Medium Cool Records
Encyclopedia
Medium Cool was a United Kingdom
independent record label that existed between 1986 and 1989. Specializing in jangly guitar-pop, it released records by bands such as The Raw Herbs
, The Siddeleys
, The Rain
, The Waltones
, The Popguns
, and The Corn Dollies
.
Label owner Andy Wake is working with Cherry Red
records, who are compiling a 2-CD label retrospective.
United Kingdom
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independent record label that existed between 1986 and 1989. Specializing in jangly guitar-pop, it released records by bands such as The Raw Herbs
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 , Kevin Bache , Steven Archibald , and Brian Alexis...
, The Siddeleys
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 Rain
The Rain (band)
The Rain were an indie pop band from Basingstoke, England, active between 1986 and the early 1990s. They later changed their name to Clark Springs.-History:...
, The Waltones
The Waltones
The Waltones were an indie band from Manchester, England, who formed in September 1984.-History:The band consisted of Alex Fyans , Mark Collins , James Knox and Manny Lee...
, The Popguns
The Popguns
The Popguns were an indie rock band which played a part in the British jangle pop scene. Originally from Brighton, East Sussex, they formed in 1986 by vocalist Wendy Morgan, guitarists Simon Pickles and Greg Dixon plus bassist Pat Walkington and were joined by Shaun Charman, the former drummer for...
, and The Corn Dollies
The Corn Dollies
The Corn Dollies were a United Kingdom indie band from London, active between 1987 and 1991.Comprising Steve Musham , Tim Sales , Steve Ridder , Jack Hoser , and Jono Podmore , the band met in King's Cross although they all hailed from Dalston, aside from native Californian Ridder...
.
History
The label released its first record, 1986's "I Don't Need You" by The Enormous Room. Over the next 3 years, the label released 21 records. The collapse of the label's distributor Red Rhino, effectively brought things to an end.Label owner Andy Wake is working with Cherry Red
Cherry Red
Cherry Red is a London-based independent record label formed in 1978.-History:Cherry Red grew from the rock promotion company founded in 1971 to promote rock concerts at the Malvern Winter Gardens...
records, who are compiling a 2-CD label retrospective.
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"