Medium Cool was a British
independent record label
An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...
, that existed between 1986 and 1989. Specializing in jangly guitar-pop, it released records by bands such as
The Raw Herbs
The Raw Herbs were an English indie pop band signed to Medium Cool Records, who had a number 19 hit on the UK Indie Chart in 1987 with "Don't Bury Me Yet". The band comprised Derek Parker (vocals, guitar), Kevin Bache (guitar), Steven Archibald ...
,
The Siddeleys
The Siddeleys were a London-based indie pop band, active during the late 1980s. Although they were relatively short-lived, they were influential.
The band formed in 1986, comprising female singer Johnny Johnson, Andrew Brown (bass), Allan Kingdo ...
,
The Rain,
The Waltones,
The Popguns, and
The Corn Dollies.
History
The label released its first record, "I Don't Need You" by
The Enormous Room, in 1986. Over the next three years, the label released 21 records. The collapse of the label's distributor,
Red Rhino
Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–750 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondar ...
, effectively brought things to an end.
In 2006, label owner Andy Wake blogged that he had been in discussions with
Cherry Red Records
Cherry Red Records is a British independent record label founded in Malvern, Worcestershire by Iain McNay in 1978. The label has released recordings by Dead Kennedys, Everything but the Girl, The Monochrome Set, and Felt, among others, as w ...
regarding a label retrospective.
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Label catalogue
*MC1: The Enormous Room - "I Don't Need You"
*MC2: The Raw Herbs - "Old Joe"
*MC3: The Raw Herbs - "She's a Nurse But She's Alright"
*MC4: The Waltones - "Downhill"
*MC5: The Siddeleys - "What Went Wrong This Time?"
*MC6: The Raw Herbs - "Don't Bury Me Yet"
*MC7: The Waltones - "She Looks Right Through Me"
*MC8: The Corn Dollies - "Be Small Again"
*MC9: The Corn Dollies - "Forever Steven"
*MC10: Various Artists - ''Edge Of The Road'' LP
*MC11: The Waltones - "Spell It Out"
*MC12: The Rain - "First Of May"
*MC14:
Drop - "The Boy Racers"
*MC15: The Corn Dollies - "Shake"
*MC16: The Waltones - "The Deepest"
*MC17: The Corn Dollies - "Map Of The World"
*MC18: The Waltones - ''Deepest'' LP
*MC19: The Popguns - "Landslide"
*MC20: The Corn Dollies - "Nothing Of You"
*MC21: The Corn Dollies - ''The Corn Dollies'' LP
*MC22: The Waltones - "Listen To Your Heart"
References
External links
Official websiteOfficial label blog
British independent record labels
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