ALISON O'DONNELL: 'HEY HEY HIPPY WITCH'
FREEWORLD RECORDS: FREEM 5021
RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 18th JANUARY 2010

Alison O'Donnell, former lead vocalist with the Irish /
Roots cult favourites Mellow Candle, is to release her
first solo album entitled, Hey Hey Hippy Witch on the
North London indie label Freeworld on Monday 18th
January 2010.

Hey Hey Hippy Witch is proof that O'Donnell's
contributions to Mellow Candle were no one-off; it is
an articulate, thoughtful collection of songs that features
O'Donnell's mature and powerful voice framed in a
varied and melodic set of musical frameworks, that are both contemporary and
classic.

The songs avoid lyrical cliche and, like the best albums, Hey Hey Hippy Witch
creates a vivid and real alternative landscape that is engaging and informed by an
ethereal atmosphere that is of it's own.

Those listeners who have turned onto the charms of Mellow Candle in the light of
the albums reissue, and those who enjoy the music of the Sandy Denny era in
Fairport Convention and Trees will find much to enjoy in Hey Hey Hippy Witch.

Alison O'Donnell will be available for interview in support of this glittering and
unusual release.


www.fwrecords.co.uk

www.alisonodonnell.com

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GORDON GILTRAP:
'TROUBADOUR' & 'LIVE AT VENTNOR WINTER GARDENS' (CD & DVD)
'MUSIC FOR THE SMALL SCREEN' & 'THE SOLO ALBUM' (2 X CD)
DEMON / EDSEL RECORDS: EDSX 3007 / EDSD 2073
RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 1st FEBRUARY 2010

As his legions of fans will attest, Gordon Giltrap is one
of the UK's most accomplished of musicians, with a
recording and performing career that stretches back
right to the late 1960's, in fact, last year Gordon
released the highly acclaimed collaborative album
with Rick Wakeman titled From Brush & Stone.



2010 promises to be a memorable year for Gordon, with a thorough-going reissue
campaign of his recorded catalogue on the Edsel Records label, commencing with a
two CD set comprising of Music For The Small Screen & The Solo Album, and
a CD/DVD set entitled Troubadour & Live At The Ventnor Winter Gardens,
both released on Monday 1st February 2010.

These collections come superbly-packaged, the DVD in the second pairing includes
a bonus interview with Gordon which was recorded in 2009 with Rodney Hearth,
and illuminated by humorous and informative liner notes from Gordon himself.

More releases of his back catalogue are scheduled throughout 2010.


Music From The Small Screen includes Gordon's hit, the instrumental Heartsong, specially overdubbed with
contributions from Steve Howe, Brian May,
Rick Wakeman, Neil Murray and Midge Ure.

2010 will also see Gordon awarded the considerable
accolade of having his own signature guitar model
manufactured and marketed in the UK via the J Hornby
Skews, as well as the release of a brand new album and
a lengthy UK tour in the middle of the year.

Gordon Giltrap will be available of interviews in connection with all his activities.



www.demonmusicgroup.co.uk

www.giltrap.co.uk

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JANIS IAN:
'STARS' & 'AFTERTONES' (2 X CD)
'BETWEEN THE LINES' & 'THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST CONCERT' (CD & DVD)
DEMON / EDSEL RECORDS: EDSD 2044 / EDSX 3005
RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 1st FEBRUARY 2010

Like Gordon Giltrap, US singer-songwriter Janis Ian
has enjoyed a forty-odd year career in music.

As a raw teenager, she scored an international best
seller with her controversial single Society's Child,
a song talking about an inter-racial love which was
released at the height of the Civil Rights movement
in the 1960's

Janis then succeeded in reviving her career in the mid-seventies via the classic
single, At Seventeen, and a string of commercial and critically-acclaimed albums,
which are to be released on the Edsel Records label on Monday 1st February
2010.

The first pairing is a CD and DVD set, featuring the classic Between The Lines
(which includes At Seventeen), and , for the first time, a DVD including an entire
concert recorded for BBC TV's The Old Grey Whistle Test, which also has bonus
features in the form of performances from The Shirley Bassey Show and
The Lena Zavaroni Show, which have never been aired since their original
broadcast in 1976 & 1980 respectively.



The double CD pairing of Stars and Aftertones also
include live tracks available for the first time officially
in the UK, as well as detailed booklets with notes and
memorabilia provided by Janis herself.

This is the first time that Janis' catalogue has been given
the kind of appreciative and thoughtful make-over that
it richly deserves.

Further releases from her back catalogue will be
forthcoming throughout 2010.

As anyone who's ever seen Janis in concert will aver, she is a hugely entertaining
and thoughtful performer, as well as being an extremely accomplished guitarist,
and the good news is that Janis may well be undertaking a UK tour in the Autumn of
2010. Not one to be missed!



www.demonmusicgroup.co.uk

www.janisian.com.com

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VARIOUS ARTISTS: 'PARK LANE ARCHIVES '
JUNGLE RECORDS: FREUDCD 090
RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 22nd FEBRUARY 2010

Park Lane Studio in Glasgow was host to many young
Scottish bands in the 1980's, taking their first tentative
steps towards seeking a record deal by making demo
recordings.

Some would go on to enjoy huge international success,
whilst others didn't scale the vertiginous heights of, in
John Lennon's words, the toppermost of the poppermost.

Whatever the ultimate fate of the bands concerned, a vibrant scene soon developed
around the studio.

The fertile creative atmosphere is demonstrated through the associations, between
artists and the musicians who would turn out to play for various bands. Notably,
Johnny McElhone who was songwriter and bassist for Altered Images, then
Hipsway, then Texas - achieving the rare feat of top 20 singles in three different
bands. Paul Quinn was vocalist in Bourgie Bourgie; he and others were in
The Jazzateers, then some in Nectarine No 9. Mark Rankin, the singer from
Gun, is a cousin of Sharleen Spiteri.......the list goes on and on.

The unreleased tracks reveal hidden gems and work-in-progress. The Bluebells
chart-topping hit Young At Heart, which is heard before the violinist added the part
that gained him a songwriter's share in court. Many, such as Altered Images, have
unheard songs discovered; others are here with cult tracks that deserve wider
recognition.

In amongst the big names are acts such as The Primevals, Kevin McDermott and
Kissing Bandits who may have avoided more than cult success, but who add colour
and shade to the local scene.

An intriguing collection of a hitherto little documented 'Scotrock' scene, Park Lane
Archives is an 80-minute album featuring 22 tracks, with a 12 page booklet with
photos, stories and notes by those who were there.




www.jungle-records.com

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MITCH RYDER: 'DETROIT AIN'T DEAD YET'
FREEWORLD RECORDS: FREEM 5019
RELEASE DATE: MONDAY 22nd FEBRUARY 2010

Detroit legend Mitch Ryder is to release a brand new
album entitled Detroit Ain't Dead Yet (The Promise),
released on the Freeworld record label on Monday
22nd February 2010.

Mitch Ryder burst out of the thriving Detroit music scene
of the mid-1960's, when the Motor City spawned 'the
Sound Of Young America' in the shape of Tamla Motown,
and also by contrast produced the likes of tough hard
rocking music from the politically-charged MC 5, The
Stooges, and even acts like Ted Newgent and Bob Seger.

Mitch Ryder was blessed with one of the great blue-eyed soul voices, and with his
band The Detroit Wheels blazed a trail through the US charts with such scorching
hit singles as Jenny Take A Ride and Devil With A Blues Dress On. However,
music business machinations conspired to force Ryder from centre stage, and apart
from sporadic releases little has been heard from this rare talent.

Until now that is. Produced by Don Was, and recorded in Los Angeles in November
2008, Detroit Ain't Dead Yet is a powerful, vivid return to the fray from Ryder.
Backed by members of Was (Not Was), the album recasts Ryder's classic blue-
eyed soul vocal pipes into a contemporary setting and he sounds just fine. Don Was'
production carefully frames Ryder's raw voice against a set of classic R&B backing
tracks which allow Ryder free rein to be himself, and that's plenty. Ryder's voice has
that fine emery quality and emotional maturity that one would expect, sounding both
'classic' and newly-minted, refreshed.

Mitch Ryder is available for interview in support of this energised and engaging
release.



 www.fwrecords.co.uk  

www.MitchRyder.de

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