Cooking Vinyl enjoys UK album charts success with quartet of releases

 - New releases from The Rifles and Skindred debut in top 30- Seth Lakeman enters at 20; Suzanne Vega at 37- Essential grabs 4.8% market share in week five 11^th February, London:-  Acton powerhouse label Cooking Vinyl has seen four new releases debut in the top 40 of the UK Album Chart in the last two weeks.Week five of the Albums Chart saw indie rockers The Rifles chart at #21 with ‘None The Wiser’, released 27^th January, whilst ragga-metal band Skindred secured 28^th spot with their fifth album ‘Kill The Power’, also released on the 27th.This was followed by another double-hit in week six, with English folk artist Seth Lakeman reaching #20 with ‘Word Of Mouth’, and American folk singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega taking #37 with ‘Tales From The Realm Of The Queen Of Pentacles’, her first album of all new material in seven years. Both were released on 3^rd February.Furthermore, week five saw Essential Music & Marketing chalk up a 4.8% market share (OCC) made up by its distributed labels, including 2% for Cooking Vinyl, 2% for EBGB’s, which released Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s ‘Wanderlust’, and 0.8% for Nettwerk, which continues to enjoy global success with Passenger’s ‘All The Little Lights’.All four acts have ongoing tour plans, with The Rifles heading out across Europe and Skindred in the midst of a run of worldwide dates. Suzanne Vega is also touring globally, as well as appearing at the upcoming BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, whilst Seth Lakeman will take in Europe and Australia, including a number of support slots for Vega.Rob Collins, director at Cooking Vinyl, said: “We are delighted to start the year with such a strong performance from our artists, and hope to replicate this success over the next two months with Reverend and the Makers, The Pretty Reckless and Embrace. Independent music continues to be a force in the market, and these results reflect that.” About Cooking Vinyl RecordsEstablished in 1986, Cooking Vinyl has developed a reputation as one of Europe’s prime artist-focused independent labels, inspiring an enviable loyalty among its artist roster. It is also in the vanguard of music companies offering innovative services-only deals that claim no stake in artists’ copyrights.Cooking Vinyl takes full responsibility for the management of a project whether functioning as a label or in a services-only setting. Adding more than just marketing muscle, Cooking Vinyl devises and implements worldwide sales, marketing and distribution plans for its artists, working alongside booking agents and artist managers.Artists signed to Cooking Vinyl include Amanda Palmer, The Prodigy, Marilyn Manson, Underworld, Ron Sexsmith and Billy Bragg. Such is the loyalty and affection among artists for the label that the likes of Frank Black have returned close to 20 times to record fresh collections with them. The Prodigy’s Invaders Music Die was Europe’s biggest selling independent album in 2009.Cooking Vinyl Records is a member of the CV Group of companies, which include Essential Music & Marketing, CV America, Cooking Vinyl Publishing and Cooking Vinyl Property.http://cookingvinyl.com/