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1969 Records is an independent label set up in 2005 by a bunch of music fans who are sick of too much style and not enough substance in the rock and pop world of today. This Dublin-based label aims to support artists with real talent and help them get their music out to a wider audience.

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June 2008

With the summer upon us, we are going to release a couple of singles over the next month or so to keep everybody in the happy summery groovy mood.

First off on 1 July, the Pale release Chocolate Factory b/w Lady Gregory. It is available on limited edition CD format from the shop on the site and will be in Road Records in Dublin.

For those of you more download inclined, the tracks will be available as free downloads on iTunes from 1 July.

The Pale are heading to the Czech Republic this month to introduce their acclaimed - The Contents of a Shipwreck - album to Europe and we have high hopes that things will go well for them there.

They continue to tour Ireland and just keep an eye out on the Pale website for fuller details.

Pugwash follow up the successful launch single - Take me away - from the album - Eleven Modern Antiquities - with - At the Sea b/w On with the Show- which will on release on 14 July. At the Sea, is a co write with the great Andy Partridge and features playing from Andy too. On with the Show is a cover of an Idle Race lost classic, and has been approved by most of the members of the original band, although we are waiting to hear from Jeff Lynne about it!!!

Again, it will be available in limited edition CD format through the shop on the site here as well as in Road Records and will be available for digital download from iTunes.

We are hoping to have a video made as well so keep an eye out for that over the course of the summer it is bound to be a bit of fun.

There is some ongoing activity in relation to the Pugwash album, and we have interest from distributors in the UK, Japan and the US for the album so we are talking to all those guys now and we will keep you all fully posted as developments occur.

Releases

PUGWASH follow up their most critically and commercially successful album 'Jollity' with their second '1969 Records' release entitled 'Eleven Modern Antiquities'. What we have is an amalgam of Thomas Walsh's songs and vision brought to the public ear by an orchestra of famed and highly respected musicians.

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PUGWASH

Pugwash follow up their most critically and commercially successful album 'Jollity' with their second '1969 Records' release entitled 'Eleven Modern Antiquities'. What we have is an amalgam of Thomas Walsh's songs and vision brought to the public ear by an orchestra of famed and highly respected musicians.

THE PALE

Over the course of the last few years The Pale have collaborated with a number of different artists and their main strength as a group is that they always think outside the box. As the group have toured they have added and subtracted instruments and players to the line-up. The mainstay of the group has remained to be the unique sound conjured up by Matthew and Shane.

COUSE & THE IMPOSSIBLE

Listen to samples of the 2006 Meteor nominated 'Best Album' - The World Should Know - by Couse & The Impossible - generally regarded by critics and public alike as a great return to form for the legendary Dave Couse with his new band, "The Impossible".

PUGWASH

Since releasing their debut power-pop album in 1999, 'Almond Tea', Pugwash, aka songwriter Thomas Walsh and friends,has become an instant favourite of Irish and British music critics alike.