Tuning methods left to right: the 440 ‘A’ tuning fork I had from my guitar teacher aged 15, the Essen chromatic tuner and finally, the amazing Unitune which clips to the headstock, perfect for gigs in the dark.

Last post for pedal nerds is this 1960s Cry Baby wah wah but have never used it for recording yet:

Would you like to own the bass drum skin from the Water Rats show signed by the band? Martin Rose is auctioning it off - please message him below 🥁

R.I.P. Françoise Hardy.

LATEST NEWS: sadly Friday 28th at Preston Pop Fest has been cancelled. Which means, Blueboy are available to play at your venue, festival or village hall 😀 Send us a DM if you’d like us to play for you this summer ☀️

'If you’re going to release new music after a 25-year hiatus you’d better make sure it’s a stone cold cracker …' thanks to welshjb Into Creative for this review of Blueboy intocreative.co.uk/new-music-june…

Thank you 🙏 glad you like the new single;

Rehearsing new material today. Expect new Blueboy songs soon...

Pleased to say that our compilation album which includes every single A and B side Blueboy recorded for Sarah Records and Shinkansen Recordings now includes the never released River (extended version).

L is for The Loft with their 2023 BBC radio session recorded live at Maida Vale out now on Precious Recordings of London 10" and the very lovely and long-awaited new album from Lovejoy (official) '...And It's Love' on Spinout Nuggets and shelflife

Thank you to 'Pop Kid' for capturing this high quality video of The Joy of Living from Cologne Popfest on 20th April this year. Hope you enjoy it...

Wow, thank you for the lovely review. And we are certainly glad to be back:

Einstuerzende Neubauten supported by Showaddywaddy. Well worth the £6 just to see the audience mix…

What a fun time this looks with some great bands and the swelling Precious Recordings of London merch table. Wish we could have been there, maybe next year? As for Jane 👩🏻, 'One' looks very pleased with 'One'self!

Just found the archive box:

Our biggest gig in 1994 was at New Cross Venue with ⁦Secret Shine⁩

Letters written. As well as all the thousands of letters fans received with their records, I hope you don’t mind us sharing what we received as a band from Clare and Matt over the years. More to follow:

Today’s charity shop bargain. Things Fall Into Place is an exceptional pop song.

I’ve run this account for 14 years - which is years longer than we ever ran a record label - & now it’s time to close it. It’s been brilliant to connect & reconnect with folks & to help promote reissues & new releases. We might pop up elsewhere - & then again, we might not xxx