Okay, let’s clear up the confusion here. We have, indeed, been recording our new L.P. At Stratosphere Sound in New York City, to be exact. We couldn’t really mention it before because of the silly rules of a grant we applied for (didnae get it). Andy Chase is producing and Rudyard Lee Cullers, engineering (they mixed Weightlifting and we’ve wanted to do a whole album with them ever since). These guys are just amazing. They created an incredibly productive atmosphere, not to mention all the beautiful sounds and smart ideas. And we had our pick of about forty vintage guitars! Grant Wilson did his best bubbling bass and Stevie Mulhearn was surrounded by banks of keyboards-all he was missing was a pointy hat and cape. Also along for the ride was old Kilmarnock friend and expert guitarer Jody Stoddart, who proved to be invaluable. We didn’t really rehearse any songs before we went, concentrating on just having fun jamming instead - the idea being to capture the excitement of playing something for the first time. From the first day, it was obvious that we were onto something special - the sessions were a dream. We just went in and played live all day and night for about a week, and stopped when we’d done fourteen songs. The next stage is in Martha’s Vineyard in January, where we will do some overdubs and singing. We are very excited (and a little bit surprised) by all of this, especially as we were royally ripped off by that con man Jeff Price and his band of thieves at Spinart (I’m sure someone will tell that tale here eventually). But we are used to rising above such bullshit, and we will prevail! Hooray!

Happy holidays everybody, and we’ll see you next year!

Love,

Paul Livingston