Hey all from everyone here at 1969 Records.
With the summer upon us, we are going to release a couple of singles over the next month or so to keep everybody in the happy summery groovy mood.
First off on 1 July, the Pale release Chocolate Factory b/w Lady Gregory. It is available on limited edition CD format from the shop on the site and will be in Road Records in Dublin.
For those of you more download inclined, the tracks will be available as free downloads on iTunes from 1 July.
The Pale are heading to the Czech Republic this month to introduce their acclaimed - The Contents of a Shipwreck - album to Europe and we have high hopes that things will go well for them there.
They continue to tour Ireland and just keep an eye out on the Pale website for fuller details.
Pugwash follow up the successful launch single - Take me away - from the album -Eleven Modern Antiquities- with -At the Sea b/w On with the Show- which will on release on 14 July. At the Sea, is a co write with the great Andy Partridge and features playing from Andy too. On with the Show is a cover of an Idle Race lost classic, and has been approved by most of the members of the original band, although we are waiting to hear from Jeff Lynne about it!!!
Again, it will be available in limited edition CD format through the shop on the site here as well as in Road Records and will be available for digital download from iTunes.
We are hoping to have a video made as well so keep an eye out for that over the course of the summer it is bound to be a bit of fun.
There is some ongoing activity in relation to the Pugwash album, and we have interest from distributors in the UK, Japan and the US for the album so we are talking to all those guys now and we will keep you all fully posted as developments occur.
We are still hoping to get the band over to the States later on in the summer so keep your eyes peeled on this website, the 1969 MySpace site or the Pugwash sites for fuller details of that as and when it happens.
Watch out on the site in the coming weeks and months for details of more album releases for later on in 2008.
It has been a great year so far so we just want to keep it going.
In terms of live performance, Pugwash are in Whelan's (upstairs) on Sunday 22 and 29 June and follow that with a downstairs (main room) gigs on July 12.
For any of you not going to Oxygen, it will be a good way to spend a summery Saturday evening and after the successful launch in Whelan's back in March where the lads played to a wedged room, we are hoping for some very serious repeat business.
Pugwash will also be organising some dates up and down the country, both band dates and stripped down (Thomas and Tosh) shows so keep your eyes peeled locally for those and keep checking out the Pugwash site for fuller details.
Ok, that is it for now hope everybody is well.
Thanks.
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The new Pugwash single - Take Me Away - goes on sale 22 February on iTunes so you should all be able to find it. it's also available on Amazon.
You can check out the video for it on the Pugwash MySpace site, the 1969 MySpace site and on YouTube.
For those living in Dublin, Road Records on Fade Street have physical copies of the single but you can also buy it if you want it in the CD format from the 1969 Records shop.
The album follows on 21 March next and we have been getting great vibes on it, so notwithstanding the fact that we've thought it a really great record for all this time, it looks like other people might be agreeing with us. it will be in all good record shops in Ireland, on the 1969 Records shop and is available to preorder on Amazon.
For those looking for a live Pug fix, the boys will hit the stage in Whelan's on 27 March to do their first live gig in what seems like an age, and there will be some very special guests there on the night so you have all been warned, get your tickets here so there will be no disappointmentment!
The Pale play what seems to be becoming their annual show at the Guiness Hopstore here in Dublin on Patrick's weekend (March 15 - 6.00pm) so if anybody is around, we'd love to see y'all at that.
Get on or out and BUY the Pugwash single, there's now a download chart in Ireland which means that no matter where in the world you are, if you invest the €2 (or equivalent) in the downloaded tune, we may be able to get Pugwash into the Irish charts (again). That would be two chart hits in a row...
Thanks to everybody and we look forward to talking to you all soon.
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Happy New Year to all our 1969-ers and best wishes for a great 2008 to everyone.
If you go over to the Pale MySpace site, you will see that Matthew and the band are putting up online tracks from earlier albums which have since been deleted. There will be a lot of interest in a number of tracks from the Pale's debut album in 1992 - Here's One We Made Earlier - and you will be able to get a good number of tracks from that album online.
Keep checking out the Pale main page as they are going to update it with additional albums in the coming weeks.
Great stuff indeed.
In March '08 we are going to release the second 1969 Pugwash long player so keep checking out all the sites for further information on that. The initial response to those who have heard the record has been phenomenal and we are all very excited here at 1969 about it. It is currently being mastered in California by the legendary Steve Hoffmann and if you check out his site you will see the sort of CV that man has. We are delighted that he is taking the time and interest to work with Pugwash and 1969 Records on this release.
There will be plenty of promotional activity around the release including live dates and plenty of radio so hopefully you will start hearing the first and lead track - Take Me Away - on the radio in the coming weeks. Take Me Away will go on release as a single in February and will be available in both physical format and online to buy.
Also in March this year, New Line Cinema is to release a movie called Pride and Glory starring Colin Farrell, Ed Norton and Jon Voight. It is a NYPD family drama about corruption and family loyalties and trust. We have not seen it yet, but an earlier Pugwash track - Anyone Who Asks - from Almanac features on the soundtrack so keep an eye out from that when it comes to town.
We will update you all with a little more detail as time moves closer around the release of both album and movie.
Best wishes to everyone
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The Pale release the second single from their critically acclaimed album - The Contents of a Shipwreck - on 26 October 2007. The single is called - The New Resistance b/w Good Ship - and is available at the shop here on the 1969 Records site for download direct from iTunes or in Road Records and other selected record shops around the country.
The Pale are currently on tour so check out their MySpace profile for details of upcoming dates and venues.
Pugwash are putting the final touches to their next opus - 11 Modern Antiquities - and Thomas Pugwash has put up a teaser site on MySpace where you can go and listen to extracts of some of the songs from the desk mixes. They're not complete by any stretch of the imagination, but will give a flavour of what's to come.
There has been a good bit of traffic through it already and we're getting some great feedback. Everyone at 1969 Records is very excited about it so go have a listen, a look and let us know what you think. There are some amazing players on the record, but the story is all up there so check it out.
Dave Couse played a great set at Electric Picnic recently and the new tracks that he is working on for his forthcoming album went down really really well. The band was stripped down and included the legendary Ferg Bunbery on guitar and Rike Soller on cello. Hoping to get some dates for Dave over the next while so keep checking out here or Dave's website for further details.
We've also set up a 1969 MySpace site. The purpose of this will be to get some rare or unusual tracks from 1969 artists up and available for y'all. For example tracks which may not find their way onto albums or remixes, live tracks etc. So feel free to drop by there, say hello and check out what we have up there from time to time. If there's anything ye want, just ask!! Obviously we'll use it to advise everyone what's going on in the world of 1969 Records and you can leave us messages and talk to us directly through there.
Best wishes from everyone here at 1969 Records and we'll talk to you soon.
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After a great year in 2006, 1969 Records is delighted to announce that we kick off 2007 with the release of a new album and a new act for us
The Contents of a Shipwreck, by Irish band THE PALE will go on release generally through 1969 Records on 25 May 2007. We are very excited about this release having been speaking to Matthew and Shane of The Pale over the last number of months and watching the final stages of the album being put in place.
The album will be proceeded by a truly kick ass single, Elizabeth In Rags which will go to national radio on May 1 2007 in advance of the album release.
We will be updating the artists page to include The Pale and you will be able to link into their website and very active myspace site through the links there.
The Pale will be touring all over the country over the course of the summer and we have great hopes for this record for, as sure as we are it will move your hearts, it is definitely going to move your feet.
A limited number of the single will be available for sale on the website, so check out the shop for that and keep an eye out in the press and on radio over the coming months for The Pale who will be going to every corner of the country to spread the word.
In other 1969 related news, Pugwash are in the process of recording their new album, and from what we have heard it is going to be pretty special.
Dave Couse has reconstituted his working set up and is back playing with old A House mucker Ferg Bunbury. Anyone who is at the recent Sugar Club gig will testify that the new stripped down sound (piano/guitar/cello) is something pretty special already… and that is only after one gig together!!!
Dave is hoping to get Stateside at some stage this summer and we are in the process of planning a tour for him. There will also be further Dublin dates.
Watch out for all 3 acts in the summer festivals this year, but we will give you plenty of advance warning anyway.
That is about it for now, but do not forget to grab a copy of The Pale’s – The Contents of a Shipwreck as soon as it becomes a vailable, you wont be disappointed.
Best of luck to everybody and we will update the site very very soon.
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Everyone at 1969 Records would like to wish all our extended family and friends the very best wishes for the Christmas period and for a great 2007. Heres hoping for some great music to come your way, including from our own little label. Please keep watching and we will have some good news on that front in early 2007.
The last imposition we have for you in 2006 is however for a very good cause.
– PUGWASH AND FRIENDS – TINSEL AND MARZIPAN - ON RELEASE FROM 8 DECEMBER 2006.
TINSEL AND MARZIPAN IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE IN IRELAND IN ALL GOOD (AND NOT SO GOOD) RECORD SHOPS FROM THIS FRIDAY, 8 DECEMBER…. SO IF FROM FRIDAY, YOU COULD ALL TRY TO GET TO A SHOP AND BUY A COPY OR TWO FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR FRIENDS, IT WILL GO TOWARDS A GREAT CAUSE, WHICH IS BRAINWAVE, THE IRSH EPILEPSY ASSOCIATION.
If you click on the Pugwash site – www.pugwashtheband.com - you will see the story of the genesis of the track and details of all the really talented people who gave of their time freely and without reservation to make it happen.
A big thank you to Rick O’Shea at 2FM who has been a great supporter of both the Brainwave cause and in particular the single over the last number of weeks and months and with any luck we will be able to do Brainwave a big favour and get the song into the charts.
Finally, keep watching and listening out for Pugwash and friends on the radio in the coming weeks, the lads will appear in full Christmas kit on December 9th on Turbidy Tonight on RTE1 and there are also TV slots scheduled for TG4, RTE afternoon television and TV3 over the coming weeks.
If you love the track, and we all hope that you will, please don’t be reticent about spreading the word to your friends and associates and if the mood takes ye, put in a request on any of the national or regional radio stations in Ireland.
For our foreign cousins, please be aware that any online sales, no matter where they take place in the world, will count towards chart placing in Ireland, so don’t be shy and if you feel like helping out for a good cause, and bear in mind its only €2.99, then please do so.
Anyway that’s enough from us at the moment thanks again to everybody who’s contributed to the success of the label in 2006, including in particular the acts themselves, and we look forward to seeing you out and about with new releases and plenty of live action in 2007.
Nollaig Shona Dhaoibh go leir.
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Hi all, 2006 is winding down for the label but we have one massive venture left and more of that later.
Firstly, both Pugwash and Couse and the Impossible have rounded out successful years with superb headliner shows in the Village in Dublin. We have come a long way from trying to get bodies into smaller venues at this time last year, so many thanks for everybody who has come out over the course of the year to support either (or both) acts and of course many thanks to both Thomas and Dave and the bands for all the hard work that has been put in.
Over the year we have got Couse and the Impossible over to the UK for a headliner on a Saturday night in the Borderline, which was really well attended and we hope to get Pugwash over early next year when Keith and Aidan get back from their Australian jaunt.
Both Thomas and Dave are currently working on demos so we will hopefully have some good news in term of future releases really soon.
The last thing we need to get organised for this year is the Christmas single.
If you go to the shop, you will see that it is going to be available from the start of December. It will be in all good record shops and also will be available on line. As soon as we have details on exactly where on line we will post that up here and email around to the mailing list.
As everyone knows, its for a good cause, Brainwave, the Irish Epilepsy Association, do great work for people who suffer with epilepsy and we are delighted to be able to assist in this small way. So please go out and get your pals and families buying the single its going to be retailing somewhere in the region of €2.99 so its not a huge ask and as we said, its all for a good cause.
You will get information about it and whats going on in relation to it on the Pugwash site at www.pugwashtheband.com and also at www.myspace.com/pugwalsh or the new Pugwash myspace site www.myspace.com/pugwashthomas
We are also listening to lots of demos from some really interesting and original bands and hope to be able to bring something forward in the early part of next year in terms of information to you so keep posted here every now and then for further updates.
In the interim for anyone who has just arrived and hasn’t got around to purchasing the cd’s yet, we are having a bit of a sale in the shop, so if you go there you will see that the albums are priced a little lower than when originally released. We are hoping to see both Jollity and the World Should Know back in the stores at this lower price very very soon.
So once again thanks to everyone for all your help thus far.
Pugwash and Couse and the Impossible are doing their bit for BRAINWAVE the Irish Epiliepsy Association on October 12 when they will participate in BRAINSTOCK, which is hoped to become an annual event, so get out and support it.you wont get a better Irish line up again this year.
full details are
Date: Thu 12th October 2006
Venue: Vicar Street
Gig: Brainstock - a night in aid of Brainwave, The Irish Epilepsy Association
Line up confirmed so far (in glorious alphabetical order!):
Boss Volenti
Couse & The Impossible
Emm Gryner
Neosupervital
Penfold DM
Pugwash
Steve & Joe Wall
plus special guests to announced
MC: TBC
Price: EUR27.50
Start: 7:30
Tickets are now on sale on Ticketmaster, so get some buddies involved and support what will be a good cause and a great night. so that's something we at 1969 Records hope to see all our friends at in October.
In other news, the revamped PUGWASH web site, www.pugwashtheband.com will go live in the next week to 10 days so check that out. its pretty cool, and a big thanks to Micky Kelleher for all his hard work on that. drop by and say hello, tell the lads what you think of it.
Dave's site has also recently been revamped and is at www.davecouse.com. there are some great video clips on that for new and old fans, so drop in there also.
in anticipation of the UK releases of THE WORLD SHOULD KNOW and JOLLITY, we got some good news in that JOLLITY is NUMBER 1, that's right!!NUMERO UNO in the sales chart with our friends at JOEROCKHEAD. although not yet released in the USA, we liked the guys at JOEROCKHEAD so much, we let them sell both albums early, and sales for both are very healthy. check out the site, its an online store at www.joerockhead.com, and as you will see its a groovy little shop, cutting out the dross that most sites carry.
who said you gotta get away from where you start before you get appreciated at home.
Y'all know about COUSE AND THE IMPOSSIBLE in London and Ruby Sessions, Dublin, in the coming weeks. As part of the Hard Working Class Heroes Festival, the lads will be special guests in Pravda Dublin, on Friday October 13.we will see ye down the front.
PUGWASH are also booking a nationwide tour and the following dates have been confirmed......
Wed 11 Oct, the Spirit Store Dundalk,
Thurs 12 Oct, Vicar ST Dublin, Brainstock,
Fri 13 Oct, the Hub, Dublin, HWCH festival special guests,
Fri 20 Oct, the Stables Mullingar
Fri 27 Oct, the Village Dublin, with very special guest(s) tba.
more will be added in the coming days.
also check out our friend Jinx Lennon, who'll bring his Know your station, you gouger nation to the Sugar Club in Dublin in the coming weeks, so watch out for that.
thats it for now, so keep dropping by, and we will have some real exciting news over the next few weeks, so dont miss that.....cant say yet, but soon.
Good news for both Pugwash and Couse and the Impossible is that the two 1969 Records, albums are going to be released into the UK this autumn. Couse and the Impossible - The World Should Know will go out with Cadiz Music www.cadizmusic.com and Jollity will be available through Proper distribution www.properdistribution.com.
We are already excited about this and we're hoping to get some additional profile domestically on the back of it.
In other news, Couse and the Impossible return to London to play the Borderline on October 21st. It is a Saturday night so if anybody wants to get a little bit of early Christmas shopping done, it would be a nice tie in for a good night out. The last gig the lads played in the UK was a stormer as was their recent performance at Oxygen, so a live band at the peak of its powers in one of the most famous venues for rock music in London cant be missed.
Dave is also appearing in the Ruby Sessions in Doyles of College Green ion 26 September. Its 5 euro in for charity, so come along and support the Ruby Sessions and Dave.
We will hopefully be able to give you details soon of a Pugwash date in London as well.
We are also working on a tour around Ireland later on in the year to coincide with the release of Jollity in the UK and keep watching for some potentially very special news in the next month or so around that also.
at the Water Rats Theatre, London
on Saturday May 6th, Adm: £10,
in aid of the Aisling Project.
See here for further details.
Watch out for news of Couse & The Impossible at the Oxegen, the
ultimate music festival July 8th/9th
Pugwash launch their new single 'This Could Be Good' with a live performance on March 10th. Don't miss it"
1969 Records is delighted and very proud to announce that both Dave and Couse & The Impossible have been nominated for two Meteor Awards 2006, the winners of which will be announced at the Meteor Award Ceremony in the Point Theatre, Dublin on 2 February.
Currently on the crest of a wave of recognition, "The World Should Know" has been nominated for Irish Album of the Year and on top of this, Dave has also been nominated for the accolade of "Best Irish Male".
Both Pugwash and Couse & The Impossible will be releasing new singles in Spring 2006. Check here for details.
Both Pugwash and Couse & The Impossible will be playing live dates to support the forthcoming single releases. Listen out for them in interview on local radio to tie in with the releases at the same time.
Both Pugwash and Couse & The Impossible will be playing live dates to support the forthcoming single releases. Listen out for them in interview on local radio to tie in with the releases at the same time.
Pugwash formally launch their brand new third (and best) album Friday 23 September with an in-store at Tower Records, Wicklow Street in Dublin, at 6.00 p.m.
The Record will be available nationwide from Friday and is being distributed by our friends in RMG Ireland. See tour dates for upcoming appearances. The launch party is in Crawdaddy, Dublin on Thursday 29 September with support from Neo-Supervital. Doors at 8.00 p.m. Tickets €12.00
Couse and the Impossible debut single 'Batman & Robin' is now available in all good record shops. Release date 16 September 2005.