ROIR

ROIR (pronounced "roar"), or Reach Out International Records, is a New York City-based record label founded in 1979 by Neil Cooper. ROIR was founded the same year that the Sony Walkman launched, and the label initially distributed on cassette exclusively. Much of the label's catalog is now available in CD and LP formats. ROIR put out its first release in 1981, by James Chance and the Contortions. In 1982 ROIR released the compilation album New Yo... more
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