Hi! We hope you’re keeping well, enjoying the sunshine and getting back to some sort of normality!
We’re delighted to announce that we are now over halfway to financing the Abbey Road album project, through the kindness of those who have preordered our album. Thank you SO much if you are one of those people – it really has bowled us over that so many people are keen to hear new, original music, and we are so humbled to share this journey with you.
As you’ll no doubt be aware, we booked some recording time at Abbey Road for next January long before lockdown, thinking that we’d use money from the live shows to fund it. We knew we wanted to write original songs influenced by The Beatles, with strong melodies, catchy hooks and rich harmonies, and this seemed like a perfect way to achieve something quite remarkable – then COVID struck and put an end to all live shows (and income) but Abbey Road studio still requires the balance paying on the studio time, otherwise we risk losing our deposit and being blacklisted from recording there again. So we decided to offer the chance to preorder our album upfront and then we’ll post it out as soon as it has been pressed next spring.
If you enjoy original music, and you want to support independent artists like The Threetles, and you like music inspired by the fab four, then we think you will really love this opportunity to be involved with this album; we are incredibly proud of the songs we’ve written during lockdown, and we want it to be the very best it can be (hence the trip to Abbey Road to record it!). We are looking into glass mastering and CD pressing at the moment (using one of the commercial CD pressing facilities in Holland) and so rest assured that the product you will receive, if you decide to preorder, will be of the highest quality.
We’ll need to start paying the balance on studio time next month, along with new deposits for things like mastering and CD manufacturing, so we’ll give it until then to continue the fundraising, but if we don’t make it to the finishing line, we’ll have to abort the project and issue full refunds. We’re really hoping we won’t have to do this; not only will it be a real shame creatively, it will be crippling financially due the Paypal fees we have incurred on all orders, and the fees that we would then need to cover when issuing refunds, so we’d be in a worse position than we were before we started taking preorders.
So, if you have preordered, thank you so very much – you really are part of something very special and something which we hope you will treasure (we know we certainly will). Please continue to spread the word for us – it really does help.
If you haven’t yet preordered an album, please do consider doing so – we know you won’t be disappointed with the songwriting or the production, and you’ll be part of making something very special happen, which we won’t forget in a hurry!
The only thing left is to decide which option you fancy…
Have a look in our online store and choose from one of the following options:
Love Me Do – £12
One pre-ordered copy of The Threetles’ debut CD, due for release in spring 2021
P.S. I Love you – £15
One signed copy of the The Threetles’ debut CD, due for release in spring 2021
Paperback Writer – £22
One signed copy of the Threetles’ debut CD, due for release in spring 2021, with your name in the CD booklet to acknowledge your much appreciated support.
Day Tripper – £50
One signed copy of the Threetles’ debut CD, due for release in spring 2021, with your name in the CD booklet to acknowledge your much appreciated support, along with two tickets for any one future ticketed event of your choice.
*The two tickets are for any future ticketed show of your choice, with no expiration date, although you will be responsible for your own travel arrangements to and from the venue.
Ticket to Ride – £80
One signed copy of the Threetles’ debut CD, due for release in spring 2021, with your name in the CD booklet to acknowledge your much appreciated support, along with a lifetime pass to all future ticketed shows.
*The lifetime pass entitles you to access any of our future ticketed shows, but you will need to to be responsible for your own travel arrangements to and from the venue(s).
Baby You’re a Rich Man – £300
One signed copy of the Threetles’ debut CD, due for release in spring 2021, with your name in the CD booklet to acknowledge your much appreciated support, along with two tickets for any one future ticketed event of your choice, and The Threetles will play (at no extra cost) at a venue of your choice and at a date and time which is mutually agreeable. This could be a house party, a pub/club or other venue, as long as you have permission from the venue owner.
*The two tickets are for any future ticketed show of your choice, with no expiration date, although you will be responsible for your own travel arrangements to and from the venue.
Her Majesty – £500
This package is something very special and will be as much of a bucket list item to some as it is to us! As well as a signed copy of The Threetles’ debut CD, with your name in the booklet, a lifetime pass to all future ticketed shows, and having The Threetles play at a venue of your choice (at a mutually agreeable date and time), you will also get to spend a day at the legendary Abbey Road studios with The Threetles during one of the recording sessions in January 2021. You will also get the chance to perform tambourine, hand claps or other parts on one or more of The Threetles’ songs. As space for guests is limited at Abbey Road studios, this offer is only available to one person, so it’s first come, first served.
*Please note that you would need to be responsible for your own travel and accommodation arrangements.
We literally can’t do this without you and thank you so much to you if you’ve already preordered; we really do appreciate it and we think you will love what we’ll be sending through your letterbox next spring! If you think you would enjoy hearing an album full of original, Beatles-inspired music, please do consider preordering as soon as possible and it really will save our bacon!
Thank you so much for your continued support; we can’t do this without you.
Adam, Andy & James
P.S. If you’re not sure about pre-ordering an album just yet, then don’t worry – there are other ways you can still support us. In our online store we now have a range of limited edition merchandise including some brand new badges; the sales of which are all going towards the Abbey Road fund.