PRESS RELEASE AUGUST 2012
RACHEL
TAYLOR-BEALES RELEASES NEW LIVE ALBUM
AVAILABLE
TO DOWNLOAD FREE FROM BANDCAMP AUGUST 01/ 2012
In June 2012 Rachel and her collective of
highly talented musicians were due to enter Welsh Studio Felin Fach and record a 6 track EP of new songs
featuring special guests including her previous collaborator multi-instrumentalist and guitar virtuoso Dylan Fowler as well as the highly acclaimed bassist Paul Gray (formerly of The Damned/ Eddie And
The Hot Rods/ UFO/ New York Dolls and more)
However, in May just 4 weeks prior to the
recording dates, Rachel (then 24 weeks pregnant) fell from stage during a
sound-check while on tour in Italy and sustained immobilizing injuries to her
lower back and hip, (fortunately the baby was fine and unharmed!)
In light of this all plans and projects
scheduled for the coming weeks and months had to be postponed and cancelled as
recovery and intensive physiotherapy to restore her body in readiness for the
birth of her baby due at the end of August had to take priority!
In the weeks that followed Rachel’s
injuries new plans were formed.
The studio EP received an upgrade to
full-length album and will be recorded and released in 2013, still featuring
the skills of her collective as well as Paul Gray, Dylan Fowler and some additional special
guests!
In its place Rachel has decided to release
a Live Album of 8 selected tracks recorded with her ‘Extraordinary Collective’ at a gig in Newport University
earlier this year.
The chosen songs reflect new and current
arrangements of some familiar tunes. Catrin Anghard (aka Angharad Evans)
provides additional lyrics sung in Welsh language. Cellist, Rosy Robinson
brings extra backing vocal harmonies as well as new cello dynamic parts while
multi-instrumentalist Dylan Fowler adds his electric guitar, slide and piano
and mandocello into the mix.
The collective were also joined by two
hidden members at the time of recording as Rachel was then 14 weeks pregnant
and Rosy 20 weeks!
The ‘Live at Newport University’ album is
released on Hushland Records and will be available to download for free on
Band-Camp from August the 1st 2012. Rachel will then be on maternity leave
after this time but will be taking bookings again after May 2013. For more info
and updates in the meantime please visit her website and follow her on twitter.
(New LIVE CD available to download for free
from August the 1st 2012)
COPY/
LINER NOTES FOR LIVE ALBUM 2012
RACHEL TAYLOR-BEALES AND HER EXTRAORDINARY COLLECTIVE LIVE AT NEWPORT
UNIVERSITY 2012
SONGS:
DIGGING SONG
TURNAROUND TOWN
COME ON IN
CHILD IN THE SUN
MELANCHOLY
WAITING FOR YOU
LIBERTY
HERE WE GO
NOTES: THESE ARE A SELECTION OF
SONGS TAKEN FROM A GIG THAT WAS PERFORMED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES NEWPORT
CAMPUS AS PART OF THE CULT CYMRU CREATIVE INDUSTRIES FAIR IN MARCH 2012
MUSICIANS:
RACHEL TAYLOR-BEALES:
VOCALS/ ACOUSTIC GUITARS/ ELECTRIC GUITAR/ BANJO
DYLAN FOWLER: MANDOCELLO
/ELECTRIC GUITAR/ SLIDE/ PIANO
CATRIN ANGHARAD:
BACKING VOCALS WELSH AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ROSY ROBINSON: CELLO
/ ADDITIONAL BACKING VOCALS
ENGINEERED AND RECORDED BY BILL TAYLOR-BEALES
MIXED AND MASTERED BY RACHEL AND BILL TAYLOR-BEALES @ HUSHLAND STUDIOS
CARDIFF 2012 WWW.HUSHLAND.COM
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO MY ‘EXTRAORDINARY
COLLECTIVE’ OF MUSOS AND FRIENDS WHO GIVE SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME EXPERTISE
AND CREATIVITY! TO BILL FOR ALWAYS BEING ON HAND TO HELP IN SO MANY WAYS AND
MAKE THINGS WORK FOR THE BEST! AND TO PAUL GRAY FOR HIS CONTINUED SUPPORT AND
ENCOURAGEMENT!
