Cherry Red S & D

Did anyone hear the Mr Swenson record 'The Sensuous Man' I put out on my Analog Baroque imprint of Cherry Red? That was lyrically and sonically perhaps the most extreme record ever made.

And I want to know your impressions of my friend Louis Philippe, Nitsuh. He's extremely intelligent and talented, some of his records take the Beach Boys' Chamber Pop formula into realms we might call 'exquisite', yet there's something -- hmm, what's the word? Unctuous? Fustian? -- about them. He comes on like the pop equivalent of a wine snob. And what does it mean when a Frenchman buys into the mythology of England more than the English themselves do? What values are getting celebrated?

Crabby, entertaining bastards. Very much a compliment. Friend Brian met Mick at Terrastock 2 and thought him rather Scottish.

On a slightly related tack, anyone remember Yeah Yeah Noh? (Yes, I know they weren't on Cherry Red!) I was surprised to see that there's a CD compilation of their stuff available now. I saw it in Sister Ray. I do't have title, label etc details, but no doubt this info is out there somewhere. Cue DJ Martian!

Destroy - all Marine Girls, Tracey Thorn, Ben Watt.

Big ass playlist with lots of Cherry Red artists if you're interested.

http://open.spotify.com/user/polyphonique/playlist/3XQtpi7J7tIgsPBsfJPxPe

Cherry Red has taken over from Rhino as the ultimate compilers. Their C86-C89 3CD sets are great and they just put out "1977: The Year That Punk Broke" which highlights all sorts of gems from that year. Anyone know if they're planning on continuing the yearly overviews?

THey seem to be an umbrella group that has a few really good reissue labels under it. Got Esoteric, Grapefruit, and about 5 others, possibly more. Grapefruit have been doing some great psych and prog 3cds for the last few years.