Cherry Red Records is a British

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founded in Malvern, Worcestershire by Iain McNay in 1978. The label has released recordings by Dead Kennedys, Everything But the Girl, The Monochrome Set, and Felt, among others, as well as the compilation album ''Pillows & Prayers''. In addition to releasing new music, Cherry Red also acts as an umbrella for individual imprints and catalogue specialists. Cherry Red was listed by '' Music Week'' as one of the UK's top ten record companies in Q1 2015 for sales of artist albums.

History

Cherry Red grew from the rock promotion company (similarly named after the song "Cherry Red" by The Groundhogs) founded in 1971 to promote rock concerts at the

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Winter Gardens. In the wake of the independent record boom that followed the advent of punk rock, founders Iain McNay (who remains company chairman) and Richard Jones released the label's first single, "Bad Hearts" by punk band The Tights in June 1978. Cherry Red's early roster included releases by Morgan Fisher under various pseudonyms, using a small studio installed in his Notting Hill flat, as well as material licensed from The Hollywood Brats,

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and The Runaways. The latter was the label's biggest seller until McNay invested $10,000 in the recording of the debut studio album by

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political punk band Dead Kennedys. '' Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables'' (1979) and its attendant singles sold well worldwide. New A&R head Mike Alway had promoted the Snoopies venue in Richmond, London and been involved with the Scissor Fits, and signed groups including The Monochrome Set, Everything But The Girl, Eyeless in Gaza, Felt, and Five Or Six. McNay aspired for Cherry Red to be a label that offered a space for artists who would otherwise not fit the image of some of the more succinctly defined and stylised independents. "Cherry Red Records was always about musical individuality, diversity, character, commitment and passion," he stated in 2008. It also marketed other smaller independent record labels, like Bristol's Heartbeat Records, which recorded the

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. Cherry Red's role as one of the keynote labels of the early 1980s independent scene was confirmed by the success of a budget compilation album compiled by Alway and released at Christmas 1982. Retailing for 99p, ''

Pillows & Prayers ''Pillows & Prayers'' (subtitled ''Cherry Red 1982-1983'') is a compilation album released Christmas 1982, featuring artists on the Cherry Red record label. The record was originally sold at 99 pence (in fact, "pay no more than 99p" was printed ...

'' topped the independent charts for several weeks. The label also released several albums from Adrian Sherwood and his ON-U Sound Label in the early 1980s. Cherry Red continued to sign contemporary artists but increasingly moved into the

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market from the late 1980s onwards. It has a number of subsidiary labels dealing in genre-specific releases, curating many "critically unloved" musical genres, in partial continuation of McNay's earlier advocacy of the unfashionable. The label began to acquire the rights to many independent labels from the 1970s and 1980s, including No Future, Flicknife, Rondelet, Midnight, Temple and In Tape - this spawned the "Collector" series of releases, which saw punk, psychobilly, goth and metal genres covered. Another "Collector" series that proved popular was the label's football releases, which released over 60 CDs of collections of club and country football songs. The company has also signed agreements with a number of specialist reissue labels, which operate with a degree of autonomy using Cherry Red's logistical and financial support. Mark Stratford's RPM Records label focuses on pop music from the 1960s to the advent of punk. Esoteric Recordings, headed by Mark Powell, specialises in progressive 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 one of its first subsidiary labels, Anagram, covering punk, Psychobilly and Goth, which remains active). él Records continues under the auspices of Mike Alway (but purely as a re-release label), alongside other labels including Poker, Giant Steps, Mortarhate, Now Sounds, and Ork. The Cherry Red label group continues to house reissues, but is also active in the release of new studio material by established artists such as Suzi Quatro, Marc Almond, Red Box, Van Der Graaf Generator, Jah Wobble & Keith Levene,

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(a collaboration between Steve Hackett and Chris Squire), Hussey-Regan (a collaboration between

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and

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, The Christians and Ken Hensley. Still headed by McNay, a fan of

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, alongside managing director Adam Velasco, Cherry Red also has interests in

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-related releases, with the most complete catalogue of soccer-related songs extant. In 2007, the company launched a streaming television service,

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. It also publishes an in-house magazine and an 'in-house' publishing division, 'Cherry Red Songs'. Cherry Red's previous music publisher, Complete Music, was acquired by BMG Music Publishing in 2006. In early 2015, Cherry Red Records and

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reissued the first four Kylie Minogue albums, ''Kylie'', ''Enjoy Yourself'', ''Rhythm Of Love'' and ''Let's Get To It'', as deluxe CD/DVD and LP boxsets. Cherry Red also released a plethora of prestigious frontline albums by established artists that year, including Marc Almond's ''The Velvet Trail'', The Zombies' ''Still Got That Hunger'', Sarah Cracknell's ''Red Kite'', Andy Bell of Erasure's ''Torsten The Bareback Saint'', Jimmy Somerville's ''Homage'', The Fall's ''Sub-Lingual Tablet'' and Wolfgang Flür's (ex-

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) ''Eloquence'' to name a few. In 2016 Cherry Red had its highest Top 40 chart position, with the new studio album from Hawkwind 'The Machine Stops' reaching No.29 in the Official UK Charts in April 2016. It also announced the release the brand new studio album from Van Der Graaf Generator in September. In 2017 Cherry Red confirmed it will be representing several label catalogues and artist discographies, including Procol Harum, The Residents, Arthur Brown, Captain Oi, Glenn Hughes and Tim Blake. It also acquired thirteen artist catalogues from Warner Music Group as part of the major's divestments to independent labels, including Howard Jones,

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, Marc Almond,

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, Dinosaur Jr.,

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, Fourplay (shared with Evolution Media Group), Renaissance (except their debut album, which remained with

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), Be-Bop Deluxe and

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. These catalogues will be distributed worldwide through Absolute Label Services. The 2017 BPI yearbook 'All About The Music' included Cherry Red in the 20 Market Share By Corporate Group at number 15, which explains the chart-eligible album sales of all record labels. In 2018 Cherry Red acquired the extensive catalogue of Witchwood Media, home to the music of the Strawbs and a roster of other related artists. In late 2019 and early 2020 Cherry Red acquired more label and album catalogue, including Safari Records (Toyah, Jayne County), Emerald Music, Genesis' debut album From Genesis To Revelation and Chapter One. Cherry Red have also acquired the catalogue from numerous independent labels including Inevitable Records (Dead Or Alive), Attrix Records (Peter & The Test Tube Babies) and Native Records (Screaming Trees). Artist catalogues acquired in 2020 include Glenn Hughes & Trapeze, rock band The Stairs & Edgar Jones, psychedelic rock band July, heavy metal band Sir Lord Baltimore, psychedelic rock band Outskirts Of Infinity, NWOBHM band Spider, guitarist Paul Brett, record producer and musician Tom Newman and Canadian pub rocker Philip Rambow. Also Warfare The song book of Filth (June 2021) featuring guests Pete Way, Fast Eddie Clarke Tom Angelripper among others. 2021 saw the label acquire the Dissonance Productions label and catalogue from Plastic Head Distribution. The extreme metal label has a catalogue of approximately 130 releases including At The Gates’ Gardens Of Grief, Holy Terror’s Terror & Submission, Nifelheim’s Servants Of Darkness and Ascension Of The Watchers’ Apocrypha. In 2021 and 2022 it released new albums by Agent Steel, Lawnmower Deth and Tokyo Blade. Notable catalogue acquisitions for the label in 2021 included deals for the catalogue of independent labels such as Golf, Abstract, Planet Dog and Peer Music. Artist catalogue the label now wholly or partially represent include Edward Ball (of The Times), Jah Wobble, Ron Geesin, Suzi Quatro, Miki Dallon and Dead Or Alive’s early recordings.

Notable awards and prizes

In June 2008 the ''Pillows & Prayers'' box set won the 'Best Catalogue Release category at that year's ''

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'' Honours. At the 2013 Association of Independent Music Awards, Cherry Red won the Special Catalogue Release award for ''Scared To Get Happy'' - a box set that explored indie pop from 1980 to 1989. In 2014, Cherry Red artist Dave Brock of Hawkwind won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the inaugural Prog (magazine) Progressive Music Awards 2014. They also picked up nominations for Matt Stevens (Breakthrough Artist) and Panic Room (Best Anthem). The 2015 Progressive Music Awards saw Genesis founder Tony Banks receive the Prog God award after his solo material catalogue reissue campaign with Cherry Red that year. The label also picked up nominations for John Lodge and Tin Spirits in the Best Anthem category, and Bill Nelson and Anthony Phillips in the Storm Thorgerson Grand Design Award category. 2016 has seen Cherry Red's biggest release of the first quarter of the year, the new studio album from Hawkwind 'The Machine Stops', receive a nomination for Album Of The Year in the Progressive Music Awards 2016, after it enjoyed Cherry Red's highest ever Top 40 chart position at No.29 in the Official UK Charts in April 2016. Cherry Red have had two albums in the UK Album Charts Top 40 in 2017. Hawkwind's studio album Into The Woods charted at No. 34 in May and The Fall's New Facts Emerge charted at No. 35 in July. On 4 September 2018 at the AIM Independent Music Awards, Cherry Red Records Chairman Iain McNay won the Special Recognition Award for his service to independent music for over 40 years, as the label celebrated its 40th anniversary. Hawkwind's studio album ''Road To Utopia'' charted at No 44 in the UK Albums Chart in September 2018. Hawkwind's studio album 'All Aboard The Skylark' charted at No 34 in the UK Albums Chart in July 2019. Jim Bob, former frontman of Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine, charted at No 26 in the UK Albums Chart in August 2020 with his studio album 'Pop Up Jim Bob.'. His 2021 album 'Who Do We Hate Today' charted at No 34 on the UK Official Album Charts. Other UK charting albums for the label in 2021 included Hawkwind's studio album 'Somnia' which entered at No 57, and Kim Wilde's Greatest Hits set 'Pop Don't Stop,' which charted at No 51.

Cherry Red artists

Original label artists

* Marc Almond * Attila the Stockbroker * Beau * Blow Up *

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* Dead Kennedys *

* Everything but the Girl * Eyeless in Gaza * The Fall * Felt * Morgan Fisher * Five or Six * Grab Grab the Haddock * The Hollywood Brats *

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* Inspiral Carpets *

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* Jim Bob * Thomas Leer * The Long Ryders * Marine Girls *

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* The Misunderstood * Momus * The Monochrome Set *

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* Nektar *

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* Pere Ubu * Prolapse * Suzi Quatro * The Seers *

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* Red Box * The Runaways * Tracey Thorn * Warfare * Zero Le Creche

Reissue label artists

* Marc Almond *

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* Beau * Betty Boo * Blue Orchids * Marc Bolan * Bow Wow Wow * Breathe * Bruce Foxton * Brotherhood of Man * Arthur Brown * Chapterhouse *

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* Divine * Duffy Power *

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* Joe Meek *

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* Hawkwind * John Howard *

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* La Toya Jackson * John's Children * Howard Jones *

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* Katch 22 * Laibach *

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* The Long Ryders * Donna Loren * Marilyn * Martha and the Muffins *

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* Bill Nelson *

* Paw * Red Lorry Yellow Lorry *

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(as Julian's Treatment) * Screaming Trees * The Servants *

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* Sheena Easton * Spizzenergi *

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* Sweet * Suzi Quatro * Tears for Fears * Television Personalities * Toyah * Lon & Derrek Van Eaton * Weekend * Wigwam *

* Pete Wingfield * The Woodentops *

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Cherry Red associated imprint labels

The full repertoire of Cherry Red associated imprint labels as of 2016: * 30 Hertz * 359 Music * 3Loop Music * 7Ts * Anagram Records * Analog Baroque (Momus) * Artpop * Atomhenge * Badfish * Bella Casa * Big Break Records * Cherry Pop * Cherry Red Football * Cherry Red Records * Cherry Tree * Cocteau Discs * Croydon Municipal * el * Esoteric Antenna * Esoteric Recordings * FiveFour * Giant Steps * Grapefruit * HNE Recordings * Hot Milk * Hot Shot * IronBird * Lemon * Manticore * Morello * Mortarhate * Now Sounds * Original Dope * Phoenix City * Poker * Pressure Drop * Purple Records * Reactive * Redline * Rev-Ola * Righteous * Robinsongs * RPM * SFE * Sidewinder Sounds * SoulMusic Records * SuperBird * T-Bird Americana * The Right Honourable Recording Company Ltd * Tune In * Visionary * West Midlands * WiseCrack Records

Compilations

Notable compilations released by Cherry Red Records include: * ''

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'': tracks featuring bands from Bristol * '' Close to the Noise Floor: Formative UK Electronica 1975-1984'' * ''

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'': previously unreleased tracks by The Runaways * ''

The Genesis of Slade ''The Genesis of Slade'' is a compilation album of pre-Slade era recordings by British rock band Slade. It was first released in 1996 by The Music Corporation and was later re-issued by Cherry Red Records, Cherry Red in 2000. Compiled by the late ...

'': tracks by the members of Slade from before the band's formation * ''Leapers and Sleepers'': Duffy Power * ''

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'': selection of Dead Kennedys tracks * ''

'': tracks from Cherry Red artists * '' Scared to Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980–1989'' * '' Silhouettes and Statues: A Gothic Revolution 1978-1986'' * ''

Songs in the Key of Z ''Songs in the Key of Z'' is a book and two compilation albums written and compiled by Irwin Chusid. The book and albums explore the field of what Chusid coined as "outsider music". Chusid defines outsider music as; "crackpot and visionary music, w ...

'':

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tracks selected by Irwin Chusid * '' That's All Very Well But...'': singles and rarities by the band

* '' Volume, Contrast, Brilliance...'': unreleased tracks and early sessions by The Monochrome Set * '' Your Box Set Pet (The Complete Recordings 1980–1984)'': three-volume compilation of Bow Wow Wow tracks

Marketing

From July 2018 to August 2020, Cherry Red were the main shirt sponsor for English football league club Wycombe Wanderers. They are also the longstanding stadium sponsor for

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club

, both at their original Kingsmeadow ground from 2003 and at the new Plough Lane since 2021.

References

External links

Official site

Matt Bristow interviews Cherry Red Records Chairman Iain McNay about his successful independent label
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