Cherry Red Records is a British independent record label founded 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.
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/
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.
Cherry Red grew from the rock promotion company (similarly named after the song "Cherry Red" by
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
McNay aspired for Cherry Red to be a label that offered a space for artists who would otherwise not
[AllMusic Review by Tim Sendra
The underground U.K. music scene of the early '80s was dominated by post-punk and new wave, but percolating below the surface were several scenes that looked back to the past for inspiration. Loads of bands were besotted by the garage punk sound of the mid-'60s, the rockabilly sound of the '50s, and the '60s mod scene, and when they filtered it through punk it came out sounding trashy more often than not. Cherry Red's "Just a Bad Dream: Sixty British Garage & Trash Nuggets 1981-1989" gathers up the various threads of this very loosely defined scene, and over three discs does a fine job of capturing the raucous sounds of the era.
Chief early movers on the scene were the raw beat group lovers Thee Milkshakes, jumped-up mods the Prisoners, the garage-meets-surf Stingrays, and psychobilly wildmen the Meteors, and they are all represented.
The same with the man who is the poster child for the scene, Billy Childish. Along with Thee Milkshakes, there are plenty of Childish-related bands on hand, including the Delmonas with theirThee Mighty Caesars' "Little by Little." During this early part of the era covered by the set, Alan McGee's Creation Records dipped into psych and garage in their early days, with the Jesus and Mary Chain's brilliant cover of Syd Barrett's "Vegetable Man" and the Jasmine Minks' rollicking "What's Happening" on hand to inject some noise pop into the proceedings.
The three discs are filled with fun romps like Ug and the Cavemen's silly "Go Gorilla," slick rockers like the Tall Boys' "Ride This Torpedo," swirling psych-pop like the Delmontes' "So It's Not to Be," and the Wolfhounds' howling punk blast "LA Juice." The wide scope of the bands gives an idea of how wide-ranging and diverse the scene was, even within its narrow confines. Only a few duds here and there as well as some dodgy moments of misogyny that could have been skipped keep this from being a classic box set. As it stands, it's merely great, which should be enough to inspire some serious revisitation of an era that was unique and produced a lot of wild and swinging sounds.]
3CD set charting the UK’s 1980s Garage Rock revival, otherwise known as Trash. Sixty of the finest must-have scene hits, lesser known deep cuts and underexposed nuggets.
Sixty of the finest must-have scene hits, lesser known deep cuts and underexposed nuggets.
Produced in association with The Sting-Rays’ Alec Palao
“I was there” sleevenotes from Mike Spenser, Lenny Helsing and Vic Templar.
Remarkable ‘comic book’ design and packaging makes this a must-see, must-hear, must-have set!
Sometimes, a disparate crowd of random influences and a handful of scene-makers coalesce out of nothing, and before you know it a movement is happening. So it was in the UK in the early-to-mid- ‘80s, when an unlikely set of bands resurrected the spirit of mid-‘60s Garage Rock.
Fusing that sound with elements of the pre-Fab Four, Psych, Mod, Rockabilly and Psychobilly, and greasing the wheels of this new machine with a thick slab of post—punk sensibility, bands across the UK began to shout and holler like they hadn’t in years,
Spiky, brash, loud and unfettered by delusions of grandeur, this is the sound of the post punk UK
Packed full of rarities and collectibles – the Medway Valley and
Various Artists
Just A Bad Dream: Sixty British Garage & Trash Nuggets 1981-89, 3CD Clamshell Boxset
Label: Cherry Red – CRCDBOX63
Format: Box Set, Album, Clamshell
3 × CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: 23 Nov 2018
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Psychobilly
CD 1.
01. Thee Mighty Caesars: Little By Little
Written-By – Billy Childish
02. The Cannibals: Submarine Song
Written-By – Mike Spenser
03. The Barracudas: Next Time Around
Written-By – R. Wills
04. The Sting-Rays: June Rhyme
Written-By – Alec Palao
05. The Sid Presley Experience: Hup Two Three Four
Written-By – Coyne, Bartle, Murphy, Coyne
06. The Prisoners: What I Want
Written-By – Graham Day
07. The Bugs: Just A Bad Dream
Written-By – Lloyd Tripp, RIchard Smith
08. The Green Telescope: A Glimpse
Written-By – Lenny Helsing
09. The Dentists: Writhing On The Shagpile
Written-By – Jones, Matthews, Murphy, Collins
10. Ug And The Cavemen: Go Gorilla
Written By – Coggins, Gottheardt
11. The Vibes: I Hear Noises
Written-By – Gary Boniface
12. Biff Bang Pow!: The Whole World Is Turning Brouchard!
Written-By – Biff Bang Pow!
13. The Aardvarks: Drive Me Wild
Written-By – The Aardvarks
14. The Margin Of Sanity: Get What I Can
Written By – Mark Storey
15. The Discords: Little Miss Misfit
Written-By – Pete Dodson
16. The Mild Mannered Janitors: Dirty Jean
Written-By – The Mild Mannered Janitors
17. Blow-Up: 125
Written-By – Burgess, Peter
18. Auntie Vegetable: Stroll On
Written-By – Mann, Maurice, Bradshaw
19. The Inmates: Mr Unreliable
Written-By – Staines
20. Naz Nomad And The Nightmares: Just Call Me Sky
Written-By – Bryn Merrick, Christopher Millar, Dave Vanian, Roman Jugg
CD 2.
01. Sexton Ming: You Can't Polish A Turd
Written-By – Sexton Ming
02. The Escalators: Munsters Theme
Written-By – Mosher, Marshall
03. The Jesus And Mary Chain: Vegetable Man
Written-By – Syd Barrett
04. The Tall Boys: Ride This Torpedo
Written-By – Nigel Lewis
05. The Thanes: Don't Let Her Dark Your Door
Written-By – Lenny Helsing
06. Bananamen: The Crusher
Written-By – Bob Nolan
07. The X-Men: Talk
Written-By – Miles Aldridge
08. Emptifish: I Want That Girl
Written-By – Emptifish
09. The Morticians: I Don't Care
Written-By – Redfern
10. The Meteors: Swamp Thing
Written-By – P Paul Fenech
11. Jasmine Minks: What's Happening
Written-By – J. Shepherd
12. Nutmeg: And In England They're Going Mental
Written-By – Hobbs, Scurrah, Palastanga, Dalpra
13. Prime Movers: Livin' In My Own Nightmare
Written-By – Graham Day
14. The Mindreaders: Fever In My Pocket
Written-By – Cale, Reed, Tucker, Morrison
15. King Kurt: Nervous Breakdown
Written-By – Mario Roccuzzo
16. The Stayrcase: I Know You Lied
Written-By – Alan McLean
17. The Daggermen: One More Letter
Written-By – Taylor, Smith
18. The Psylons: Waiting Nation
Written-By – Edwards, Packer, Wyatt, Grech
19. The Wigs: The Dead
Written-By – Michael James
20. Thee Headcoats: Young Blood (Live)
Written-By – Billy Childish
CD 3.
01. The Playn Jayn: You Weren't Born You Were Created (Live)
Written-By – Jones
02. Thee Milkshakes: Brand New Cadillac
Written-By – Vince Taylor
03. The Surfadelics: Don't Be Sorry
Written-By – Lancaster, Lupton, Lee, The Surfadelics, Bernstein
04. Marionette: Too Far Gone
Written-By – Marionette
05. The Beatpack: No Great Shakes
Written-By – Simon Harvey
06. The Unholy Trinity: Rock And Roll Traitor
Written-By – The Unholy Trinity
07. The Delmonas: He Tells Me He Loves Me
Written-By – Childish, Hampshire
08. The Wolfhounds: LA Juice
Written-By – Bolton, Callahan, Clark, Golding
09. Revolving Paint Dream: Garbagebrain
Written-By – A. Innes
10. Clapham South Escalators: Leave Me Alone
Written-By – P Paul Fenech
11. The Primevals: My Emancipation
Written-By – Michael Rooney
12. Change Lings: Shelter From The Rain
Written-By – David Callahan
13. The Surf Rats: Plutonium Mind Shock
Written-By – Gary Marston
14. The Golden Horde: The Curse
Written-By – Simon Carmody
15. The Delmontes: So It's Not To Be
Written-By – The Delmontes
16. The Gruffmen: Farmer John
Written-By – Terry, Harris
17. The Krewmen: The Hell Train
Written-By – Cole, McMillan
18. Sunglasses After Dark: Hellhag Shuffle
Written-By – Harkness, Mitchell, Steadman, Cohen
19. The Jackals Of Fresh Kid: Ringing In My Ears
Written By – O'NeilWritten-By – Clark, Tyack
20. The Screaming Dead: This Is The End Of The World (Demo)
MP3 @ 320 Size: 146 MB
FLAC Size: 412 MB
MP3 @ 320 Size: 146 MB
FLAC Size: 412 MB
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