Radar Records was a UK-based record label formed by Martin Davis (managing director) who had previously worked at United Artists Records, and Andrew Lauder, who had previously been head of A&R; at the UK divisions of Liberty Records and United Artists. The label's first records were released in early 1978.
Radar was distributed in most of the world by WEA Records (now known as Warner Music Group). In the USA, three Radar artists (The Inmates, Bra...
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Radar Records was a UK-based record label formed by Martin Davis (managing director) who had previously worked at United Artists Records, and Andrew Lauder, who had previously been head of A&R; at the UK divisions of Liberty Records and United Artists. The label's first records were released in early 1978.
Radar was distributed in most of the world by WEA Records (now known as Warner Music Group). In the USA, three Radar artists (The Inmates, Bram Tchaikovsky and Yachts) were signed to Polydor Records through a licensing deal.
Nick Lowe released both the first Radar single ("(I Love the Sound of) Breaking Glass)"/"They Called It Rock", ADA 1) and its first album (Jesus of Cool, RAD 1). Lowe had previously been signed to Stiff Records, as had several other Radar acts, including Yachts, Richard Hell and the Voidoids, and Radar's major act, Elvis Costello and the Attractions. Costello and Lowe were brought to Radar by their manager Jake Riviera when Riviera left Stiff, which he had co...
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