News Archive 2003
News Archive 2003
28 December 2003:
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13 December 2003:
- The Musical Journey...
 Here are the latest news about a
very interesting new project that may take place in
August 2005, at the Edinburgh International Fringe
Festival.We have got the following information from Bill Blenman, who is the producer for "Dream Maker Productions", and the author of a new musical play called "SAILOR, The Musical Journey": This musical has taken over three years to write and has been read and enhance by Georg Kajanus, who has also given two unrecorded tracks to the musical that he originally wrote for his very own SAILOR musical in the 70s. The musical contains 21 songs mainly from the first four albums, "Sailor", "Trouble", "The Third Step", and "Checkpoint". Dream Maker Productions is a charitable company, where all proceeds that are remaining after production expenses have been paid, gets distributed to named charitable organisations. The company does not make any profit from this show. Bill writes: "What I would like to know is if you could put something on your website to gauge the response of how many of the SAILOR fan base would be willing to come and see the show. The reason I ask this is we are trying to forecast the possible audience to set out our request for sponsorship. If we had a estimate of the possible figures this adds weight to our request for sponsorship to the various agencies and businesses that we are going to be applying to. Also the venue we are applying for requires a business plan from us of which they want to know expected audience figures. The musical will take place sometime in the year 2005 and as soon as that date is set, I will let you know. If the fans of SAILOR are interested, they can become patrons of the show, what this means is that they will have their names printed on every program, they will be entitled to come back stage during the interval to meat the cast, they would be entitled to a seat of their choice. Also a signed CD of the musical. There is a cost to this of £10 sterling. But this is unique to SAILOR fans only. Please remember as yet there is no firm date of the show, but please spread the word around, attached is the proposed cover of the program just to give you an idea."
So, come on everybody and sign our special "SAILOR - The Musical Journey" forum if you are interested in seeing the musical, if you would like to become a patron of the show or if you have any comments, questions etc... Click here: FORUM: "Sailor - The Musical Journey" Best
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26 November 2003:
Bootlegs, CD-Rs and others...
Just a little note from the
MARINERO-crew and SAILOR: Please do not buy any bootlegs or
self-recorded CD-Rs of SAILOR!! More and more fake CDs appear
from people at Ebay, Gemm and other sources. As Phil Pickett said
in an earlier message to the fans regarding fake CDs: "It is very disturbing that the fans might be
buying sub-standard illegal product recorded on inferior
equipment." Well, this is true, and, although it is
understandable that some people have been looking for the
original recordings on CD for a long time, no one should waste
his or her money for any kind of bootlegs (no matter if they are
Russian LP-reproductions on CD or CDs from our "good old
friend" "Bizarro" who claims to be SAILOR) or
CD-Rs!!
Nearly all of SAILOR's albums have been released on CD (except
for "Checkpoint" and "Dressed For Drowning").
Some of them might be hard to find, but if there's any recording
that you really need and that you can't find anywhere else, the
other fans can surely help too.
Best wishes and SAILOR-greetings,
~ The MARINERO crew
22 November
2003:
German SWR1 radio published their "listeners'
charts". Those charts include the 1000 favourite songs of
the SWR1 listeners. Here are the results for SAILOR:
Thanks for the information to Uli Neumann and Horst Götz!!
20 October 2003:
New Russian
bootleg CDs of the first four albums: "Sailor",
"Trouble", "The Third Step" and
"Checkpoint"
- This time 2 albums plus one bonus track on each CD...
  Once again, the first four SAILOR albums
"Sailor", "Trouble", "The Third
Step" and "Checkpoint" were released on CD
as bootlegs."Sailor", "Trouble" and "The Third Step" were officially released by Sony Music in the early 90s, while "Checkpoint" was previously only available on LP and remained unreleased on CD by Sony Music. Last year some Russian bootlegs of the four albums had already appeared in several Internet music shops. They didn't show a name of any record company on the CD and only said "LP-R © 2000", and all the songs still sounded as if they were recorded from the LPs (including all the typical LP-noises etc.). Those CDs here seem to be just the same (even the same mistakes: The first few seconds of "Put Your Mouth Where The Money Is" are missing etc.!), but this time they have put 2 albums on each CD plus one bonus track on each one: - "Sailor" and "The Third Step" - plus bonus song "All I Need Is A Girl", - "Trouble" and "Checkpoint" - plus bonus song "The Runaway". So, if you ever find those CDs: Watch out - they are bootlegs!! Best wishes and SAILOR-greetings, ~The MARINERO crew |
Message
from regarding
the new Russian bootlegs:
This is an official plea from
SAILOR to tell the fans out there to AVOID AT ALL COSTS the many
dodgy and sub-standard SAILOR bootleg CD´s on offer from highly
nefarious and illegal Russian companies and other sources - many
of which often don´t even supply the tracks they purport to
represent!!
It is simply a GIANT RIP-OFF and supports criminal activity for
which the band, the fans, and eventually the music and reputation
of SAILOR all suffer. Please send this to as many people as you
can.
IN THE MEANTIME - it´s not all doom and gloom! Please also tell
everyone that there will be official CD´s of ALL OF SAILOR´s
AMAZING BACK CATALOGUE, PLUS MANY TRACKS NEVER PREVIOUSLY HEARD
OR EVER RELEASED AVAILABLE FROM A BONA FIDE SUPPLIER FROM EARLY
NEXT YEAR!
We know many will "have heard all this before" - but it
apparently takes forever to get all the various rights holders
(record companies) to agree. However we are reliably informed
that moment is coming very soon so please, BE PATIENT!
Be assured that you will hear about it first on MARINERO.
Thank you
SAILOR
05 October 2003:
Important
announcement from |
It's Autumn again folks and this year SAILOR are having a massive clear-out of their cramped storage facility to create some badly needed space! Consequently we have a few items of historical significance to SAILOR which may be of interest to those fans who would like a genuine piece of SAILOR memorabilia to have on show - in their very own homes!
Auction...
Get some classic artifacts of SAILOR nostalgia...
The e-auction will close
on December 31st 2003... so put your offer in now!!
Check on MARINERO at the end of each week to see where the bids
have reached.
Greetings from SAILOR he@dquarters,
Go to the Auction-page for further details!!
03 October 2003:Georg
Kajanus special and interview
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02 October 2003:
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Next March, following on from the
Wycombe SAILOR Spectacular in 2002, SAILOR are performing their
very own show, (with exciting "new bits!") at the Tring
Theatre (Hertfordshire - just outside London, UK)..... It'll be a
fantastic night to remember and we hope to see as many of you
there as possible.
Watch MARINERO or e-mail sailormusic@hotmail.com for more precise details later this month.
AND... tell all your friends!!
Best wishes,
SAILOR
01 October 2003:
in Austria...
...and what
they discovered in Salzburg, where one concert had been
cancelled!
 As you know, SAILOR were in Austria last
week, but one of their two concerts - the Oldie Night in
Salzburg on 27 September - had to be cancelled. Now
here's a nice little story (and picture) about that for
the fans which we got from Grant (or just try to find the
big mistake in the picture on the right...!):"As you can imagine, the band
was very disappointed when our concert in Salzburg on
Sept 27th was cancelled two days before it was due to
take place. This was all the more painful as our
reception for the Linz concert the night before was
ecstatic. Very interesting indeed,
isn't it?! |
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September 2003:
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SAILOR fans will be interested to
know that a book on the history of SAILOR is nearing completion.
Written by James McCarraher with the help and co-operation of
Georg, Phil, Henry, Grant, Peter, Rob, Gavin and Virginia as well
as a supporting cast of celebrities, it should be due for release
in 2004.
Watch the MARINERO website for further details...!!
Best wishes and SAILOR-greetings,
~ The MARINERO crew
& James McCarraher
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September 2003:
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 The German music magazine "Good
Times" has reviewed the SAILOR DVD
"Pirate Copy - Live In Concert" in its latest
issue. Here's what the text says:"For nearly thirty years hardly anything has changed in SAILOR (except for the line-up): The Nickelodeon was updated technically and with synthesizers, but it still fascinates with its fairground-sound. The songs have always sounded as if they were from the 1920s, and at the same time dust-free ("Girls Girls Girls", "One Drink Too Many", "Jacaranda", "The Old Nickelodeon Sound"). The stage is still lightened by an intimate sailor-pub-illumination and a streetlamp. And the original members Phil Pickett (nick), Grant Serpell (dr) and "the new guys" Rob Alderton (nick) and Peter Lincoln (voc, gtr) are still faithful to their outfits. In spite of all the show and the closeness to the English Cabaret, SAILOR, whose respective members have kept the fun of playing, are a convincing band, especially because of their music and vocals. "Pirate Copy" is therefore not only advisable for fans. As a bonus there are three "unplugged"-tracks, a detailed band-history and interviews. (Angel Air / Fenn, 150 Min.)" Click here for further information about the DVD!!
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10 September 2003:
German RTL television recently broadcast a show named
"Die Ultimative Chart-Show" in which they showed the
1000 best-selling singles and albums in Germany during the last
35 years. Here are the results for SAILOR:
| Singles # 174 - Girls Girls Girls - 1976 # 391 - A Glass Of Chapmagne - 1976 |
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Update 01 September 2003:
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"Buried
Treasure"
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"Buried Treasure" - SAILOR's new anthology CD boxed set of greatest hits, private scrapbook, and latest recordings from the present line up of Grant, Phil, Peter and Rob plus some extremely precious archive material from the original line up of Phil, Georg, Henry and Grant, never before heard! It will also include recordings from the Caribou "Dressed For Drowning" period as well as more recent re-mixes and fascinating experimental tracks!
You can now contact
SAILOR at their new mailing address sailormusic@hotmail.com direct for all kinds of up to date
information on "Buried Treasure". Be the first to be
informed of when and where to get this priceless treaure-trove of
previously unreleased and historic SAILOR material, plus lots of
information on other available recordings and special merchandise
from your favourite band!
We will be informing everyone at the SailorClub mailing list and
also here at Marinero, so you will be the first to hear of the
release date, cost and how to be the one of the first to own the
"once in a lifetime" SAILOR anthology "Buried
Treasure".
Phil, Peter, Grant, Rob - July 2001
Update from SAILOR, 13 May 2002: "Buried Treasure" will soon be released on Angel Air Records!!
Update 01 September 2003: Angel Air has already announced "Buried Treasure" on the news section of their website. There it says: "Early 2004 - SJPCD154 SAILOR 'Buried Treasure' never before released tracks spanning a 30 year period"...
01 September 2003:Interview
with Georg Kajanus about Eclection in "Eight
Miles High -
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01 July 2003: Homepage now available in two languages... |
From 01 July 2003
this website is available in two languages: English and German.
You can change the laguage by clicking on the flags in the menu
on the left side.
Some information to the new German part of MARINERO:
Most parts of the website have been published in German alreday,
except for some parts of the Related Recordings and the
Fans-section. That will follow soon. But as long as it is not
ready the links still lead you to the English parts.
Enjoy!
~The MARINERO
crew
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New
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 A company named
"Brilliant" has re-released the "Live In
Berlin" album under the new name "A Glass Of
Champagne" and with a new layout in June 2003.So, this isn't a "new" CD because it is just another re-release of "Live In Berlin" from the older versions by Red Light Records in 1998 and Angel Air in 2002. But it's still another interesting item for your SAILOR collection. All songs were recorded by the line-up: Peter Lincoln, Henry Marsh, Grant Serpell and Phil Pickett (although the cover photo shows the current line-up). The CD
inlcudes the same songs as the "Live In Berlin"
album: This is what
it says on the back of the CD: Thanks for the scans and information to Norbert Lorenz, Hamburg, Germany!! Go to the Albums-section for further details!! |
...And
here's yet another new
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 Well, we don't quite know what this
is all about, because this CD is suddenly shown on the
website of Sony Music. It shows the same catalogue-number
as the 1990 CD with the same title.So actually this isn't really "new" at all because three (!) other greatest hits albums have already been released by Sony Music in 1990 and 2001 and Delta Music in 2002 including the same songs.  But it's still a very interesting
collector's item...All songs were recorded by the original line-up: Georg Kajanus, Henry Marsh, Grant Serpell and Phil Pickett. The CD
inlcudes the songs: Go to the Albums-section for further details!! |
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DVD
"Pirate Copy - Sailor Live In Concert"
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You can order
the
DVD (NJPDVD609 - DVD9 Region 0 PAL) by sending 30 Euros for post and
packaging to: Or get it at The DVD
includes all songs from this marvellous concert and bonus
material.
This is what Angel Air writes about SAILOR and the DVD: SAILOR was
signed to Epic records (part of CBS) during 1974 and they
quickly experienced chart success in Holland with
"Traffic Jam". In the UK "Glass Of
Champagne" made no 2 in the charts during 1975 with
"Girls, Girls, Girls" making Top 10 in the UK
during 1976 and further single chart success during 1977
with "One Drink Too Many".
And this is what the fans and newspapers say about the DVD (Just a few examples):
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Grant, Rob and Graham ("Naylorman") signed the MARINERO-guestbook on the way to the concert in Hamburg on 30 April 2003 while waiting at the airport with a special greeting to all SAILOR fans. And they managed to get entry number 200!! Here's what they wrote:
Entry number 200:
Name: Grant, Rob & Naylorman
Comments: Hi everyone! Just using up a few minutes before getting
on flight to Hamburg for show (30/04/03) so thought we'd send
special greeting to all the Sailor fans
Date: 2003-04-30
New Affinity CD: 1971-72
The Affinity CD "1971-72" includes the songs: Moira's Hand, Grey Skies, Cream On Your Face, Sunshower, All Along The Watchtower / It’s About That Time, Rio, Poor Man’s Son, Sarah's Wardrobe, Highgate. Here's what
Angel Air writes about the CD: Go to the Related Recordings-section for further information about Affinity!! |
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Kassel headline concert on 18 May 2003 is cancelled!! |
Ahoy everybody,
the SAILOR headline concert on 18 May 2003 in Kassel is
cancelled!!
The reason for this is that the promoter from Runway Music who
was to do the show, is broke and can't host any more shows in the
future. Those information only became public a few days ago. We
have tried to look for another promoter of the show and SAILOR
(Phil, Grant, Rob, Peter and also "Naylorman" - special
thanks here by the way) did all their best to make it possible in
spite of all this trouble. We - the Marinero-crew - had already
started to raise some money as a sponsorship for the concert and
had agreed to invest into the show ourselves. But in the end it
could only have worked if we - Karsten and Katrin - had agreed to
host the show completely on our own which just wasn't possible
and which had meant a huge loss of money for both of us and
everybody else involved.
There had been posters, radio promotion and big newspaper
articles about the show in the whole town recently.
Neither SAILOR nor anyone of us is responsible for this, and we
are very sorry for all of you who were really looking forward to
this special event and especially for those fans who wanted to
travel such a long way just to see it!
It would have been a dream come true...
Further information to follow.
Best wishes and SAILOR-greetings,
~The MARINERO crew
A message from Phil, Grant, Peter and Rob about the cancellation of the keenly awaited Special SAILOR Show in Kassel, May 18th 2003.
Dear Katrin and Karsten, Marinero
and all the fans,
After all the amazing amount of inspiration, effort and sheer
hard work in trying to arrange a special SAILOR 2 hour Concert in
your home town we are all incredibly sad that after all, we will
now not be able to perform.
Everyone in the band realise you have done everything in your
powers to make it happen, even including underwriting some of the
costs yourself. But with "Runway Music" - the promoters
of the concert being true to their name by running away and
disappearing into the night in spite of having sold at least 200
tickets, in a situation like this - and also where the theatre
does not wish to co-operate - there is unfortunately nothing
anyone can do under the circumstances.
We hope that you are not too sad and would like to offer enormous
thanks for your efforts in any event, and hope that eventually we
can come to Kassel - perhaps next year.
In the meantime if any fans can get up to Bad Segeberg on the
16th May we will have copies of the brand new DVD - "Pirate
Copy" SAILOR's Live In Concert DVD recorded at High Wycombe.
If this is not possible, please send 30 Euros to include post and
packaging to : SAILOR Ltd (DVD) Suite 430, 266 Banbury Road,
Summertown, Oxford OX2 7DL UK, and we will by return, send you a
copy signed (if you wish!) by all the members of SAILOR.
Sorry once again this has happened and for any inconvenience
caused to the fans. We sincerely thank everyone for supporting
SAILOR over the years and look forward to seeing you all very
soon.
Love and Best Wishes from SAILOR
The
North-hessian "Girls, Girls, Girls" - and of
course also the local boys - will have to drink their
"Glass Of Champagne" without the stars. The
concert of the band SAILOR which was planned for Sunday,
the 18th of May, can't happen. |
Runway
cancels concerts Kassel.
"Even fans from England wanted to come. Some of them
had already booked their hotelrooms", Karsten
Wagner, leader of the SAILOR-fanclub in Kassel says
disappointedly. Wagner had planned the performance of the
British pop-legend SAILOR ("Girls Girls Girls")
together with the promoter Runway-Music from Kassel for
Sunday the 18th of May at the Nachthallen. But it can't
happen. Wagners said that he hasn't heard anything from
Runway-head Torsten Scheffler for a few weeks. The
dedicated fanclub leader is not alone in this case.
According to the information of the HNA several
business-partners of the young concert agency are not
only waiting for a quick answer, but also for their
money. |
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Live
In Concert - Kassel, Germany |
Ahoy
everybody, There are also several things to be celebrated:
Don't miss the greatest 'SAILOR's night on the town' in 2003...! Date and
Location: Keep on
checking MARINERO for further details soon! |
Bootleg
CDs of the first four albums: "Sailor",
"Trouble", "The Third Step" and
"Checkpoint"... |
| This is
really strange: The first four SAILOR albums:
"Sailor", "Trouble", "The Third
Step" and "Checkpoint" were released on CD
as bootlegs. "Sailor", "Trouble" and "The Third Step" were officially released by Sony Music in the early 90s, while "Checkpoint" was previously only available on LP and remained unreleased on CD by Sony Music.  Suddenly those fake versions appeared on the Internet. They come from Russia. Bootlegs? Well, first of all the CDs don't show any name of a record company on the CD. They only say "LP-R © 2000". This leads us to the next question: Why do the songs still sound as if they were recorded from an LP? You can hear all the typical LP-noises etc., so it is no master copy - only an LP reproduction. On the "Checkpoint bootleg there are even some mistakes: The beginning of "Put Your Mouth Where The Money Is" is missing (the part where SAILOR talk and count from 1 to 4 before the song starts), and there is a noise in the middle of "My Girl (She Knows What To Do)" which sounds as if somebody hit the record player by mistake during the recording. ;-) We will probably never know, but please: Don't buy any SAILOR CDs that show this "LP-R © 2000" or simply "LP-R" sign (see pictures above)!! SAILOR
say: "Please don't buy any of those bootlegs!" Phil's
letter to the company that offers the bootleg CDs: Now that we
know that those CDs are definitely illegal and not
licensed by Sony Music in any way and also that SAILOR
don't receive any royalties nobody should buy those
recordings. |
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Folk-Rock's Flight from
Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock" (Backbeat Books, 2003)
SAILOR's very special concert at the Swan
Theatre (Town Hall) in High Wycombe, UK on 16 November
2002 - their first "headline" show in the UK
for over 25 years - was filmed for an official release on
DVD. The DVD is called "Pirate Copy - Sailor Live
In Concert" and is now available on Angel Air
Records.
The Secretary
Girls Girls Girls
Hits" release from Epic
Records. 
In August 2003 another new Affinity CD
simply named "1971-72" will be released on
Angel Air Records. At that time the line-up of Affinity
had changed to: Grant Serpell: drums /
Mo Foster: bass / Mike Jopp: guitars / Vivienne McAuliffe: vocals / Dave Watts: Keyboards.
SAILOR at the MT cancelled
