Invisible Hands Music

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Invisible Hands Music
Founded1987 (1987)
FounderCharles Kennedy
Country of originEngland
LocationLondon
Official websiteinvisiblehands.co.uk

Invisible Hands Music is a UK-based independent record label.[1]

The label is owned and run entirely by Charles Kennedy who started out by self-releasing cassettes sold at gigs by his first band 'Night World' in 1987. The first CD release was Fretwork Southeast, a compilation album of local bands from Southwest London in 1993. After three more CDs in the series, and an eponymous debut album by Kennedy's alias The Aries Project, the label moved into signing legacy artists starting with Wishbone Ash, and singer-songwriter, Rob Reynolds. Other releases in the 1990s, distributed by Pinnacle in the UK, included electro compilations such as Speed Garage Invasion and Drum n Bass Invasion.

After a gap of five years, the label restarted operations in Camden Town in January 2003, releasing niche cash-in products such as a box set of Emerson, Lake & Palmer remixes by Mike Bennett, a box set of Wishbone Ash demos, and a compilation of covers of David Bowie songs. Hazel O'Connor joined the label with a reissue series of her 1990s albums. Releases included music by guitarist Stevie Salas, Silver Sun (two studio albums), Hugh Cornwell (two studio albums and a live set) and Thomas Dolby (live CD / DVD box set).

In 2008 Invisible Hands signed a partially-reformed lineup of The Jam (sans Paul Weller), and released a new Hugh Cornwell album, Hooverdam, available as a free download.

After a four-year hiatus between 2010 and 2014, the label restarted operations in London's West End, rereleasing The Aries Project's eponymous album under the new title "English Ghosts".

Other artists and releases:

  • Miranda Lee Richards – Echoes of the Dreamtime
  • Tangerine Dream – Out of this World (Limited edition numbered, double transparent tangerine coloured vinyl)
  • Hugh Cornwell – The Fall and Rise of Hugh Cornwell
  • Libera – Forever (2023),[2] If (2021),[3] Christmas Carols with Libera (2019),[4] Beyond (2018),[5] Hope (2017),[6] Libera at Christmas (2016)[6]
  • Mishka Shubaly – Cowards Path

The above 5 releases were half-speed mastered at Abbey Road studios by Miles Showell.

Releases for 2016 were by Animotion, Crosby & Nash, Superdrone (flexi-disk project), REM, Pearl Jam and James Taylor.

In addition to albums, Invisible Hands released promotional VHS tapes for Rob Reynolds ("Stormy Weather", "Take It Easy", "Sweet Mother"), Clear ("Johnny Marr Was A Mistake"), Hazel O'Connor ("One More Try"), Mick Karn ("The Jump"), and Hugh Cornwell ("Live in London").

Catalogue[edit]

Year Artist Title Type Catalog number
Night World Invisible Hands Album IH1
Atmospheres IHCD11
The Aries Project "Echo Park" / "Ionisphere Blue" / "Up" / "Underpass"
Rob Reynolds "Take It Easy" Single IHSCD6
The Kates EP IHCDS17
1988 Night World The Bears at the End of the Garden Album IH2
1990 Grand Designs IH3
1993 Charge of the Night Brigade IH4
1994 Various Fretwork Southeast Compilation IHCD5
1996 The Crossing: Fretwork Southeast 2 IHCD7
1997 Rob Reynolds Waiting for the Tide Album IHCD8
Various Upshot: Fretwork 3 Compilation IHCD9
Electronic: Fretwork 4 IHCD10
1998 Wishbone Ash Trance Visionary Album IHCD12
"Heritage" Single IHST7
Various Drum 'N' Bass Invasion Compilation IHCD14
1999 Speed Garage Invasion IHCD15
2000 Wishbone Ash Wonderful Stash Album IHCD24
2001 Various Diamond Gods - Interpretations Of Bowie Compilation IHCD16
2002 Hazel O'Connor Beyond the Breaking Glass Album IHCD18
Live in Berlin IHCD19
5 in the Morning IHCD20
Acoustically Yours IHCD21
Whysome Not Even Close To What It Was Meant To Be IHCD27
Cormac de Barra Barcó IHCD32
2003 Emerson, Lake & Palmer Reworks: Brain Salad Perjury IHCD23
Clear Coming Round IHCD26
Over and Over IHCDS15
"Johnny Marr Was A Mistake" Single IHCDS10
UK Subs Staffordshire Bull Album IHCD28
The Vibrators Live: Near The Seedy Mill Golf Club IHCD29
Cheap & Nasty Cool Tak Injection IHCD30
Hazel O'Connor A Singular Collection: The Best of Hazel O'Connor IHCD31
Mick Karn More Better Different IHCD33
Forest Giants "Postcards" Single IHS14
Rob Reynolds "Sweet Mother" IHCDS11
2004 Forest Giants In Sequence Album IHCD34
Rob Reynolds In Den Haag (Live) IHCD36
O.K. Cola "Everybody Wants to Be a D.J." Single IHCDS12
Hazel O'Connor "One More Try" IHCDS19
The Kates "Suicide Valentine" IHCDS20
Junk TV "Oh England!" IHCDS21
Silver Sun "Bubblegum" IHCDS23
Hugh Cornwell "Under Her Spell" IHCDS28
2005 Rob Reynolds Samsara Never Sleeps Album IHCD17
Sightseeing IHCD22
Silver Sun Disappear Here IHCD35
Hazel O'Connor Hidden Heart IHCD37
"Perfect Days" Single IHCDS27
Hugh Cornwell Beyond Elysian Fields Album IHCD38
2006 Ade Payne My Town IHCD25
Various Northern Line: The British at NXNE Compilation IHCD40
Rob Reynolds The Curious World Album IHCD41
"Free Me" Single IHCDFREEME1
Silver Sun Dad's Weird Dream Album IHCD42
Hugh Cornwell Dirty Dozen IHCD43
People, Places, Pieces IHCD44
2007 Stevie Salas The Sun And The Earth "The Essential Stevie Salas" Vol. 1 IHCD39
Various Lost and Found Compilation IHCD45
Invisible Hands Music: Contemporary Formation IHCD50
Birds of Wales Fall of the 49 Album IHCD49
The Aries Project "Shelter" / "Medina" / "Stateless" Single IHSCD4
2008 Thomas Dolby The Sole Inhabitant Album IHCD51
Hugh Cornwell Hooverdam IHCD52
From The Jam A First Class Return DVD boxset IHCD53
2010 Rob Reynolds "Heaven Knows" Single IHCDS16
2011 Dave Bartram Lost and Found Album IHCD59
2014 The Aries Project English Ghosts IHCD6
2015 Mishka Shubaly Coward's Path IHCD60
Hugh Cornwell The Fall And Rise Of Hugh Cornwell IHCD61
Tangerine Dream Out of this World IH65
2016 Animotion Raise IHCD62
Miranda Lee Richards Echoes of the Dreamtime IHCD63
Rush Timeless Wavelength IH66
Crosby & Nash Wind on the Water IH67
Dorje Centred And One IHCD68
Tangerine Dream Quantum Key IH69
Libera Libera At Christmas IHCD73
The Jive Aces For the Record IH78
2017 Tangerine Dream Particles IH72
Miranda Lee Richards Existential Beast IH74
Libera Hope IH75
Hazel O'Connor "I'll See You Again" / "Hidden" Single IHCDS29
2018 Superdrone Superdrone One Album IH76
Two IH82
Thorsten Quaeschning Cargo (original soundtrack) IH79
Tangerine Dream "Run to Vegas" / "Leviathan" EP IH80T
The Sessions I Album IH83
Libera Beyond IHCD85
2019 Superdrone Starcade IHD89
Libera Christmas Carols with Libera IHCD89
2020 Rob Reynolds "Stormy Weather" Single IHSCD5
2021 Libera If Album IHCD90
2023 Forever IHCD91

References[edit]

  1. ^ Holder, Bev (29 April 2017). "Johnny Depp favourite Mishka Shubaly to perform at The Duke William in Stourbridge on Friday May 5". Halesowen News.
  2. ^ Libera (9 April 2023). "Forever • Libera". Libera. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  3. ^ Libera (10 June 2021). "If • Libera". Libera. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. ^ Libera (14 November 2019). "Christmas Carols with Libera • Libera". Libera. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. ^ Libera: Beyond
  6. ^ a b Invisible Hands Music discography at Discogs

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