- (This page is about the record label. For the movie of the same name, see Good Vibrations).
Good Vibrations is a Belfast record label and store. Founded by Terri Hooley in the early 1970s, Good Vibrations started out in a small derelict building on Great Victoria Street, Belfast. Its last place of residence was above Cafe Wah, on North Street Belfast.
Hooley's main objective in starting the company was to introduce punk bands from Northern Ireland to the rest of the United Kingdom, as he did not believe Northern groups were given enough attention.
The label's first recording was for a local band called Rudi, a single called "Big Time". Hooley went on to sign and release groups such as Victim, The Moondogs, The Shapes, Protex, The Outcasts, The Tearjerkers among others such as Shock Treatment and The Lids, whom he signed and recorded but did not release due to the limitations of his (mostly self-financing).
Of all the Good Vibrations acts, the most famous of all were The Undertones, later picked up by Sire Records. Ironically, Hooley was unsure, at first, whether or not he should sign them. "I wasn't sure about them because nobody liked them. People crossed the road just to spit at Feargal Sharkey."
A film adaptation based on Terri Hooley's life called Good Vibrations was released in 2013.
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Links to Peel[]
Good Vibrations issue of The Undertones' "Teenage Kicks" was Peel's favourite all time record. He would play Teenage Kicks throughout the decades and once played it twice on his 25 September 1978 show where he famously said: 'wasn't that the most wonderful record you've heard in your life?'
Peel continued supporting Good Vibrations by playing their records, as well as having some of their artists doing sessions for his programmes. He also played some songs sang by Terri Hooley on his shows.
Sessions[]
Good Vibrations artists who recorded Peel sessions. List includes sessions when the artists were not on Good Vibrations
- Moondogs: (2 sessions, 1980-81)
- Outcasts: (2 sessions, 1981-1982)
- Protex: (1 session, 1979)
- Rudi: (1 session, 1981)
- Undertones: (5 sessions, 1978-2003)
Festive Fifty Entries[]
The list below covers Festive Fifty entries on Good Vibrations; it does not include entries by Good Vibrations artists on other labels
- Undertones: Teenage Kicks (1978, #10; 1979, #2; 1980, #7; 1981, #6; 1982 all-time, #8; 2000 all-time, #2)
Compilations[]
The IDIOTS - Parents
(Plays by Peel of various artist (v/a) releases on Good Vibrations Records.)
(2x7" - Battle Of The Bands)
- 19 February 1979: Idiots: Parents
- 22 February 1979: Rudi: Overcome By Fumes
- 21 March 1979: Spider: Dancing In The Streets
- 23 April 1979: Rudi: Overcome By Fumes