DESCRIPTION:
The simultaneous and unexpected departures of A&R chief Mike Alway and Phil Langham, who ran the punk-oriented Abstract label, in 1983 changed the face of Cherry Red. Iain McNay reassumed control before, in 1987, taking a four-year sabbatical for personal reasons. On his return, the acquisition of material from many of the significant independent labels of the late Seventies and early Eighties, such as Flicknife, Red Rhino, No Future, Rondelet, Midnight, Temple and In Tape laid the foundations of the label as a reissue-based operation, in which form Cherry Red not only survives but thrives today. Iain traces the evolutionary process of a company that now issues over 60 CDs, DVDs and books each and every month.