Scientific Americans: Load And Go!; Human Switchboard: Coffee Break and other ROIR tapes
Cynthia Rose, NME, 14 August 1982
TIME FOR another recharge from my choice in chutzpah-driven indies: Neil Lets Get This Party Started Coopers Reach Out International Records (ROIR). Former booking agent Coopers enterprise deals exclusively in LP-length cassettes unavailable as commercial waxings.
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