News Archive 2004
06 December 2004: Tour Diary Holland 2004 Special SAILOR Greetings to all the Dutch fans and everyone we've met whilst on tour here. We're having a fabulous time in a great country where all are so friendly and helpful... except perhaps a few of those who have given directions on the way to theatres! Well actually they're well-meaning, but when they say "Go right" which we've found (to our cost on the odd occasion- but now we know!) they actually mean "straight on". For instance, not having ever once been to Arnhem (A Bridge Too Far?) we found that by driving straight through it twice into the countryside beyond - we'd finally visited the town no less than 3 times in the same day! (3rd time lucky). The tour kicked off in Egmond aan Zee north of Amsterdam on the coast (20 November) and afterwards many of our faithful fans arrived to turn it into the usual 'SAILOR- party" - Katrin and Karsten of course - Christel and a number of others had driven from Germany, Linda from England and others from all over the place. Peter and Grant brought their cars over so we could be self-contained (we're actually quite good at looking after ourselves!) which means we can drive back to the same hotel in Leusden every night - Bliss! Earlier
in the tour, however whilst we were getting ready to
leave the hotel to travel to the gig and 'belting-up' in
the two cars, Phil (who usually navigates) asked Grant
which town they were going to and was surprised that he
too didn't appear to have a clue. The two then turned to
the 'font of all knowledge' - 'Naylorman' in the back
seat, who also surprisingly said: "I've got no idea
- I thought you guys would know!" In fact it's now Monday 29 November, and Rob went back to England yesterday on our day off to see Anna and his new baby son Louis, and importantly for the band, to bring his truck out to Holland to enable us to bring the Nickelodeon back for essential repairs and for its use on the forthcoming UK tour. He therefore had to get up at the crack of dawn to be at Dover this morning in time for the ferry so as to be on time for our show tonight in Almere (which was great by the way). - So as you can see he just made it (with only 25 mins to spare). It's heartwarming and very special for us to be back in the land of substantial bicycles, 'Top Pop', hot chocolate and street organs again after all these years - since "Traffic Jam" topped the charts in Holland - our very first hit record anywhere in the world. Judging by the reaction we've received from Dutch audiences, it looks very likely we'll be playing concerts in Holland on a much more regular basis. Most of the audiences have been singing along to everything and seem to know all the words to our songs. The Rubettes are great guys with whom we're all having a good laugh and everyone is getting on a treat - all of which should bode incredibly well for the lengthy demanding UK tour coming up. On Saturday (27 November) we made the long drive up to Leeuwarden, a charming and very quaint port town in the north (what more appropriate place could SAILOR possibly play?) The show was one of best for a very long time, but also made more memorable on this occasion by our meeting Lody Scheffer (supreme Dutch fan and ex-sailor himself) and his family for a get-together afterwards where we were presented with a magnificent SAILOR 30th Birthday Cake (see pic on the right) which went down very well - and quite quickly as I recall! An approach was also made by a wealthy individual that evening about possibly getting the band out to play at a brand new hotel in the Seychelles next year. Let's see - we'll have to look in the diary on that one (Not!). Phil's mandolin was accidentally smashed on 26 November at Rijssen with the neck hanging off in bits. All very sad, but miraculously fixed by a local guitar maker and ready for action again at Almere. With Gert, Renee, Bas and Jos, we certainly have a great team on the road with us. Uncharacteristically (probably why it was so funny!) 'Naylorman' mistook a Burger King sign for the moon one misty damp night on our way out of Vlaardingen (21 November) causing no end of mirth on the way back home to Leusden after the show. In SAILOR, these instances tend to not be forgotten that easily, and quickly made it into the band's 'folklore' - like the time for instance when Phil, on seeing the 'Soulful Dynamics' at an east German Hotel Breakfast buffet (but not at that time having yet met) cheerfully ventured his assumption that they might possibly be visiting African dignitaries "on their holidays!" "Frock"
or "Nickers?" Better sign off now. Three more shows to go - Kerkrade, Etten-Leur and Roermond then back to Blighty. To everyone out there whether Dutch or not - do try and come, we'd love to see you. If not, there's always next time! Loads more to write but as there's another show tomorrow - also have to sleep! All the
best, The last part of the tour diary comes from fresh from the MARINERO headquaters... The last three concerts in Kerkrade, Etten-Leur and Roermond were a big success - in spite of the usual problems in finding the venues etc. that Phil has already mentioned above. Special thanks for
all the great photos, reviews and everything from us to Go to the Concert photos-section for more photos, reviews and other information about the tour! Best wishes and SAILOR-greetings, |
Update 04 December 2004:
The Golden Classics
30th anniversary Holland tour with SAILOR and The Rubettes featuring Alan
Williams is over... and we will soon give you lots of
updates including the exclusive SAILOR tour diary right here.
Go to the Concert photos-section for more photos,
reviews and other information about the tour!
We also have a few external links for you where you can see reviews, photos and (in one
case) even sound clips and a short video piece of the most recent
shows:
Many thanks to Roland and Tina Muylkens from Rubettes.info for their photos from Arnhem and to Peppo Woudenberg for his review of the Vlaardingen concert, as well as Ralf Willemsen for his Rijssen review and photos!
If anybody of you out there has also been to one of the concerts of the tour please send us your reviews and/or photos, as we would like to know what you think of the tour and the concerts!
Best wishes and SAILOR-greetings,
~ Katrin
your webmaster
15 November 2004:
Radio dates - Holland and UK:
On the first
day of the Golden Classics 30th anniversary Holland
tour with SAILOR and The
Rubettes featuring Alan Williams,
20 November
2004,
SAILOR will be at the show "Muziekcafé" at
Radio 2 in Holland.
www.trosradio2.nl
The show will be broadcast from 4 pm to 6 pm, and they
are probably going to play three songs and do an
interview!!
AND...
On the same
day, 20 November 2004, SAILOR will also
be mentioned at BBC Radio 2 in the UK.
Special thanks to SAILOR fan Linda for forwarding the
following news:
"I've just been listening to a radio show "Radio
Rivron" on BBC Radio 2 (1 pm - 1.30 pm GMT)
and at the end the presenter announced, 'Next week I
shall be tracking down SAILOR to see if they still get
together over a glass of champagne, albeit at lunchtime.
If you haven't tried it, I can't recommend it highly
enough.'"
www.bbc.co.uk/radio2
AND...
On 24 November 2004 four members of SAILOR and The Rubettes will be present at the well-known Radio 2 programme "Schiffers.FM" in Holland. The show will be broadcast from 2 pm to 5 pm.
31 October 2004:
We are proud to anounce the launch of the new homepage of Henry Marsh: |
19 October 2004:
, The Rubettes featuring Alan Williams and Andy Scott's Sweet on a special "Glitz Blitz and
70's Hitz Tour" in the UK
www.flyingmusic.com
Three
legendary bands will be on a special "Glitz Blitz and 70's
Hitz" Tour in the UK from February to May 2005:
- SAILOR
- Andy Scott's The Sweet
- The Rubettes featuring Alan Williams
30 years after hits like "A Glass Of Champagne",
"Girls Girls Girls", "Ballroom Blitz",
"Fox On The Run", "Sugar Baby Love", "I
Can Do It" and many others the three bands and their fans
are going to celebrate with a very special show at 40 concerts in
the UK.
Here's a
press info about the tour:
"A spectacular celebration of the best of British glam
rock with three classic bands of the era. On one amazing bill,
Sweet, The Rubettes and very special guest SAILOR will be putting
on a sensational show and transporting you back to the very best
of seventies glam rock.
Sweet are the quintessential 70's glam rock band, who brought
androgynous looks and crunching guitar pop to the masses.
Including their smash no.1 "Blockbuster", they had 17
charting hits and spent over three years in the UK charts alone.
Joining them on this classic bill, The Rubettes. The Rubettes
first made No.1 in 1974 with their very first single 'Sugar Baby
Love' and after five weeks at the coveted No.1 spot in the UK
they repeated their success throughout the world. The Rubettes
went on to have a further 15 international hits establishing
themselves, with their flamboyant Gatsby appearance, as one of
the Icons of the 70's Glam Rock era.
And finally, special guests SAILOR complete this fantastic line
up. They reached the top of the charts in the UK, South Africa,
Australia and all over Europe with their distinctive records
including 'A Glass Of Champagne', 'Girls Girls Girls', 'Stiletto
Heels' , 'Traffic Jam' and 'One Drink Too Many'."
And this is
what Phil Pickett says about the tour:
"SAILOR are
hugely excited about taking part in this event in commemoration
of our 30th Anniversary since the band's very first No 1 Record,
and will be delighted to get out there across the UK to meet many
fans from the 1970s. This will be the first opportunity for many
UK fans to finally get hold of 'Buried Treasure' - 30 years' -
worth of a Classic Archive CD Anthology of SAILOR's greatest
hits, highlights unreleased and experimental work - and also
James McCarraher's excellent and highly entertaining new book, 'A
Glass Of Champagne - The Official SAILOR Story'."
Further details about the concerts can be found above!
02 October 2004:
Update: -
The Musical Journey
03 July until
09 July 2006 at the Carnegie Hall Dunfermline (near Edinburgh),
UK
Bill Blenman, the producer of the
show, writes: "Just to give you an update, the formulation of a cast for "SAILOR - The Musical Journey", is now taking place, auditions are now being scheduled and more support has been coming forward to help in the production. There is a change to the date that the show will now be performed, the new date is 03 July until 09 July 2006. The reason for this is that the theatre is to have some improvements done, and these have take place after their seasonal pantomime. It is actually good news for us in that this means we have a little longer to prepare and rehearse and that it is in the summer months, rather than in the cold month of January. Please be assured that this now a DEFINITE date. SAILOR THE MUSICAL IS DEFIANTLY NOW ON TRACK. Yours Bill Blenman - Producer" "SAILOR, The Musical Journey" 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. Further details here...! |
Update 25 September 2004:
We
are proud to announce the birth of Louis George - son of
SAILOR-member Rob Alderton and Anna Lishman - on 19 September
2004!!!!!!!!
Best wishes to Louis George and his parents from the whole
SAILOR-crew and welcome aboard! ;-)
Any
messages to the three of them can be sent to marinero@t-online.de and will be
forwarded to them.
Thanks to everyone who have forwarded messages already for all
the kind wishes!
Special thanks to Rob and Anna for the photos:
19 September 2004:
and The Rubettes featuring Alan Williams celebrate 30th Anniversary in
Holland
- official press info from www.goldenclassics.nl -
Special tour through Holland starts in November!
Between the 20th
of November and the 3rd of December 2004 two legendary
groups from the 70s will embark on a unique theatertour
that takes them through eleven Dutch cities. The Rubettes en
SAILOR are celebrating their 30th anniversary and will
treat their fans to all their famous hits and favorites in a two
and a half hour show.
The Rubettes, famous for their white caps and high voices, became
household names in 1974 with a song thats become one of the
most famous and recognizable hits of the 70s, "Sugar
Baby Love". Other hits were, amongst others,
"Tonight", "Jukebox Jive" and "I Can Do
It".
In the same year another band with an unusual sound and
appearance showed up in the charts. They were SAILOR and enjoyed
huge European success with hits like "A Glass Of
Champagne", "Girls Girls Girls" and also "La
Cumbia" and "The Secretary" which were surprise
hits for them in the 90s.
A unique tour it surely will be especially since this is the
first time both bands appear in a theatertour in almost 30 years.
According to the website of the tour , www.goldenclassics.nl ,
several shows are also taking place in towns near the German
border. Amongst these are Kerkrade, Roermond (both in the Limburg
province) and Rijssen in Overijssel.
For international customers most
tickets can be purchased via www.ticketmaster.nl or at the theatres directly.
Check also www.goldenclassics.nl for more info.
15 September 2004:
"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 Peter, Phil, Rob and Grant
plus some extremely precious archive material from the original
line up of Georg, Henry, Phil and Grant as well as material from
the "Dressed For Drowning" / Caribou era etc. - never
before heard, will be released soon!
As many of you know the time to get all the necessary permissions
etc. has taken very long, but now SAILOR have everything in place
and can go ahead. It will surely be worth the waiting time!
"Buried Treasure" will be released on SAILOR's own
label and is expected to be ready for late 2004 / early 2005.
Watch this space for further information on the SAILOR anthology
CD boxed set "Buried Treasure" soon!
15 September 2004:
in the list of the 50 most successful pop bands of the last 40 years in Germany... |
On 31 August 2004
SAILOR were in Cologne, Germany, for the recording of the TV show
"Die ultimative Chart Show - Die erfolgreichsten
Popgruppen" for German RTL television. The show was
broadcast on 03 September 2004. The show included a countdown of
the 50 most famous pop bands of the last 40 years (according to
the chart positions of all their singles) and SAILOR reached
place number 45, surrounded by Genesis on 46 and Culture Club on
44.
SAILOR performed a medley of "A Glass Of Champagne" and
"Girls Girls Girls", played an unplugged piece of
"Karma Chameleon" and also had a clip showing Grant and
Phil in England and Grant with his collection of Gold records.
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Here's the list of the 50 most successful pop bands of the last 40 years in Germany from RTL:
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11 September 2004: News from Henry MarshFinally we
have got some great news from one of the former SAILOR
members again: So, dear Henry: CONGRATULATIONS from the Marinero-crew!!! ;-) Thanks for forwarding those good news to James McCarraher!! |
11 September 2004:
books...
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"A Glass Of Champagne -
The Official SAILOR Story":
Less than 200 copies remaining. The book has now been
reviewed in Record Collector (circulation approximately 100,000).
Record Collector Magazine for October 2004 has given the book a
*** review ('fans will like it') commenting, "Full marks for
the wealth of research".
...And now for some more good news
for SAILOR devotees: The first of the SAILOR Scrapbook
Series is due to be ready for Christmas 2004! For further details, watch
this space and check out http://jamesmccarraher.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk or feel free to e mail
James at james@mccarraher.fsnet.co.uk.
See below!
31 July 2004:
In
the pipeline...
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The release of
"A Glass of Champagne - The Official SAILOR Story" has
been very well received by fans and will shortly be unleashed on
the music press.
The book contains over 120 photographs and it was to the author's
disappointment that many hundreds of worthy photographs had to be
excluded due to practicalities surrounding the size of the book.
Weighing in at 352 pages and 121,000 words, had additional images
been added, it would have become unmanageable.
SAILOR fans will therefore no doubt be delighted to hear that
plans are afoot to shape those remaining, useable images into a
collectable series of picture books for future release. It is
hoped the first volume will be ready by October/November 2004.
Each volume is planned to be a short run, collectable edition
that can build up into a set.
For further details, watch this space and check out http://jamesmccarraher.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk or feel free to e mail
James at james@mccarraher.fsnet.co.uk.
A taster is pictured below...
17 July 2004:
On 15 July 2004 German ARD television had a show called "Deutschlands größte Hits" (=Germany's greatest hits). Here is their result of the most famous songs in 1976:
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04 July 2004:
Book:
A Glass Of Champagne - The Official Story
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We
herewith proudly announce that the book "A Glass Of
Champagne - The Official SAILOR Story" by James
McCarraher has been released. For all of you who haven't ordered the book yet, here are the details: '"A
Glass Of Champagne - The Official Sailor Story" can
be ordered by sending a cheque or postal order to James
McCarraher (payable to 'Sailor Limited') for £25 plus
£2.99 postage and packing (or 35 Euros plus 10 Euros
postage and packing). For
orders outside U.K and Europe, please add a further
£2.00 to cover postage costs which are horrendous for a
book this size! Please contact James at james@mccarraher.fsnet.co.uk and he will
furnish you with a contact address. Please remember to quote your address and eMail address in all correspondence. Your signed book will be sent to you fresh off the presses in June! A message from the author: Pre-ordered signed copies will be despatched in the first two weeks of July. Please bear with us, there are a lot of orders to process! To everyone who pre-ordered a copy, thank you for your patience and support. |
Update 10 June 2004:
Book:
A Glass Of Champagne - The Official Story
|
The
Official SAILOR Story is an independent assessment of
SAILOR's history which has been exhaustively and
lovingly researched and written by James McCarraher, with
the full, frank and unbridled co-operation of the four
founder members Georg Kajanus, Henry Marsh, Phil Pickett
and Grant Serpell, current torch-bearers Peter Lincoln
and Rob Alderton as well as past members, Gavin and
Virginia David. For all of you who haven't ordered the book yet, go to the Merchandise-page or the page about the Book for further details. Please remember to quote your address and eMail address in all correspondence. Your signed book will be sent to you fresh off the presses in June! The delivery date for "A Glass Of Champagne - The Official Sailor Story" is end of June as promised, with orders being sent in the first two weeks of July! |
Update: 16 May 2004:
30th
anniversary radio special
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26 April 2004:
Here's a message we received from
SAILOR fan Hans Hassink from Holland: "Ahoy fellow
stowaways, On 28 April 2004 there will also be an interview with Georg Kajanus at Radio 2. Thanks for the information to Hans Hassink!! |
24 April 2004:
Update: - The Musical Journey...
Here are the latest updates about
the 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. Bill
Blenman, the producer of the show, writes: Further details here...!
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06 April 2004:
at the "Marvellous 2004" Festival at Wellington County Park, UK |
Here's a text from the website promoting the festival: www.marvellousfestivals.com Marvellous Festivals Limited is delighted to present the second summer music festival at Wellington Country Park. This years concerts are once again set against the wonderful backdrop of the Waterloo Meadow. Friday 25 June 2004: * You wonder if this is "our" Pete? Yes, it's captain Lincoln himself! ;-) Saturday 26 June 2004 Gates open at 5:00pm with the first concert to start at 7:00 pm. The evenings are expected to end at approximately 10:30pm. For further details check out www.marvellousfestivals.com. |
Click on the
picture to enlarge (opens in a new window):
Update 01 April 2004:
Tring, UK - 20+21 March 2004We're heading for a great, big, worlwide power cut...
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Two days? Well,
this is a little difficult to explain...
The SAILOR fans and friends were all seated in the Court Theatre
in Tring, UK on the evening of the 20 March 2004, ready for
SAILOR's 30th anniversary headline concert. The show was sold
out, the stage set looked marvellous, the fans were dressed up
and ready for the best and most special show in years. SAILOR
started their performance at 8 pm with their trademark-song
"Sailor", receiving a more than fantastic applause from
the audience. When they were just about to start the second song
"Blame It On The Soft Spot" there suddenly was a power
cut because of the terrible storm outside - not only at the
theatre but at the whole town. There had already been problems
with the electricity in the afternoon, but now SAILOR had to
leave the stage in order to try to solve the problems together
with NaylorMan.
The fans started their own little party in the dark theatre, in
spite of the worrying events, waiting for NaylorMan who gave them
regular updates on the power cut. Everyone hoped the problem
would be solved in the next few minutes, so the show could go on.
But at 9.45 pm there was still no electricity and it was rather
unlikely that it would come back soon, so SAILOR decided to play
the concert on the next morning at 10 am ("Sunday service
with Rob Alderton"...). For quite a few fans this
unfortunately meant that they could not come back to see the
concert because they had to drive a long way, flights to catch
etc., but it was the only way for SAILOR to rescue the concert at
all.
On Sunday morning approximately 100 tired but yet expectant
SAILOR fans found their way to the Court Theatre in Tring once
again and then enjoyed the most special and unique concert in
years, including not only SAILOR's greatest and latest hits but
also some rare songs like "Jacaranda" or some songs
that were never before played at any live concert:
"Nickelodeon Nights" and the brand new song "The
Harbour Bar Bell", written by Rob (see below!).
Photos from both days will be online soon (we suggest that we
just turn the first night into the official Tring fan-meeting or
something like that).
If you have any photos, reviews or anything else about the
"Tring Thing " that you would like to see here too,
please e-mail them to us at marinero@t-online.de!!
Further information soon.
Oh what a story to tell...
Best wishes and
SAILOR-greetings,
~ The MARINERO crew
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Here's a special message from Phil Pickett that he left in the guestbook on 01 April 2004:
Hi everyone!
I just wanted to thank all of our very special fans for their
stoicism, dedication and enthusiasm in the face of adversity and
the devastating power cut at Tring a couple of weeks ago and our
first show in England for many moons (the only light we ended up
seeing that night!)
Hearing the whole audience singing songs & having fun in the
dark however (by the way, what else were you all doing out
there?) was a very moving experience from an even darker dressing
room & helped greatly to lighten the mood and sense of
frustration we all felt when it finally dawned that the Concert
would have to be postponed, electricity permitting, until Sunday
morning at 10am. As Peter said in the dark "it feels like
the best show we've never done!"
One or two of the fans have commented on the respect they felt
was shown by the band for their audience in returning next day to
play so early - but in my book all medals, awards and Gold
Statuettes must surely go to the fans themselves for having the
tenacity, love & dedication to drag themselves out of their
warm Sunday beds to come back and see us! In many cases travel,
accomodation and flights etc all had to be changed at the last
minute, so please tell me what band out there ever had such a
fantastic and loyal (& growing again!) collection of fans?
(Rob Alderton also deserves pats on back & 'drinks all round'
for putting the show on in his own local theatre at Tring - as
well as building and designing such a great stage set - well done
shipmate!)
Anyway it all turned out great & memorable as these things
often do in SAILOR, and although a bizarre experience to say the
least, we all eventually enjoyed a fantastic time together.
Do hope to see many of you again very soon, and especially next
year up and down the country on our first major UK Tour, so tell
all of your friends and bring them along - It promises to be a
very special 30th Anniversary year for us kicked off in fine
style by "the show that nearly never happened!"
So thanks again everyone -"SAILOR Salutes You!"
Love,
Phil Pickett
Go to the Concert photos-section for more photos,
reviews and other information about the Tring concert(s)!!
22 March 2004:
The Harbour Bar Bell... |
"It all began in an old harbour bar, where sailors would gather from near and from far"... Follow this link for the lyrics of the new SAILOR song written by Rob Alderton: The Harbour Bar Bell.
08 March 2004:
Book: A Glass Of Champagne - The Official Story |
The Official Sailor Story is an independent assessment of SAILOR's history which has been exhaustively and lovingly researched and written by James McCarraher, with the full, frank and unbridled co-operation of the four founder members Georg Kajanus, Henry Marsh, Phil Pickett and Grant Serpell, current torch-bearers Peter Lincoln and Rob Alderton as well as past members, Gavin and Virginia David.
Newsletter
from the SAILOR HQ:
Dear SAILOR Afficionados!
As recently mentioned here on the MARINERO website, James
McCarraher's epic biography of SAILOR, written with the full
co-operation of all the member's of the band past and
present... is now almost ready for publication.
The book has been written with a great deal of love and care,
dedication and humour, and which furthermore has not ducked some
of the more controversial aspects of SAILOR's rise and fall...and
heroic lift-off to prominence yet again in a whole new era
for the band in the 21st Century.
Without further ado, Sailor Ltd are therfore proud
to enclose the attached promotional material (see
below) for James's fine book containing details of how to order
etc. Due to the huge interest already received, we would strongly
advise you to get your order in early for a signed 'limited
edition' copy of the first ever and only 'Authorised' biography
of one of the most entertaining, innovative and original groups
of all time... SAILOR
With best wishes,
Sailor Ltd
Click here for further details...
03 March 2004: |
Newsletter March 2004 |
Firstly,
"SAILOR Briefing" The band are very pleased and proud to announce, that: (almost as a direct result of the increase in SAILOR's UK profile lately due to several Radio 2 song plays and mentions, a recent "Top Of The Pops 2" feature, and an appearance on one of the most highly-rated UK TV shows: "Never Mind The Buzzcocks") SAILOR will be taking part in a 50-date Marathon UK 'Flying Music' Tour from February 2005 performing with The SWEET and The RUBETTES. Mark Lamarr was correct in telling the 8 million TV audience that the guys would be out touring extensively in their "30th Anniversary Year" - but in truth at that time no arrangements had even been put in place! Thankfully however, as one of the promoters was watching the show, it has now been made a reality, finally giving SAILOR the opportunity to get out there and meet each and every one of their UK fans all over the country... ( which due to the number of daily eMails received at sailormusic@hotmail.com HQ - we know there are still thousands of you out there!). So therefore, instead of being 30 years since SAILOR's foundation, the UK Tour will commemorate the 30th Anniversary of SAILOR's first UK Hit Record - "A Glass Of Champagne". Other News: James McCarraher has
all but completed his epic book, the
authorised biography of SAILOR, its title also taken
from the group's first UK hit back in 1975,
and written with full co-operation and active help
from all of the past and present members of the band. That's it for SAILOR - now
a little news on the personal front! - Captain
Phil's Cabin!! See you in
Tring... |
17 February 2004: were featured on "Top Of The
Pops 2" tonight on BBC2. It was the Christmas 1976
clip of "A Glass Of Champagne" (see photo on
the right!). They also promoted the "Tring
Thing" and the upcoming musical. |
19 January 2004:
Special "In Concert" UK show... |
"A SAILOR's Night On The Town" 2004 Don't miss SAILOR's special 30th anniversary headline concert in Tring, UK!! |
Date and Location: A text from the
theatre programme promoting the concert: Concert After-Show
Party Tickets HOW TO BOOK:
Tring is 35 minutes from London (Euston station), the theatre is 0.5 km from Tring station. Further details (map and accomodation etc.) will follow soon. Tell all your friends and see you at the "Tring Thing"!! ;-) Very best
wishes from |
19 January 2004:
Newsletter
January 2004
|
SAILOR kick off
their 30th Anniversary Year with a very special intimate Concert
at The Court Theatre in Tring, Hertfordshire, UK on 20th March
2004.
Yes, it's 30 years since the unique band's first ever record
release in 1974 - way back during miner's strikes, Edward Heath
v. Arthur Scargill, Callaghan, telly going off at 10 pm, fuel
shortages... But what was soon to come along to relieve all the
grey gloom? You guessed it! SAILOR!
Grant Phil,
Peter and Rob (playing "At Home") are looking forward
to playing in the UK for the first time since High Wycombe in
2002 and will be on hand to sign "Pirate Copy" DVDs and
"Live In Berlin" CDs whilst chatting to all their
fans and friends.
Also you will
be able to order signed hardback copies of James
McCarraher's forthcoming (published in May 2004) beautifully
written book on SAILOR. It will be the group's first ever
official biography and the result of many months of interviews
and painstaking research by James, who will also be in attendance
at the show and available to talk to.
It's a small
theatre so order your tickets without delay!
See you in
Tring...
Best wishes,
SAILOR
Phil, Rob, Grant and Peter
07 January 2004:
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The SAILOR biography is now
complete, a foreword has been written by Jeffrey Lesser and a
publisher has been secured. Band members are liaising with the
author regarding final amendments and additions. This book will
prove to be a treat for all SAILOR fans, with first hand accounts
from all band members and dozens of never-before-seen photographs
from the Sony Archive and private collections. Details of how to
secure your copy of a signed, strictly limited, first edition
hard back, will follow in due course. Watch this space for
further details.
Planned release date: May/June 2004.
Best wishes and SAILOR-greetings,
~ The MARINERO crew
& James McCarraher
07 January 2004: On 05 January 2004 Phil
Pickett could be seen on British BBC2 television in the
show "Never Mind The Buzzcocks". As a
part of the quiz the candidates (also musicians) had to
"guess the original musician" from a line-up of
five persons. The question was: who is the real Phil
Pickett? The other four guys were also dressed as
sailors, and a 70s videoclip of SAILOR was shown. |
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