1990.

THE FIRST RELEASE WAS 'BOCCA JUNIORS' - WEATHERALL AND FARLEY'S GROUP - RAISE (63 STEPS TO HEAVEN) (KEEPING THE FAITH WITH FOOTBALL - BOCCA JUNIORS ARE AN ARGENTINIAN FOOTBALL TEAM) - THE THRASHING DOVES SAMPLING PIANO ANTHEM WAS AN INSTANT CLUB AND EARLY IBIZA ANTHEM.

THE LABEL WAS AND IS STILL MANAGED BY STEVE HALL, AND HAD SEVERAL 'CLUB' & DJ NAMES - PETER HELLER, DARREN PRICE (PART OF CENTURAS), DARREN EMERSON & ROCKY & DIESEL (X-PRESS 2) ALL INVOLVED. THEY HAD MANY OF THE MAJOR DANCE ACTS SIGNED TO THE LABEL INCLUDING UNDERWORLD, X-PRESS 2 & THE DUST (CHEMICAL) BROTHERS.

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. THIS HAD LITTLE EFFECT ON THE LABEL HOWEVER, WHO HAVE GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH AND HAVE PRODUCED OFF- SHOOTS IN VARIOUS GUISES FOR VARIOUS PROJECTS, APPALOOSO, COLLECT, FUJU.

BOYS OWN NO LONGER EXISTS AS THE NAME OF THE LABEL AS SUCH (PERHAPS DUE TO THE CONFUSION WITH THE IRSIH BOY BAND BOYZONE - WITH WHOM THE TRENDY CLUB LABEL WOULD I'M SURE WANT TO ENTIRELY DISTANCE THEMSELVES) - NOW OPERATING UNDER THE NAME JUNIOR (LONDON) AND ALSO STILL USING 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

THE LABEL ARE DISTRIBUTED IN THE 'REST OF THE WORLD' BY V2 - VIRGIN'S TRENDIER DANCE MUSIC BASED SISTER LABEL - THIS HAS UNDOUBTABLY IMPROVED THE MARKETABILITY OF BANDS SUCH AS UNDERWORLD IN PLACES LIKE JAPAN AND AMERICA

POSSIBLY THE BIGGEST HIT THE LABEL HAD WAS WITH UNDERWORLD'S 'BORN SLIPPY' IN 1996 - WHICH IS SET FOR ANOTHER RE-RELEASE IN 2003 - SET TO MAKE JBO A FEW MORE PENNIES....

FOR A COMPLETE MUSICAL SUMMARY OF THE LABEL CHECK OUT THE TWO 'BEST OF' ALBUMS OR THE JUS' TRAX BEST OF ALBUM OR IN MY OPINION THE BEST ALBUM SET: THE 'JBO - A PERSPECTIVE 1988 - 1998' BOX SET - WHICH NOT ONLY COVERS JUNIOR BOYS OWN RELEASES BUT SOME GREAT TRACKS FROM THE TIME, THAT INSPIRED THE LABEL IN THE FIRST PLACE (SEE ALL LISTED BELOW)

DETAILED ON THIS PAGE IS EVERY RELEASE JUNIOR BOYS OWN, AS A LABEL, HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH - IT IS SPLIT INTO SECTIONS AND IS AS COMPREHENSIVE AS A DISCOGRAPHY THERE IS ON THE ENTIRE WEB. (IT ALSO INCLUDES AS MANY REMIXES BY JUNIOR BOYS OWN ARTISTS THAT WE KNOW OF AT THE MEOMENT) PLEASE SEND ANY EXTRA INCLUSIONS TO JBOSTUFF@FRUITANDVEGRECORDS.CO.UK