ROIR (Reachout International Records)

ROIR (Reachout International Records)

Profile:
Neil Cooper (3) founded NYC's Reachout International Records (ROIR) as a cassette-only label in 1981. The label has released a amazing amount of truly pivotal underground albums spanning a number of genres including punk, indie, dub, reggae, industrial and more. Many of their cassette releases were later issued on vinyl and CD.
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Contact Info:
ROIR
PO Box 540-160
Van Brunt Station
Brooklyn, NY 11215
tel: 718-852-7647
Sites:
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Discography

Releases:
179-2 Judy Nylon & Crucial Pal Judy (CD, Album, RE) 1990
5031-2 Black Uhuru The Positive Dub (CD) 1990
8207 Various Dub Revolution (CD, Comp) 1994
8212 Crash Worship Asesinos (CD, Comp, RE, RM) 1995
8213 Test Dept. Ecstacy Under Duress (CD, Album) 1995
8215 Glen Brown The Way To Mt. Zion (CD, Comp) 1995
88561-5019-2 Richard Hell R.I.P.: The ROIR Sessions (CD, Album, Comp) 1990
88561-5020-2 Flipper Blow'n Chunks • The ROIR Sessions (CD) 1990
88561-5027-2 New York Dolls Lipstick Killers - Mercer Street Sessions (CD) 1990
88561-5028-2 Johnny Thunders Stations Of The Cross (CD, Album) 1990
A-100 James Chance And The Contortions* Live In New York (Cass) 1981
A-101 8 Eyed Spy Live (Cass, Album) 1981
A-102 Dictators, The Fuck 'Em If They Can't Take A Joke (Cass, Album) 1981
A-103 Suicide 1/2 Alive (Cass) 1981
A104 New York Dolls Lipstick Killers (Cass, Album) 1981
A-105 Shöx Lumania* Live At The Peppermint Lounge (Cass) 1981
A106 Bad Brains Bad Brains (Cass, Album) 1982
A-107 Fleshtones, The Blast Off! (Cass) 1982
A-108 Germs Germicide - Live At The Whisky (Cass) 1981
A109 Stimulators* Loud Fast Rules! (Cass, Album) 1982
A-110 Human Switchboard* Coffee Break! (Cass) 1982
A-111 Scientific Americans, The Load And Go! (Cass) 1982
A-112 Alfonia Tims And His Flying Tigers Future Funk / Uncut! (Cass) 1982
A 113 Various New York Thrash (Cass, Comp) 1982
A-114 Television The Blow-Up (Cass, Album) 1982
A-115 Prince Charles And The City Beat Band Stone Killers! (Cass, Album) 1982
A116 Various Singles: The Great New York Singles Scene (Cass, Comp) 1982
A-117 Nico (3) Do Or Die! (Cass) 1982
A118 Johnny Thunders The New Too Much Junkie Business (Cass, Album) 1983
A119 Bush Tetras Wild Things (Cass, Album) 1983
A-120 Raincoats, The The Kitchen Tapes (Cass) 1983
A-121 Dub Syndicate One Way System (Cass) 1983
A-122 MC5 Babes In Arms (Cass, Comp) 1983
A-123 Malaria! ...Revisited (Cass, Comp) 1983
A-124 Various Trouser Press Presents The Best Of America Underground (Cass, Comp) 1983
A-125 Glenn Branca Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus) (Cass, Album) 1983
A-126 Flipper Blow'n Chunks (Cass) 1984
A-127 Sex Gang Children Ecstasy And Vendetta Over New York (Cass) 1984
A-128 Joe "King" Carrasco And The Crowns* Tales From The Crypt (Cass, Album) 1984
A-129 Prince Far I & The Arabs Cry Tuff Dub Encounter Chapter 1 (Cass) 1984
A-130 Brother D - Silver Fox (2) Up Against The Beast (Cass) 1984
A-131 Various World Class Punk (Cass, Comp) 1984
A-133 Einstürzende Neubauten 2 x 4 (Cass) 1984
A-134 Richard Hell R.I.P. (Cass, Album, Comp) 1984
A-136 Lounge Lizards Live 79-81 (Cass, Album) 1985
A-138 Christian Death The Decomposition Of Violets - Live In Hollywood (Cass, Album) 1985
A-140 Dickies, The We Aren't The World (Cass, Album) 1986
A-141 Skatalites, The Stretching Out (Cass, Album) 1986
A-143 Mute Beat Japanese Dub (Cass) 1986
A-145 Suicide Ghost Riders (Cass) 1986
A-146 Johnny Thunders Stations Of The Cross (Cass, Album) 1987
A-147 Pecker 21st Century Dub (Cass, Comp) 1987
A-148 GG Allin Hated In The Nation (Cass) 1987
A-149 Jonathan Borofsky And Ed Tomney The Radical Songbirds Of Islam (Cass, Album) 1987
A-150 Falso Movimento / Peter Gordon Otello (Cass) 1987
A-151 Ruts DC Meets Mad Professor Rhythm Collision Dub Vol. 1 (Cass) 1987
A-152 Durutti Column, The Live At The Bottom Line New York (Album) (2 versions) 1987
A 153 Sister Breeze Riddym Ravings (Cass, Album) 1987
A-155 Yellowman & Charlie Chaplin (2) The Negril Chill (Cass) 1987
A-156 Various The End Of Music (As We Know It) (Cass, Comp) 1988
A-158 Buzzcocks Lest We Forget (Cass) 1988
A-159 Black Uhuru The Positive Dub (Cass) 1987
A-161 Prince Far I with Suns Of Arqa The Musical Revue (Cass, Album) 1988
A-162 Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus Rastafari Dub (Cass) 1989
A-163 Bush Tetras Better Late Than Never (Original Studio Recordings 1980-1983) (Cass, Album, Comp) 1989
A-167 Michael E. Johnson & Killer Bees, The Live In Berlin (Cass, Album) 1989
A-170 Various New York Rockers (Cass, Comp) 1989
A-171 Roots Radics, The Hot We Hot Dub (Cass, Album) 1989
A-172 Richard Hell & The Voidoids Funhunt: Live At CBGB's And Max's 1978 And 1979 (Cass) 1990
A-174 Chicken Chest Action Packed (Cass) 1990
A-177 Scientist Tribute To King Tubby Dub (Cass) 1990
A-179 Judy Nylon & Crucial Pal Judy (Cass, RE, Chr) 1990
A-180 Frontline Assembly* State Of Mind (Cass, Album) 1990
A-183 Various Ska Beats 1 (Cass) 1990
A-187 Frontline Assembly* The Initial Command (Cass, Album) 1990
A-188 Yabby You Beware Dub (Cass) 1990
A-189 Pankow Omne Animal Triste Post Coitum (Cass, Album) 1989
A-196 John Cale Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (Cass, Album) 1992
A-197 Various Funky Alternatives, 18 Exclusive Techno Remixes (Cass, Comp) 1991
A-198 Big Youth Jamming In The House Of Dread (Cass, Album) 1991
A-199 Oku Onuora I A Tell... Dubwise And Otherwise (Cass, Album) 1991
A-200 Greater Than One Duty And Trust (Cass) 1991
A-201 Original Skatalites, The* And Laurel Aitken The Long Hot Summer - Jamaican Ska 1963 (Cass) 1991
A-202 Llwybr Llaethog Mewn Dyb (In Dub) (Cass) 1991
A-203 Gato Negro Black Cat Dub (Cass, Album) 1991
A-204 Derrick Morgan Tougher Than Tough (Rudie In Court) (Cass) 1992
A-205 Laurel Aitken Rasta Man Power (Cass) 1992
A-206 Various ROIR Reggae - 10 Years Of Crucial Roots Music (Cass) 1992
DANCD032 Question Mark And The Mysterians* 96 Tears Forever - The Dallas Reunion Tapes (CD, Album) 1985
DANCD040 Richard Hell R.I.P.: The ROIR Sessions (CD, Album, Comp) 1990
DANCD083 Malaria! ...Revisited (CD, Comp)  
DAN CD 088 Richard Hell & The Voidoids Funhunt - Live At CBGB's & Max's (CD, Album) 1990
DANCD113 John Cale Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (CD, Album) 1992
DANCD115 Dub Syndicate One Way System (CD, Album, RE) 1991
DANLP037 Yellowman & Charlie Chaplin (2) The Negril Chill (LP, Album) 1989
DANLP039 Fleshtones* Blast Off! (LP, Album) 1985
DANLP045 Skatalites, The Stretching Out (2xLP)  
DANLP 045 Skatalites, The Stretching Out (2xLP, Album) 1986
DANLP078 Various The End Of Music (As We Know It) (LP + LP, S/Sided + , Comp) 1991
DANLP083 Malaria! ...Revisited. (LP, Comp) 1991
IT-001 John Brown's Body (2) All Time (LP) 1996
none Various ROIR / CMJ Sampler (CD, Smplr)  
none Various So Indie It Hurts: Roir Rocks Volume Two (13xFile, MP3, Smplr, 256)  
none Various So Indie It Hurts: Roir Rocks Volume One (File, MP3, 256) 2008
none Dub Trio Not Alone (Single) (3 versions) 2006
ROIR-145 Suicide Ghost Riders (CD) 1991
ROIR8323 Digitaldubs #1 (LP) 2011
ROIR 88561-5021-2 Dickies, The We Aren't The World, The Roir Sessions (CD, Album) 1990
ROIR A137 Question Mark And The Mysterians* 96 Tears Forever - The Dallas Reunion Tapes (Cass, Album) 1985
ROIRLP 1 Various Promotional Sampler (LP, Promo, Smplr)  
RSCD 9500 Bill Laswell Roir Dub Sessions (CD) 2003
RSCD9503 Various Essential Dub (CD, Comp) 2007
RSLP 9503 Various Essential Dub (LP, Comp) 2008
RSLP 9504 Various So Indie It Hurts Roir Rocks! Vol. One (LP, Comp) 2009
RUSCD3818 10 Ft. Ganja Plant Shake Up The Place (CD, Album) 2011
RUSCD 8209 Niney The Observer Observer Attack Dub (CD, Album) 1994
RUSCD 8210 Gato Negro Vital Force Dub (CD, Album) 1995
RUSCD 8211 Laibach Laibach (CD, Album, RE) 1995
RUSCD 8214 James Chance & The Contortions Lost Chance (CD, Album) 1995
RUSCD 8216 Alpha & Omega Sound System Dub (CD, Comp) 1995
RUSCD 8218 Bush Tetras Boom In The Night (Original Studio Recordings 1980-1983) (CD, Comp) 1995
RUSCD8219 Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers* Live At Max's Kansas City '79 (CD, Album, RE) 1995
RUSCD8220 Martin Rev See Me Ridin' (CD, Album) 1996
RUSCD 8221 Bush Chemists* Dub Outernational (CD, Album) 1996
RUSCD 8222 Digital K King Tubby's In The House (CD, Album) 1996
RUSCD 8223 Bad Brains Bad Brains (CD, Album) 1996
RUSCD 8224 Wordsound I-Powa Live From Planet Crooklyn (CD) 1996
RUSCD 8225 Sacred System Chapter 1 - Book Of Entrance (CD, Album) 1996
RUSCD 8226 Llwybr Llaethog Mewn Dyb (In Dub) (CD, RE) 1996
RUSCD8227 Mute Beat In Dub (CD, Album) 1996
RUSCD8228 Various Max's Kansas City (CD, Comp, RE) 1996
RUSCD 8229 Badawi Bedouin Sound Clash (CD) 1996
RUSCD8231 Legendary Pink Dots, The Under Triple Moons (CD, Comp) 1997
RUSCD8232 Lee 'Scratch' Perry* with Dieter Meier Technomajikal (CD) 1997
RUSCD 8233 Bill Laswell / Sacred System Sacred System: Chapter Two (CD, Album) 1997
RUSCD 8234 Badawi Jerusalem Under Fire (CD) 1997
RUSCD8235 Einstürzende Neubauten 2x4 (CD, Album, RM, RE) 1997
RUSCD8236 MC5 Babes In Arms (CD, Album, RE, Comp) 1998
RUSCD8237 Skatalites* Stretching Out (2xCD, Comp, RE) 1998
RUSCD 8238 Raincoats, The The Kitchen Tapes (CD, Album) 1998
RUSCD8239 Suicide Ghost Riders (CD, RM, RE, Album) 1998
RUSCD8240 Christian Death The Decomposition Of Violets - Live In Hollywood (CD, Album) 1998
RUSCD 8241 Lee "Scratch" Perry* meets Bullwackie In Satan's Dub (CD) 1988
RUSCD8243 Various World Class Punk (CD, Comp) 1998
RUSCD8244 Various New York Thrash (CD, Comp) 1998
RUSCD8245 Glenn Branca Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus) (CD, Album, RM) 1988
RUSCD8246 José Serrano (2) / Antonio "El Agujetas" Two Cries Of Freedom - Gypsy Flamenco From The Prisons Of Spain (CD, Comp) 1998
RUSCD8247 Dictators, The The Dictators Live: New York New York (CD, RE) 1998
RUSCD8248 Johnny Thunders The New Too Much Junkie Business (CD, Album) 1999
RUSCD 8249 Television The Blow-Up (2xCD, Album) 1999
RUSCD8250 Pecker 21st Century Dub (CD, Comp) 1999
RUSCD 8251 Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus Rastafari Dub (CD, Album) 1999
RUSCD8252 Dickies, The Still Got Live, Even If You Don't Want It (CD, Comp, Liv) 1999
RUSCD8253 Oku Onuora Dubbin' Away (CD, Album) 1999
RUSCD 8254 Phase Selector Sound Disassemble Dub (CD, Album) 1999
RUSCD 8255 Durutti Column, The A Night In New York (CD, Album, RM) 1999
RUSCD8256 UK Subs Left For Dead: Alive In Holland '86 (CD, Album) 1999
RUSCD8257 Big Youth Jamming In The House Of Dread (CD, Album, RE) 1999
RUSCD 8258 GG Allin Res-Erected (CD) 1999
RUSCD 8260 Jazz Butcher Conspiracy, The* Glorious & Idiotic (CD, Album) 2000
RUSCD 8261 Nico (3) Do Or Die - Diary 1982 (CD, Album, RM) 2000
RUSCD 8262 Mad Professor, The* Meets Puls Der Zeit Meet In Berlin At Checkpoint Charlie (CD) 2000
RUSCD8263 Bill Laswell Dub Chamber 3 (CD, Album) 2000
RUSCD 8264 Suicide Half Alive (CD, Album, RE) 2000
RUSCD 8265 Roots Radics, The Hot We Hot Dub (CD, Album) 2000
RUSCD 8266 New York Dolls Lipstick Killers - The Mercer Street Sessions 1972 (CD) 2000
RUSCD 8267 James Chance & The Contortions White Cannibal (CD, Album) 2000
RUSCD 8268 Joe "King" Carrasco And The Crowns* Tales From The Crypt (CD, Album) 2000
RUSCD 8269 Mekons* New York - On The Road 86-87 (CD, Comp) 2001
RUSCD 8270 10 Ft. Ganja Plant Hillside Airstrip (CD, Album) 2001
RUSCD 8271 Flipper Blow'n Chunks (CD) 2001
RUSCD8272 Chocolate Watchband, The At The Love-In Live! In Person At Cavestomp! (CD, Enh) 2001
RUSCD8273 Various Below The Radar : The Best Of Wordsound Dub (CD, Comp, Smplr) 2001
RUSCD 8274 Badawi Soldier Of Midian (CD, Album) 2001
RUSCD 8275 Asphalt Jungle Electro Ave (CD) 2002
RUSCD 8276 Styrenes, The It's Still Artastic (CD) 2002
RUSCD 8277 Terrorists (2) Forces 1977-1982 (CD, Comp) 2001
RUSCD 8278 Legendary Pink Dots* All The King's Men (CD, Album) 2002
RUSCD 8279 Martin Rev Martin Rev (CD, Album, RM) 2002
RUSCD 8280 Bill Laswell / Sacred System Book Of Exit : Dub Chamber 4 (CD, Album) 2002
RUSCD 8282 10 Ft. Ganja Plant Midnight Landing (CD) 2003
RUSCD 8283 Dufus 1:3:1 (CD, Album) 2003
RUSCD 8284 Badawi Clones & False Prophets (CD) 2004
RUSCD 8286 Legendary Pink Dots, The The Whispering Wall (Album) (2 versions) 2004
RUSCD 8287 Dub Trio Exploring The Dangers Of (CD, Album) 2004
RUSCD 8288 Bill Laswell Version 2 Version: A Dub Transmission (CD, Album) 2004
RUSCD 8289 Dufus Ball Of Design (CD, Album) 2004
RUSCD 8291 Dr. Israel Inna City Pressure (CD, Album, RM) 2005
RUSCD 8292 Bush Chemists* Raw Raw Dub (CD) 2005
RUSCD 8293 Mike Ladd Father Divine (CD, Album) 2005
RUSCD 8294 10 Ft. Ganja Plant Bass Chalice (CD, Album) 2005
RUSCD 8295 Dr. Israel Presents Dreadtone International Patterns Of War (CD, Album, Enh) 2005
RUSCD 8297 Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell (CD, Album) 2006
RUSCD 8298 Dub Trio New Heavy (CD) 2006
RUSCD 8299 Legendary Pink Dots, The Your Children Placate You From Premature Graves (CD, Album) 2006
RUSCD 8300 James Chance & The Contortions Soul Exorcism Redux (CD, Album, Dig) 2007
RUSCD 8301 Praxis Tennessee 2004 (CD, Album) 2007
RUSCD 8302 10 Ft. Ganja Plant Presents (CD, Album, RE) 2007
RUSCD 8303 Bush Tetras Very Very Happy (CD, Album) 2007
RUSCD 8304 Dub Trio Cool Out And Coexist (CD, Album) 2007
RUSCD 8305 Legendary Pink Dots, The Plutonium Blonde (CD, Album) 2008
RUSCD 8306 Darryl Jenifer In Search Of Black Judas (CD, Album) 2010
RUSCD 8307 Raz Mesinai's Badawi* Unit Of Resistance (CD) 2007
RUSCD 8308 10 Ft. Ganja Plant Bush Rock (CD, Album) 2009
RUSCD 8311 Dufus In Monstrous Attitude (CD) 2009
RUSCD 8313 Stimulators* Loud Fast Rules! (CD, Album) 2010
RUSCD 8314 UNIVOX UNIVOX (CD, Album) 2010
RUSCD 8315 Bad Cop (2) Harvest The Beast (CD, Album) 2010
RUSCD 8316 10 Ft. Ganja Plant 10 Deadly Shots Vol. 1 (CD, Album) 2010
RUSCD 8317 Legendary Pink Dots, The Seconds Late For The Brighton Line (Album) (2 versions) 2010
RUSCD 8322 Dub Trio IV (CD, Album) 2011
RUSHCD 8242 GG Allin Hated In The Nation (CD, Album) 1998
RUSHCD 8285 Twilight Circus* Dub From The Secret Vaults (CD) 2004
RUSHLP 8285 Twilight Circus* Dub From The Secret Vaults (LP) 2004
RUSLP 8106 Bad Brains Bad Brains (LP, Pic, Ltd) 2007
RUSLP 8107 Dub Trio Another Sound Is Dying (LP, Album) 2008
RUSLP 8108 Badawi Den Of Drumz (12") 2008
RUSLP 8218 Bush Tetras Boom In The Night (Original Studio Recordings 1980-1983) (LP, Comp) 2003
RUSLP 8223 Bad Brains Bad Brains (Album) (6 versions) 1997
RUSLP 8225 Bill Laswell / Sacred System Chapter 1 - Book Of Entrance (LP, RP) 2004
RUSLP 8229 Badawi Bedouin Sound Clash (LP) 1996
RUSLP 8233 Bill Laswell / Sacred System Sacred System: Chapter Two (LP, Album) 1997
RUSLP 8234 Badawi Jerusalem Under Fire (LP) 2005
RUSLP 8236 MC5 Babes In Arms (LP, Album, RE, RM, Comp, Whi) 2000
RUSLP 8239 Suicide Ghost Riders (LP) 2006
RUSLP 8242 GG Allin Hated In The Nation (Album) (2 versions) 2004
RUSLP 8244 Various New York Thrash (LP, Comp, RE) 2002
RUSLP 8249 Television The Blow-Up (2xLP, Gat) 2001
RUSLP 8251 Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus Rastafari Dub (LP) 1999
RUSLP8252 Dickies, The Still Got Live, Even If You Don't Want It (LP, Comp, Bub) 2001
RUSLP 8254 Phase Selector Sound Disassemble Dub (LP) 2005
RUSLP 8258 G.G. Allin* Res-Erected (LP) 1999
RUSLP 8263 Bill Laswell Dub Chamber 3 (LP, Album) 2001
RUSLP 8264 Suicide Half Alive (LP, Blu) 2003
RUSLP 8266 New York Dolls Lipstick Killers - The Mercer Street Sessions 1972 (LP, Album, RE) 2005
RUSLP 8267 James Chance & The Contortions White Cannibal (LP, Album) 2004
RUSLP 8270 10 Ft. Ganja Plant Hillside Airstrip (LP) 2002
RUSLP 8271 Flipper Blow'n Chunks (LP) 2005
RUSLP 8274 Badawi Soldier Of Midian (LP) 2002
RUSLP 8278 Legendary Pink Dots, The All The King's Men (2xLP, Album) 2002
RUSLP 8280 Bill Laswell Book Of Exit: Sacred System Dub Chamber 4 (LP) 2003
RUSLP 8284 Badawi Clones & False Prophets (LP) 2004
RUSLP 8287 Dub Trio Exploring The Dangers Of (LP) 2004
RUSLP 8288 Bill Laswell Version 2 Version - A Dub Transmission (LP) 2005
RUSLP 8297 Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell (LP, Album) 2006
RUSLP 8298 Dub Trio New Heavy (LP) 2006
RUSLP 8306 Darryl Jenifer In Search Of Black Judas (LP, Album) 2010
RUSLP 8307 Raz Mesinai's Badawi* Unit Of Resistance (LP, Album) 2009
RUSLP 8310 Skatalites* Stretching Out Volume One (LP, Album, RE) 2008
RUSLP 8312 Skatalites* Stretching Out Volume Two (LP, Album, RE) 2009
RUSLP 8313 Stimulators* Loud Fast Rules! (LP, Album, RM) 2010
RUSLP 8317 Legendary Pink Dots, The Seconds Late For The Brighton Line (2xLP, Album, Ltd) 2010
RUSLP 8322 Dub Trio IV (LP, Album) 2011
RUSLP-9703 Bush Tetras Too Many Creeps (3 versions) 2011
RUSLP 7-8287 Dub Trio Drive By Dub (7") 2004
SALVODCD202 Various The Definitive Story Of CBGB (The Home Of U.S. Punk) (2xCD, Comp) 2006
TMD 9175 Front Line Assembly The Initial Command (CD, Album, RE) 1992
TMD 9176 Frontline Assembly* State Of Mind (CD, Album, RE) 1992
VOX-7-01 UNIVOX I'm A Lying Fuck (7", EP) 2009

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