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Finally, the re-release of our 2004 CD of demos, rare and unreleased tracks, Aquatorium, is now here! It's in the shop now and priced at £7.99. Don't forget that to accompany the CD is a FREE download of the lyrics, in Adobe Acrobat format, complete with crop marks for seamless cutting and placement inside the CD booklet..

The next CD to be re-released will more than likely be Palindrome!

Ok, the re-release of Aquatorium  . . .  the CDs were despatched from the pressing plant on Thursday so I should have had them on Friday morning. By Friday night, no sign of them. Later that same evening (hello Jethro Tull!), I received an email from the new owner of my previous apartment. Guess what he had had delivered today? That's right, my CDs! This is particularly galling as I made the point of telling the plant of my new address, to make sure such a calamity was avoided!

Anyway, re-delivery has been arranged so, all being well I should have them pretty sharpish. So, sorry for the delay, folks, but these things happen in the grimy world of rock 'n' roll!

I'm pleased to finally report that the long-awaited re-release of our 78 minute CD of demos, rare tracks and unreleased songs Aquatorium will be available in the store and at Proximity Records in around 4 weeks time, if not before.

The CD sold out within 2 months of being originally released, so this re-release has been a long time coming. To listen to tracks go here and read more about it go here!

Colossus Magazine, based in Finland, have just published their latest Issue. It is number 33, priced at 10Euros and is available now.

We mention it because, apart from being one of the most professionally produced magazines out there, it features a full page Proximity Records advert as well as a review, yet to be translated, of our superb new Too Many Goodbyes CD

Welcome to 2008 and my first blog post of the year!

The news from the front is that the latest newsletter to subscribers was sent out last night, so I hope you are all enjoyng it. The much promised on-line archiving of said newsletters is still some way off, though, but it will happen eventually!

Things to look forward to this year include:

• the re-release of Aquatorium, the long out of print collection of rare tracks, demos and unreleased stuff. Expect this early February
• the full version of our download shop at www.proximityrecords.co.uk to include some exclusive downloads both for free and purchase
• our 20th full-length album (way later this year!)
• a new skin for this web-site< ...

Well, here we are: it's New Year's Eve and this blog entry will be the last of 2007. I only wish I had something to say!

Round about now, folks tend to look back on the year with either regret or thanks for getting through it. Not sure which camp I fall into, though I am eternally thankful for becoming a father for the first time. Would be nice to get some sleep though!

This year has seen our new CD Too Many Goodbyes hit the shelves and download stores as well as a complete re-launch of our sister site at Proximity Records. I more or less managed (for the first time) to send out a newsletter to the mailing list every month (gotta be a first!) as well as write a healthy batch of new material for the projected next album ..

Due to the fact that I spend more time being a businessman as opposed to a m ...