Kim Wilde & Tom Aspaul – You’re My Karma
We are super excited to bring you a brand new summer anthem from Kim Wilde on this #NewMusicFriday! Kim has teamed up with the wonderful Tom Aspaul to release ‘You’re My Karma‘, the second single ahead of the hotly anticipated ‘Pop Don’t Stop: The Greatest Hits‘ collection, due in August.
Stream it here 👉 http://cherryred.co/KimWildeYoureMyKarma
Jane & Barton – Hey, It’s The Twenty Twenties
Something a little more alternative has also hit the streaming platforms this Friday in the shape of a brilliant new single from Jane & Barton – ‘Hey, It’s The Twenty Twenties’. This is the second single from the cult favourites ahead of their first record in nearly 40 years! Driven by Jane’s instantly recognisable voice, untouched by time, and Edward Barton’s unique brand of kitchen sink song-writing, ‘Too’ follows on aesthetically where 1983’s self-titled debut left off, bringing that same sense of delicacy and subtlety into the 2020s, and subjecting it to suitably off-brand contemporary production values.
Stream it here 👉 https://cherryred.co/JaneAndBarton2020s
Punk And Disorderly – The Albums ( The Sound Of UK82), 3CD Digipak
This three CD 64 track digi-pak box set concentrates on one of the most successful Punk compilation series ever, “Punk And Disorderly”.
• Vol. 1 came out in March 1982 and reached No.48 in the UK National Charts as well as spending nigh on eight months in the Independent Chart, peaking at No.3.
• Seminal Indie Chart hits from the likes of Dead Kennedys, Blitz, Vice Squad and G.B.H. helped establish the format of the series and quickly caught the imagination of the Punk buying public.
• Bonus tracks from Anti Nowhere League, The Defects, Discharge, The Lurkers and Special Duties have been added to this first disc.
• “Further Charges” was released in September 1982 and sneaked into the UK National Chart at No.91 as well as reaching No. 6 in the Independent version.
• Another 16 Indie Chart hit singles highlighting the “UK82” Punk scene were gathered together by original label Anagram Records and we’ve now added bonus cuts from Dead Man’s Shadow, Instant Agony, Last Rites, Mau Maus and The Varukers.
• Disc 3 concentrates on third volume “Final Solution” which came out in the summer of 1983 and hit No.10 in the Independent Chart. Alongside the likes of Punk stalwarts U.K. Subs, Angelic Upstarts and Newtown Neurotics were “UK82” heroes like The Exploited, Adicts and Abrasive Wheels.
• Again we have added bonus material courtesy of Dead Wretched, External Menace, Resistance 77, Major Accident, Riot Squad and The Blood, each track from an Indie Chart hit single.
• The booklet contains detailed liner notes and pictures of all related singles.
• Like our recent successful “UK82” releases that focused on the No Future and Riot City labels we expect strong demand and positive reviews for “Punk And Disorderly – The Albums”.
Dear Mr. Time: Grandfather – The Dear Mr. Time Anthology, 3CD Digipak
• Coming together at the end of the Sixties, Essex band Dear Mr. Time were a five-piece progressive rock outfit influenced by the likes of King Crimson and The Moody Blues.
• Having built up their act while touring in France and Germany, Dear Mr. Time returned to England, signing a deal with the independent Square label. Square released the band’s seven-ages-of-man concept album “Grandfather” in early 1971, but although it attracted good reviews, the LP failed to reach many shops and duly sank without trace.
• With Vertigo’s interest in signing Dear Mr. Time scuppered by the fact that Square had signed them to an exclusive three-year deal, the band decided to split before a second album could be recorded.
• By the early Nineties, original copies of “Grandfather” were selling for large sums of money, and the album was counterfeited several times before finally being legally reissued in 2010.
• Buoyed by the reception that the official reissue received, the core members of Dear Mr. Time reconvened, recording two further albums – “Brontosaurs And Bling” and “Time” – as well as recording tracks for a proposed fourth album.
• Our new anthology of the band’s work assembles all three Dear Mr. Time albums and adds that proposed fourth album.
• We also add some fascinating early Seventies home demos from guitarist and chief songwriter Chris Baker, performing a batch of songs that would have formed the basis of that aborted follow-up to “Grandfather”.
• With a booklet that illustrates the band’s story with rare photos and new quotes, our expanded 3-CD release of “Grandfather” – which includes around two dozen previously unissued tracks – is the final word on a progressive rock band who, although they made a limited impression at the time, have now attracted collector interest for more than three decades.