| Cherry Red Records celebrated it's 30th Anniversary by throwing a party at Camden Town's Dingwalls earlier this month. Revellers enjoyed live music from rebel punk poet, Attila The Stockbroker, Carter USM front man & Cherry Red solo artist Jim Bob and a very special one-off reunion gig by indie legends The Monochrome Set. Read one bloggers account of their victorious set. Watch his space for more news on the party soon! |
| To help celebrate our 30th Anniversary we’re asking you, the finely tuned
fans that have been buying our records for 30 years, to choose 3 nuggets you think Cherry Red should have released or
reissued but never did and the three entries that we agree with most will each win a copy of The
Cherry Red Singles Collection 1978 - 1983. Please email suggestions to infonet@cherryred.co.uk with the word COMPETITION in the subject line,
by Friday 31st October. More details can be found by visting our 30th Anniversary mini-web site. |
| Following Mondays' release of "Sounds Like The Flirtations" (RETRO 839),
The Flirtations feature on no less than two front covers of magazines this
month... Manifesto & Soulstar. |
| Record Collector reviews : the following recent Cherry Red releases in
October, awarding each with the following number of stars: Denise LaSalle - A Little Bit Naughty (Shout) 4 stars & picture. The Times - Pop Goes Art (Art Pop) 4 stars The Times - Enjoy (Art Pop) 4 stars & cover shot Miniatures 1& 2 (Cherry Red) 4 stars & cover shot John Berbarian - Middle Eastern Rock (Revola) 3 stars & cover shot Colours - Love Heals (Now Sounds) 3 stars & cover shot Gale Garnett - An Audience With (Revola) 3 stars Keith - The Adventures Of Keith (rpm) 3 stars & cover shot Kristine Sparkle - Devil Woman (RPM) 3 stars & cover shot Margie Day - Dawn Of A New Day (Poker) 3 stars Ginny Arnell - Meet Ginny Arnell (Poker) 2 stars & cover shot |
Q65 - Nothing But Trouble (Revola): 4 stars - Half page review & pics in
Reissues section. Shiverin' And Shakin' (RPM) 4 stars & cover shot Peanut Butter Conspiracy - For Children Of All Ages - (Revola) 3 stars &
cover shot Lydia Lunch - Full Page Feature plus Self Portrait |
A new documentary film about the The Godfather of Garage Rock, Jesse
Hector will be screened in London in October: You can see this fascinating
film at the Raindance Film Festival @ Cineworld, Shaftesbury Ave on 4th
Octr & at the Pop Maverick Programme @ Screen 3, Barbican on 7th
Oct. |
The quintessential guide to city living, Time Out, features reviews for
Cherrry Red's recent Cornelius release and also The Fall DVD. |
| Get Ready To Rock, the website dedicated to classic, metal & progressive
rock reviews the recent Cherry Red release - The Tubes 'Goin' Down'. To buy this album click here. |
| Amir Khan's official Ringwalk theme available exclusively as an Mp3
download: On Saturday 6th September British boxing sensation Amir Khan takes on
Colombian powerhouse Breidis Prescott at the M.E.N Arena in Manchester.
Cherry Red has Amir Khan's official Ringwalk theme available exclusively
as an Mp3 download single. 'Power Hurts' is mixed by superstar Judge Jules& you can download it here today! |
| Cherry Red records and their imprint Esoteric Recordings are pleased to
announce the acquisition of the entire HAWKWIND catalogue released between 1976 and 1997. The deal brings every Hawkwind album from "Astounding
Sounds, Amazing Music" to "Distant Horizon", together with all singles,
EP's and associated master tapes to the Cherry Red group who now hold full
exclusive rights on these recordings for the world. To read more please click here. |
| To heighten anticipation of the release of our forthcoming 8 CD Singles Box Set 'I'll Give You My Heart, I'll Give You My Heart', Record Collector has awarded the land mark anthology a whopping 5 stars in the September issue of their highly respected music magazine! The following Cherry Red releases all received a very admirable 4 stars each... / Five Or Six - Cherry Red / Gilberto Gil - El / Linda Hopkins - Shout / Joe Tex - Shout / Honeybus - Revola / Charles Ives - El / Martha & The Muffins - Cherry Red / Dave Mason - Revola / Tina Mason - Now Sounds / The Photos - Cherry Red / Bud Shank Quartet - Giant Steps / Teenage Jesus And The Jerks - Cherry Red / The Thanes - Revola / Trapeze - Ork / The Tubes - Cherry Red / Vinegar Joe - Lemon |
September's issue of Uncut Magazine reviews the following Cherry Red
releases and rates them as follows: Mort Garson - Wozard Of Iz - 4 Stars Link Davis - Gumbo Ya Ya - 4 stars The Style Council - Far East & Far Out - (DVD) 4 stars Eric Burdon - Winds Of Change - 3 stars Teenage Jesus And The Jerks - 3 stars |
| A review of our Hanoi Rocks 'Nottingham Tapes' DVD can be enjoyed at the
popular rock site, Lollipop |
My Favourite Flavour Issue No.6 July/August 2008 is now out and contains
more than 70 new releases. Our featured artists for this issue are Lydia
Lunch and The Thompson Twins so why not take a look right now? |
Cherry Red Records is extremely proud to be picked as the winner of The MOJO Catalogue Release of 2008 for our Pillows & Prayers compilation!!! Read more including a video of the awards ceremony. You can buy the special 3CD + 1 DVD package right here... |