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1969 Records is an independent label set up in 2005 by a bunch of music fans who are sick of too much style and not enough substance in the rock and pop world of today. This Dublin-based label aims to support artists with real talent and help them get their music out to a wider audience.

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July 09 - UPDATE

Hi all, with the balmy summer evenings, the Ashes on in England and everything is perfectly seasonal.

For anyone who has not been paying any attention to any music media in the last month or so, 1969 Records and Divine Comedy Records are very proud to present the self titled Duckworth Lewis Method cd which is available now in all good stores and for digital download.

You can purchase your own copy here at the shop and keep an eye out for the DLM (as they are affectionately known) at the Latitude festival on Friday 17 July and at the Electric Picnic in Stradbally in September.

There will be a few other dates coming up here and there and we will keep you posted on those.

More effectively to keep yourselves updated check www.duckworthlewismethod.com the cricketastic website designed by 1969 web master Micky Kelleher and which has been getting tonnes of traffic in its first few days.

There is plenty to do there and well worth a visit.

On a serious note, but still equally important for us, we are also making available on the website for sale the Sparks 'n Mind compilation which we recently released in support of the Aware charity. For anyone who does not know, Aware is the organisation which assists sufferers from depression and their families in Ireland.

It is a great cause and one we are very happy and proud to be associated with, but not only that, the CD release itself, which has been primarily recorded by students of the Sound Traing Centre in Temple Bar, and was primarily recorded in Temple Lane Studios.The cd features some of the cream of Irish rock and pop talent doing well known covers a couple of originals thrown in.

There are such established acts as BellX1, our own Dave Couse with Frank Kearns, Lisa Hannigan, the Republic of Loose and The Thrills and Damien Dempsey as well as some more up and coming bands like the Flaws and Ham Sandwich, Dirty Epics and LeGalaxie.

In any event, this is not only as a worthwhile purchase (at a very reasonable price!!) but there is some great music to hear there as well.

All proceeds go to Aware so if you have got a spare tenner floating around you will do well to spend it on a better cause this summer.

Ok that it is for the moment, watch out for more detail updates coming soon and we hope everybody and enjoys getting stuck into the cricket!!

Howzat!!
1969 Records.

Releases

It is with a great sense of honour and humility that I come before you today to announce the forthcoming release of possibly the least necessary album of recent years.

Ladles and Jellyspoons, we give you The Duckworth Lewis Method!!! A kaleidoscopic musical adventure through the beautiful and rather silly world of cricket. Few have attempted to encapsulate the King of Sports in song. None have succeeded, UNTIL NOW!!

Listen

THE DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD

Go and get your pads on, take your place in the sun, and salivate in expectation for the sound of Summer '09

THE PALE

Recording Proper Order started the greatest adventure the band have embarked on so far, with the genesis of the album beginning in eastern europe and finishing in Ireland. The band are reported to be "Very Very Very Happy" with completing the record and excited by the prospect of touring the new material.

NIALL COLFER

Finds is Niall’s first solo project. Playing many of the instruments on these new tracks himself, Niall has honed a distinctive style; a hushed confidence of melody and groove, inside disco, rock and sometimes even folk

PUGWASH

Pugwash follow up their most critically and commercially successful album 'Jollity' with their second '1969 Records' release entitled 'Eleven Modern Antiquities'. What we have is an amalgam of Thomas Walsh's songs and vision brought to the public ear by an orchestra of famed and highly respected musicians.

THE PALE

Over the course of the last few years The Pale have collaborated with a number of different artists and their main strength as a group is that they always think outside the box. As the group have toured they have added and subtracted instruments and players to the line-up. The mainstay of the group has remained to be the unique sound conjured up by Matthew and Shane.

COUSE & THE IMPOSSIBLE

Listen to samples of the 2006 Meteor nominated 'Best Album' - The World Should Know - by Couse & The Impossible - generally regarded by critics and public alike as a great return to form for the legendary Dave Couse with his new band, "The Impossible".

PUGWASH

Since releasing their debut power-pop album in 1999, 'Almond Tea', Pugwash, aka songwriter Thomas Walsh and friends,has become an instant favourite of Irish and British music critics alike.