Tag: Cherry Red Records

The Fall to release 6-song ‘The Remainderer’ EP as bridge to new album due in 2014

The Fall to release 6-song ‘The Remainderer’ EP as bridge to new album due in 2014

Mark E. Smith’s iconic and ever-morphing post-punk act The Fall next month will release a six-song EP of new material on CD and 10-inch vinyl that Cherry Red Records says is intended as “a bridging point” between the band’s last album Re-Mit and the its next record, due to be released by the label in 2014.

Peter Murphy’s ‘Love Hysteria’ to receive 2CD reissue with 13 bonus home demos, B-sides

Peter Murphy’s ‘Love Hysteria’ to receive 2CD reissue with 13 bonus home demos, B-sides

Cherry Red Records next month will mark the 25th anniversary of Peter Murphy’s second solo album — 1988’s Love Hysteria, featuring the classic single “Indigo Eyes” — with an expanded 2CD reissue that will pair the remastered nine-track album with 13 home demos, B-sides and single edits and remixes.

The House of Love’s Creation Records debut to be reissued as 5LP box set

The House of Love’s Creation Records debut to be reissued as 5LP box set

The House of Love’s Creation Records debut — the second of three eponymous releases from the U.K. indie band — will be reissued this November in a limited-edition box set featuring 50 tracks spread over five LPs pressed on 180-gram audiophile vinyl, Optic Nerve announced this week.

Stream tracks from The Bluebells and The Daintees off ‘Scared to Get Happy’ box set

Stream tracks from The Bluebells and The Daintees off ‘Scared to Get Happy’ box set

The release of the 5-disc box set Scared To Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980-1989 is still nearly two months away, but Cherry Red Records has begun teasing fans with some of the music that will appear on the set, including this rare 1982 flexidisc recording by The Bluebells of “Happy Birthday.”

The Primitives to reissue debut album ‘Lovely’ as 2CD set, play 25th anniversary gigs

The Primitives to reissue debut album ‘Lovely’ as 2CD set, play 25th anniversary gigs

The Primitives will follow up their recently released collection of early singles, demos and live tracks with an expanded double-disc reissue of 1988 debut album Lovely, which then will be followed this September by six concerts across the U.K. dedicated to celebrating the 25th anniversary of that album’s release.

‘Scared To Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980-1989’ final tracklist: 5 CDs, 134 songs

‘Scared To Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980-1989’ final tracklist: 5 CDs, 134 songs

Back in February, Cherry Red Records unveiled the tracklist for its massive, 5-disc box set Scared To Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980-1989 via the project’s Facebook page — and then almost immediately began adding more tracks to the 127-song collection.

The Fall to release ‘Re-Mit’ — 30th studio album — next month, embark on U.K. tour

The Fall to release ‘Re-Mit’ — 30th studio album — next month, embark on U.K. tour

Mark E. Smith’s iconic post-punk act The Fall returns next month with ‘Re-Mit,’ the band’s 30th studio album in 37 years — a 12-track collection that will be preceded by a 7-inch single on Record Store Day and followed by a nine-date tour of the U.K. in May and early June.

Stream: The House of Love, ‘She Paints Words in Red’ — first new album in 7 years

Stream: The House of Love, ‘She Paints Words in Red’ — first new album in 7 years

We’re still two weeks out from the release of ‘She Paints Words in Red’ — The House of Love’s first new album in seven years — but Cherry Red Records this morning put the full 12-track record up on Soundcloud for all to hear. Check out a stream of the full record, the band’s first since 2005, right here.

Stream: The House of Love, ‘A Baby Got Back On Its Feet’ — off ‘She Paints Words in Red’

Stream: The House of Love, ‘A Baby Got Back On Its Feet’ — off ‘She Paints Words in Red’

We briefly were able to post the video for “A Baby Got Back On Its Feet” — the first single and lead-off track from The House of Love’s sixth album She Paints Words in Red — last month before it was removed from YouTube, but we finally can offer up the track in full now that it’s been premiered.

Big Country to release new album ‘The Journey,’ tour U.K., Europe and North America

Big Country to release new album ‘The Journey,’ tour U.K., Europe and North America

The reconfigured Big Country — with The Alarm’s Mike Peters filling in for the late Stuart Adamson and the new addition of original Simple Minds bassist Derek Forbes — will release a new album titled ‘The Journey’ this spring and embark on a world tour that will hit the U.K., Europe and North America.

Video: The House of Love, ‘A Baby Got Back On Its Feet’ — off ‘She Paints Words in Red’

Video: The House of Love, ‘A Baby Got Back On Its Feet’ — off ‘She Paints Words in Red’

It’s still more than six weeks until the arrival of The House of Love’s sixth album She Paints Words in Red, but the wait for new music is finally over with the premiere of the band’s video for “A Baby Got Back On Its Feet,” which is both the record’s opening track and its lead-off single. Check it out right here.

‘Scared To Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980-1989’ 5CD box set tracklist revealed

‘Scared To Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980-1989’ 5CD box set tracklist revealed

Cherry Red Records this afternoon unveiled the massive, 127-song tracklist for its now 5-disc box called Scared To Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980-1989, which the U.K. label has said is inspired by Lenny Kaye’s classic Nuggets garage-rock compilation and is “devoted to the 1980s indie guitar-pop revolution.”

The Blue Aeroplanes’ ‘Beatsongs’ gets 2CD reissue with B-sides, unreleased cuts

The Blue Aeroplanes’ ‘Beatsongs’ gets 2CD reissue with B-sides, unreleased cuts

Cherry Red Records next month will reissue U.K. art rockers The Blue Aeroplanes’ 1991 album ‘Beatsongs’ — featuring the singles “Yr Own World” and “The Boy in the Bubble,” the latter a Paul Simon cover — in an expanded 2CD edition with 10 bonus tracks, including B-sides, mixes and a pair of previously unreleased tracks.