The fourth Used Vinyl Club release. A split EP this time around. 4 tracks each from Meow Meow (Marko Magill, Anna Maconald and Andy Maton – so the best bits of SSS, Down and Outs and Fight Fight Fight) and DoubleDoublePlusGood (Tony Keenan, Graham Jones and Andy Donovan – the worst bits of Tokyo Adventures, Voo and Elle s’appelle trying their best!).
This will be available to download for FREE from Friday 4th of May. Also, that night will be the fouth Used Vinyl Club show featuring both bands playing live.
We asked Tony for some words:
DoubleDoublePlusGood consist of 3 lads, havin' a laff. Andy Donovan plays drums and sings. You may recognise Andy from havin' laff in a boss band called Elle S'appelle, and another boss band called House that Jack Built. Graham Jones plays bass and sings. You may recognise Graham from havin' a laff in a boss band called Voo. Actually, the pair of them ALSO have a laff in a boss band called 28 Costumes too! Their heads must be chocka! The 3rd lad havin’ a laff in DoubleDoublePlusGood, is Tony Keenan - that’s me… hello!... I play guitar and sing by the way.
Anyway, what happened was… I was playing non stop (not literally) in bands for about 10 years. I became a bit jaded and decided to take a well deserved break from carrying heavy amps up and down various staircases around Liverpool. I assumed I'd just naturally get back in to the whole 'song writing/playing in bands' thing at some point, but didn't know when.
Years passed. I tried, now and again, to write some new songs but it all felt a bit forced/rubbish, so I'd usually just watch the telly instead... or go to the supermarket. I like supermarkets.
Long story short, after receiving some much needed encouragement from some kind friends, I finally got my act together and made a demo of new songs. In late 2011, Andy and Graham bullied me in to starting a band with them so these songs could be heard. And so began DoubleDoublePlusGood (or DD+G... if you value your time). With hindsight, I’m extremely grateful to Andy and Graham for their relentless, and sometimes violent, bullying.
Andy Donovan (like Timbaland with a cuppa) recorded/produced the 4 songs that appear on this split release with Meow Meow!, who were kind enough to let us share a disc with them. The DD+G songs are all essentially about not doing anything creative for an extended period of time. It turns out that you can create something out of not being creative. Who knew?
We're extremely psyched about our recordings and the split release in general. We hope you enjoy it.
To those who encouraged - thanks for the encouragement.
tk x
Saturday, 21 April 2012
Thursday, 8 March 2012
#03 28 Costumes - This Band Has Eaten All Our Money
The THIRD Used Vinyl Club release. A 10 track album this time around. This will be available to download for FREE from THURSDAY 5th of April. Also, that night will be the third Used Vinyl Club show featuring 28 Costumes and Spanish Announce Team from PARTS UNKNOWN:
“28 Costumes started in way back in 2003 and have since recorded 3 albums, 2 EPs and 7 singles. This album was recorded in 2008 by Andy Donovan in 'The Punch Tank', the old warehouse which we used to have on the Dock Road in Liverpool. We got a load of our friends to come and help us record it but there are too many to name them all on here! We had an indoor BBQ when we had finished recording the album which nearly burnt the whole god damn place down. 28 Costumes feel lucky to have played with, recorded with and made friends with some of the best people on the planet. Christopher McIntosh and Tony Reilly came up with all of the songs on this album and played the guitars and the bass and stuff, Ally McPhie done all the drumming on it and Sam Skinner done the artwork for it. We hope you like it - maybe we'll make another one soon.”
Chris
x
“28 Costumes started in way back in 2003 and have since recorded 3 albums, 2 EPs and 7 singles. This album was recorded in 2008 by Andy Donovan in 'The Punch Tank', the old warehouse which we used to have on the Dock Road in Liverpool. We got a load of our friends to come and help us record it but there are too many to name them all on here! We had an indoor BBQ when we had finished recording the album which nearly burnt the whole god damn place down. 28 Costumes feel lucky to have played with, recorded with and made friends with some of the best people on the planet. Christopher McIntosh and Tony Reilly came up with all of the songs on this album and played the guitars and the bass and stuff, Ally McPhie done all the drumming on it and Sam Skinner done the artwork for it. We hope you like it - maybe we'll make another one soon.”
Chris
x
Friday, 10 February 2012
#02 Elle s'appelle - The Amazing World o' Stuff
The second Used Vinyl Club release. A 12 track album this time! This will be available to download for FREE from Friday 2nd of March. Also, that night will be the second Used Vinyl Club show featuring Elle s’appelle and Barbieshop:
Elle s’appelle – The Amazing World o’ Stuff is 12 songs which started life in 2005. I made up the songs when out of work and full of ideas.
The songs were written about five stories - the stories were written about a monkey, a pyromaniac, the shortest person out of all of the ‘tall people’, an atheist on an island of full pious people (and farmyard animals) and a little boy with an irrational compulsion to learn how to play the piano. All exist - unbeknownst to each other - in The Amazing World o’ Stuff.
In 2007 I decided to use these ROCK songs to make a POP band. To go from the Guitars and LADS of Guild of Defiants to keyboards and a feminine touch. Some people liked this, I had several adventures with some exceedingly talented people then found myself back in the Amazing World.
I’ve spent parts of the last three years borrowing time and talent from my friends and family to tidy up the massive mess of idea’s I had six years ago – to make The Amazing World o’ Stuff.
Andy
x
Elle s’appelle – The Amazing World o’ Stuff is 12 songs which started life in 2005. I made up the songs when out of work and full of ideas.
The songs were written about five stories - the stories were written about a monkey, a pyromaniac, the shortest person out of all of the ‘tall people’, an atheist on an island of full pious people (and farmyard animals) and a little boy with an irrational compulsion to learn how to play the piano. All exist - unbeknownst to each other - in The Amazing World o’ Stuff.
In 2007 I decided to use these ROCK songs to make a POP band. To go from the Guitars and LADS of Guild of Defiants to keyboards and a feminine touch. Some people liked this, I had several adventures with some exceedingly talented people then found myself back in the Amazing World.
I’ve spent parts of the last three years borrowing time and talent from my friends and family to tidy up the massive mess of idea’s I had six years ago – to make The Amazing World o’ Stuff.
Andy
x
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
A plan. A rough plan. A very rough plan…
In December last year we filmed three or four songs by eight or nine bands at our practice room in Highfield Studio's in Liverpool. the backdrop was of a massive wall of amps and speakers.
As the months and these shows pass by we’re hoping to have all of these performances edited and available to watch here: http://www.youtube.com/user/RekordmeisterMusic/videos
We’re aiming to have one ready every week, at the start of the week (Let’s say Monday) for everyone to watch. At the moment Sam’s editing the video and I’m editing the audio to the tracks Puzzle recorded. The first of which you can see here:
There will inevitably be the odd gap (Some bands recorded 3 songs others a few more) so in the place of a video we’ll make a track from the current album/EP available to stream. This is nothing more than a cheap trick to build suspense.
On the day of each release (Always a Friday) all videos should be available to watch and all tracks available to either download or stream. The following week we’ll announce the next release and start all over again.
Andy
Andy
Monday, 2 January 2012
Limited edition CD&Used Vinyl records
For each release this year we’ll be producing 100 Limited edition CD&Used Vinyl records.
The records will be available at: Each of the Used Vinyl Club shows, to order from our Bandcamp page with (hopefully) a few copies in Probe.
They will contain:
- A CD of the month’s record release
- A used 7” vinyl record. This could be anything from Shakin’ Stevens to Guided by Voices, or Milli Vanilli to Bob Dylan (From 2nd March - the second release and show – we’ll have a used vinyl swap ‘stall’).
- Two limited edition badges (Only 100 of each design made)
- Unique contribution from the band. I don’t know what this is...
- Separate sleeve notes, including the first announcement of the next release
- Something to keep it all in.
It should look something like this:
Probably more like this:
Puzzle – Everything You Ever Made
We asked Puzzle to write us a few words for our blog:
We were friends first and decided to be in a band later and we've been writing songs and playing them for 5 years now. We are Lucy, David and Mounsey and we've released our songs by ourselves, but also with Cloudberry Records, Lightning Heart Records and a split 7" with Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin on Polyvinyl.
'Everything You Ever Made' EP with Used Vinyl Club is our 5th release. The four songs were recorded by Robert Whiteley in Whitewood Recording Studio in November 2011. We have used one of Katey Harvey's lovely pictures on the front cover of the CD.
We love all those amazing bands we've ever seen play and played with, and we definitely love sitting around Liverpool talking about the footie, house parties with singstar and long discussions about that pub we'll open some day... and whilst our songs always reflect just a hint of nostalgic sadness for days you can never get back, it's important to remember to keep your feet tapping.
"All the little things, they mean everything"
Used Vinyl Club is:
Nine records, nine shows, ten bands.
One record released each month (on the first Friday of each month) from 3rd Feb – 5th October 2012.
A record release show at 8pm at Mello Mello (40 - 42 Slater Street, Liverpool, L1 4BX) on the day of each release.
100 limited edition CD&Used Vinyl records.
Puzzle, Voo, Married to the Sea, Elle s’appelle, Meow Meow, 28 Costumes, DoubleDoublePlusGood, Guild of Defiants, Hallo… I love you! and House that Jack Built.
A free downloadable music archive which will build up over the 9 months. EP’s, split EP’s, full length albums, rarities collections and an anthology – of sorts.
An idea conceived by friends seeking something to do, something to do with their music, decent beer and refuge from unremarkableness.
In form – and in the loosest sense of the term – a ‘record label’.
In function, an archive, a something to do, a place to go and a ‘photograph’ of what some friends in Liverpool did (Or will do) between 2011 and 2012.
Happening on the following dates:
#01 - 3rd Feb: Puzzle – Everything you ever made
#02 - 2nd Mar
#03 - 5th April (A Thursday, the exception to the rule!)
#04 - 4th May
#05 - 1st June
#06 - 6th July
#07 - 3rd Aug
#08 - 7th Sep
#09 - 5th Oct
Always on a Friday (Excluding Thursday 5th of April). All releases and line ups confirmed one at a time, one month in advance. All shows at Mello Mello. All updates at www.rekordmeistermusic.co.uk.
One record released each month (on the first Friday of each month) from 3rd Feb – 5th October 2012.
A record release show at 8pm at Mello Mello (40 - 42 Slater Street, Liverpool, L1 4BX) on the day of each release.
100 limited edition CD&Used Vinyl records.
Puzzle, Voo, Married to the Sea, Elle s’appelle, Meow Meow, 28 Costumes, DoubleDoublePlusGood, Guild of Defiants, Hallo… I love you! and House that Jack Built.
A free downloadable music archive which will build up over the 9 months. EP’s, split EP’s, full length albums, rarities collections and an anthology – of sorts.
An idea conceived by friends seeking something to do, something to do with their music, decent beer and refuge from unremarkableness.
In form – and in the loosest sense of the term – a ‘record label’.
In function, an archive, a something to do, a place to go and a ‘photograph’ of what some friends in Liverpool did (Or will do) between 2011 and 2012.
Happening on the following dates:
#01 - 3rd Feb: Puzzle – Everything you ever made
#02 - 2nd Mar
#03 - 5th April (A Thursday, the exception to the rule!)
#04 - 4th May
#05 - 1st June
#06 - 6th July
#07 - 3rd Aug
#08 - 7th Sep
#09 - 5th Oct
Always on a Friday (Excluding Thursday 5th of April). All releases and line ups confirmed one at a time, one month in advance. All shows at Mello Mello. All updates at www.rekordmeistermusic.co.uk.
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