ANOTHER album!!

[chris sharp <sharpy@he...freeserve.co.uk>]

Hi everyone

I just thought I'd post an update of what's going on behind the  
scenes...
The band are recording a brand new album of brand new songs. Gerard  
is hoping to get it out early next year. This will make it FOUR  
albums in 12 months!! (Swagger deluxe, Altitude, Harvester and the  
new one).
I have been recording all the rehearsals since the harbourside gig.  
Gerard's theory is basically this. When a band goes into a studio to  
record, they often find the original recording of the first time the  
band played a new song has a better vibe than the full quality studio  
recording. These recording are usually done on a dictaphone or  
walkman for reference so the quality make them un-useable. The idea  
is that I record the rehearsals to a relatively good quality on my  
laptop so there is a back-up of all the original versions of the new  
songs which are recorded at a high enough quality to use on the album  
if the version if a particular track can't be bettered in the studio.
I've been following the aeroplanes as a fan since a gig at the tropic  
club in Stokes Croft back in 1985. To be involved on this level has  
been fascinating. I can also honestly report that the new songs  
(which are still vocal-less at this stage) sound fantastic. This is  
shaping up to be the best Aeroplanes album for years. Gerard is  
determined to go one better than Altitude and from what I've heard  
the new songs, especially the rockier ones, are up there even with  
Swagger! As a little nugget of info there is a fabulously titled song  
called "China Brilliant Automotive" (apparently taken from the first  
Chinese company to be registered on the New York stock exchange.. or  
something) and it's a real rocker!
On the web site front, we had a meeting with some people who run the  
http://www.blueaeroplanes.co.uk/ site. They are setting it up so that  
it is easy for Gerard to add updates himself from home. He is  
planning to put up a video every month and put alternative versions  
of older tracks up for download. I was unaware that so many of the  
songs had videos made for them. I had only seen Jacket Hangs  
and ...And Stones until last week. He showed me the videos to about  
15 other tracks. Some are from European TV shows, one was from a gig  
at the Western Star Domino Club back in 1984 (they looked SO young!),  
one was from The Old Grey Whistle Test (I think it was "Arriving")  
and some were full-on video productions.
As for the domain names, and I think I remember this correctly though  
I'm not sure, Gerard said that EMI own blueaeroplans.com and  
blueaeroplanes.co.uk but Gerard owns theblueaeroplane.co.uk
One piece of info I passed on a couple of months a go about possible  
gigs is Oslo and Athens needs clarification. I was under the  
impression that these were confirmed gigs but I got the wrong end of  
the stick. They are both just gigs in the pipeline waiting for the  
band whenever they want them. The new album is taking priority at the  
moment so they will probably remain as just possible gigs until what  
I presume would be the full tour to promote the new album next year  
(although I'm just guessing here!)
Abi, you can send your email to me at chris@al...co.uk and I'll  
give it to Gerard when I'm back in Bristol later this week.
Also, Mark, did you manage to get hold of John Langley? If not I can  
pass any message on to him at the same time.
So I'll post another update when there is a build up of enough new  
stuff to talk about.
Cheers

Chris


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