In 1979 the Stevenage chapter of the Rock Against Racism organisation funded the release of a split EP featuring two tracks each from Restricted Hours ('Getting Things Done' / 'Still Living Out The Car Crash') and the Syndicate ('One Way Or Another' / 'I Want To Be Somebody'); its catalogue number was SRAR-1. Restricted Hours were actually Anarchist Punk band the Astronauts under an assumed name. A second record, a single split between The Proles ('Stereo Love') and The Condemned ('Soldier Boys') was numbered T.RAR-1, and is from the same year. Another single, 'Asian Youth' by Alien Kulture (L RAR-1) followed in 1980, as did a Various Artists LP called 'Rock Against Racism' (RAR-1-LP). Earlier in the decade the founders of Rock Against Racism had been involved with another record label, KK (q.v.). Thanks to Sam Mauger for providing a scan.
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Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.