Cherry Red Records ⁽⁵⁾

So, I took a recent short break up to the jolly old West Midlands visiting sunny Worcester (which was indeed sunny by the time I got there after a soggy start to the journey from London in the morning) and what a lovely city it is! The journey up took about 2 and a half hours by train changing a Gloucester to catch another train into Worcester Shrub Hill station. From the station I took the 10 minute walk into…

What is it about Portsmouth? they seemed, back in the day to punt out such great garage rock/psychobilly bands, some of them are featured on this website at the link 'Garage Rock'. This is another of those fantastic garage style bands from sunny Portsmouth with an infectious riff and a cool garage style you could die in garage rock heaven for. Portsmouth Southsea: Photo by Peter Chiykowski on Unsplash Could Be? The band were called The Mild Mannered Janitors and…

I try as hard as I can to be as 'inclusive' to many different music styles on this site, I know, I have a preference for more punk/goth/garage and R&B type styles at times, but I think it is important (at least to me) to include other sounds that I maybe found later in life that still give me some happy memories, not all of them perhaps would necessarily be expected based on previous posts, still that is the beauty…

Pay No More Than 99p This brings back memories. I remember buying a compilation album released by Cherry Red Records called 'Pillows & Prayers'. It was a collection of artists work on that record label from '82 - '84. It was released towards the end of 1982 and I seem to vaguely remember purchasing it around 1983. It was cheap (which was a big plus), in fact had a 'Pay No More Than 99p' sticker on it and was it…

'Avon Calling: The Bristol Compilation', originally released in 1979 on the Heartbeat/Cherry Red Labels. It was re-released in 2005 as a 2 CD Collection and featured the track below by a Bristol based, female fronted band called The Skodas. The Compilation also included one of the B Side tracks called simply 'Mouth'. It also contained other Bristol based gems such a Vice Squad, The Gl*xo Babies and The Stingrays. More information about the album and track listing at https://musicbrainz.org The Skodas…