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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.

Latest News Update

September 2008

Hey everybody,

As we drag through to the end of another gloriously wet Irish summer, we have at least got some good news to celebrate in the 1969 mansions.

On the release front, 1969 Records is delighted and very proud to be able to present- not only its first live album, but also a live album by one of the greatest of all Irish rock bands- LIR. LIR LIVE recorded in Vicar Street, Dublin and Whelans, Dublin in 2006 is available to buy from the shop on the site and in all good record shops in Ireland from 3 October.

Not only that, but the band are convening for a Tower Records, Wicklow Street in store on Saturday 4th at 1 p.m. and a gig in Whelan's, Camden Street that evening.

Tickets for the Whelans show are available on WaV and the show is bound to be a sell out.

Support on the night are LIR's great friends (and fans) PUGWASH and up and coming Northside group BEATROOT.

The record is fantastic and covers the cream of LIR's two studio releases, "Magico, Magico" and "Nest" and included are the hits, "In a Day", "Temple Child" "Halcyon Days" and "There are more Things" as well as a staggering 13 (yes13!!) other live belters.

Not content with that, 1969 Records is also very proud to bring you the second single the first on 1969.... from Dublin band THE GANDHIS. "Don't you wanna be loved by me?" will be on the forthcoming GANDHIS debut album and is a follow up from the very successful single "Zaza".

We will be posting formal launch details here in the next week or two to support this release as well. It will be available from the shop on the site towards the end of October, but we will let you know well in advance when and where you can buy it.

A specially commissioned video is already getting airplay on Channel 6 show Nightshift (thanks Elton and Michelle) and you will be able to check THE GANDHIS out up and down around the country. For those of you in Dublin, the lads are playing upstairs in Whelan's on Friday 19 and Friday 26 October and for anyone who was there at the last upstairs Whelans gig, the place was completely rammed so be advised to get their early or get your tickets bought in advance from WaV.

So all in all plenty going on.

Releases

LIR release their new album 'LIR LIVE' on 1969 Records on Oct 3. Recorded over 2 nights in Vicar Street and Whelans ,Dublin, the album has 17 hard rocking tracks showcasing the band at it's strongest and most inspired.

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Lir

LIR release their new album 'LIR LIVE' on 1969 Records on Oct 3. Recorded over 2 nights in Vicar Street and Whelans ,Dublin, the album has 17 hard rocking tracks showcasing the band at it's strongest and most inspired.

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.