Well, after the last reveal, that's as close as we get, but for completeness here are the remaining 2009 Phantom Bride EIS Newsletters
23 September, 2009
Sa Wat Dee Kraap Stephen!
It's been a bit of a wait but I'm delighted to announce that at last the Phantom Bride EP and the Deluxe 21st Anniversary Edition of The Innocents are both available to pre-order! There's also a special EIS bundle available to anyone pre-ordering The Innocents from the Official Erasure Shop, more about that below...
Here's we go!
THE INNOCENTS ALBUM & PHANTOM BRIDE EP AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER
Lexer Music is now taking pre-orders for both the Phantom Bride EP and the 3-disc deluxe edition of The Innocents. The Innocents is also available as part of a special EIS bundle along with a long-sleeved t-shirt and a window sticker both featuring The Innocents' artwork.
A shirt and a window sticker were far and away the most requested items of merchandise when I asked what you'd like to see, so I hope you'll like what I've come up with. The EIS bundle is exclusively available in The Erasure Shop by pre-order only, and neither the shirt or the sticker will be available to buy after October 13th or be reprinted in the future. You know what I'm saying... if you want one then you should order now!
PHANTOM BRIDE EP - SIXTH AUDIO CLIP ONLINE
The response to last week's audio clip (the Vincent Clarke Big-Mix of Hallowed Ground) was fantastic, thank you to everyone who got in touch to say nice things about it! There's yet another 90-second clip on the website for you this week, an extract from Almighty's 12" Essential Mix of Chains of Love. See the news section at ErasureInfo.com to have a listen... enjoy!
This week's newsletter greeting and farewell are in Thai, courtesy of Steve. What an international bunch we are!
La Gon!
Cheers
Richard
Erasure Information Service
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29 September, 2009
Saluton Stephen!
With the releases of both the Phantom Bride EP and the 21st Anniversary edition of The Innocents just around the corner it all feels very exciting to be in the EIS hot seat at the moment. I am thrilled, not only that so many of you have already pre-ordered those releases through the Erasure Shop at Lexer Music, but also that so many of you are choosing to buy The Innocents in the special EIS bundle we've put together for you. On behalf of the band and myself, thank you very much for your enthusiastic support, it is always much appreciated!
Here's this week's news...
THE INNOCENTS 1988 TV ADVERT
While Mute were poking around in the Erasure archives, in the planning stages for the release of the 21st Anniversary edition of The Innocents, they came across the original 1988 TV advert for the album which I thought you might like to see, so much so in fact that I have put it online on the front page of the website for you... it's a tiny slice of Erasure history and it's all yours!
ASK ERASURE - VINCE CLARKE & ANDY BELL ON THE INNOCENTS
As part of my In Search Of The Innocents blog I will be asking both Vince and Andy about their memories of the recording and release of the original edition of The Innocents, the touring they did to promote it and their thoughts on its incredible success. It's obviously a very key release in Erasure's history and I know that it's an album that holds a special position in the hearts of many of you, so I thought I'd ask you to provide the questions. If there's any questions you'd like me to consider asking Vince and Andy about The Innocents then or now (please keep the questions to the subject of that album, there will be opportunities to ask about other things further down the line!) then please email them over. Hopefully it will be a shot in the arm for the blog which has shuddered to a bit of a halt recently. Thank you!
PHANTOM BRIDE EP - SEVENTH AUDIO CLIP ONLINE
There's yet another 90-second clip on the website for you this week, an extract from Joebot's 'Ounce Of Bounce' Remix of Heart of Stone. See the news section at ErasureInfo.com to have a listen... enjoy!
THE INNOCENTS ALBUM & PHANTOM BRIDE EP AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER
As I mentioned above Lexer Music is currently taking pre-orders for both the Phantom Bride EP and the 3-disc 21st Anniversary deluxe edition of The Innocents which is also available in a special EIS bundle with a long-sleeved t-shirt and a window sticker both featuring The Innocents' artwork. The EIS bundle is exclusively available in The Erasure Shop by pre-order only, and won't be available to buy after October 13th or be reprinted in the future.
This week's newsletter greeting and farewell are in the international language Esperanto, courtesy of Sue...
Adiaya!
Richard
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6 October, 2009
Shalom Stephen!
Even though I've been working towards it for months it feels like next week's release of the Phantom Bride EP has come upon us very suddenly! It was all brought into focus for me this week when I received an advance copy of the EP from Mute Records (it's an EIS perk that I love!) and I have to say that it both looks and sounds fantastic, so I very much look forward to hearing what you all think when you get your copies next week!
Here's the news...
PHANTOM BRIDE EP - FINAL AUDIO CLIP ONLINE / PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE
I have put the final 90-second audio clip from the Phantom Bride EP onto the website for you this week, an extract from Dogmatix's 12" Tearless Mix of Phantom Bride itself... perfect timing of course as the Phantom Bride EP is released on Monday and is available for you to pre-order from the Official Erasure Shop at Lexer Music and from all good online and offline retailers! See the news section at ErasureInfo.com to have a listen to all 8 of the audio clips...
FRANKMUSIC REMIX OF PHANTOM BRIDE AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD
I know that lots of you have spotted this already but Frankmusic's Ghostly Groom Dub mix of Phantom Bride has been given away as a free download by lots of websites and music blogs over the last couple of weeks as part of the promotional campaign for the Phantom Bride EP... if you've not spotted the chance to download this remix for free then you can see the news section of my very own RememberTheEighties.com website or via the music blogs ArjanWrites, MOG and ElectroQueer among others...
ASK ERASURE - VINCE CLARKE & ANDY BELL ON THE INNOCENTS
Last week I asked for questions about The Innocents album that you'd like me to consider asking Vince and Andy as part of my In Search Of The Innocents blog. Thank you to the hundreds of you who sent questions over, I think I'm going to make 5pm (UK) tomorrow the deadline for questions and them I'm going to pick the best ones for the band to answer. If there's any questions you'd like me to consider asking Vince and Andy about The Innocents then or now (please keep the questions to the subject of that album!) then please email them over to me!
THE INNOCENTS ALBUM & EIS BUNDLE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER
With the release of the Phantom Bride EP so imminent I've not really said much this week about the upcoming releases of the 3-disc deluxe 21st anniversary edition of The Innocents on October 26th, however this is the perfect time to remind you that the album is available to pre-order now at the Official Erasure Shop, either separately or as part of the special time-limited EIS bundle complete with a long-sleeved t-shirt and a window sticker for anyone ordering before October 13th, which is just a week away! The clock is ticking...
This week's newsletter greeting and farewell are in Hebrew, courtesy of Lee...
Lehitraot!
Richard
Erasure Information Service
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12 October, 2009
Privet Stephen!
A Monday newsletter this week in honour of the release of Erasure's Phantom Bride EP which is out today! I hope you're all enjoying it, I think it probably contains something for everyone and I'm interested to hear your thoughts.
I had expected the release of Phantom Bride to be the main focus of this week's newsletter, but I actually have some even more exciting news... Vince Clarke and Andy Bell are in New York City at the moment and have started work on a new Erasure album. There's is a picture of Vince and Andy together in NYC in the news section on the website!
The new album will probably be released towards the end of next year but before you start asking, I have no information about a tour yet... as soon as I know anything I promise I will let you all know!
Here's the rest of the news...
PHANTOM BRIDE EP - RELEASED TODAY!
The wait is finally over and if the EP isn't already in your hands then it should be in all good online and offline outlets - including the OFFICIAL ERASURE SHOP at Lexer Music - right now! The eight remixes featured on the CD edition of the Phantom Bride EP are all previewed in the audio player on the news page of the Erasure website. Here are the CD and download tracklistings...
CD - Phantom Bride – 2009 Re-master / Hallowed Ground – Vincent Clarke's Big-Mix / Chains Of Love – Almighty 12" Essential Mix / Phantom Bride – Ghostly Groom Dub by FrankMusik / A Little Respect – Wayne G & Alan Allder Hurdy Gurdy Club Mix / Heart Of Stone – Joebot's ‘Ounce Of Bounce' Remix / Phantom Bride – Dogmatix's 12" Tearless Mix / Chains Of Love – Plastic Operator Remix.
DOWNLOAD - As above except Chains Of Love – Almighty 12" Definitive Mix replaces Chains Of Love – Almighty 12" Essential Mix.
THE INNOCENTS ALBUM 2009 - ONE MORE DAY TO ORDER THE EIS BUNDLE!
The 21st Anniversary edition of The Innocents will be released on October 26th as a standard CD and also as a 2xCD/1xDVD deluxe edition featuring masses of extra content (you can see the full tracklisting in the news section of the website). Both items are available to order from the OFFICIAL ERASURE SHOP at Lexer Music but if you want to order the special EIS deluxe bundle (the deluxe edition of the album, plus a long-sleeved t-shirt, plus a window-sticker) then you need to place your order with Lexer Music by the end of tomorrow (Tuesday). You have been warned!
THE INNOCENTS - US RELEASE DATES
Mute USA have announced that they will be releasing the 21st anniversary 3-disc deluxe edition of The Innocents on November 24th. The US edition will feature exactly the same package and content as the UK/European edition.
VINCE CLARKE AND ANDY BELL ON FACEBOOK
Both Vince Clarke and Andy Bell have relatively new official Facebook pages and are waiting to be befriended by you all! You will find Vince here and Andy here!
VINCE CLARKE IN SYNTH BRITANNIA DOCUMENTARY
Just a reminder that this BBC4 TV documentary tracing beginnings of the synth revolution of the late seventies and early eighties will be broadcast for the first time this week. The show features contributions from Vince as well as Mute's Daniel Miller, Martin Gore, Bernard Sumner, Phil Oakey, Gary Numan, Neil Tennant and John Foxx among others, and will broadcast on BBC4 in the UK this friday at 9pm.
This week's newsletter greeting and farewell are in Russian (although displayed using Latin letters), courtesy of Yaroslava...
Poka!
Richard
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20 October, 2009
Shw Mae Stephen!
There's loads of news this week so I'm going to get cracking on that straight away, but before that I do want to say a huge thank you for all the extremely positive emails I've had about Erasure's brand new Phantom Bride EP which was released last week. I am delighted that it is being so well received and that it is whetting your appetite for the release of the 21st anniversary edition of The Innocents next week!
Here's the news...
VINCE CLARKE & ANDY BELL IN NYC
As I mentioned in last week's newsletter, Vince and Andy are currently in NYC writing for the next Erasure album and I've added several pictures of them to the news section on the website this week, including pictures of the boys with Sharon Osbourne taken during the filming of Celebrity Apprentice yesterday. Word from the writing sessions is that there are several song ideas coming together already. The new album is currently scheduled for late 2010 and there is currently no word on tour plans so please don't ask me!
THE INNOCENTS 2009 ALBUM RELEASED NEXT WEEK
The 21st Anniversary edition of The Innocents will be released next week (November 24th in the USA) as a standard CD and also as a 2xCD/1xDVD deluxe edition featuring masses of extra content (you can see the full tracklisting in the news section of the website). Both items are available to order from the Official Erasure Shop at Lexer Music and from all good retailers.
THE INNOCENTS IN THE MEDIA
There has been a flurry of Erasure-related media activity this week as we gear up for the release of The Innocents 2009. Both Vince and Andy were interviewed about the release in the October edition of The Stool Pigeon magazine which is now available to read online. The album was also the album of the day on BBC Radio 2's Richard Allinson's show on Saturday (which meant that 'A Little Respect', 'Chains of Love', and 'Ship of Fools' were all played during the course of the show).
A very interesting Andy Bell interview went online this week at Real.com in which Andy talks about The Innocents, the new Erasure album, his forthcoming solo album and quite a lot more besides, it's well worth a read as Andy drops all sorts of interesting bits and pieces of information into the conversation!
Not part of the promotion for The Innocents but interesting all the same, Mute Records founder Daniel Miller mentions Erasure a couple of times in an interview he did with The Quietus to tie in with the first broadcast of BBC4's excellent documentary 'Synth Britannia' which aired last Friday.
ERASURE NIGHT ON SKYHIGH RADIO
SkyHigh Radio are dedicating a whole night to Erasure this Saturday to celebrate the release of the 21st anniversary edition of The Innocents. SkyHigh is an online radio station so you can listen from anywhere in the world and the show will play requests and dedications throughout the show (you can submit requests during the show but pre-submitted requests will be given priority, and no bootleg requests please!) and there are also live forums available if you want to chat with other fans during the show.
IN SEARCH OF THE INNOCENTS - AN ERASURE BLOG
My In Search Of The Innocents blog has been updated this week with the addition of a very interesting interview with the backing vocalists from The Innocents tour, Valerie and Emma Chalmers. I have also just received designer Paul Khera's answers to the questions I sent him and those will be going online shortly. The questions you sent in for Vince and Andy on the subject of The Innocents are with the band now and I hope to have them back very soon too... nice to have the blog rolling again!
This week's newsletter greeting and farewell are in Welsh, courtesy of Steve!
Hwyl Fawr!
Richard
Erasure Information Service
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Hope you enjoyed it.