RED
Red was an associate of Soho
independent Fresh Records. It would seem to have issued more than a
dozen singles, some of them 12" only, using an RS-000 numbering series for the
7" ones. The only ones to date from the '70s were 'On The Air',
by Post-punk band The Lines (RS-001; 1979) and a 12" by Chrome, 'Read Only
Memory' (RS-12-002; 1979). The Lines had previously put out a single
on Linear records (q.v.) with a rather different line-up; they went on to issue
several more records on Red, and of late they have started to gain belated
recognition, with several compilation CDs appearing. People in the
know have put them in the same file as Wire, Talking Heads and
Television. Red appears to have operated from
1979-83. Thanks to Simon Hughes for the first scan, and to Robert
Bowes for the second, which dates from 1980.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.