Radar Records was the record label formed by Jake Riviera in late 1977 after he had previously founded Stiff Records. The label's first products were released in early 1978. Radar's co-founder was British music executive Andrew Lauder, who had previously been head of A&R; at the UK divisions of Liberty Records and United Artists Records.
Radar was distributed in most of the world by WEA Records (now known as Warner Music Group). In the USA, three...
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Radar Records was the record label formed by Jake Riviera in late 1977 after he had previously founded Stiff Records. The label's first products were released in early 1978. Radar's co-founder was British music executive Andrew Lauder, who had previously been head of A&R; at the UK divisions of Liberty Records and United Artists Records.
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 worked with Stiff Records, as had Yachts and Radar's major act, Elvis Costello.
Other prominent Radar acts included La Düsseldorf, The Pop Group, Loudon Wainwright III, Pere Ubu, Clive Langer and the Boxes, 999, Wayne Kramer, The Soft Boys, Bette...
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