Welcome to Cherry Red Licensing

Cherry Red Records represents a vast catalogue of recordings covering almost every popular music genre from the last fifty years, holding worldwide rights over much of the material.  We welcome all types of licensing enquiry from around the world.

 

Through our publishing arm, Cherry Red Songs, we also control over 27,000 copyrights making us a one stop shop for many of the tracks where we also control the master.

 

For any enquiries, contact us.

You can check out the Cherry Red catalogue on DISCO.

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New Catalogue

  • 11 Aug MEEK BUT NOT MILD

    Joe Meek was a pioneering London-based producer and one of the UK’s leading independent hit makers of the late 1950s and early 1960s, best known for classic recordings such as ‘Telstar‘. We are proud to represent the Tea Chest Tapes, the remarkable archive of nearly 1,900 recordings,......

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  • 11 Aug DOWN TO THE DOME?

    Down To The Bone are among the UK’s premier jazz-funk groove combos. Led by long-time producer and writer Stuart Wade, the band recently returned with a new album on the venerable Dome label, This Way Forward, featuring a stellar cast of musicians and vocalists, including Hil......

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  • 07 Aug USE YOUR LOAF!

    Renaldo & The Loaf, known for work with The Residents and Ralph Records, have explored the fringes of pop since 1979. From …Play Struve & Sneff, Songs For Swinging Larvae and The Elbow Is Taboo to later releases like Gurdy Hurding, their catalogue blends weird electronica, inventive......

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Recent Licences

  • 11 Aug IN GOOD COMPANY

    Written by Barry Kirsch and Charlie Spencer, ‘Love Brought Me Such A Magical Thing’ was recorded by The Glass Band (as well as Bay City Rollers!) in 1977 for State Records – the British independent label founded in 1975 whose stable included Mac & Katie Kissoon, Delegation, Gary Benson and more. The track......

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  • 07 Aug RUNNING UP AND UP

    Up And Running were a Liverpudlian pop band formed by Philip Franz Jones as an evolution of the pop rock duo Two’s A Crowd. Their 1982 song ‘Don’t Take Your Love Away’ was released on State  and has recently featured in a new science fiction romantic comedy The Miniature Wife, streaming on NOW TV. State was a......

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  • 27 Jul COME ON OVER VALERIE!

    Valerie Masters was a popular singer, television and radio presenter and actress who came to prominence in the late 1950s. In 1964, she recorded a wonderful festive single, ‘Christmas Calling’, produced by the legendary Joe Meek and arranged by the equally notable Ivor Raymonde. Over half a century later, it......

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