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LA LA BROOKS (The Crystals)
NEW SINGLE: LAST NIGHT RELEASE JUNE 2018.
For
the last few months a team of talented people under the guiding hand
of Mike Maslen of Halo Records UK has been locked away in a
converted barn in the Yorkshire countryside owned by the Grammy
nominated English musician John Parr best known for his 1985 US
number one hit single ‘St Elmo’s Fire’ and for his 1984 single
‘Naughty Naughty’.
The team has been working on a project that will bring La La(
Dolores) Brooks the one-time lead singer for the highly successful
60s American girl group the Crystals to the UK to work on two
singles backed by three local talented Yorkshire girls. The Crystals
an American vocal group from New York were considered one of the
defining acts of the girl group era in the first part of the 1960s.
The Crystals one of the most prominent groups during a historic
defining era that saw the assassination of JF Kennedy, The Vietnam
War, Martin Luther King, Cuban Missile Crisis, death of Marilyn
Monroe and of course from the UK's North the Fab
Four the Beatles.
Why the UK's North and why three
vocalists from that part of the world? The UK's North has had a long
history of producing talented rock musicians many of the industries
greatest inspirers have come from this region including one of the
most successful groups of all time the Beatles. Today the region can
boast being the birth place of such successful artists as, Joe
Cocker and the Grease Band (Chris Stainton Shefield); Def Lepard
(Sheffield) genres Hard Rock, Heavy metal, Glam Metal; Jarvis Cocker
front man for Pulp (Sheffield); Artic Monkeys first download single
release in history no hard copy/CD it made NO1, winners of Brit
awards Best British Group and Best Album three times; Marmozets rock
band from West Yorkshire, Nominated Best British newcomer have sold
10 million records worldwide, and 1981 hit version of ‘Tainted
Love’, Tasmin Archer born in Bradford Brit award 1993 Her first
album ‘Great Expectations’ was the prelude to the UK and Ireland
number one hit ‘Sleeping Satellite’. Also the North's contribution
to modern trends Grime/Rap/Hip Hop; Psychosis, Holochaust are good
examples of the Sheffield club scene and the North's financial
contribution to the UK's economy. Don’t forget John Parr you can see
where this is going. This line could go on and on the region has
inspired and produced some of the most talented musicians in the
world and made an enormous contribution to the Economy of the UK.
The project is intended to be an introduction to a series that
offers aspiring young musicians in the UK the opportunity to work
with and learn from some of the greats of yesteryear hopefully
continuing the tradition of great contemporary music being created
in the British isles.
There are essentially two main products being produced by the team:
2 singles released with La La (Dolores Brooks) and the 3
Talented Yorkshire girls selected for the project in a re-creation
of the Crystals line up from the 1960s’.
An initial 40 min documentary film covering the history of the
Crystals the life of La La (Dolores) Brookes the historic era and
how it relates to the development of music in the Midlands a simile,
the background to the girls who will back La La on the 3 singles.
The initial documentary will follow the release of the first single
and follow La La and the girls as they promote the music. There is
hope that the first documentary will precursor a series following
the release of the next two singles
The Team:
La La
(Dolores) Brooks
Mike
Maslen Halo Records UK
Scott Ford Musical Director a Yorkshireman
Vocalists all from the UK's North
Haley Victoria Leeson
Jessica Aziza Ayaven
Charlotte France
Filming
Richard Weaver
Voiceover
and Link Jane ledsom Actor Vocalist and Musician
Shane Aurousseau Photographic Stills promotion
Song Writers Carmi Latham -Last Night, and Valeri Simpson - I've got
a Man.
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Listen to Immy Stanley’s first single,
available on i-tunes from 2nd March 2018.
Catalog No HALOCD201.
From open mic night to
studio daytime is the journey Immy has taken with Halo UK Records.
Determined to find local talent from his home town rather than London
Mike Karl has written and produced a great song for Immy Stanley’s debut
single.
With music production from Steve and Darren Loveday, the
story is one of a young girl away from home in a strange town at Uni
suddenly realizing that the night life of clubs and all that goes with
it is not really her and she wants to be home where she can embrace the
lifestyle she prefers. The night life lights act on her like a message
and she gets it.
Following in a long line of Halo UK Records
hits, this single signals a return by Halo to producing music that is
The Label and all it stands for and like
Craine, Mike Harrison and Kinch before, this one won’t disappoint.
Hope you enjoy it. |
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Listen to Mike Karl and Lara Spencer's new single:
'JOHNNY WAS A REBEL / SAVE ME'
Released on iTunes 11/06/2016
Catalogue No. HALOCD101.
A meaningful song with a memorable hook paying tribute
to the thousands of young men who over the centuries have perished in
conflict and will continue to do so from now to eternity.
The
subject of the song is a young confederate soldier from the American
Civil War and was inspired by the many films and documentaries on the
Civil War and its carnage.
Written by Mike Karl who up until now
is known for producing 2 Indie top Ten Singles for Sheffield Band Craine
and Leeds Band Kinch and more recently the brilliant solo album Late
Starter for ex Spooky Tooth front man, Mike Harrison and sung by him
with American singer Lara Spencer, the song continues a long line of
folk/rock from the UK from Fairport Convention/Steel Eye Span and from
the USA from Arlo Guthrie, Steve Goodman and J D Loudermilk with whom
Lara Spencer shares her maiden name.
This is Mike Karl and Lara
Spencer’s second single following on from For all of Your Miles which
gave rise to the idea that natural music played simply with an audible
message still has its place in the music world as does the return of
vinyl as an alternative to computer generated mixes and sounds and the
endless stream of lyrics about anxt and broken hearts.
Produced
by Steve Loveday (Ex Medicine Hat) these are great songs with real
meaning and need to be heard. |
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