Name: The Virgin Years
Brand: The Ruts

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Universal Music GmbH

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Release date

2015-10-23

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5357985

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600753579855

Artist

The Ruts

Label EU

Caroline

Genre EU

Punk / Hardcore

Caroline Records is a renowned music label that has had an interesting history. Originally established as a European offshoot of Virgin in the 1970s, it was later revived in the 1980s as a distributor and pseudo-indie label under Virgin/EMI. In 2013, Universal Music brought back the brand through Capitol Music Group. Caroline Records serves as a label for various releases bearing the *Caroline* or *Caroline Records* brands, as well as fulfilling distributor and other company roles.

The catalog number formats used by Caroline have varied over time, with prefixes like *CAROL* and *CAR*. It is important to use these numbers exactly as they appear on the release to avoid any confusion. In recent years, Caroline also adopted the standard EMI numbering system alongside their CAROL-prefix numbers.

Similar to Island Records, Caroline has been inconsistent about incorporating the word "Records" into their logos and contact information throughout their history. However, on Discogs it is considered correct to always refer to them as *Caroline Records*, even if "Records" is not present. The oldest logo of Caroline was reintroduced for several new releases in the mid-2010s. While it may be more appropriate to omit "Records" from their name now, there are too many releases associated with this label to make such edits at this point.

The Ruts were a British punk rock band formed in London in 1977. The original lineup consisted of *Malcolm Owen* on vocals, *Dave Ruffy* on drums, *Vince Segs* on bass, and *Paul Fox* on guitar. Their first single 'In A Rut' gained attention and led to three sessions with BBC Radio One as well as a contract with Virgin. The success continued with their hit single 'Babylon's Burning', which reached the top ten. However, the band faced challenges when hard-line Skinheads disagreed with their anti-racist stance, resulting in violence at some gigs.
Tragically, Malcolm Owen passed away on July 14th, 1980 due to a heroin overdose. Despite this loss, the band carried on with Paul Fox taking over vocals under the new name Ruts DC.
If you enjoy music from artists such as The Rezillos, Slaughter & The Dogs, or Buzzcocks, then you'll definitely want to check out The Ruts!

Newest Listed Items

This is a 74 track four CD box set featuring pretty much all the band recorded during their time with Virgin Records. Includes the hit singles 'Babylon's Burning' (No.7), 'Something That I Said' (No.29), 'Staring At The Rude Boys' (No.22) and 'West One (Sine On Me)' (No.43). Disc 1 has the No.16 charting debut LP 'The Crack' bolstered by six non LP bonus tracks. Disc 2 features the Top 30 'Grin N Bear It' odds n sods LP which now comes with two bonus tracks plus previously unreleased BBC Radio 1 Kid Jensen session that is something of a 'Holy Grail' amongst Punk collectors.  The third disc comes with three John Peel sessions plus a lively nine track BBC In Concert show from 1979. The fourth disc is a warts n all show from The Marquee in July 1979, never before officially released and capturing the band at their 'in yer face' confrontational best. Packaged in a clam shell box with a 20 page booklet featuring detailed liner notes by Roland Link who has just published the bands biography 'Love In Vain'.

The Virgin Years

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