Ambition, Volume 1 & 2: The History of Cherry Red Records 1978-1988

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Jet Set Junta
recording of:
Jet Set Junta
writer:
Bid, Lester Square and Andy Warren (ex Adam & The Ants)
The Monochrome Set2:04
2Night and Day
cover recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: File NO Releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
Everything but the Girl2:54
3From A to B
Eyeless in Gaza2:20
4Something Sends Me to Sleep
recording of:
Something Sends Me to Sleep
writer:
Maurice Deebank and Lawrence (Lawrence Hayward, frontman for Felt/Denim/Go-Kart Mozart)
Felt2:56
5Plain Sailing
recording engineer:
Pat Bermingham
guitar:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl)
vocals:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl)
recording of:
Plain Sailing
lyricist and composer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl)
publisher:
Cherry Red Records (UK indie label; for copyrights, use Cherry Red Records Ltd. instead, with an alias if needed)
Tracey Thorn2:04
6If She Doesn't Smile
Fantastic Something3:14
7Letter From America
Thomas Leer4:05
8Xoyo
engineer:
Chris Nagle
producer:
The Passage (80s synthpop)
mixer:
Steve Taylor (UK engineer) (in 1982-02)
performer:
Andrew Wilson (member of “The Passage”, DJ in Ibiza) (in 1981-10), Dick Witts (in 1981-10) and Paul Mahoney (The Passage) (in 1981-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Cherry Red Records Ltd. (do not use as label, for copyrights and distribution credits only) (in 1982)
recorded at:
Strawberry Studios in Stockport, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (in 1981-10)
mixed at:
Red Bus Studios in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1982-02)
recording of:
XOYO (in 1981-10)
lyricist and composer:
Richard “Dick” Witts
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use!), Dinsong (in 1982) and Virgin Music (in 1982)
The Passage3:56
9Walter and John
recording of:
Walter and John
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
Ben Watt & Robert Wyatt4:07
10Your Holiness
Kevin Coyne3:12
11On My Mind
recording of:
On My Mind
lyricist and composer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl)
publisher:
Complete Music Ltd., Musik-Edition Discoton and Universal Music Publishing International MGB Ltd.
Marine Girls3:10
12The Mating Game
The Monochrome Set3:24
13Spain
Kevin Hewick3:05
14Talking Glamour
Marc Bolan3:21
15Foreign Correspondent
Morgan Fisher3:11
16Penelope Tree
recording of:
Penelope Tree
writer:
Lawrence (Lawrence Hayward, frontman for Felt/Denim/Go-Kart Mozart)
Felt3.53:01
17Taboos
The Passage5:53
18Simply Couldn't Care
recording of:
Simply Couldn’t Care
lyricist and composer:
Tracey Thorn (of Everything but the Girl)
publisher:
Cherry Red Records (UK indie label; for copyrights, use Cherry Red Records Ltd. instead, with an alias if needed)
Tracey Thorn2:49
19You Frighten
Eyeless in Gaza6:22
20Paraffin Brain
recording of:
Paraffin Brain
writer:
Robert Lloyd (UK producer/singer member of The Nightingales)
The Nightingales3:05
21Departure
recording of:
Departure
lyricist and composer:
Ben Watt
Ben Watt1:37
22How to Die With Style
Quentin Crisp1:44