RECORDS
Independent label: Step Forward Records was Founded by Sniffin' Glue editor Mark Perry and backed by Miles Copeland, this seminal punk label mainly specialized in the London punk bands that Perry was raving about in his fanzine. Step Forward was a member of the 'Faulty Products' group, alongside Illegal and Deptford Fun City. The company's signings reflected Perry's radical attitude, with the likes of The Fall and Chelsea sticking closely to their anti-capitalist principles; refreshing, when you consider how many Punk bands were hurrying to sign up to major companies at that time. That said, Sham 69, another of the Step Forward bands, went to to sign for Polydor and have a number of hits... The label lasted from 1977-to 1983, and put out twenty-three singles / EPs, in an SF-0 series, and ten albums. There was a pause of several months after the first half-dozen releases; when things got going again, in August 1978, the original melticoloured label had been replaced by a more sober one, distribution was initially by Lightning; Faulty Products took over that job in 1978, and by the end of 1979 Pye was doing it. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 77 | Cortinas | Fascist Dictator | STEP FORWARD | SF | 1 |
| 77 | Chelsea | Right To Work | STEP FORWARD | SF | 2 |
| 77 | Models | Freeze | STEP FORWARD | SF | 3 |
| 77 | Sham 69 | I Don'T Wanna | STEP FORWARD | SF | 4 |
| 77 | Chelsea | High Rise Living | STEP FORWARD | SF | 5 |
| 78 | Cortinas | Defiant Pose | STEP FORWARD | SF | 6 |
| 78 | Fall | Bing0 Master Breakout [Ep] | STEP FORWARD | SF | 7 |
| 78 | Chelsea | Urban Kids | STEP FORWARD | SF | 8 |
| 79 | Fall | It'S The New Thing | STEP FORWARD | SF | 9 |
| 79 | Lemon Kittens | Spoonfed And Writhing [ Ep ] | STEP FORWARD | SE | 10 |
| 79 | Fall | Rowche Rumble | STEP FORWARD | SF | 11 |
| 79 | Transmitters | Still Hunting For The Ugly Man [ Ep ] | STEP FORWARD | SF | 12 |
| 80 | Fall | Fiery Jack | STEP FORWARD | SF | 13 |
| 80 | Chelsea | No One'S Coming Outside | STEP FORWARD | SF | 14 |
| 80 | Chelsea | Look At The Outside | STEP FORWARD | SF | 15 |
| 80 | Chelsea | No Escape | STEP FORWARD | SF | 16 |
| 81 | Chelsea | Rockin' Horse | STEP FORWARD | SF | 17 |
| 81 | Chelsea | Freemans | STEP FORWARD | SF | 18 |
| 81 | Chron Gen | Reality | STEP FORWARD | SF | 19 |
| 81 | Chelsea | Evacuate | STEP FORWARD | SF | 20 |
| 82 | Chelsea | War Across The Nation | STEP FORWARD | SF | 21 |
| 82 | Chelsea | Stand Out | STEP FORWARD | SF | 22 |
| 83 | Major Accident | Mr Nobody | STEP FORWARD | SF | 23 |
