Bar-Mar

Short-lived custom independent record label operating out of Randolph, Massachusetts, in 1965.

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The label was created for the high school band the Illusions, who were based out of the South Shore town of Randolph.

The label name was a literal family portmanteau. The band’s principal songwriter was a teenager named Ron. His parents, who financed the entire endeavor so the boys could have their own physical record, were named Barney and Mary—hence, BAR-MAR.