The Mating Game

Various - Ambition: The Cherry Red Story Vol.2
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 470 MB | Full Artwork: 92 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Cherry Red Rec. # cd bred 96 | Country/Year: UK 1991
Genre: Rock | Style: Punk Rock, Independent, Alternative

Cherry Red is a London-based independent record label formed in 1978. Cherry Red's role as one of the keynote labels of the early '80s independent scene was confirmed by the huge success of a budget compilation album compiled by Alway and released at Christmas 1982…

London post-punk band The Monochrome Set's third album Eligible Bachelors re-issued, completed with a huge amount of bonus tracks and additional hard to find material. Contains the original album, the live album Fin (aka The Good Life), plus a number of lead singer and songwriters Bid's solo tracks.

At the end of the 70s, The Monochrome Set were part of the first wave of "post punk" bands. Right from the beginning, the band earned a solid reputation as purveyors of fine pop, gaining praise from the 80s contemporaries such as Morrissey and Edwyn Collins. Importantly, in later years this praise has continues with artists such as Franz Ferdinand, The Divine Comedy and Graham Coxon, all citing the band as a key influence on their own work. The Monochrome Set sound has often been described as "timeless", and that alone explains why, over the years, the band has continues gaining admirers.

2008 eight CD box set. Cherry Red Records marks it's 30th Anniversary in style with this lavish 185 track boxset. I'll Give You My Heart chronologically plots 61 single/EP a and B-sides from 1978 to 1983. Features 24 tracks from the U.K. Top 50 Indie chart including 12 Top 20 and two #1 hits. Includes cuts from Dead Kennedys, the Monochrome Set, Eyeless in Gaza, the Runaways, Marc Bolan, Everything But the Girl, Robert Wyatt and many more. A comprehensive 78 page booklet plots the story of Cherry Red Records and details many rare 7" and 12" picture sleeves. Features extensive interviews conducted by Alex Ogg with 'fly-on-the-wall' accounts from label founders and band members. Cherry Red.