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Ivo Watts-Russell

Real Name:
Ivo Watts-Russell
Profile:
Born in Northamptonshire in 1954. A former employee of the Beggars Banquet retail chain, Ivo Watts-Russell founded Axis (2) / 4AD Records in 1979 with Peter Kent (3). Kent left 4AD in 1980 to set up the Beggars-funded Situation Two.

In 1999, Watts-Russell sold his share in 4AD to the Beggars Group (a conglomeration of labels borne out of Beggars Banquet, and including Mo'Wax, Matador, XL and Too Pure), to give himself time to further his interests in book publishing. Since then his involvement in 4D has mostly been on a consultency level, for catalogue releases.
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Discography

Remixes:
I Melt With You (12") Life In The Gladhouse ... Intercord Tonträger GmbH 1982
Qual (12") Qual (12" Remix) 4AD 1983
Someone's Calling (2 versions) Life In The Gladhouse ... 4AD 1983
A Day / Stranger (12")   Contempo Records 1985
Clan Of Xymox (Album) (3 versions) Stranger (Re-mix), A D... 4AD 1985
Document: Pleasantly Surprised (82 - 85) (Cass, Comp) Tables Turning (Remix) Pleasantly Surprised 1985
Final Solution (Remix) (12") Final Solution (Third ... Beggars Banquet 1985
Fetisch (Album) (2 versions) Qual (12" Remix) 4AD 1986
L'Esclave Endormi (12") L'Esclave Endormi (Mix 1) 4AD 1986
The Final Solution EP (12", EP) Final Solution (Third ... Vertigo 1986
After The Snow (Album) (3 versions) Life In The Gladhouse 4AD ... 1992
Firepile (Part Two) (EP) (2 versions) Firepile (Remix) 4AD 1992
Various Tracks (CD, Promo) Firepile (Remix) Sire Records Company 1992
Clear (12", Promo) Cloudless (Thai's Mix) RCA 1993
Forever Remixes (CD, Maxi) Cloudless (Thaïs Mix) Dedicated, BMG 1993
Jewel (Maxi, Single) (3 versions) Cloudless (Thaïs Mix) RCA ... 1993
Free To Believe / Your Daddy's Car (Flexi, S/Sided, 7", Cle) Free To Believe Setanta Records 1994
Dream It Down (2xCD, Album) I Was Right (Remix) Polydor 1995
Life In The Gladhouse: 1980-1984 (Album, Comp) (2 versions) Life In The Gladhouse ... 4AD 2001
Production:
Burning Blue Soul (Album) (10 versions)   4AD ... 1981
Garlands (Album) (10 versions)   4AD ... 1982
Lullabies (EP) (2 versions)   4AD 1982
Fetisch (Album) (4 versions)   4AD ... 1983
Incubus Succubus II (Single) (3 versions)   4AD ... 1983
Qual (2 versions)   4AD ... 1983
Sixteen Days - Gathering Dust (9 versions)   4AD ... 1983
It'll End In Tears (Album) (3 versions)   Vertigo ... 1984
Kangaroo (7")   4AD 1984
Super Love Hits (2xLP, Comp) Song To The Siren K-Tel International GmbH 1984
Clan Of Xymox (Album) (6 versions)   4AD ... 1985
Final Solution (Single) (3 versions)   Beggars Banquet 1985
The Pink Opaque (Comp) (6 versions) Wax And Wane (Remix) 4AD ... 1985
Vertigo-Sampler (2xLP, Smplr) FYT Vertigo 1985
Blue Heart (12", Single) Canvas Beauty (Up Vers... Beggars Banquet 1986
Come Here My Love / Drugs (10", Ltd)   4AD 1986
Should The World Fail To Fall Apart (Album) (7 versions)   Beggars Banquet ... 1986
The Final Solution EP (12", EP)   Vertigo 1986
Tocsin (Album) (2 versions)   4AD 1986
Should The World Fail To Fall Apart (12")   Beggars Banquet 1987
All Night Long (CD, Mini, Single, Smplr) God Sends Nippon Columbia 1988
Composition (CD, Comp + VHS, NTSC + Box, Ltd)   Alfa Records, Inc 1989
Blood (Album) (10 versions)   4AD ... 1991
Late Night (CD, Maxi, Promo)   4AD 1991
Singles Collection (Single) (3 versions)   4AD ... 1991
You And Your Sister (Maxi) (2 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1991
Waking Up (CD, Promo, Comp, Dig) Late Night Columbia 1992
Gothic Rock (2xCD, Comp) Incubus Succubus II Cleopatra 1993
Gothic Rock 1 (2xCD, Comp) Incubus Succubus II Cleopatra 1993
This Mortal Coil (CD, Promo, Comp, Dig)   4AD, Warner Bros. Records 1993
Happiness (Album, Comp) (5 versions)   4AD ... 1994
...Smile's OK (Album) (6 versions)   4AD ... 1998
...Smile's OK (Maxi, Single) (2 versions)   Mammoth Records ... 1998
4AD (Uncut) (CD, Smplr, Promo, Album) You And Your Sister, S... 4AD, Uncut Magazine 1998
Anakin (Album, Comp) (4 versions) Dagger 4AD ... 1998
Lonely Is An Eyesore (Comp, Album) (2 versions) Acid, Bitter And Sad 4AD 1998
Breakdown (CD) The Outer Skin 4AD 1999
Underarms (CD, Album)   4AD 1999
Stars And Topsoil: A Collection (1982-1990) (Comp) (3 versions) Blind Dumb Deaf 4AD ... 2000
Lullabies To Violaine: Singles And Extended Plays 1982-1996 (Comp) (4 versions)   4AD ... 2005
Underarms And Sideways (Album) (2 versions)   4AD 2005
Co-production:
Wild Birds 1985-1995 (Comp) (3 versions) Final Solution, Jemal ... Beggars Banquet ... 2000
Mix:
Final Solution (Single) (2 versions) Final Solution (Full V... Beggars Banquet 1985
Blue Heart (Single) (2 versions) Canvas Beauty (Up Vers... Beggars Banquet 1986
Should The World Fail To Fall Apart (Album) (2 versions)   Beggars Banquet 1986
Tale Of The Tongue (Single) (2 versions) Should The World Fail ... Beggars Banquet 1986
The Final Solution EP (12", EP) Canvas Beauty (The Fas... Vertigo 1986
12 Inch 87Anthology (CD, Album, Comp) Anitina (The First Tim... Nippon Columbia 1987
Pump Up The Volume (Maxi) (19 versions) Anitina (The First Tim... 4AD ... 1987
Composition (CD, Comp + VHS, NTSC + Box, Ltd) Final Solution (Third ... Alfa Records, Inc 1989
Livonia (Album) (4 versions)   4AD ... 1990
Home Is In Your Head (Album) (7 versions)   4AD ... 1991
The Dirt Eaters (Maxi, EP) (3 versions) Are We Still Married? 4AD 1992
Million Mile Club (CD)   4AD 1996
1980 Forward (CD, Album) Fossil 4AD 2005
Appears On:
It'll End In Tears (Album) (14 versions) The Last Ray 4AD ... 1984
A Day (2 versions)   4AD ... 1985
Come Here My Love / Drugs (10", Ltd) Drugs 4AD 1986
Filigree & Shadow (Album) (12 versions)   4AD ... 1986
Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares (CD, Album)   Elektra, Nonesuch 1987
Lonely Is An Eyesore (Album, Comp) (8 versions) Acid, Bitter And Sad 4AD ... 1987
Blood (Album) (10 versions)   4AD ... 1991
Late Night (CD, Maxi, Promo) Late Night, I Come And... 4AD 1991
You And Your Sister (Maxi) (2 versions) Late Night, I Come And... Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1991
Happiness (Album, Comp) (5 versions)   4AD ... 1994
Inconsiderate Bitch (CD, MiniAlbum, Ltd, Dig)   4AD 1994
Joyride (CD, Comp, P/Mixed)   Warner Bros. Records 1997
Musiques De Nuit (CD) Andialu Labels 1997
...Smile's OK (Album) (6 versions)   4AD ... 1998
A Day (12", Maxi)   Old Gold (3) 1998
Underarms (CD, Album) Sweet Medicine, White ... 4AD 1999
Underarms And Sideways (Album) (2 versions)   4AD 2005
Anywhere I Lay My Head (Album) (2 versions)   ATCO Records ... 2008
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