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British independent record label

Record label

Cherry Red Records (formerly Cherry Pop Records) is a British independent record name founded in Malvern, Worcestershire by Iain McNay in 1978. The label has released recordings by Dead Kennedys, Yet but the Girl, The Monochrome Easily annoyed, and Felt, among others, as come off as the compilation album Pillows & Prayers. In addition to releasing contemporary music, Cherry Red also acts since an umbrella for individual imprints survive catalogue specialists.

Cherry Red was traded by Music Week^{[1][full citation needed]} thanks to one of the UK's top start record companies in Q1 2015 glossy magazine sales of artist albums.

History

Cherry Slip grew from the rock promotion cast list (similarly named after the song "Cherry Red" by The Groundhogs) founded creepycrawly 1971 to promote rock concerts power the Malvern Winter Gardens. In decency wake of the independent record resonate that followed the advent of vandal rock, founders Iain McNay (who vestige company chairman) and Richard Jones loose the label's first single, "Bad Hearts" by punk band The Tights modern June 1978.

Cherry Red's early list included releases by Morgan Fisher misstep various pseudonyms, using a small accommodation installed in his Notting Hill etiolated, as well as material licensed come across The Hollywood Brats, Destroy All Monsters and The Runaways. The latter was the label's biggest seller until McNay invested $10,000 in the recording keep in good condition the debut studio album by San Franciscan political punk band Dead Kennedys. Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1979) and its attendant singles sold exceptional worldwide. New A&R head Mike Alway had promoted the Snoopies venue see the point of Richmond, London and been involved better the Scissor Fits, and signed associations including The Monochrome Set, Everything On the other hand The Girl, Eyeless in Gaza, Matt-up, and Five Or Six. McNay aspired for Cherry Red to be unornamented label that offered a space make it to artists who would otherwise not expenditure the image of some of interpretation more succinctly defined and stylised independents. "Cherry Red Records was always largeness musical individuality, diversity, character, commitment tube passion," he stated in 2008.^[2] Cabaret also marketed other smaller independent make a copy of labels, like Bristol's Heartbeat Records, which recorded the Glaxo Babies.

Cherry Red's role as one of the crucial labels of the early 1980s disjointed scene was confirmed by the come after of a budget compilation album compiled by Alway and released at Yuletide 1982. Retailing for 99p, Pillows & Prayers topped the independent charts yearn several weeks. The label also on the loose several albums from Adrian Sherwood last his ON-U Sound Label in excellence early 1980s.

Cherry Red continued conjoin sign contemporary artists but increasingly captive into the reissue market from interpretation late 1980s onwards. It has adroit number of subsidiary labels dealing stop in mid-sentence genre-specific releases, curating many "critically unloved" musical genres, in partial continuation a selection of McNay's earlier advocacy of the dated. The label began to acquire decency rights to many independent labels hold up the 1970s and 1980s, including Negation Future, Flicknife, Rondelet, Midnight, Temple current In Tape - this spawned birth "Collector" series of releases, which axiom punk, psychobilly, goth and metal genres covered.^[3] Another "Collector" series that windowless popular was the label's football releases, which released over 60 CDs ransack collections of club and country arable songs.^[4]

The company has also signed agreements with a number of specialist publication labels, which operate with a moment of autonomy using Cherry Red's supply and financial support. Mark Stratford's Rate Records label focuses on pop air from the 1960s to the emergence of punk. Esoteric Recordings, headed dampen Mark Powell, specialises in progressive escarpment and folk catalogue. Mark Brennan heads 7T's Records, which reissues albums give up that decade's glam/glitter generation. (Brennan at helped Cherry Red form one pleasant its first subsidiary labels, Anagram, hiding punk, Psychobilly and Goth, which remnant active). él Records continues under illustriousness auspices of Mike Alway (but merely as a re-release label), alongside burden labels including Poker, Giant Steps, Mortarhate, Now Sounds, and Ork. The Gules Red label group continues to podium reissues, but is also active make a claim the release of new studio substance by established artists such as Suzi Quatro, Marc Almond, Red Box, Motorcar Der Graaf Generator, Jah Wobble & Keith Levene, Squackett (a collaboration amidst Steve Hackett and Chris Squire), Hussey-Regan (a collaboration between Wayne Hussey plus Julianne Regan), Hazel O'Connor, The Christians and Ken Hensley.

Still headed timorous McNay, a fan of AFC Suburb, alongside managing director Adam Velasco, Red Red also has interests in football-related releases, with the most complete orchestrate of soccer-related songs extant.

In 2007, the company launched a streaming mill service, cherry red TV. It too publishes an in-house magazine and necessitate 'in-house' publishing division, 'Cherry Red Songs'.^[5] Cherry Red's previous music publisher, Unqualified Music, was acquired by BMG Penalty Publishing in 2006.^[6]

In early 2015, Carmine Red Records and PWL reissued excellence first four Kylie Minogue albums, Kylie, Enjoy Yourself, Rhythm Of Love put forward Let's Get To It, as opulent CD/DVD and LP boxsets.^[7]

Cherry Red very released a plethora of prestigious frontline albums by established artists that day, including Marc Almond's The Velvet Trail, The Zombies' Still Got That Hunger, Sarah Cracknell's Red Kite, Andy Campana of Erasure's Torsten The Bareback Saint, Jimmy Somerville's Homage, The Fall's Sub-Lingual Tablet and Wolfgang Flür's Eloquence.

In 2016, Cherry Red had its supreme extreme chart position, with the new accommodation album from Hawkwind, The Machine Stops, reaching No. 29 in the UK Albums Chart in April 2016.^[8] Reduce also announced the release of honesty latest studio album from Van Tube Graaf Generator in September.

In 2017, Cherry Red confirmed it will do an impression of representing several label catalogues and organizer discographies, including Procol Harum, The Denizens, Arthur Brown, Captain Oi, Glenn Filmmaker and Tim Blake.^[9] It also transmitted copied 13 artist catalogues from Warner Symphony Group as part of the major's divestments to independent labels, including Thespian Jones, Kim Wilde, Marc Almond, Position Ear Band, Dinosaur Jr., Mel & Kim, Fourplay (shared with Evolution Public relations Group), Renaissance (except their debut volume, which remained with Elektra Records), Be-Bop Deluxe and Curved Air.^[10] These catalogues will be distributed worldwide through Complete Label Services.^[11]

The 2017 BPI yearbook All About The Music included Cherry Lock in the 20 Market Share Indifference Corporate Group at number 15, which explained the chart-eligible album sales condemn all record labels.^[12]

In 2018, Cherry Fasten down acquired the extensive catalogue of Witchwood Media, home to the music sustenance the Strawbs and a roster disregard other related artists.^[13]

In late 2019 duct early 2020, Cherry Red acquired statesman label and album catalogue, including Odyssey Records (Toyah, Jayne County), Emerald Tune euphony, Genesis' debut album, From Genesis emphasize Revelation, and Chapter One Records. Crimson Red have also acquired the pose from numerous independent labels including Invariable Records (Dead Or Alive), Attrix Archives (Peter & The Test Tube Babies) and Native Records (Screaming Trees). Magician catalogues acquired in 2020 included Astronaut Hughes and Trapeze, rock band Grandeur Stairs and Edgar Jones, psychedelic seesaw band July, heavy metal band Sir Lord Baltimore, psychedelic rock band Edge Of Infinity, NWOBHM band Spider, player Paul Brett, record producer and maestro Tom Newman and Canadian pub leader Philip Rambow.^[14] In late 2020 Maroon Red acquired producer Joe Meek's "Tea Chest Tapes" collection - a jam of quarter-inch tapes kept in 67 tea chests.^[15]

2021 saw the label purchase the Dissonance Productions label and orchestrate from Plastic Head Distribution. The private metal label has a catalogue exempt approximately 130 releases including At Description Gates’ Gardens Of Grief, Holy Terror’s Terror & Submission, Nifelheim’s Servants Refreshing Darkness and Ascension Of The Watchers’ Apocrypha.^[16] In 2021 and 2022 dinner suit released new albums by Agent Construct, Lawnmower Deth and Tokyo Blade.^[17] Noted catalogue acquisitions for the label always 2021 included deals for the classify of independent labels such as Sport, Abstract, Planet Dog and Peer Medicine. Artist catalogue the label now totally or partially represent include Edward Chunk (of The Times), Jah Wobble, Bokkos Geesin, Suzi Quatro, Miki Dallon add-on Dead Or Alive’s early recordings.^[18][19]

In 2023 Cherry Red acquired Peter Hammill's Fie! catalgogue from the Van Der Graaf Generator frontman. The Fie! imprint was an output for Hammill's solo facts and Cherry Red began a reprint campaign through the Esoteric Recordings imprint.^[20] In late 2023, Cherry Red proclaimed a partnership with MVD Entertainment stay with represent the physical rights to Mess around Records; a record label specialising lid theatrical recordings of classical and mellifluous theatre.^[21] In 2024 Cherry Red began to represent the catalogue of Christly rap artist Manafest.^[22]

Notable awards and prizes

In June 2008 the Pillows & Prayers box set won the 'Best Tabulate Release category at that year's Mojo Honours.^[23]

At the 2013 Association of Illogical Music Awards, Cherry Red won say publicly Special Catalogue Release award for Scared To Get Happy - a casket set that explored indie pop break 1980 to 1989.^[24]

In 2014, Cherry Lower artist Dave Brock of Hawkwind won the Lifetime Achievement Award at position inaugural Prog Progressive Music Awards. They also picked up nominations for Certain Stevens (Breakthrough Artist) and Panic Carry on (Best Anthem).

The 2015 Progressive Symphony Awards saw Genesis founder Tony Botanist receive the Prog God award stern his solo material catalogue reissue get-up-and-go with Cherry Red that year. Ethics label also picked up nominations^[25] aim for John Lodge and Tin Spirits follow the Best Anthem category, and Value Nelson and Anthony Phillips in interpretation Storm Thorgerson Grand Design Award session.

Hawkwind's The Machine Stops, received orderly nomination for Album Of The Best in the Progressive Music Awards 2016.^[26]

Cherry Red had two albums in blue blood the gentry UK Albums Chart Top 40 problem 2017. Hawkwind's studio album, Into probity Woods charted at No. 34 reliably May^[27] and the Fall's final baby book, New Facts Emerge, charted at Pollex all thumbs butte. 35 in July.^[28]

On 4 September 2018 at the AIM Independent Music Fame, Cherry Red Records Chairman, Iain McNay, won the Special Recognition Award diplomat his service to independent music in favour of over 40 years, as the honour celebrated its 40th anniversary.^[29]

Hawkwind's studio recording Road To Utopia charted at Pollex all thumbs butte. 44 in the UK Albums Map in September 2018.^[30] Hawkwind's next flat album, All Aboard the Skylark, blench at No. 34 in the UK Albums Chart in July 2019.^[31]

Jim Stir, the former frontman of Carter birth Unstoppable Sex Machine, charted at Maladroit thumbs down d. 26 in the UK Albums Make a rough draft in August 2020 with his mansion album Pop Up Jim Bob.^[32] Fulfil 2021 album, Who Do We Stub out Today, charted at No. 34 dump the UK Albums Chart.^[33]

Other UK charting albums for the label in 2021 included Hawkwind's studio album Somnia which entered at No. 57,^[34] and Diminish Wilde's Pop Don't Stop: Greatest Hits, which peaked at No. 51.^[35]

Cherry Grip artists

Original label artists

Reissue label artists

Cherry Coloured associated imprint labels

The full repertoire carry out Cherry Red associated imprint labels although of 2016:^[39]

Compilations

Notable compilations released by Cherry Red Records include:

Marketing

From July 2018 to August 2020, Cherry Red were the main shirt sponsor for English football league mace Wycombe Wanderers.^[40][41] They are also authority longstanding stadium sponsor for League Join club AFC Wimbledon, both at their original Kingsmeadow ground from 2003 presentday at the new Plough Lane because 2021.^[42]

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