A couple of years ago, my brother James suggested that we should record guitar duo versions of four songs by The Chefs: Records and Tea, Food, 24 Hours and Let's Make Up. We actually played these songs live together- once at The Betsey Trotwood in 2023 on Burns Night, and again in Woodingdean, outside Brighton at a gig at Nusoul Studios. They were wonderful gigs, well-attended and great fun.
The recordings sat on ice for months. Finally, we are planning to release them on the Gare du Nord label, mostly digitally but also as a very limited edition 7" vinyl e.p.
I've had to edit down two of the tracks because getting four tracks on a 7" e.p. is hard; if you squash the cut grooves too closely together, the needle jumps. It's hard to make the grooves deep (good bass sound) because the sides will collapse, too.
It will take a couple of months because vinyl takes ages. You have to join the queue, and the big labels are always in front of you, even in the dedicated independent queue, because they bribe their way to the front of that. I wish I didn't know these things.
Anyway, I'll be designing the cover over the next few days. The master masterer Ian Button has done his thing and they are sounding fab. It will be great to get these tracks out there, both for me and for James.
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