Briefly...
Joy Records is a label owned by myself and producer Alan Jansson, formed in 1999 at the request of Roger Grierson, then head of Festival Mushroom Records to issue Jansson's productions which didn't fit elsewhere.
Lost in the mayhem of the last days of FMR, it moved worldwide distribution to Sony Music in 2002 where its first release, by 3 The Hard Way, was a New Zealand number one.
Releases are best described as sporadic and irregular.
Releases
BJW1
Bobby Joe White
Middle of Downtown
1. Middle Of Downtown (PNAU Mix) 2. Middle of Downtown (Radio Mix) (2001)
Joy001
Sisters Underground
In The Neighbourhood (CD Single)
(number 3 NZ Top 50)
1. 2003 TV2 Remix 2.Original Mix 3.Unreleased 2003 Mix (Feb 2003)
Joy002
3 The Hard Way
Its On (CD Single)
(number 1 NZ Top 40)
1.Single Version 2. Remix 3.Video (October 2003)
Joy003
3 The Hard Way
Its On
(12" Vinyl edition 100 Only)
1.single version 2.Remix 3. Instrumental Mix (Nov 2003)
Joy104
3 The Hard Way
Eyes on the Prize (CD)
(number 14 NZ Top 40 albums)
1.Higher Than High 2.Eyes on the Prize 3.Its On 4.Girls 5.Talk is Cheap 6.Everyday Pt2 7.The RPMS 8.Burn Rubber 9.Nothing's Changed 10.Rolling 11.The Warm Up 12.Hate Me Now 13.Party People 14.Beautiful Day 15.Higher Than High (Outro) (November 2003)
Joy 205
The Others
Crying Underwater
(7" single 250 only)
1.Crying Underwater 2.Bizmark (August 2005)
JOY 106
The Others Requiem
Something Error Happens (2x CD)
1.1 Keys To Heaven (5:40) Featuring - Ben Vai 1.2 RIP To Infinity (3:08) 1.3 Wishing Well (6:16) Featuring - Ella Mizrahi 1.4 Just Shoot (4:45) 1.5 Breakdown (5:06) 1.6 Smile Potion Poison (1:16) 1.7 Hot Vs. Cold (3:36) 1.8 Dig Through The Mess (4:50) Featuring - Ben Vai 1.9 Ill Skill Bill (0:32) 1.10 Style Bandits (3:53) 1.11 Autumn Requiem (5:54) 1.12 Aqua Junkie (7:58) Featuring - Ella Mizrahi
2.1 Sum Of Equations (3:40) 2.2 The Insect (1:49) Featuring - Sinergen Drug 2.3 Lets Take It Back (3:34) 2.4 Crying Under Water (4:43) Featuring - Renate Rivers 2.5 Static (4:23) 2.6 Jungle Hop (2:26) 2.7 Flat Battery (5:52) 2.8 Something Beginning With The End (4:20) 2.9 Lau Lupe (4:55)
(October 2007)
