Music Video Preservation Society is delighted to announce a special show dedicated to the amazing music videos of a great British record label - arguably the most maverick of all established British labels - London Records.

Following the recent success of the highly acclaimed podcast series ‘Hit That Perfect Beat (The London Records Story)’, and their YouTube channel surpassing 1 BILLION views, Music Video Preservation Society will take that story now to the big screen at London’s Prince Charles Cinema on Thursday August 6th - showing the music videos that defined the label, hearing the tales behind the videos and celebrating their creative and cultural importance with some special guests.

And what a range of incredible visual work in store. In the early 80s to the late 90s, London Records was the home of groundbreaking pop and cutting-edge dance music, a label continually moving forward and taking risks, extending the boundaries of UK pop culture with a stream of exciting artists including: Bananarama, Blancmange, Bronski Beat, The Communards, East 17, Fine Young Cannibals, Goldie, Shakespears Sister, Orbital, The All Seeing I and more. 

The ongoing appeal of these videos continue to reach new audiences, with the London Records YouTube channel recently amassing over 1 billion views. London Record’s pop promos always captured the moment, and in this peak era of MTV their music videos were a crucial element in the creative and promotional armoury of these artists. For Bananarama it was the medium where they fully expressed their evolution, from the DIY ingenues of ‘Cruel Summer’ to the camp costumed divas in ‘Venus’; for Bronski Beat, this was where they could tell stories from a LGBTQI+ perspective within Thatcher’s Britain; for Fine Young Cannibals, it was the medium that drove them to global stardom; for Shakespears Sister, it was where they fully realised their distinctive visual identity.

So this special meeting of MVPS is a brilliant opportunity to revisit the videos of these artists, to enjoy their greatness on the big screen. MVPS host David Knight will be talking to some guests who will bring fascinating insight to how they were made and their impact - including music journalist and presenter of the 'Hit That Perfect Beat' podcast series Siân Pattenden; and Katie Baron, author, journalist and authority on the links between fashion and music. 

It promises to be a very special meeting of Music Video Preservation Society at the Prince Charles Cinema, watching London Records’s finest moments on the big screen. So don't miss it.