Cherry Red Records
Album Review: Purple Hearts: Extraordinary Sensations Studio And Live 1979-1986, 3CD Set
The influence of 60s mod bands like The Kinks and The Who can’t be overstated in shaping the musical landscape of the UK in the mid to late 70’s. Fledgling punk bands adopted, adapted and bastardised versions of Daltry & Co, honing their musical chops before eventually venturing on to penning their own songs. The …
Album Review: Control I’m Here: Adventures On The Industrial Dancefloor 1983-1990
This latest collection from the Cherry Red Records stable features Ministry, Nitzer Ebb, Front 242, Laibach, Meat Beat Manifesto, Sisters Of Mercy, The Shamen, The Neon Judgement, Renegade Soundwave and many more across 44 tracks exploring the 1980s’ industrial-clubland crossover. For those of you not familiar with 80s industrial dance music, it can be best …
Album Review: The Fall – The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country On The Click) 20th anniversary reissue
With 31 studio albums to choose from, there are very few fans of The Fall wo will ever definitively agree, which are the best 5 of all time. It can be as simple as who your favourite line-up was, and there were many it has to be said, or at what point in their career …
Album Review: Suburban Studs – Slam 2 CD Set On Cherry Red Records
Introducing the eagerly awaited CD release of a highly sought-after Punk classic. This expanded 2CD edition presents the complete ‘Slam’ album along with rare demos from a proposed second studio album, including two unreleased tracks. Additionally, it marks the debut on CD of a four-track session recorded for the iconic John Peel show in 1977. …
Album News: Laibach And Think Of Slovenia! – Cherry Red Records Release Expanded Version Of 1986 Album “Nova Akropola”
Described by Sounds magazine as the “First Dangerous Album of The Eighties” Laibach’s seminal 1986 Album revisited and expanded. Curated, remastered and Re-designed by The Laibach Organisation. Complete With 2 CDs of live versions of ‘Nova Akropola’ songs from the band’s own archive, with sleevenotes by Alexei Monroe. For the uninitiated this might easily be …
Album Review: The Darling Buds 5CD Box Set – Cherry Red Records. Perfick Pop Larking!
Every so often a band resurfaces, and people proclaim them as some sort of ironic “guilty pleasure”, as if good music should be embarrassing! We’ve seen it loads in recent times with the likes of ABBA and Sparks. Now, I’m not about to join the trend but I did bloody love this band back in …
Album Review: Chelsea – The Step-Forward Years 1977-82 4CD Box Set
Hands up who loves a box set? I know I do! Most die-hard fans of an artist typically have all that’s on offer for their favourite artist already. Any collector who frequents the numerous record fairs up and down the country, looking for rare “live” recordings, or the Japanese 7” in puce green vinyl, tend …
Album Review: The Oppressed – The Complete Oi! Recordings (1981-2018) 4CD Boxset on Cherry Red Records
Of all the iterations of “punk rock”, it’s “Oi” that probably divides the fans more than any other genre. Whilst the biggest hitters from the scene, the likes of Cockney Rejects, Cock Sparrer and Angelic Upstarts have always been crowd pullers and led from the front, there has always been a darker underbelly on the …
News: Cherry Red to release comprehensive box set by LA punk pioneers, The Runaways
The Runaways formed in LA in 1975 and recorded 4 studio albums between 1976-1978, before going their separate ways. Best known probably for the seminal track “Cherry Bomb”, which has featured on countless compilations and soundtrack albums, they were never very big in their own country but massive in Japan. Now Cherry Red Records have …
News: Cherry Red Release Definitive CD Boxset Of Shoegaze Legends Chapterhouse
With the ever-increasing number of Gen Zs, discovering new music through Social Media platforms like Tik Tok, the timing perhaps could not be better for a definitive box set on shoegaze legends, Chapterhouse. Spotify has already seen an increase inthe interest in luminaries such as My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Slowdive and Swervedriver on the platform, …