'Mind Your Manners' - Compilation

A long time ago, when the first polite compilation 'Be More Polite' had just about broken even, I decided it was time to put out another, for some reason. I started collecting songs from people who I was friends with or liked the music of and had soon got most of them delivered to me. While I was waiting for the last few songs promised to me to arrive, however, I got distracted. It might have been by a dog with a poofy tail, or maybe just something shiny, or even writing a dissertation then starting a new career as a teacher. Whatever happened, it meant that until now the songs just sat on my hard drive unlistened to and seemingly unwanted. Then one day Henry just made me send them to him and said "I'll sort it out" and god damnit it he did! Within days, we can now present to you the second Polite Records compilation, entitled 'Mind Your Manners'.

This record is a real goodie bag, featuring songs from such illustrious people as: Rachael Dadd, Rozi Plain, Robin Allender, The Swede, Daniel Davey, John Doak and, of course the Polite regulars Olly Watson, Henry Ireland and Phil Dodd (collectively: Grizzly and the Bears). The CD comes packaged in Henry's revolutionary 'single sheet of A4' system (patent nowhere near pending) and will make a brilliant addition to the collection of any Compact Disc Connoiseur.

Buying button on the way...

So this happened on saturday the 28th and was wicked smooth. Ian and Rob played fantastically and the art show looked wonderful. You can see pictures here and here.

Spanner removed!

The problem with the shopping cart thing has been fixed, it was all down to silly old me deleting things that shouldn't have been deleted. It does mean that there is now a huge gap at the bottom of every post with a paypal link in, but I'm happy to live with that if you are...

I've also found a few copies of Sun's brilliant 'Spanish Tiles EP' and Olly's incredible 'Light Out!' EP so have put those up, although I'm pretty sure that once they're gone they'll be gone for good.

'Spanish Tiles EP' - Sun

Sun was the recording name of John Doak while I lived with him a few years ago. During that time, he came down one day and handed me a CD of stuff he'd been working on, knowing I was looking for tracks for the first Polite Compilation. When I listened to the songs I instantly fell in love with their simple, pared down guitar parts and haunting double tracked vocals. John is now living in Bristol and has recently set up an online poetry magazine that you should probably take a look at.

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'Light Out!' - Olly Watson

Olly is such a quick songwriter it is often hard to keep up with him, and it is made even more difficult by his constant need to press on forward and never look back. When he does concentrate on a set of songs long enough to record, however, this is the sort of quality he comes out with -absolutely fantastic! This collection of songs sees Olly branch out a little, instrumentation wise experimenting more with keyboards and drums (played on keyboards).

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