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Phases of the Moons - Occultation Releases

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The final 2011 Occultation release is a Christmas single, Factory Star's Lucybel. However it is unusual in that the 'b' side features a recording of one of the stand-out songs from the Enter Castle Perilous album, but recorded by label-mates The Granite Shore - whose leader Nick Halliwell produced Factory Star's album and single. Copies purchased from Occultation will come with a special limited edition promo CD also containing two tracks from the album. Ordering will start soon, we expect to have the singles by mid-November. The perfect Christmas present...

Few albums genuinely merit the old chestnut "long-awaited", but this one does. Ladies and gentlemen we give you... the new album from The Wild Swans, The Coldest Winter For A Hundred Years. Exclusive to this site, we also have a few remaining copies of the Tracks In Snow companion EP, featuring a further three songs from the Coldest Winter sessions, none of them on the album. E-mail us for availability

The first Occultation album is Factory Star Enter Castle Perilous which will be released on LP and CD (there'll be a special price to buy both together) in late March/early April. Featuring ten songs written by Martin Bramah, the album, produced by Nick Halliwell of The Granite Shore and engineered by Richard Turvey of The Wild Swans, was recorded over just three days in January 2011.

Following the Black Velvet EP (see below), comes the Distractions' first recordings of the 21st century, YMIR7DA008, the Come Home EP, featuring three tracks recorded in Liverpool in June 2010 by a line-up comprising previous Distractions Mike Finney and guitarist/songwriter Steve Perrin and bassist Nick Garside plus Nick Halliwell of label-mates The Granite Shore and drummer Stuart Mann. The 12" EP is due for release in early November 2010.

We are proud to announce the Distractions' first release for Occultation. YMIR7DA007, the Black Velvet EP, features three tracks recorded in the mid-1990s by a line-up comprising original singer Mike Finney and guitarist/songwriter Steve Perrin, together with bassist/producer Nick Garside and drummer Bernard van den Berg. More details if you click on the link above.

Following on from the debut single Tomorrow morning, 3 a.m., Occultation Recordings nnounce the second single by THE GRANITE SHORE, RHEA7DA006, Flood of fortune. Once again, this is an astonishingly ambitious single, featuring a 56-part string section and brass by Probyn Gregory (Brian Wilson, Wondermints, etc.), as well as contributions from Phil Wilson (June Brides), Arash Torabi (The Painted Word), Andy Fonda (Some Beans) and Bella Quinn. This record has been designed from the ground up for 7" release, although a digital download will also be available. More details and final artwork will appear here soon, but you can hear the tracks by clicking on the link above.

Jonathan Beckett was brought to our attention by Paul Simpson of The Wild Swans and this is his debut release. It is a digital-only EP (although limited quantities of promo CDs will be available, first-come, first-served). It features three songs, the stunningly beautiful She's A Vampire, the 1989, which actually references our own beloved Wild Swans and finally Between Two Worlds. The EP was mixed by Nick Halliwell of The Granite Shore and will be available with a digital booklet when purchased direct from us. Oh and the price... We're offering 15 and a half minutes of music for the special introductory price of just £1.50.

Building on the success of English Electric Lightning, the first single in over twenty years by Liverpool visionaries The Wild Swans, Occultation Recordings are proud to announce our third release, DIONE7D9003, Liquid Mercury, another classic single, this time available on 7" vinyl and as a digital download. Once again the sleeve features artwork by Ged Quinn. Samples of both sides are available on the Liquid Mercury and The Wickedest Man In The World pages and advance orders are now being taken in the Occultation Shop.

RHEA7D9002 is the second Occultation release and the debut single by THE GRANITE SHORE. It has been released as a limited edition of 700 individually-numbered copies on 10" vinyl and features sleeve artwork by Ged Quinn. The UK release is scheduled for 18th May 2009, although copies are available now from the Occultation Shop.

A digital download version is also available now on this website and through the usual channels..

DIONE7D001 is a major coup for Occultation, the first single in over twenty years by Liverpool visionaries The Wild Swans. It has been released as a limited edition of 900 individually-numbered copies on 10" vinyl with sleeve artwork by Ged Quinn. The UK release is scheduled for 18th May 2009, although copies are available now from the Occultation Shop.

A digital download version is also available both on this website and through the usual channels. Initial copies of the vinyl ordered directly from Occultation will be signed (whilst stocks last, we've still got a few of these left).

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