RECORDS
Independent label from Cambridge, one of many labels which flourished and died in the Punk era: Raw Records was started in 1977 by record-shop owner Lee Wood, initially to make a single with local Punk band The Users ('Sick Of You'; RAW-1). The success of that record prompted Wood to put more bands on vinyl: the Hammersmith Gorillas and the Killjoys among others. The Gorillas single pictured was a reissue, which explains the '1974' on the label. Raw never made money, and it continued only as long as Wood's 'Remember These Oldies' shop could subsidise it: that is, from 1977 to 1979. Distribution initially was by that shop and by Lightning; a link-up with Creole Records in late '77 gave Raw major distribution through CBS, who handled Creole's products at that time. The licensing deal was supposed to be for three years, but in the event it seems to have lasted for around six months, as mid 1978 saw Raw joining the Plastic Fantastic family of labels, at which point Pye took over manufacture and distribution. A number of back-catalogue singles were reissued, or re-promoted, after each move, and some can be found with several different labels. The pink label was the original one, and the black one belonged to an intermittent Rockabilly 'Fifties' series, while the label with '78' on it appears to have been used on non-Rockabilly issues from 1978. The green label featuring a safety razor and the words 'Lee Wood's Raw Records' appeared on only a few records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 77 | Users | Sick Of You | RAW | RAW | 1 |
| 77 | Hammersmith Gorillas | You Really Got Me | RAW | RAW | 2 |
| 77 | Killjoys | Johnny Won'T Get To Heaven | RAW | RAW | 3 |
| 77 | Creation | Making Time | RAW | RAW | 4 |
| 77 | Soft Boys | Give It To The Soft Boys [ Ep ] | RAW | RAW | 5 |
| 77 | Unwanted | Withdrawal | RAW | RAW | 6 |
| 77 | Some Chicken | New Religion | RAW | RAW | 7 |
| 77 | Lockjaw | Radio Call Sign | RAW | RAW | 8 |
| 77 | Matchbox | Troublesome Bay | RAW | RAW | 9 |
| 77 | Downliners Sect | Showbiz | RAW | RAW | 10 |
| 78 | Riot Rockers | Tennessee Saturdat Night | RAW | RAW | 11 |
| 78 | Wild Danny & Wildcats | Mean Evil Daddy | RAW | RAW | 12 |
| 78 | Some Chicken | Arabian Daze | RAW | RAW | 13 |
| 78 | Gorillas | It'S My Life | RAW | RAW | 14 |
| 77 | Unwanted | Secret Police | RAW | RAW | 15 |
| 78 | Miro Steve & Eyes | I Like It | RAW | RAW | 16 |
| 78 | Some Chicken | Arabian Daze | RAW | RAW | 17 |
| 78 | Salt | Keep Your Mother Worrying | RAW | RAW | 18 |
| 78 | Lockjaw | Journalist Jive | RAW | RAW | 19 |
| 78 | Gee Paul | Gotta Keep Playing That Rock 'N' Roll (Not Issued) | RAW | RAW | 20 |
| 79 | Mystery Train | The Sun Story | RAW | RAW | 21 |
| 79 | Nisa | Ain'T No Angel (Not Issued) | RAW | RAW | 22 |
| 79 | Matchbox | Gunnin' For The Dog/Put The Blame On Me (Not Issued) | RAW | RAW | 23 |
| 79 | Downliners Sect | Blue Night (Not Issued) | RAW | RAW | 24 |
| 79 | Troggs | Just A Little Too Much | RAW | RAW | 25 |
| 79 | Gorillas | Message To The World | RAW | RAW | 26 |
| 79 | Faron'S Flamingoes | Bring It On Home To Me | RAW | RAW | 27 |
| 79 | (Not Issued) | RAW | RAW | 28 | |
| 79 | Miro Steve & Eyes | Once Upon A Lifetime | RAW | RAW | 29 |
| 79 | Unwanted | Memory Man (Not Issued) | RAW | RAW | 30 |
| 79 | Now | Into The 1980S | RAW | RAW | 31 |
| 79 | Terry Karl & Cruisers | 2 Hound Dogs | RAW | RAW | 32 |
| 79 | (Not Issued) | RAW | RAW | 33 | |
| 79 | (Not Issued) | RAW | RAW | 34 | |
| 79 | Ersatz | Motorbody Love | RAW | RAW | 35 |
| 79 | Vice Leonard | I'Ve Got Spots | RAW | RAW | 36 |
| 79 | Soft Boys | Give It To The Soft Boys [ Ep ] | RAW | RAW | 37 |
