ATMPA - AND THE FUTURE

ATMPA - AND THE FUTURE

An important update on all things "All things" and beyond.

ORDERS:
There are only a few days to get orders in before Christmas. To get a copy sent in 2020, please send orders in before 8 December.

COST REMINDER:
£10 UK, £15 all other locations.
Please pay heed to Paypal requirements (I won't be reiterating them again).

END TO THIS PROJECT:
At some stage in early 2021, as with all of my charitable projects, orders will be brought to an end. I do not keep them open ended, as I will want any raised money to reach the area that we are collecting for in a timely manner.

MY FUTURE:
This is now 100% my final public project. I have produced quite a few of these charitable projects over the years and, thanks to your immense generosity, I have raised a considerable amount of money for some extremely worthwhile causes. Take a bow everyone, you have been incredible 👍❤.

There have always been knocks along the way, and this project hasn't escaped in that respect. A recent issue has proven that I really don't want to take on more, so I am going to be moving on. I shall be returning my music to mere private domain after we see this project through (with any future music limited to simple sharing as in the past). This project will be the last from me asking for your donations.

I will think on exactly how to proceed at a later date, there are far more pressing and important personal things to deal with at the present. If I never do music again, I'll still feel personally proud of this project and what was achieved with my limited equipment and know-how. I would like to think that I did more than okay.  Sadly, not everyone will agree, but.. to that I just say "tough". 🖕😎

In the meantime.. there's still the radio interview this Tuesday (1st Dec) on Vectis Radio between 10am and 1pm (GMT).

But for now - please keep the orders coming in.

Thank you everyone for all your incredible continued support.

Steve, 28 November 2020

PRE-CHRISTMAS ORDERS

PLEASE get any pre Christmas orders in for ATMPA as soon as possible (and by Tues 8th Dec at the very latest) as we are going to be inundated by hospital visits again in the run-up so will be otherwise busy and won't be able to send them out in time. 

Any orders received after 8th Dec will be dealt with after the Christmas rush (to help stop them being lost in transit).

 

Thank you all.

Steve,  20 November 2020

ATMPA - SIMPLIFIED PRICING!

For all new purchasers, especially those who might be confused (like I often am!), here is a more straightforward breakdown of costings and how to pay.

• DOUBLE CD :

UK purchase - £10 (inc post & packing)       

Rest of the world - £15 (inc post & packing).

(NB - some areas of the world have necessitated me to increase the cost from £14 to £15 to ensure that I am not paying out more against the cost of the CD, sorry). 

If purchasing more than one copy, please contact me at the paypal email address, as I should be able to offer a reduction in p&p costs.

 

• MP3 (320kbps) DOWNLOAD :

£5 worldwide. A download link should normally be sent to the email address used for Paypal payment within 24 hours.

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PAYMENT

Payment accepted by Paypal ONLY, in £sterling, using the following email address for paying monies:-   stevestringbender@yahoo.co.uk

IMPORTANT PAYPAL NOTICE - Please ensure that all fees are pre-paid for any payment as I shall be asking for any shortfall if I do not receive the full amount (nb paying as "Friend or Family" may alleviate this happening).

All profits from this project will be given to George's own "Material World Foundation".

If you have any questions, please feel free to write and ask me at the email address given for Paypal payment.

 

Thank you all.

Steve, 19 November '20

ATMPA REVIEWS

Here is a selection of reviews received so far:

Oh my gosh Steve it’s divine!!! Got through the first half on the way to work this morning, looking forward to the drive home! It really is a beautiful piece of art. You and your amazing friends are so incredibly talented. If you haven’t done so already, do get hold of local media and suchlike and ask them to do a piece on it to get the word out there. Well done. Really, it’s wonderful. A complete credit to your dedication.

Steve...this project is simply wonderful! Job VERY well done. You know what stands out? It’s a loving gesture of honour to George. I hear the dedication...the sacrifice... and attention to detail.
Quite impressed.  I bet Larry (Norman) would have loved it as well. Great work Steve.

Fabulous presentation and album Steve, you should be well proud. I've played CD one so far then my laptop battery ran out and I don't have a player on this one. Hope you are getting great feedback from the collective.

Yes sounds great, played it through a few times. All things, Apple Scruffs, Isn’t It A Pity, My Sweet Lord, Let It Roll, Awaiting On You All, I Dig Love are some of my faves, sounds great played loud.

I love love love the album Steve, there's so much to it, it's going to take a while to take it all in. It all sounds wonderful, it could have been produced at Abbey Road!! ... the artwork is amazing, and I like the green ribbon!

I had a lot of driving to do the other day so put phone on silent and took the time to listen. I love it. I'm so impressed. There should be concerts and merchandise!! There's a lovely tone to it, the vocals are beautiful and instruments superb.
Congratulations again the album is fantastic.

All great music. You did a great job. Really special and you should be proud. I give it 5 stars⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I shouldn’t be surprised – but the professionalism of the production is superb! Also, how all the contributors go together so well…..quite a feat coordinating them!

We're in awe of the cd.....absolutely fantastic. Well done everyone involved but especially to you. It's on at the moment.....in fact the neighbours knocked on the wall earlier so had to turn it down a tad! I'm so pee'd off with the ******* next door I've turned it up again!

Love it. It is a wonderful looking and sounding product.

Just played it. Absolutely fantastic, mate. I could have had the man himself here with me. Huge congratulations to you and the team.

I am really enjoying the CD.  I am not really familiar with George's work other than the well known ones.  But I am seriously enjoying listening to it, particularly all of the different elements of the music.  It's to an amazingly high standard as I would expect.  I'll give you another update when I've had the chance to become more familiar with all the tracks.  You are one very talented person Steve.

Steve totally blown away.. Totally nailed it.. Drums on Wah Wah immense.. Bass player really good on Isn't It A Pity.. Love the Hey Jude reference, works really well... Well done sir.. Beware Of Darkness is one of my favourite ever songs and you have a great timbre to your vocals too.. Hear Me Lord beautiful harmonies ya voices really suit.. 👌👏✌️ Well done sir..

The album is fantastic and just needs the right platform. You know what people are like these days - they need someone else to tell them what to listen to. I'm a little biased, because you're a mate - but I think it's more polished than the original!

It looks and sounds very professional - congratulations to you and your colleagues. I really like "My Sweet Lord" which sounds as good as the original!

I love it!  Just finished listening for the second time through. Man that is some achievement - the sheer amount of work that has gone into that production is staggering. I salute you sir – that is exceptional.

I don’t know what else to say.

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Thank you EVERYONE for your incredibly kind words, it means a lot to everyone involved.

News soon on how the fund raising is looking!!

STEVE, 17 NOV '20

ATMPA DAY TWO UPDATE

ALL THINGS MUST PASS AGAIN - Live day 2

MONEY RAISED....

Well, what news does today bring? To start with - a few more sales, which is extremely heartening (these will be sent on early in the coming week). DO please keep these orders coming in.

Yesterday I promised to give an indication of where we were at as far as getting into the black and thus able to give money to George's Material World Foundation. So, here goes...

All of the outgoings (including all of the materials, CD production, licensing etc) was kept to the absolute bare minimum; this all said and done was still in excess of £650 (this was based on production of some elements up to 100 units, others slightly less). Any sales above this, I have an agreement to manage this on a smaller and more manageable set of limits so that further additional outlay is kept to amounts where monies for the charity is still kept as high as possible.

Right, so now we can look at money IN. Thanks to the CD fund raising activities held before we even got to ATMPA, I managed to get in a very useful £273, thanks to many charitable people helping the cause. Even still, this meant that there was still a shortfall of some £375 before we could get to the vaunted black line.

I am absolutely delighted to say that we have already DONE IT! Not only have we reached that black line, we are currently in credit by <drum rolls> ....£135! This may not sound a huge amount, but considering that we are a cottage industry project with extremely limited means, I think it is remarkable. In actual fact.. I kept it quiet, but we were in the black A FULL WEEK BEFORE 6th NOVEMBER!!

But.. we now push on. It would be truly incredible to raise this amount to as high as we possibly can, to help raise both the funds AND awareness in George's wonderful original album, and (let's big ourselves up here..) our more than decent recreation of it!

So, well done everyone. This was far easier than I could ever hope for. I feel extremely proud...but let's do this project PROUDER!!

Steve, 7 November 2020

ALL THINGS MUST PASS AGAIN - issue day is finally here!

 

ALL THINGS MUST PASS AGAIN
-  The All Things Collective  -

At long last, our little nod in appreciation to George Harrison's immense original "All Things Must Pass" album, is finally issued after approaching ten years in the making!! 

This is a very limited double CD edition, so if you are interested in getting hold of a copy, please get one quick! (for details how, please see below)

Pre sales have been incredibly good; the idea was to initially get funds back into the black (we had a lot of money to recoup to pay for its production and licensing), with any profits made after that to be given to George's very own "Material World Foundation". I will be publicising news to that end within the next few days, but I am excited to say that it is looking very promising!

The first batch of CDs had a special green ribbon lanyard; these are now all gone, but further copies still come in a very nice slipcase!

This is an exciting day that I never believed that we could achieve. SO many people have assisted and given their encouragement, time and efforts to the cause, and I am eternally grateful for everyone's help in getting this finished!

It was important for me to get this out in November 2020 - the month when the original album reaches its 50th anniversary!

And finally - I would like to think that George is looking down on us with a glint in his eyes, and hopefully with the belief that we have done a decent job; I shall never accept that we have managed a fully perfect product, but it is most certainly an honest nod to George's All Things Must Pass, often created using meagre home based recording equipment (and in some cases, vocals using iPhones!). 

It was created by many fans of George, his album, and all of his music. 

God bless you dear George, and I thank you on behalf of ALL of us for this magnificent music.

Copies of the CD are available for £10 for UK or £15 for Worldwide outside the UK (both including postage and packing). 

Simplified details on payment can be found on the new dedicated thread on this blog at https://gesturesongs.blogspot.com/2020/11/atmpa-simplified-pricing.html

Steve Good

6 November 2020 ("All Things Must Pass Again" Day!)