Announcement: THE 3RD MINIATURES ALBUM!!!

Dear Friends and music lovers, a special announcement to let you know that MINIATURES 2020 – the THIRD Miniatures – has just been released!

This time, I had nothing to do with it except to give the project my blessing and provide encouragement and advice. It is in fact made as a 40th Anniversary tribute to the original 1980 Miniatures album. I am deeply touched by this huge, brilliant gesture. and heartily thank all the artists involved. Of course my very special thanks must go to the three stalwart men responsible: Alan Davies, Barry Lamb, and William Hayter, who have really outdone themselves and me, by creating a massive collection of no less than 124 miniature tracks, including several by artists from the first two Miniatures albums.

This amazing collection of 124 miniature masterpieces includes a huge array of incredible talent, including members of King Crimson, Caravan, Fairport Convention, Henry Cow, Global Village Trucking Company, Curved Air, The Damned and The Blockheads as well as Billy Bragg, Toyah, Tom Robinson, Terry Riley, the list goes on and on . . . It is released by a newly-formed label called The 62nd Record Company (get it?) and is being sold by Chris Cutler (Henry Cow drummer)’s long-established avant-rock company, Recommended Records. The list price is a very reasonable £20, for a deluxe double CD-plus-book set (downloads and vinyl versions are also planned).

HERE is the launch video for the project. In addition, many of the artists have created or are creating videos for their tracks (a kind of 21st-century equivalent to the original Miniatures poster). These can be viewed HERE.

For another description, and to purchase Miniatures 2020, please go HERE!

I was hoping to complete this Miniatures blog by the time MINIATURES 2020 was released, but I stumbled at the 48th hurdle and still have three more tracks to cover, which will be done just as soon as I can.

The story continues… Thank you all!

Morgan