Here goes, then. For the past 6 weeks, it has been my intention to contact all of our wonderful customers for whom we have email addresses notifying them that the MARK FRY and VIBRAVOID singles are in stock and available. This is the first chance I’ve had.

Drowning in orders, we’ve been - all helped by the fact Jonesy had his mush in Record Collector under the Label Of Love feature. Needless to say, our average customer profile has taken a shift to the younger more female variety since the article appeared. I may have made that last bit up.

So, yeah, the summer was all about keeping our heads above water. Here are the leg-cocking facts as I understand them:

VIBRAVOID Krautrock Sensation EP is in -. 4 tracks covering CAN, AMON DUUL II, KRAFTWERK and MASHANTRA (I don’t know how to put the umlauts in…!), on ocean-blue vinyl 7” - $8 shipped anywhere for that puppy – you NEED this one as it’s the Dog’s Bollocks.

MARK FRY Dreaming With Alice/ The Witch (Live) is also in, on purple vinyl and after reserves, pre-orders and people stumbling across it, we have about 40 copies left of this acid-folk masterpiece - $8 shipped, and you’d have to be barking mad to miss it – it’s the Mutt’s Nuts.

CRANIUM PIE Baby, You’re A Rich Man/ Madman Running Through The Fields – COMING SOON (October’ish) - reserve this by reply to be sure of a copy.  The PIE, it seems, are destined to be taken walkies by someone else soon, judging by the fact labels are trying to snap them up. Get in there for some psych-prog madness – genius, I tell you, it’s the Lab’s Nads.

Our Christmas single will be by US & THEM as they mix up Floyd with something traditional, throw in a bit of Jackson C Frank and settle in to a Tudor Lodge for the winter. Again, reserve by reply, as it’s the Poodle’s…okay, that one doesn’t work, but you know what I’m saying..

And the HARUKO album is still available, a copy of which will seriously enhance your life, in a dog-stroking, face-licking kind of way (calming and refreshing). Go fetch!

Hear stuff at www.myspace.com/fdmer

Buy stuff at www.brackenrecords.com

“HEEL!” – oops, gotta run…

FdM – nice and tidy!

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