This year will be a big year for the Gamlingay Records signed The Elephant in the Room. They’re working hard on their debut EP, photo shoot and music video.

As soon as they’re ready, we’ll post it up here.

After a great deal of pressure from the landlord, we have agreed to restart the legendary acoustic nights at the Crown and Cushion in Great Gransden.

February 8th will be the first of the new gigs.

All are welcome. Acoustic instruments are the norm,  but styles range from folk to punk, with even some classical thrown in sometimes. If you want a slot, talk to Phil. Usually acts are limited to 3 songs or 15 minutes, but it depends how many want to play.

Don’t be afraid… come and play

Gamlingay Records’ first album, from 2008, is now on iTunes, Spotify and pretty much every other digital bucket worth its salt. Go and buy it now, by searching for, well, Gamlingay Records. Featuring songs by Phoenix Impact, Noize, The Jamlinjays, Woodgrave and Phil Hunt, this album will make you rethink your perception of Gamlingay. And at £4.99 for the full album, what are you waiting for????

Photography and Artwork by Chris Shillam Photography

A Thousand Sins debut album is launched tonight at the University Social Club in Cambridge. “As Truth Decays” is also available on iTunes and most other music sites from today. Go buy!

A Thousand Sins’ new album “As truth Decays” is launched on 3rd September 2011 with a launch gig at the University Social Club in Cambridge. Full details can be found on facebook here https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=672042847#!/event.php?eid=172143719525824

The metal-fest starts at 7:00 with the boys turning up on an armoured car. The first support band play at 7:30 and the Sins will be taking to the stage at 9:00.

Tickets are £5 on the door

Support bands are As God and Maidallica. It’s a night of metal mayhem. You have been warned!

Come along to the award-winning record label’s 7th Crown and Cushion acoustic night

Come along in your shorts to the next acoustic night at Great Gransden’s famous Crown and Cushion pub. Free entry, good beer, lots of good music and singing and sometimes some dancing. It’s summertime!!

Look here for details

Line-up so far:

• Phil Hunt

• Jennifer Hunt

• Dael Brookes and Will Golding

• Simon Dean

• Sam Neighbour

• Princess Alexis Lloyd-Yarham (I hope)

• Wayne Hipgrave and his crew

• Andy Maycock and Maggie Hunt

Thanks to everyone who took part last night.

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Sandy Battle 9 July 2011

Don’t forget to come up to Great Gransden on Wednesday next (6th). Free entry. Good beer. Amazing music, from . . .

Phil Hunt

Debbie Hipgrave

Will Day

Paul Currell

Jennifer Hunt

Maycock’s Minstrals

Dael Brookes

The Hunt sisters

Ashley Smith

Andy Clenaghan

Emma Simmonite

Gamlingay Records update

There’s a lot going on at the country’s only Community Record Label at the moment.

We have two albums due out shortly

A Thousand Sins, the winners of last year’s Battle of the Bands, are due to release their debut album during July. A launch party and gig is being arranged shortly as well as other live dates. The album will be available for sale and if you like metal you really should give it a try. If you don’t like metal, why not give it a try anyway and support the local music scene and the record label?!

Volume 2, the label’s first acoustic album is also due out shortly (dates to be confirmed). This is a compilation featuring label members and friends of the label and will include acoustic guitars, some acoustic rap as well as some more unusual folk instruments – Northumberland pipes and the Norwegian Hardanger Fiddle.

Volume 1, the label’s first release,  a rock, rap and pop compilation featuring bands and soloists is still available to buy at the labels gigs or directly from label members.

Gigs

Volume 2 has been inspired by a series of successful acoustic nights at the Queen’s Head in Sandy and The Crown and Cushion in Great Gransden. Both of these followed a fantastic evening at the Cock in Gamlingay to raise money for the Haiti earthquake. By the time you read this we will have run our 5^th night at the Crown and Cushion and will be planning our 6^th. Entry is free. We are always looking for new acts to perform and new venues to play in, so if you are feeling like you want to give it a go, talk to Phil (see below for contact details)

Battle of the Bands

As many of you will know, with the massive support from an army of volunteers, we have staged four annual Battle of the Bands competitions in Gamlingay since 2007. We have been asked to organise a Youth Battle of the Bands in Sandy on 9^th July for bands of under 18s in order to raise money for Great Ormond Street children’s charity. This competition will be held in the Conservative Club in Sandy.

We also anticipate organising, later in the year, our 5^th anniversary Gamlingay Records Battle of the Bands. Those of you who have helped or attended will know what a great night this is, and we hope that this year’s will carry on with that tradition.

Further information on all of the above is available from our website www.GamlingayRecords.org.uk, which is updated regularly.

Get involved

If you want to get involved with the label, please contact Phil Hunt on 01767 650074, Wayne or Debbie Hipgrave on 01767 651441, Chris Shillam on 01767 650862, Jay Roberts on 07432 617042… or any other label members, who can be contacted via the website. We are particularly looking for young people with an interest in marketing, business or media to join us and help with our various plans.