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Label founded by U2 in 1984, initially intended to help promote Irish bands but
moved to sign international acts during the '90s and beyond. The sleeves of the
early releases were variations on the same generic design. The first 20 releases
up to 1990 are listed. Most were also available on 12-inch format, some also as
CD or cassette singles.
A subsiduary Son Records label was established in 1988 for special releases.
MOTHER 001 In Tua Nua - Coming Thru / Laughing At The Moon 7" (1984) MUM 2 Cactus World News - The Bridge / The Other Extreme 7" (11/1985) MUM 3 Tuesday Blue - Tunnel Vision / Tell The Boys 7" (1986) MUM 4 Operating Theatre - Queen of No Heart / Spring Is Coming.. 7" (1986) MUM 5 The Painted Word - Independence Day / Letter From Jackie 7" (1986) MUM 6 Subterraneans - Slum / Maxi-Joy 7" (2/1987) MUM 7 Hothouse Flowers - Love Don't Work That Way / Freedom 7" MUM 8 Subterraneans - Maxi-Joy (Remix) / Slum 7" (1987) MUM 9 Pulse - Whole Lotta Love / Ultra-V 7" (5/1988) unreleased, issued instead on offshoot Son Records label (BUA 881) MUM 10 Black Velvet Band - Old Man Stone / And I'll Come Back 7" [1988] MUM 11 Guy Clark - (All Through Throwin') Good Love After Bad / Old Friends 7" [1989] MUM 12 The Word - Kiss The Ground / Kangaroo 7" [1989] MUM 13 An Emotional Fish - Grey Matter / Cry Like A Baby 7" (6/1989) MUM 14 The Dixons - I Have Fun / Crucifixion Blues 7" (7/1989) MUM 15 Black Velvet Band - When Justice Came / Twas A Time 7" [1989] MUM 16 The Golden Horde - 100 Boys / I Reject You 7" [1989] MUM 17 MUM 18 Black Velvet Band - As You Go Down / Waiting For A Train 7" [1989] MUM 19 The Word - Love's Strange Ways 7" MUM 20 An Emotional Fish - Celebrate / Change 7" [1990] MUM 21 Black Velvet Band - Let It Flow / Reaching An Untapped Vein 7" [1990] MUM 22 The Golden Horde - I Never Came Down / Let Me Be 7" [1990] MUM 23 The Word - Victoria / When The Lights Go Out 7" MUM 24 An Emotional Fish - Lace Virginia / Celebrate 7" [1990] MUM 25 An Emotional Fish - Blue / An Obvious Song 7" [1990] MUM 26 Black Velvet Band - Werewolves Of London / We Called It 7" MUM 27 MUM 28 MUM 29 Subterraneans - Game Show 7" [1991] MUM 30 Wreckage - Morning / Just Eye 7" [1991] MUM 31 The Golden Horde - Endless Weekend 7" [1991] MUM 32 Engine Alley - Flowerbox EP MUM 33 The Golden Horde - Friends In Time 7" [1991] MUM 34 MUM 35 MUM 36 MUM 37 DJ Bumble - West In Motion 12" MUM 38 Engine Alley - Infamy 7" MUM 39 MUM 40 MUML 891 Stano - Only LP/CD [1989] MUML 892 MUML 893 Guy Clark - Old Friends LP/CD [1989] MUML 894 v/a - Rainbow Warrior 2xLP/K7 [1989] MUML 895 Black Velvet Band - When Justice Came LP/CD [1989] MUMCD 919 The Golden Horde - s/t LP/CD MUMCD 9211 Engine Alley - A Sonic Holiday LP/CD MUMCD 9312 Engine Alley - s/t LP/CD MUMCD 9413 Lena Fiagbe - Visions CD MUMCD 9415 Gil Scott-Heron - Spirits CD MUMCD 9416 V/A - Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert OST CD Son Records BUA 88 1 Pulse - Whole Lotta Love 7"/12" [1988] BUA 88 2 The Republic of Ireland Soccer Squad - The Boys In Green / Molly Malone 7" [1988] BUAL892 Moving Hearts - The Storm LP [1989?] originally issued on Tara in 1985 BUA 901 The Republic of Ireland Soccer Squad - Put 'em Under Pressure 7" [1990] BUA 192 The Joshua Trio - The Fly / Where The Streets Have No Name 7"