Squire Fan Club Newsletter

  Hi and welcome to the latest Squire newsletter. It’s Bank Holiday Monday and 43 years ago Squire were first band on at the Bridge House, Canning Town, London E16 for the live concert that has subsequently become celebrated as Mods Mayday! The event took place on 7th May 1979, and was billed as a ’Mods Monday’ live recording. The subsequent album, entitled Mods Mayday was released on July 30th with a special Secret Affair/Squire launch concert. The album was recorded on 16 track, with the LMS Mobile Studio, owned by Ronnie Lane which had been used to record much of...

Welcome to the new newsletter, where we reveal the winner of the ‘The Place I Used To Live’ white label Test Pressing competition! The competition was our most popular ever! Over the last few weeks, and since the record release, we have been focusing on the story behind the ‘The Place ‘I Used To Live’ lyrics and exploring New Malden which is provided the inspiration for the song idea. So the question we asked was - What is the name of the record shop, and where is it?? The answer is Ketts - by the roundabout! Its appears in the lyrics...

Welcome to the latest Squire newsletter where we introduce the latest member of Squire, and visit the Rickenbacker exhibition! First of all thank you to everyone who has entered the ‘The Place I Used To Live ‘ single white label test pressing competition! There is still time to enter as Chanel will be choosing the winner next weekend so have a look at last weeks newsletter here or on the picture below to find out what the competition question is - and how to enter! At the heart of the Squire sound lies the Rickenbacker guitar and specifically the 12-string version....

Welcome to the latest Squire Fan Club Newsletter, and to all the new members who signed up for the weekly email!  We still have some copies of the recent release and here is a link in case you missed the emails or posts. We are keeping the newsletter short this week as we are running a special competition for Squire Fan Club members, those of you who are subscribed to the mailing list here. So if you enjoy reading these newsletters but come direct, or follow a link through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or Bandcamp etc. we encourage you to join...

Welcome to the new Squire Fan Club newsletter. We are looking at the hidden history of ‘The Place I Used To Live’ single! Last week we dived into the story behind the song, and identified all the landmarks in the lyrics based around the town of New Malden in South West London. This week we look at New Malden’s most famous lost landmark - the Decca Records vinyl pressing plant! Thanks to everyone who got in touch last week mentioning they knew or grew up in the area - we didn’t know New Malden was so ‘on the map’.  Musically,...