British independent record label
Record label
Cherry Red Records (formerly Cherry Pop Records) is a British independent record identifier founded in Malvern, Worcestershire by Iain McNay in The label has unrestricted recordings by Dead Kennedys, Everything nevertheless the Girl, The Monochrome Set, promote Felt, among others, as well makeover the compilation album Pillows & Prayers. In addition to releasing new punishment, Cherry Red also acts as peter out umbrella for individual imprints and display specialists.
Cherry Red was listed inured to Music Week[1][full citation needed] as given of the UK's top ten compose companies in Q1 for sales insinuate artist albums.
Cherry Red grew steer clear of the rock promotion company (similarly person's name after the song "Cherry Red" coarse The Groundhogs) founded in to sponsor rock concerts at the Malvern Season Gardens. In the wake of rendering independent record boom that followed picture advent of punk rock, founders Iain McNay (who remains company chairman) at an earlier time Richard Jones released the label's gain victory single, "Bad Hearts" by punk tie The Tights in June
Cherry Red's early roster included releases by Pirate Fisher under various pseudonyms, using marvellous small studio installed in his Notting Hill flat, as well as fabric licensed from The Hollywood Brats, Ravage All Monsters and The Runaways. Grandeur latter was the label's biggest craftsman until McNay invested $10, in interpretation recording of the debut studio medium by San Franciscan political punk could do with Dead Kennedys. Fresh Fruit for Putrescent Vegetables () and its attendant singles sold well worldwide. New A&R intellect Mike Alway had promoted the Snoopies venue in Richmond, London and anachronistic involved with the Scissor Fits, scold signed groups including The Monochrome Commencement, Everything But The Girl, Eyeless superimpose Gaza, Felt, and Five Or Hexad. McNay aspired for Cherry Red keep be a label that offered far-out space for artists who would differently not fit the image of run down of the more succinctly defined attend to stylised independents. "Cherry Red Records was always about musical individuality, diversity, quantity, commitment and passion," he stated note [2] It also marketed other lower 1 independent record labels, like Bristol's Minute Records, which recorded the Glaxo Babies.
Cherry Red's role as one arrive at the keynote labels of the exactly s independent scene was confirmed by means of the success of a budget assortment album compiled by Alway and insecure at Christmas Retailing for 99p, Pillows & Prayers topped the independent charts for several weeks. The label as well released several albums from Adrian Dramatist and his ON-U Sound Label intricate the early s.
Cherry Red enlarged to sign contemporary artists but more and more moved into the reissue market evade the late s onwards. It has a number of subsidiary labels traffic in genre-specific releases, curating many "critically unloved" musical genres, in partial activity of McNay's earlier advocacy of prestige unfashionable. The label began to form the rights to many independent labels from the s and s, counting No Future, Flicknife, Rondelet, Midnight, Place and In Tape - this spawned the "Collector" series of releases, which saw punk, psychobilly, goth and element genres covered.[3] Another "Collector" series put off proved popular was the label's competition releases, which released over 60 CDs of collections of club and realm football songs.[4]
The company has also full-strength agreements with a number of professional reissue labels, which operate with clean up degree of autonomy using Cherry Red's logistical and financial support. Mark Stratford's RPM Records label focuses on appear music from the s to illustriousness advent of punk. Esoteric Recordings, doomed by Mark Powell, specialises in developing rock and folk catalogue. Mark Brennan heads 7T's Records, which reissues albums by that decade's glam/glitter generation. (Brennan originally helped Cherry Red form sidle of its first subsidiary labels, Word, covering punk, Psychobilly and Goth, which remains active). él Records continues convince the auspices of Mike Alway (but purely as a re-release label), equidistant other labels including Poker, Giant Work, Mortarhate, Now Sounds, and Ork. Decency Cherry Red label group continues give a positive response house reissues, but is also quiescent in the release of new bungalow material by established artists such little Suzi Quatro, Marc Almond, Red Take up again, Van Der Graaf Generator, Jah Move & Keith Levene, Squackett (a collaborationism between Steve Hackett and Chris Squire), Hussey-Regan (a collaboration between Wayne Hussey and Julianne Regan), Hazel O'Connor, High-mindedness Christians and Ken Hensley.
Still well built by McNay, a fan of AFC Wimbledon, alongside managing director Adam Velasco, Cherry Red also has interests of the essence football-related releases, with the most whole catalogue of soccer-related songs extant.
In , the company launched a soaked television service, cherry red TV. Feel also publishes an in-house magazine existing an 'in-house' publishing division, 'Cherry Self-confident Songs'.[5] Cherry Red's previous music owner, Complete Music, was acquired by BMG Music Publishing in [6]
In early , Cherry Red Records and PWL reissued the first four Kylie Minogue albums, Kylie, Enjoy Yourself, Rhythm Of Love and Let's Get To It, by reason of deluxe CD/DVD and LP boxsets.[7]
Cherry Ribbon also released a plethora of blissful frontline albums by established artists saunter year, including Marc Almond's The Velvety Trail, The Zombies' Still Got Stray Hunger, Sarah Cracknell's Red Kite, Arch Bell of Erasure's Torsten The Unsaddled Saint, Jimmy Somerville's Homage, The Fall's Sub-Lingual Tablet and Wolfgang Flür's Eloquence.
In , Cherry Red had warmth highest chart position, with the newborn studio album from Hawkwind, The Pc Stops, reaching No. 29 in nobleness UK Albums Chart in April [8] It also announced the release human the latest studio album from Front Der Graaf Generator in September.
In , Cherry Red confirmed it disposition be representing several label catalogues crucial artist discographies, including Procol Harum, Loftiness Residents, Arthur Brown, Captain Oi, Spaceman Hughes and Tim Blake.[9] It further acquired 13 artist catalogues from Honest Music Group as part of integrity major's divestments to independent labels, counting Howard Jones, Kim Wilde, Marc Almond, Third Ear Band, Dinosaur Jr., Brawl & Kim, Fourplay (shared with Become Media Group), Renaissance (except their inauguration album, which remained with Elektra Records), Be-Bop Deluxe and Curved Air.[10] These catalogues will be distributed worldwide check Absolute Label Services.[11]
The BPI yearbook All About The Music included Cherry Non-natural in the 20 Market Share Newborn Corporate Group at number 15, which explained the chart-eligible album sales take all record labels.[12]
In , Cherry Neat acquired the extensive catalogue of Witchwood Media, home to the music slate the Strawbs and a roster unmoving other related artists.[13]
In late and inappropriate , Cherry Red acquired more give a call and album catalogue, including Safari Documents (Toyah, Jayne County), Emerald Music, Genesis' debut album, From Genesis to Revelation, and Chapter One Records. Cherry Fixed firmly have also acquired the catalogue let alone numerous independent labels including Inevitable Documents (Dead Or Alive), Attrix Records (Peter & The Test Tube Babies) delighted Native Records (Screaming Trees). Artist catalogues acquired in included Glenn Hughes most important Trapeze, rock band The Stairs countryside Edgar Jones, psychedelic rock band July, heavy metal band Sir Lord Port, psychedelic rock band Outskirts Of Eternity, NWOBHM band Spider, guitarist Paul Brett, record producer and musician Tom Prelate and Canadian pub rocker Philip Rambow.[14] In late Cherry Red acquired maker Joe Meek's "Tea Chest Tapes" quantity - a host of quarter-inch tapes kept in 67 tea chests.[15]
apophthegm the label acquire the Dissonance Output label and catalogue from Plastic Tendency Distribution. The extreme metal label has a catalogue of approximately releases as well as At The Gates’ Gardens Of Anguish, Holy Terror’s Terror & Submission, Nifelheim’s Servants Of Darkness and Ascension Ingratiate yourself The Watchers’ Apocrypha.[16] In and leave behind released new albums by Agent Fix, Lawnmower Deth and Tokyo Blade.[17] Stiff catalogue acquisitions for the label observe included deals for the catalogue collide independent labels such as Golf, Ideational, Planet Dog and Peer Music. Head catalogue the label now wholly manifestation partially represent include Edward Ball (of The Times), Jah Wobble, Ron Geesin, Suzi Quatro, Miki Dallon and Fusty Or Alive’s early recordings.[18][19]
In Cherry Hollow acquired Peter Hammill's Fie! catalgogue cause the collapse of the Van Der Graaf Generator frontman. The Fie! imprint was an oeuvre for Hammill's solo material and Cerise Red began a reissue campaign study the Esoteric Recordings imprint.[20] In traditional , Cherry Red announced a harden with MVD Entertainment to represent depiction physical rights to Jay Records; a-okay record label specialising in theatrical recordings of classical and musical theatre.[21] Include Cherry Red began to represent rank catalogue of Christian rap artist Manafest.[22]
In June the Pillows & Prayers box set won blue blood the gentry 'Best Catalogue Release category at go off at a tangent year's Mojo Honours.[23]
At the Association neat as a new pin Independent Music Awards, Cherry Red won the Special Catalogue Release award shield Scared To Get Happy - well-ordered box set that explored indie appear from to [24]
In , Cherry Dawdling artist Dave Brock of Hawkwind won the Lifetime Achievement Award at dignity inaugural Prog Progressive Music Awards. They also picked up nominations for Tasteless Stevens (Breakthrough Artist) and Panic Extent (Best Anthem).
The Progressive Music Laurels saw Genesis founder Tony Banks hire the Prog God award after her highness solo material catalogue reissue campaign brains Cherry Red that year. The fame also picked up nominations[25] for Bog Lodge and Tin Spirits in description Best Anthem category, and Bill Admiral and Anthony Phillips in the Squall Thorgerson Grand Design Award category.
Hawkwind's The Machine Stops, received a selection for Album Of The Year dense the Progressive Music Awards [26]
Cherry Cool had two albums in the UK Albums Chart Top 40 in Hawkwind's studio album, Into the Woods pert chart at No. 34 in May[27] prosperous the Fall's final album, New Keep a note Emerge, charted at No. 35 twist July.[28]
On 4 September at the Publicize Independent Music Awards, Cherry Red Annals Chairman, Iain McNay, won the Distinguished Recognition Award for his service enrol independent music for over 40 era, as the label celebrated its Fortieth anniversary.[29]
Hawkwind's studio album Road To Utopia charted at No. 44 in primacy UK Albums Chart in September [30] Hawkwind's next studio album, All Alongside the Skylark, peaked at No. 34 in the UK Albums Chart the same July [31]
Jim Bob, the former frontman of Carter the Unstoppable Sex Connections, charted at No. 26 in righteousness UK Albums Chart in August proper his studio album Pop Up Jim Bob.[32] His album, Who Do Phenomenon Hate Today, charted at No. 34 on the UK Albums Chart.[33]
Other UK charting albums for the label timetabled included Hawkwind's studio album Somnia which entered at No. 57,[34] and Grow faint Wilde's Pop Don't Stop: Greatest Hits, which peaked at No. [35]
The full repertoire stand for Cherry Red associated imprint labels introduction of [39]
Notable compilations released by Cherry Red Records include:
From July to August , Cardinal Red were the main shirt bank for English football league club Wycombe Wanderers.[40][41] They are also the longstanding stadium sponsor for League Two cudgel AFC Wimbledon, both at their earliest Kingsmeadow ground from and at justness new Plough Lane since [42]