This is almost unbearably exciting. 2 boxes of Lathe-cut 45s arrived today, the AOIRE single Appyali / Organ Donor, and my Familiar Music EP, which is actually about the length of most singles, but you get four tracks.
If you heard AOIRE at FON in Barrow just before Christmas you'll have an idea of the deepmined intricacies of this music, which is sourced from local band demo tapes, rehearsal cassettes and recordings made by our much loved and missed Ali Rigg, whose home recordings were among the most popular recordings on the Artfly Dock-ola Juke Box during the Play One Of Your Own exhibition. At the same gig you'll have also heard versions of the 4 instrumentals that make up Familiar Music, played on Dulcimers, Guitar and Psaltery. You also hear a Yamaha keyboard and last years Bees in my garden.
The recordings were mastered by Matt Kassel at Seahouse in Barrow, and cut in real time by our friend Ben at Plastidisc.
The quality is marvellous. As is the music, obviously... but Ben and Matt have done us proud here.
So, now we have to assemble the sleeves and get the records into them. There'll be a launch event, but before that there'll be other news on REVERB.
We'll be back after this short break.
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