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band. They released the track "Blue Movies" on the

Heartbeat Records Heartbeat Records is an independent record label based in Burlington, Massachusetts. The label specializes in Jamaican music. Founded by reggae music enthusiasts Bill Nowlin and Duncan Brown, the label's first release was a vinyl LP reissue of L ...

1979 EP ''4 Alternatives'', and subsequently had "Anthem" included on the label's seminal compilation album ''

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''. They contributed two tracks to Bristol Recorder 2, and were including reggae by the time of their 1981

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single "Together/Untogether". This was to be their last recording as they split up in early 1981 when

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was recruited by

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to play with Johnny Britton. Tracks have been re-released over the years. In 2009, the retrospective album ''Fussing & Fighting'' on Bristol Archive Records was released.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:X-Certs, The British reggae musical groups English new wave musical groups English punk rock groups Musical groups established in 1978 Musical groups disestablished in 1981 Musical groups from Bristol