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RECORDS

 Independent label: Rē Records was founded by Chris Cutler in 1978, as a vehicle for Art Bears and then other projects of his own. At the same time he launched Recommended Records, a specialised mailorder service which established its own label for outside releases. A Recommended shop opened in the early '80s, and in mid-decade the shop and distribution functions separated from the labels, becoming a workers collective and changing its name to These Records. In the early '90s Cutler merged the labels under the name ReR Megacorp and set up a new distribution and mailorder service under the same name. These Records continued until 2006, when it finally closed. Art Bears were an English avant-rock group formed during the disassembly of Henry Cow in 1978 by three of its members, Chris Cutler (percussion, texts), Fred Frith (guitar, bass guitar, violin, keyboards) and Dagmar Krause (vocals). "Coda to Man and Boy", 1981 (single-sided screened 7") – given free to subscribers of The World as It Is Today (1981). The way to tell them apart is by the catalog numbers: Re or Rē numbers = Rē Records [generally releases featuring Chris Cutler]
R.R. or RR numbers = Recommended Records [releases by other artists] ReR numbers = ReR Megacorp [releases after 1988]. Distributed By Re Records.

 

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Art Bears

Coda To 'Man And Boy'

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6622

 

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Chris Cutler And Fred Frith

Limoges

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duo

 

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Lindsay Cooper

Pictures From The Great Exhibition

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1851

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David Thomas

Didn't Have A Very Good Time

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DT

7

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Cassiber

Time Running Out

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RE

21

 

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News From Babel

Contraries

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/=/

 

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Mnemonists

Nailed / Tic

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RE X

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