Re: ANOTHER album!!

["Neville Street" <nevstreet@ho...com>]

Ditto Paul. One of the great things about Swagger is that Gil Norton made 
them sound big, which at the time and those songs they were in a live 
context ie not jangly. Does that make sense? They rock a bit on Altitude 
but it does sound a bit forced at times.

Neville
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Paul Vallis 
  To: blueplanes@st...net 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 10:24 AM
  Subject: RE: [Blueplanes] ANOTHER album!!


  Thanks Chris, that's great news!

  Are EMI funding the current activity?

  One of the criticisms that has been levelled at some of the recent 
releases 
  (notably Altitude and Record Player) is the muddy production.  I can 
  understand Gerard's desire to keep it "in house" for artistic control 
and 
  financial reasons, and I know he likes to go for a more low-fi sound 
  sometimes, but I'm not so sure it suits the Aeroplanes style.  Hopefully 
the 
  fact that you're on board will mean that the base recordings used are 
better 
  quality than some of those on other recent releases which will lead to 
an 
  overall improvement in sound quality.

  As regards the websites, well, we won't hold our breath.....

  Your future bulletins will be awaited with great anticipation!

  PV1


  From: chris sharp <sharpy@he...freeserve.co.uk>
  Reply-To: The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List <blueplanes@st...net>
  To: The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List <blueplanes@st...net>
  Subject: [Blueplanes] ANOTHER album!!
  Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 10:23:38 +0200

  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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