New CD

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Lord's day

Excellent photo session for our cricket CD with our v. supportive friend Jonny Knowles, at the 'home' of cricket [apart from Dubai]... Lord's Cricket Ground.
Along with Mr Robin Tyson of EPAM, we swanned [geddit?! * ] around pretending this was a place where we should be...
Media Centre and Pavilion photos were taken in glorious spring sunshine. Might one hope this weather will still be around when the cricket season actually starts?!

Thanks to Clare Skinner & Adam Chadwick of MCC/Lord's who allowed us to do this... wonderful to have the support of such an organisation for our CD.

Images of all four of us must wait until the CD (or at least until advanced publicity for the product)... you'll just have to be patient.

Off to Yorkshire for a Wedding tomorrow...

* cricket 'joke'

Studio days #2 & #3

Two more excellent days.... added to our list of guests on previous post were our great friend Jonny Knowles, who is very interested in this project, who took photos of us all day, and also the splendid Rory Bremner, who had us in stitches for an hour. We are going to have to leave lots of his stuff on the cutting room floor... we'll just have to find a way of using it... he was excellent.
I won't spoil anyone's fun by saying what he did, but as it is a cricket CD... perhaps it can be guessed!

It's going very well.... just one more track and a few extras to go... and we'll be there!

new CD: Studio Day #1

Marvellous day in the Hall at Air studios...
Got lots done, accompanied by the indefatigable Chris Hatt on piano.... had the ever-hilarious Richard Stilgoe as a guest for a few songs, and even managed a few bits of a cappella.

We have the excellent Nigel Short producing...and he was firm but fair; so we achieved a great deal.
We had Jake Jackson as Recording Engineer helping us too.

Our album is our cricket compilation, and so the slendid cricket maestro, David Rayvern Allen, was also in attendence.

Our new manager, Robin Tyson and his assistant, Katie Hickey added to the party atmosphere.
Robin and David joined us in a rousing chorus of Jerusalem...[no more clues, you'll just have to buy it and listen in the Summer].

More guests in the next few days, Eliza Lumley singing with us and Alex L'Estrange playing bass and piano... and helping us with his tremendous arrangement...

Many thanks to Steve Long and Signum Records for this opportunity.