Squire Fan Club Newsletter

Welcome to this special Saturday edition of the Fan Club newsletter! While our normal Saturday shopping routines are disrupted, it is a good time to reflect on the album that bought you the song of the same name! The LP ‘Hits From 3000 Years Ago’ was originally released in early 1981 under a different cover. The album, together with the 'Walking Down The Kings Road' and 'Face Of Youth Today' singles contains the songs Squire played live during the 1979/80 period. The sound has an upbeat, almost 'beat group' sound, vocal harmonies that were key to the later intricate pop...

Welcome to this weeks newsletter! Firstly, welcome to all the new subscribers to the email! We are thrilled that you enjoy keeping up with the latest Squire news and reflections on past history. The last couple of weeks have looked back at the period before the release of My Mind Goes Round In Circles to contextualise the progression of the band from first steps to hopeful recording artists! This latest newsletter considers the influence of soul and R&B on Squire’s musical output.  From 1979 ‘My Girl’ to the 1999 Mods Mayday ‘Motortown Review’ live performance, Squire has always referenced the...

 Welcome to this weeks newsletter! Last week we reflected on the 1980 ‘My Mind Goes Round In Circles’ tour and the live recording of the first show of the tour at The Venue in London. Thank you to everyone who listened to the performance on YouTube, and got in touch demanding we release the entire concert on vinyl or CD forthwith! We shall certainly consider adding it to the up coming release schedule. Please let us know what format you may prefer, and hopefully there will be enough demand to put together an exciting package. The interest in the archival...

  Welcome to the latest newsletter! Firstly, congratulations to Adrian Watts who won last weeks 'White label' competition! In case you missed last weeks exciting draw, his name was successfully picked by Chanel who is keen to participate in future competitions! Thank you for everyone who has visited to read the newsletters, got to purchase the latest single release, and looked at all the other goodies on the website! We hope we can ‘keep you satisfied’ with all the regular updates!  This week, we are having a last lingering look at the 1979/1980 Squire line-up. On Saturday, 29th March 1980,...

Welcome to the latest newsletter! Thank you to everyone who bought the new single, I think we managed to send them all out this week, and we are really proud of how it has been received! Does Stephanie Know? was also played by Lauren Laverne on BBC6 Music on Thursday 15th October and you can hear it here (at 2.55m)! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000nccs Today is the day we announce the winner of last weeks competition. Again, thank you to everyone who entered, over 60 of you!  A reminder of the question - Q. Last weeks newsletter revealed that the photo of 'Stephanie'...