Blue Apple Music is a record label and management company based in the North East of Scotland. Founder Simon Lawlor has worked in the business for the past fifteen years, representing numerous bands on a management level, and working in a&r for several UK labels. Blue Apple Music also supplies the official merchandise for various bands and events across the country including Guilfest, Belladrum, Retrofest, Wickerman and Loopallu Festivals.
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A 25th anniversary edition of The Chameleons debut album, ‘Script of the bridge’, is now available to buy exclusively from Blue Apple Music.
The 2-disc set features a re-mastered version of the original album, plus three exclusive mixes –and a live concert recorded on the band’s 1983 European tour. Twenty-seven tracks in total.
The album is presented in a digi-pack sleeve with brand new artwork by guitarist Reg Smithies. It also includes a 16 page booklet, featuring lyrics, sleeve notes and never seen before photos.
The cd, together with a new range of official Chameleons merchandise, is available via Blue Apple Music from April 14th, with pre-orders being taken from April 6th. A full release via mainstream shops/iTunes will follow on May 26th.
Full track-listing is as follows:
Disc 1: (re-mastered album) Don’t Fall / Here Today / Monkeyland / Second Skin / Up The Down Escalator / Less Than Human / Pleasure and Pain / Thursday’s Child / As High As You Can Go / A Person Isn’t Safe Anywhere These Days / Paper Tigers / View From A Hill
Disc 2: (previous unreleased mixes) In Shreds / Dear Dead Days/ Things I Wish I’d Said/ (live in concert Bremen 1983) Don’t Fall / Here Today / Thursday’s Child / A Person Isn’t Safe Anywhere These Days / Less Than Human / Pleasure and Pain / Second Skin / Paper Tigers / Monkeyland / Singing Rule Britannia / Up The Down Escalator / View From A Hill
This album is released with the full consent and co-operation of the band. For licensing, synchronisation, distribution and media enquiries, please email info@blueapplemusic.co.uk
* Iko are in the studio working on tracks for their second album. Frontman Kieran Scragg has long been credited with having one of the most distinctive voices in the UK music scene, but his new band are spreading their wings further afield, with an army of American fans downloading the album’s centrepiece track ‘Hologram’, a haunting lament for 9/11.
* We’re pleased to announce that Los Angeles based The Bastard Fairies are now represented in Europe by Blue Apple Music. The band are fast becoming an internet phenomenon, with more than 1.5 million free tracks downloaded from their debut album “Memento Mori”. Fronted by Native American Princess Yellow Thunder Woman (direct descendant of the Great Ponca Chief Standing Bear) the Bastard Fairies are causing a storm in the States with their controversial videos and highly infectious, but beautifully morose, collection of songs. Check out the videos below.
* Britpop pioneers Shed Seven have been confirmed for T-in-the-Park and V Festival. The band, who enjoyed a run of fifteen consecutive top 40 hits during the 1990’s, reformed for a sell out tour in Winter 2007, playing 20 dates, including three sold out nights at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire.
If you would like further information on any of our artists, releases or merchandise services, then please get in touch.
Email: info@blueapplemusic.co.uk
John Lever (The Chameleons Drummer) New Album details:
“YESTERDAY is HISTORY”
John’s album “Yesterday is History” is finally recorded and mixed after 13 months in the studio in Middleton, Manchester.
John co-wrote, mixed and arranged the album along with fellow “Bushart” band members, Chris Oliver and Steve Foxcroft.
It is now due for mastering in Scotland, the album is “A MUST” for Chameleon fans, new and old. ‘Reg’, the Chameleons guitarist, is to put his artwork/stamp on the cover and the album is due for release in June 2008.
The album can be obtained or pre-ordered on john.leverchameleons@virgin.net and you can also get all of Johns’ information, links and a Yamaha guitar and signed copies if the album on www.myspace.com/clubchameleon or www.thechameleons.com or www.myspace.com/bushartmusic .
P.S. Any Manchester based bands out there wishing to play and kick off the “2008 Club Chameleon” night and future dates, at the “Star and Garter” in Manchester (Friday nights), starting in June, should contact me @ www.myspace.com/clubchameleon . …………….. “This is not a “Pay to Play” gig.
