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Cherry Red announces Wakeman and other deals
By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 16 December 2013
London-based indie Cherry Red last week announced a number of new signings, led by a major catalogue agreement with Rick Wakeman which will see the label work on eighteen titles from the one-time Yes man’s mind-blowing 100+ solo album archive. The deal will result in a reissue campaign kicking off in early 2014, including albums like ‘Out Of The Blue’ and ‘White Rock II’.
Also confirmed by Cherry Red last week was a new deal with The Fall, who have worked with the indie of five previous releases. The new arrangement includes the band’s just released mini-album ‘The Remainderer’ and a full LP release next year.
Other deals, meanwhile, include new albums from The Woodentops and former Cream bassist Jack Bruce, and a new collaborative release from Van Der Graaf Generator’s Peter Hammill and one-time Captain Beefheart collaborator Gary Lucas.
Confirming all this, Cherry Red’s MD Adam Velasco told CMU: “It’s a treat to get to work with catalogue as rich as Rick Wakeman’s or on exciting new albums from the likes of Jack Bruce and The Fall. Each of these artists shares our philosophy of treating music with the love and respect it deserves, and these deals will spawn some special releases that fans will love”.
