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Rham!
File:Rham! Records Logo.png
Founded1987
Defunct1992
Distributor(s)Pinnacle
Country of originEngland
LocationWallasey, Merseyside

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Rham! Records was a British independent record label based in Wallasey, Merseyside, England, formed in 1987. Rham! was launched as an offshoot of indie/rock label Skysaw Records to release dance music predominantly from the north west of England, with early releases mostly from Manchester based artists.

Initially envisaged as a hip hop and street soul label. The label was most notable for discovering and releasing in 1988 early UK acid house anthem and Hacienda club classic "Voodoo Ray" by A Guy Called Gerald. The single spent 18 weeks on the UK Singles Chart eventually reaching number 12,[1][2][3] and was awarded best selling independently released single of 1989 by Music Week and the British Phonographic Industry. Its eventual success was despite the collapse of the record's early distributor Red Rhino, which wiped out the label's finances.

"Voodoo Ray" was also licensed for release in many other world wide territories.[4] Warlock Records licensed the single from Rham! for the U.S. - including a Paradise Ballroom remix by Frankie Knuckles.

Rham! Records' de facto in house A&R and production team for many of its releases were Manchester ensemble Chapter And The Verse. Aniff Cousins[5] (now Aniff Akinola) and Colin Thorpe[6] also performed with A Guy Called Gerald on his Rham! releases, and on the three song session recorded for the BBC Radio One's John Peel Show in 1989, that also achieved significant sales when released on Strange Fruit Records. Chapter And The Verse subsequently released two albums influenced by soul, funk, jazz, hip hop & house, a melting pot of styles which preceded the acid jazz scene in the early 1990s.

In 1989, the remixed version of the second A Guy Called Gerald single for Rham! featured two Youth remixes of "Hot Lemonade", and was an early example of psychedelic trance house, made prominent a short time later by electronic dance music artists such as The Orb.

Two albums were recorded and released on the label: Hot Lemonade by A Guy Called Gerald and Great Western Street by Chapter & The Verse (subsequently released for Rham! by Virgin Records).

The comic art Rham! logo was designed by Aiden Hughes of BRUTE!, who also designed cover art for KMFDM at the time for the label Skysaw Records.

The original intended name for the label was Rockingham, inspired by the song "Hoots Mon" by Lord Rockingham's XI.[7]


Discography[edit]

Singles[edit]

Artist Title Cat No. Format Year Ref
Chapter And The Verse All This And Heaven Too RS8801 12" 1988 [8]
Chapter And The Verse All This And Heaven Too (Remix) RX8801 12" 1988 [9]
Grand Groove Let's Dance RS8802 12" 1988
Gary Buchanan I Just Need Your Lovin' RS8803 12" 1988
A Guy Called Gerald Voodoo Ray EP RS8804 12" 1988 [10]
A Guy Called Gerald Voodoo Ray EP RCD8804 CD single 1988 [10]
A Guy Called Gerald Voodoo Ray R8804 7" 1988 [10]
A Guy Called Gerald Voodoo Ray (Remix) RX8804 12" 1988 [10]
The Bygraves Loving You RS8905 12" 1989
Elle Give It To Me RS8906 12" 1989
Chapter And The Verse If I Knew Then (What I Know Now) RS8907 12" 1989
A Guy Called Gerald Hot Lemonade RS8908 12" 1989 [11]
A Guy Called Gerald Hot Lemonade / Rhythm Of Life RS808 7" 1989 [11]
A Guy Called Gerald Hot Lemonade (Remixes) RX8908 12" 1989 [11]
The Bygraves Destiny RS9009 12" 1990
Doggy Psyche RS9010 12" 1990
Sensomilla I Believe RS9011 12" 1990
Demonik Labyrinth RS9012 12" 1990
Icon So Special / Generator RS9113 12" 1991
Everything Fire, Water, Air RS9114 12" 1991
Chapter And The Verse Black Whip VRST 1 12" 1991
Chapter And The Verse Black Whip (The R&B Mix) VRSTX 1 12" 1991
Chapter And The Verse In Another World / Stealth VRS 2 7" 1991
Chapter And The Verse In Another World / Stealth VRST 2 12" 1991


Albums[edit]

Artist Title Cat No. Year Ref
A Guy Called Gerald Hot Lemonade RALP 1 1989 [11]
Chapter And The Verse Great Western Street VRAM 1 1991

References[edit]

  1. "A Guy Called Gerald | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. "A Guy Called Gerald Unofficial Web Page - Article: Cut - Voodoo economics". Homepages.force9.net. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  3. "A Guy Called Gerald Unofficial Web Page - Article: NME - Voodoo Guru". Homepages.force9.net. 1989-04-15. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  4. "A Guy Called Gerald Unofficial Web Page - Article: NME - 10 X BETTER: TOP 10 CHOSEN BY JOHN PEEL". Homepages.force9.net. 22 October 1988. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. "Aniff Akinola". Discogs. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. "Colin Thorpe". Discogs. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. Tom Ewing (31 May 2012). "The best No 1 records: Lord Rockingham's XI – Hoots Mon | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. "Chapter And The Verse". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
  9. "Chapter And The Verse – All This And Heaven Too". Discogs. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray". Discogs. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "A Guy Called Gerald – Hot Lemonade". Discogs. Retrieved 6 September 2021.

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