"Typically, record label samplers are promotional tools created for crassly commercial purposes. So the promotion of a sampler as a collector's item would seem to be something of a stretch. However, this sampler was a notable exception when it was first released in a double-LP format in 1982, and it is equally welcome 26 years later as a two-disc CD set. Recommended Records was founded in 1978 by Chris Cutler, a percussionist, composer, and founding member of avant-garde British bands Henry Cow and Art Bears. Cutler's label was a natural outgrowth of the Rock in Opposition movement, which sponsored a number of festivals in the late '70s. ...”
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