Squeeze blog, Fred Perry and Sub-Culture

Chris Difford set up a brilliant digital music / video / photo / blog system called SMMC – Saturday Morning Music Club which is a pure delight to use. It’s based on the same system that delivers BBC iPlayer and is such a smooth and trouble free experience. It was so successful with his Cashmere If You Can album and then with a re-release of Glenn Tilbrook’s Pandemonium Ensues (with six bonus tracks) that it has really taken off and there are exciting plans to use it again. Here’s the SMMC update:

We at SMMC and Squeeze Towers, after an autumn of r&r (research & relentless development) – are more than delighted to be able to announce that in the very near future we will be launching 2 incredibly exciting initiatives based around the awesome SMMC App, and of course our flag-waving standard bearers, SQUEEZE.

In association with our friends at Fred Perry, and their fantastic Sub-Culture website, we will be bringing you an “up close and personal” so intimate it should come with a personal space warning. Every single day of the tour, resident video blogger and occasional drummer Simon Hanson will be bringing us his unique take on the tour happenings, in the form of a short movie ….. delivered direct to the SMMC Subculture App.

Along with this, Captain Alice will be bringing us the Captain’s Blog – the diary of a tour manager. Alice will give us her insight and stories and experiences of how its going on the road, and is even threatening to throw in some pictures.

And finally – the inimitable and incomparable Chris Difford will be bringing us his bird’s eye view of the tour, daily – with Diff’s Pics, his choice of documentation from his very own camera.

All brought to you by Fred Perry Subculture. Every Day throughout the tour.

We aim to please.

Another exciting announcement to follow.

Well, where’s the announcement? Coming soon I hope!

All 11 Chapters of “Cashmere If You Can” are available together, at once. That’s a total of 37 songs, complete with lyrics, plus 11 videos, tons of exclusive photos, and loads more, all delivered via the incredibly clever and elegant Saturday Morning Music Club Desktop App.

Lots of News

Well, Glenn Tilbrook has a new web site design which looks excellent.

This week Glenn’s on Ken Bruce’s Tracks of My Years on BBC Radio 2. The show is everyday between 9.30 and midday. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/ken-bruce/tracks-of-my-years/ for details.

In addition, Saturday Morning Music Club has expanded to three releases – there’s the pre-order for Spot the Difference, the new re-recordings of Squeeze classics with a killer version of Loving You Tonight sung by Glenn, and a reissue of Pandemonium Ensuess which has six, yes six, extra tracks:
Black Sheep (Remix)
Happy Disposition (Acoustic)
Product (Acoustic)
Relentless Pursuit(Acoustic)
Still (Acoustic)
Too Close to the Sun (Demo)

and very good they are too – all for not very many dollars. Visit Saturday Morning Music Club to find out more and join.

US Tour Merchandise

Thought you might like to see the full selection of Squeeze merchandise currently available on the US tour – and truly excellent it all is.

Squeeze US Tour Merchandise 2010

With Squeeze washbags, carrier bags, ‘Romantic Gestures Strange’ and ‘I Quite Like Squeeze’ t-shirts, there is something for everyone. The merch. stall also has download cards for the three albums now available on SMMC. Class!

Discography – Chris Difford 1975 Radio CD

Here’s the cover of Chris Difford’s new radio record ’1975′.
1975 CD Cover
1975 CD Cover
1975 CD Cover Back
1975 CD Back Cover
1975 CD
1975 CD

Don’t forget to sign up for the bargain of the century at www.smmcmedia.com where you can get 10 instalments of Chris Difford’s new album, Cashmere If You Can, with loads of extras for next to no money. It’s great!

Get Chris Difford’s new album “Cashmere if you can”