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Sonar Records Group The recording included Pepper (vocals, keyboard and guitar); Paul Johnson (drums and keyboards); and Karen Ellet (vocals). Sonar Records - 25th Anniversary.

Based in Coventry the UK comprising of Sonar Records, Frantic Records, Psalm Reader Records and Dodgy Ticket Records, we are an independent record label established for over 30 years. In 1983, Sonar released the single Courtiers of Fashion by the band Courtiers of Fashion, written by Dave Pepper from the late 70s bands Blitzkrieg Zone and The X-Certs. Sonar Record’s second release, in October 1983

, was the single Engineering b/w Belladonna by The Furious Apples, with Greg Crabb (vocals); Robin Hill (drums); John Westacott (bass); Raphael Moore (guitar); and Mike Crabb, and Abbe Collins (keyboards); engineered and produced by Paul Sampson. In 1983 John Peel played the single on his show



In 1984, Sonar records released Living on the Edge b/w Breakaway written by, and from, Armalite, a band comprising Caron Joyce (vocals); Adrian Dix (guitars); Paul Johnston (drums); Cary Lord (bass guitar/backing vocals). The single was produced by ‘’Armalite’’ and Paul Sampson. Further releases were for Gdansk, Laughing House, Kenny Love, City Dread, Blush, She's The Leader, and 20 Days. Two more record labels were formed by Sonar: ‘Dodgy Ticket Records’ produced the albums Crokodile Tears, Dodo-ism, Gulibles Travels, and Go for the Jugular for the band Crokodile Tears. ‘Frantic Records’ released reggae product for City Dread, Kenny B, and Kenny Love. A Sonar-produced single, Love car by Crokodile Tears, was played on the Steve Wright Breakfast Show on Radio 1 in 1994, and was also performed on Central TV's, Hit the town game show. In November 2009, to celebrate 25 years of the label, a compilation album Sonar Music – 25th Anniversary was released, which included:
Engineering and Belladonna (The Furious Apples);
Living on the Edge (Armalite);
Bed of Roses (‘She's the Leader);
Obsessed by You (Blush);
Understand You (City Dread);
Courtiers of Fashion (Courtiers of Fashion);
Freefall (20 Days);
Stand Up (Gdansk);
Liz’s Song (Chris Aldridge)
Chinese whispers (Crokodile Tears);
Go for the Jugular (Crokodile Tears);
Cathedral Lanes (Crokodile Tears). The Sonar Records Group continue to release product from their archives and regularly update their website http://www.sonar-records.co.uk

01/01/2022

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