Re: ANOTHER album!!

["gordon" <dwilhelmi@ti...co.uk>]

  Nice one Chris !

  An ample update, and interesting about the 'Lo-Fi' thread thus begotten.
  I suppose there is a limit to how lo-fi one can go, but after all, one 
can
go ANYWHERE else to get hi-fi these days.
  I hadn't played 'Altitude' for a while after getting into 'Record Player'
after the Fiddlers gig, but stuck it on loud the other week whilst on a
'busmans', and to be honest, it strikes me as nothing other than Gerard et
al doing what we've all loved for ages.

  Two questions.
  Is there any indication of the Christmas gig firming up? The Fiddlers
website reflects someone already booked for the 'usual' Friday as already
mentioned.

  I've been a bit diverted recently, but is the 'Harvester' thing just a
simple matter of pootling round to my local reputable recorded music
retailer, or does one have to dive into the Aladin's Cave that is Ebay ?

  The line on Oslo, also, will interest Eyvind and the Norwegian arm of our
loyal band.

  Thanks again

  Gordon

  Steve:  What a site !!

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "chris sharp" <sharpy@he...freeserve.co.uk>
  To: "The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List" <blueplanes@st...net>
  Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 9:23 AM
  Subject: [Blueplanes] ANOTHER album!!


  > 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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