David Westlake

David Westlake is an English singer/songwriter. He led indie band The Servants from 1985 to 1991.

Not to be confused with Dave Westlake.

David Westlake
At the NME C86 show – London, 2014
At the NME C86 show – London, 2014
Background information
Born (1965-02-12) 12 February 1965
Hayes, Middlesex, England[1]
OriginEngland
GenresIndie, art rock
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)Guitar
Years active1985-present
LabelsTiny Global Productions
Cherry Red Records
Websitewww.lostsheep.com/davidwestlake

History

Westlake formed indie band the Servants in 1985 in Hayes, Middlesex, England.[2]

The Servants appeared on 1986’s NME-associated C86 compilation, and the band was from 1986 to 1991 the original home of Luke Haines.[3]

Haines describes David Westlake’s first solo album, 1987’s Westlake (Creation Records), as “a minor classic”.[4]

In 2002, Westlake released self-pressed album Play Dusty for Me (Mahlerphone) in a limited issue that quickly sold out.[5] Play Dusty for Me was reissued in 2010 and 2015.[6][7]

Tiny Global Productions released Westlake’s album My Beautiful England in 2022.[8]

The Servants

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.[9]

Westlake and Haines played together for the first time in twenty-three years at the Lexington, London N1 on 4 May 2014.[10] 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.[11]

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.[12]

David Westlake is a solicitor and academic.[13]

Discography

Albums
Solo
  • Westlake (Nov 1987, Creation Records, CRELP019 [LP]; reissued on CD by Sony in August 1993)
  • Play Dusty for Me (Jun 2002, Mahlerphone, CDA 001 [CD]; reissued Jul 2010 & Nov 2015)
  • My Beautiful England (Aug 2022, Tiny Global Productions, PAPLP005 [LP]/PAPCD005 [CD])
with The Servants
  • 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
with the Servants
  • “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"])

References
  1. "The Servants". Only the Lonely. 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  2. Anthony Strutt (June 2012). "Phil King Interview". Pennyblackmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  3. Mark Carry (19 May 2014). "Time Has Told Me: The Servants". Fractured Air. Archived from the original on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. Luke Haines, sleeve-notes to the Servants compilation Reserved (Cherry Red Records CDMRED 297, 2006)
  5. "Archived copy". www.bigtakeover.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "David Westlake - Play Dusty For Me". Discogs.com. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  7. "David Westlake - Play Dusty For Me". Discogs.com. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  8. Tiny Global Productions, My Beautiful England, 2022
  9. Prior, Clive (December 2011). "100 Greatest British Indie Records of All Time". Mojo - Indie Special. p. 123.
  10. "Hangover Lounge site". 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  11. "NME C86: The Wedding Present + more | Music in London". Time Out London. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  12. Jack Rabid (17 January 2011). "Review of David Westlake's album Play Dusty for Me". The Big Takeover. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  13. "Last FM". 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
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