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.
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CBGB – A New York City Soundtrack 1975-1986 is the title of our new 4-CD celebration of the legendary Bowery club whose influence shaped punk, new wave and alternative music for generations, capturing both the iconic names and the essential underground voices that defined the scene’s......
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Our forthcoming compilation, A World Of Our Own, celebrates one of the UK’s boom years in all things folk – 1965. We control the rights to many folk and folk-adjacent tracks (acid-folk, folk-rock, folk-blues, etc.). The myriad artists whose tracks we represent include Bridget St. John,......
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Mac & Katie Kissoon’s 70s gem ‘Sugar Candy Kisses’ was one of the biggest successes from State Records, combining polished songwriting and a soul/disco/pop crossover appeal. Originally released in 1975, the song reached No. 3 in the UK, proving to be the crowning moment from......
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To any fan of American indie and alternative rock, Dinosaur Jr need little introduction. From their roots on seminal indie labels like SST in the 1980s through to mainstream success with Warner in the 1990s, J Mascis & Co. have remained hugely influential, with classics......
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Musician/singer-songwriter Iain Matthews, an original member of Fairport Convention and later the voice behind Matthews Southern Comfort’s UK No.1 hit ‘Woodstock’, continues to connect with new audiences decades into his career. One of his singles from 1978, ‘Don’t Hang Up Your Dancing Shoes’, is currently......
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Originally emerging from Norwich around 1979, The Adicts remain one of the UK’s most popular punk acts of the 1980s and still headline festivals, fuelled by strong imagery originally inspired by the film Clockwork Orange. Their 1985 track ‘Crazy’ has featured recently in an episode of Video Nasty, an Irish comedy horror series......
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