{
 "id": "shop-assistants-eb526f04",
 "name": "Shop Assistants",
 "kind": "group",
 "disambiguation": null,
 "identifiers": {
  "mbid": [
   "eb526f04-1dd0-42eb-8386-1ff6579926a1"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q3482481"
  ],
  "isni": [
   "0000000105007736"
  ],
  "discogs": [
   "243274"
  ]
 },
 "aliases": [
  "Buba & The Shop Assistants",
  "Buba & the Shop Assistants",
  "The Shop Assistants"
 ],
 "facts": {
  "area": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Edinburgh",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "eb526f04-1dd0-42eb-8386-1ff6579926a1",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "6658f787-692d-417f-852c-dcca728d5849"
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_date": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "1984",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "eb526f04-1dd0-42eb-8386-1ff6579926a1",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "year"
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_place": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Edinburgh",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "eb526f04-1dd0-42eb-8386-1ff6579926a1",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "6658f787-692d-417f-852c-dcca728d5849"
    },
    {
     "value": "Edinburgh",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q3482481",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-06",
     "ref": "Q23436",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "country": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "GB",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "eb526f04-1dd0-42eb-8386-1ff6579926a1",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24"
    }
   ]
  },
  "description": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Scottish indie pop band (1984–1990)",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q3482481",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-06"
    }
   ]
  },
  "end_date": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "1990",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "eb526f04-1dd0-42eb-8386-1ff6579926a1",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "year"
    }
   ]
  },
  "genre": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "indie rock",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q3482481",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-06",
     "ref": "Q183504",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "has_member": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "David Keegan",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "eb526f04-1dd0-42eb-8386-1ff6579926a1",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "7c444986-69ab-47d0-942c-a3a42af213e7",
     "attributes": [
      "original"
     ]
    },
    {
     "value": "Sarah Kneale",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "eb526f04-1dd0-42eb-8386-1ff6579926a1",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "b5f628d5-46ff-43d6-af6b-13ef50e6766e",
     "attributes": [
      "original"
     ]
    },
    {
     "value": "Laura McPhail",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "eb526f04-1dd0-42eb-8386-1ff6579926a1",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "37f1f57c-e861-4d39-a528-09cfa62e6ef3",
     "attributes": [
      "original"
     ]
    },
    {
     "value": "Alex Taylor",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "eb526f04-1dd0-42eb-8386-1ff6579926a1",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "56ad8173-99a1-4ddc-8c56-06624cfd1cd8"
    },
    {
     "value": "David Keegan",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "243274",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:436147",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Laura McPhail",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "243274",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:544306",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Sarah Kneale",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "243274",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:544307",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Ann Donald",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "243274",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:544308",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Alex Taylor (3)",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "243274",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:544464",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Margarita Vasquez-Ponte",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "243274",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:731959",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    },
    {
     "value": "Moray Crawford",
     "source": "discogs",
     "source_record": "243274",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-01",
     "ref": "discogs:2228746",
     "data_quality": "Needs Vote"
    }
   ]
  },
  "record_label": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "The Subway Organization",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q3482481",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-06",
     "ref": "Q3522912",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  }
 },
 "discography": [],
 "links": [
  {
   "kind": "IMDb",
   "url": "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6716092/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "allmusic",
   "url": "https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000560469"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs",
   "url": "https://www.discogs.com/artist/243274"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shop_Assistants"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "http://yinpop.com/shopassistants.html"
  },
  {
   "kind": "free streaming",
   "url": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3uHLyTtYMnhAWxfPy6VjNm"
  },
  {
   "kind": "free streaming",
   "url": "https://www.deezer.com/artist/115986572"
  },
  {
   "kind": "last.fm",
   "url": "https://www.last.fm/music/Shop%20Assistants"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/shop-assistants"
  },
  {
   "kind": "streaming",
   "url": "https://music.apple.com/us/artist/156230122"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikidata",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3482481"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikipedia",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shop_Assistants"
  }
 ],
 "citation": {
  "canonical_url": "https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/shop-assistants-eb526f04",
  "cite_as": "Shop Assistants, Musician Dictionary, https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/shop-assistants-eb526f04",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): free to use with credit",
  "sources": [
   {
    "name": "musicbrainz",
    "dump": "20261024-001001",
    "date": "2026-10-24",
    "license": "CC0 1.0 (core data; supplementary fields removed)"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-28T151314",
    "date": "2026-10-28",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T161131",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "discogs",
    "dump": "20261001",
    "date": "2026-10-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T182648",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-30T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-30",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-31T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-31",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-01T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-02T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-02",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-03T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-03",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-04T113007",
    "date": "2026-11-04",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-05T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-05",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-06T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-06",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-07T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-07",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-08T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-08",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   }
  ]
 }
}