MADBIL - Christmas Of The Heart (HPR-048)

Christmas Of The Heart / Christmas Of The Heart (Acoustic version)

Formato/Format: Digital single  Fecha edición/Release date: 22 November 2019
Disponible en plataformas digitales / Available at: itunes, spotify, Amazon, Google Play, Soundcloud

// Castellano //

Para cerrar el año, y después de editar dos singles ("Good Days" y "Como las Flores al Sol"), Madbil nos traen un regalo de Navidad muy especial. Una nueva colaboración de Pablo Ruigómez con Geoff Smith, (quien fuera vocalista, guitarra y compositor de The Palace Of Light y Mabel Joy) y Jacky Garratt (cantautora amiga de Smith, ubicada en Penzance, Cornwall) y que tan buenos resultados dio con “Good Days”. Esta vez nos presentan una deliciosa canción navideña compuesta por los tres y que Geoff Smith canta con su habitual y exquisita contención. Apelando al auténtico espíritu Navideño, nos atrevemos a decir que "Christmas Of The Heart" es ya un pequeño clásico del género. Junto a la versión con banda al completo, y como cara B, nos encontramos con una intimista versión acústica. 

// English //

After their succesfull collaboration for the "Good Days" single/EP, Pablo Ruigómez, Geoff Smith (former vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for The Palace Of Light and Mabel Joy) and Jacky Garratt (a singer songwriter friend of Smith, based in Penzance, Cornwall) have got together again to create a truly delightful Christmas song. “Christmas Of The Heart" is their second  joint songwriting effort. Geoff Smith sings it with his usual exquisite restraint, succesfully conjuring up the true Christmas spirit. We do believe it's a bona fide Yule classic and we hope you enjoy it. The B-side features an intimate acoustic version.

Christmas Of The Heart

Music and words: Pablo Ruigómez/Jacky Garratt/Geoff Smith.

Recorded in September and October 2019 in Bilbao (KMT Studios), Madrid (PJM Studio) and London (GS Studio).

Performed by: Geoff Smith (Vocals and Backing Vocals), Javier Martinez (Acoustic and Electric Guitar), Pablo Ruigómez (Bass and Synths), Kike Mora (Drums Programing), David T.Guinzo (Piano) and Carlos Ruigómez (Choir). 

Produced by Kike Mora.

Acoustic Version performed by: Geoff Smith (Vocals, Backing Vocals, Synths and Hi-hat ), Javier Martinez (Electric guitar), Pablo Ruigómez (Bass), David T.Guinzo (Acoustic guitar and Piano), Carlos Ruigómez (Choir). 

Produced by Geoff Smith.

HONEYBUS - The Singles 1967-1970 (HPR 042)

HONEYBUS

THE SINGLES 1967-1970

(HPR-042 / MAPA0015 LP)

A joint release with Mapache Records!

Format: LP only!!

Release date / Fecha edición: 13 December 2019

Pre-order now!! Will ship end of November!! 

// English //

*** All 12 of the Deram non-album singles sides collected in chronological order for the first time

*** A rare demo recording of the band’s first single A-side is also included

*** Liner notes by Andy Morten (Shindig!), with rare archive photos and memorabilia

Released in March 1968, and included here, "I Can't Let Maggie Go" became the third Honeybus single and the one which would ensure their place in the history books. The single hit number 8 in the UK and became a huge hit worldwide. And still Honeybus remain a unique group in so many ways. Their legacy has become cherished more and more, its quiet majesty singling them out from the few contemporaries they had. While plaudits for the group’s sole Deram album, 1970’s exemplary Story continue to roll in as fresh generations of pop connoisseurs discover its charms, and the group’s subsequent ill-starred excursions into the studio in the early ’70s (the long lost Recital album and the rarities companion volume For Where Have You Been: The Lost Tracks, released by Hanky Panky /Mapache in 2018) simply add further depth and kudos to their already Godlike status, their run of half a dozen 45s has been side-lined somewhat. Now for the first time ever the 12 sides released on Deram by the Mk I and Mk II line-ups of the group between 1967 and 1970 have been sourced from the master tapes, assembled in chronological order and presented in album fashion. (Full track listing below)

// Castellano //

** Las 12 canciones editas por Deram en single y no incluidas en LP, reunidas cronológicamente por primera vez.

** Incluye la demo original de la cara A de su primer single, “Delighted To See You”.

** Anotado por Andy Morten (Shindig!), incluye fotos y material raro de archivo.

Publicado en marzo de 1968, e incluido aquí, "I Can't Let Maggie Go" fue el tercer sencillo de Honeybus y el que les aseguraría su lugar en los libros de historia. El single alcanzó el puesto número 8 en las listas del Reino Unido y se convirtió en un gran éxito mundial. Y aún así Honeybus sigue siendo, por muchas razones, un grupo único: su legado es apreciado cada vez más y su tranquila majestad les distingue claramente de sus contemporáneos. Mientas que las nuevas generaciones que descubren sus encantos elogian el único disco que publicaron para Deram en 1970, y las malogradas grabaciones en estudio de primeros de los años 70 (el álbum perdido Recital y la colección de rarezas For Where Have You Been: The Lost Tracks, editadas por Hanky Panky /Mapache en 2018) añaden mayor peso y prestigio a su ya de por si elevado status, su media docena de sencillos ha quedado un poco olvidada. Ahora, por primera vez, las doce canciones editadas en single por Deram y grabadas por las dos primeras formaciones del grupo entre 1967 y 1970 son recuperadas en orden cronológico y presentadas en formato LP.

HONEYBUS -- The Singles 1967-1970

Side A

1.- Delighted To See You (Dello)

2.- The Breaking-Up Scene (Cane/Dello)

3.- Do I Figure In Your Life (Dello)

4.- Throw My Love Away (Cane)

5.- I Can't Let Maggie Go (Dello)

6.- Tender Are The Ashes (Dello)

Side B

7.- Girl Of Independent Means (Cane)

8.- How Long (single version) (Hare/Kircher/Cane)

9.- She Sold Blackpool Rock (Cane)

10.- Would You Believe (Hare)

11.- Story (Cane)

12.- The Right To Choose (Cane)

13.- Delighted To See You (Dello) DEMO