Cherry Red

Cherry Red is a London-based independent record label formed in 1978. Cherry Red grew from the rock promotion company (similarly named after the song "Cherry Red" by The Groundhogs) founded in 1971 to promote rock concerts at the Malvern Winter Gardens. In the wake of the independent record boom that followed the advent of punk rock, founders Iain McNay (who remains company chairman) and Richard Jones released the label’s first single, "Bad Hearts" by local punk band The Tights, in June 1978. Cherry Red’s early roster included releases by Morgan Fisher under various pseudonyms, using a tiny studio installed in his Notting Hill flat, as well as material licensed from The Hollywood Brats, Destroy All Monsters and The Runaways. The latter...