RECORDS
Independent label: Star Records managed at least one single. Star is one of those labels which serves a niche market for a long time, existing largely outside the mainstream musical world. It was set up in Balsall Heath in 1970 by record shop owner Muhammad Ayub, initially in order to record a couple of local Bhangra bands. The venture proved successful. Star evolved into Oriental Star, later Oriental Star Agency / OSA, and became Britain's leading Asian record label. It was responsible for recording Bally Sagoo and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, both of whom gained wide recognition in the 'World Music' field, and it is still going today. As far as 7" records are concerned, the only one that googling reveals is the Anari Sangeet Party EP shown above, which featured 'Bhabi Noon Nanan Dasdi' and three other tracks, but the catalogue number, S/SR-117, suggests that there ought to be at least sixteen others. By the time it came out, in 1977, the label had been in operation for several years, so other 7" releases are not unlikely - they're just not the kind of thing which turns up in second-hand shops or on ebay. If you know of any I would be glad to hear of them. The other number on the EP, JHEPS-208, was one of a series used by the Zella studios, where the recording was done. LPs were numbered in the SRLP-5000s; the highest number that I have found so far is SRLP-5127, which came out in 1991, but by that point CDs were taking over. Distributed By Star Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 72 | Anjan Group (Mastan Singh Heera) | Star Agencies Present Anjan Group Ep | STAR | SR | 101 | ||
| 72 | Anari Sangeet Party | Anari Sangeet Party Volume 3 | STAR | SR | 102 | ||
| 72 | Not Traced | STAR | SR | 103 | |||
| 72 | Not Traced | STAR | SR | 104 | |||
| 72 | Not Traced | STAR | SR | 105 | |||
| 72 | Not Traced | STAR | SR | 106 | |||
| 72 | Not Traced | STAR | SR | 107 | |||
| 73 | Anokha Group | Charh Dee Jawani Meri | STAR | SR | 108 | LYN | 2768 |
| 79 | Hussain Bakhsh | Finest Ghazals In Urdu By Hussain Bakhsh (Album) | STAR | S/SRLP | 109 | ||
| 73 | Not Traced | STAR | SR | 110 | |||
| 73 | Not Traced | STAR | SR | 111 | |||
| 73 | Not Traced | STAR | SR | 112 | |||
| 73 | Not Traced | STAR | SR | 113 | |||
| 73 | Not Traced | STAR | SR | 114 | |||
| 73 | Not Traced | STAR | SR | 115 | |||
| 77 | Balbir Singh And Bhujhangy Group | Walayati Main Taan Peeni Aa | STAR | SR | 116 | JHEPS | 204 |
| 77 | Anari Sangeet Party | Bhabi Noon Nanan Dasdi | STAR | SR | 117 | JHEPS | 208 |
| 77 | Not Traced | STAR | SR | 118 | |||
| 77 | Not Traced | STAR | SR | 119 | |||
| 78 | Bhujhangy Group | Bhabhi Akh Lar Gayee | STAR | S/SR | 120 | JHEPS | 225 |
| 79 | G.S.Sagoo, Gurdev Singh Dev (Jugnu Group) | Punjabi Folk Songs | STAR | S/SR | 121 |
| 78 | Not Traced | STAR | S/SRLP | 1001 | |||
| 78 | Shoqeen Badayuni | Ae Saware Do Alam / Ham Gunahgaron Ke | STAR | S/SRLP | 1002 | JHEPS | 220 |
