Formed in the mid-1980s, London band Elixir were part of the boom in British Heavy Metal (nicknamed NWOBHM), driven in part by the success of Iron Maiden and Def Leppard. Cherry Red now represent the rights to several albums by Elixir, namely Lethal Potion (1990), Sovereign Remedy(2004) and Live (2005). Drop us a line...
Doom Patrol is an American web TV series based on the DC Comics superhero team of that premiered in February on the DC Universe channel. Included in the soundtrack was 'Blown Away', an obscure punk gem by The Expelled - both sides of which are controlled by Cherry Red. The track originally appeared...
Created in 1969 out of the ashes of Mod favourites The Action, Mighty Baby embraced the "playing" style of West Coast psychedelic bands like The Grateful Dead, alongside a fascination with Sufism. The result was a unique fusion of psychedelia, blues, world music and other styles. Cherry Red now represent their cult 1971 album A Jug Of...
Formed in 1969, Trapeze were part of an explosion in British heavy rock music. The band were fronted by the soulful tones of Glenn Hughes and signed to Moody Blues' label Threshold in 1970. Three albums followed, Trapeze,Medusa and You Are The Music ...
Having cut his teeth in the Sixties with psychedelic bands Tintern Abbey and Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, Paul Brett fronted his own band (Paul Brett's Sage) before going solo in 1973 to develop is considerable skills on guitar. Cherry Red now present some twenty albums by a maestro...
White House Farm is the name of a new ITV six-part crime drama, which recalls the brutal horror of a whole family on the farm in question in 1985. The soundtrack to this harrowing story includes a remake of 'Feel Me', a memorable slice of 80s synth pop by Blancmange,...
Co-written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge(Fleabag) and Emerald Fennell, Killing Eve is back with season 2, initially screened in the States but due to start in the UK on 8 June. The soundtrack includes one of the most popular hits in Cherry Red's catalogue, 'Kids In America' by Kim Wilde. We represent Kim's first three albums (originally issued on RAK)....
The June Brides were a quietly influential mid-80s Indie band who pre-empted the whole C86 movement with a string of memorable records. Their 1985 Indie hit 'No Place Called Home' (issued on Marc Riley's In Tape label) can be heard in TV series The Nest, a new UK drama described as "thrilling and provocative" by theBBC. It's been created by Sue...
Evolving out of post-punk band Sad Lovers And Giants, The Snake Corps forged their own hard-edged alternative rock sound across the late 1980s and early 1990s. Taken from their Midnight Music album Smother Earth, 'Everything Turns Blue' is being used for a campaign by clothing/shoes...
One of the many classic early 80s Punk tracks in Cherry Red's vaults is 'Society's Fodder' by Mansfield band Riot Squad. The recording has now been licensed by fashion brand Supreme for an Instagram campaign - a far cry from its original airing on a Rot...