Run by producers Big Jim Sullivan and Derek Lawrence - 'Billboard' of the 11th of August 1973 gives Lawrence as the label's owner - Retreat issued records from 1973-76. It had a varied, if small, roster of artists, ranging from Cockney rockers Chas and Dave to Prog Rock band Strange Days, by way of Reggae group Greyhound. Despite the undoubted interest of many of their releases, Retreat never quite managed to get any of them into the Charts. The singles numbering series started at RTS-251. Manufacture and distribution were by EMI, and demos were marked in the usual EMI fashion (2).
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