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Colorama Records
Various Artists 'This Is Colorama! Vol. 1' Vinyl LP
£20.00
Colorama Records
Various Artists 'This Is Colorama! Vol. 1' Vinyl LP
£20.00
Andy Crofts Rounds Up His Colorama Artists On Volume 1 Of This Uber Cool And Eclectic Compilation. Available On Limited Vinyl And Download.
The brainchild of Andy Crofts from the Paul Weller band the Colorama record label was set up initially as a vehicle to release records from Andy’s own band The Moons but always with the ambition to champion the art of the songwriter and build an eclectic roster of like minded bands and musicians.
Building on the critically acclaimed ‘Pocket Melodies’ from The Moons came the album ‘Love & Chemicals’ from Teenage Waitress and a new addition to Colorama Bristol DJ & Promoter John Britton joining Andy in the search for artists to join this burgeoning boutique label.
The search culminated in the album you are now reading about ‘THIS IS COLORAMA! VOL. 1’ a collection of tracks from The Moons, Teenage Waitress, Sunzoom, Bliss Williams, Tiny Dyno, Duvet Daze, Pale Sabres, Wilderman, Chris Watson, Robi Mitch, Eloise, The Lunar Towers, Reid Anderson, Andy Crofts & Le SuperHomard which offers a diverse melting pot of genres with a common theme, to deliver memorable verses, hooks and choruses.
Tracklisting:
1. Today - The Moons
2. You Ain't Got It Bad - Teenage Waitress
3. A Simple Song - Sunzoom
4. Tearaway - Bliss Williams
5. Still - Tiny Dyno
6. Dreaming - Duvet Daze
7. Left For Dead - Pale Sabres
8. NeverReady - Wilderman
9. Secret Garden - Chris Watson
10. Nothing New Under The Sun - Robi Mitch
11. Haunted - Eloise (Feat. Andy Crofts)
12. Wire - The Lunar Towers
13. True Heart - Reid Anderson
14. Forevermore - Andy Crofts & Le SuperHomard
The brainchild of Andy Crofts from the Paul Weller band the Colorama record label was set up initially as a vehicle to release records from Andy’s own band The Moons but always with the ambition to champion the art of the songwriter and build an eclectic roster of like minded bands and musicians.
Building on the critically acclaimed ‘Pocket Melodies’ from The Moons came the album ‘Love & Chemicals’ from Teenage Waitress and a new addition to Colorama Bristol DJ & Promoter John Britton joining Andy in the search for artists to join this burgeoning boutique label.
The search culminated in the album you are now reading about ‘THIS IS COLORAMA! VOL. 1’ a collection of tracks from The Moons, Teenage Waitress, Sunzoom, Bliss Williams, Tiny Dyno, Duvet Daze, Pale Sabres, Wilderman, Chris Watson, Robi Mitch, Eloise, The Lunar Towers, Reid Anderson, Andy Crofts & Le SuperHomard which offers a diverse melting pot of genres with a common theme, to deliver memorable verses, hooks and choruses.
Tracklisting:
1. Today - The Moons
2. You Ain't Got It Bad - Teenage Waitress
3. A Simple Song - Sunzoom
4. Tearaway - Bliss Williams
5. Still - Tiny Dyno
6. Dreaming - Duvet Daze
7. Left For Dead - Pale Sabres
8. NeverReady - Wilderman
9. Secret Garden - Chris Watson
10. Nothing New Under The Sun - Robi Mitch
11. Haunted - Eloise (Feat. Andy Crofts)
12. Wire - The Lunar Towers
13. True Heart - Reid Anderson
14. Forevermore - Andy Crofts & Le SuperHomard
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On saleVisit product page →Through these strange and uncertain times it is sometimes a little hard to see any light at the end of the tunnel but this is where The Moons have stepped in. This long player is an album full of colour and raw songwriting recorded live in the legendary Studio 2 at Abbey Road Studios. With cinematic string arrangements and masterclass songwriting from the pen of singer/songwriter Andy Crofts this album will be your happy escape.
'Most of this album had been unintentionally sat in my pocket for quite some time. Songs that I had written and forgotten about or had just lost their way and left unfinished. So that is why I wanted the album to simply be named Pocket Melodies. I had this inner feeling to pull them all together and it turned out my favourite Moons record.' Andy Crofts
Pocket Melodies takes you on a journey of glorious melodies leading you through love, romance, nostalgia, regret and unity.
'I wanted to be true to myself with this record. My best strength is writing melodic pop songs so I just let it all flow as I wanted this album to be soaked in colour and completely natural. There's no pretence, it's just straight up pop songs. I have always worn my heart on my sleeve when it comes to my feelings and I think you can hear this in the lyrics this time.' Andy Crofts
The album features singles Riding Man and Today which received high praise and championed on BBC London and Radio X and a collaboration with Paul Weller on the song Tunnel Of Time.
"I wrote all of the songs on the album except Tunnel Of Time which is a collaboration between myself and Paul Weller. He once approached me with a little idea and we slowly worked at it in dressing rooms etc until I took it away and put it all together. Its a nice little song and im glad it found a home with The Moons." Andy Crofts
Tracklisting:
1. Today
2. Riding Man
3.The Old Brigade
4. Far Away
5. Tunnel Of Time
6. Where Are You Now?
7. Sleep
8. Maybe I'm The Perfect Man (For You)
9. The Lone Wolf
10. Midnight
11. Rear Window
12. An Ordinary Romance - ¦
CD Only Bonus Tracks :
13.Sunday Love In
14.Here I Am
15.Today (Le Superhomard Remix)
16. Riding Man (Instrumental)
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On saleSunzoom have been making a stir from their Liverpool base and this highly anticipated debut is not to be missed.Visit product page →
Lo-fi and DIY in equal measure, the record was only conceived of 4 weeks into the first lockdown when songwriter Greg McVeigh decided that recording music was the only way to stay sane. Building a makeshift studio in the kitchen of his North Liverpool home (and deciding to name the new project SUNZOOM after a favourite Captain Beefheart track) Greg set about learning the processes of home recording from the ground up.
The album theme draws upon the peculiar aspects of lockdown; isolation, spiritual introspection, longing to be somewhere else, weird dreams, drinking too much and takes the listener on a journey of escape. The songs move the record through fields, countries, time, space, memories and longings to finally end back at home in the reality of the four walls.
Digging into some past unreleased recordings, poems, unfinished snippets of tunes and writing new songs (usually sung into his phone during months of daily beach walks with his dog) Greg began to build a record within the claustrophobic environment of summer 2020. Friends were able to collaborate (by the magic of old recordings and new parts sent via email) and in early 2021 Sunzoom entered ARK Recording Studios in Liverpool to add live drums and vocal parts subsequently spending a month mixing the record back home in the familiar surroundings of the kitchen where the concept first began.
The result is a snapshot of the period that magically transforms personal and public strife into glorious pop-folk psychedelia.
Vinyl is limited to 500 copies on black vinyl, no download card.
Tracklisting:
1. The Sun's Everlasting
2. Pour Me Another Wine
3. Anytime Soon
4. A Simple Song
5. The Garden Birds of India
6. Willowhedge
7. Osaka Radio
8. Let's go
9. The Place Where The Long Shadows Grow
10. Hell No
11. Soul Parade
12. Home On The Range
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13. The Happy Fly
14. Hell No (Original Demo)
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The Record is backed with an exciting Pale Sabres (of Colorama Records) remix of ‘I’m Leaving Berlin’ also from the Love & Chemicals album. Teenage Waitress is the solo project from Daniel Ash.
The debut album, ‘Love & Chemicals’ is a fresh hybrid of infectious 60’s inspired pop melodies, blippy synths and fuzzy guitars all set to short lyrical vignettes. Some are funny, some are mysterious but all have a story to tell.
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You Ain't Got It Bad - 4:02
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I'm Leaving Berlin (Pale Sabres Remix) - 4.25 -
Sold outLimited Black & white (half and half) vinyl 7" single for RSD, 500 copies only. This belated 7" record pressing brings you a cinematic collaboration between Andy Crofts and french musical genius Christophe Vaillant of Le SuperHomard.Visit product page →
Forevermore is a simple love song of devotion. A person who will forever devote their life, heart and soul to the one they love. Christophe’s musical soundscape lays the perfect foundation for Andy’s minimal heartfelt words.
I’m Dreaming is the perfect song for the flip complimenting side A with it’s raw vocal and piano. Dreaming offers words of escape, hope and self sanctuary in a world on fire.
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Side A:
Forevermore - 2.01.
Side B:
I'm Always Dreaming - 3.21.
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