Swingin’ what??
Just what the world has been waiting for:
Yes. Sometimes we behave very principally.
a record label
burdened with a name that only weirdos could dream up: Swingin’ Gate Records
running its operations strictly by the book (of 7 principles. Before you ask: No, we’re not a sect)
producing only vinyl LPs.
(And before we forget: our LPs are gone in no time—most likely in less time than it takes you to read the title of this paragraph in reverse order 28 times. However, before they sell out, they’re up for grabs in our shop.
Who, please, is Swingin’ Gate Records?
Yes. Sometimes we behave very principally.
(And why do you behave so … uhm … principally?).
Swingin’ Gates is me, Robert Merker. And who am I? Good question.
Actually it’s the one question my shrink still can’t answer — despite our intense cooperation for 23 years, 3 times a week. (A year in my calendar has 52 weeks. Four of them I usually spend lazily on the beach or so. Do the math: 23 x 48 x 3 = 3312) Anyway. I am what regular folks are tempted to call … continue reading
Swingin’ Gate very, very, very proudly presents:
Vol. II — more of the same, more of the best. In a very, very, very limited edition of only 1000 copies.
Once they’re gone, they’re gone for good.
SG002
SOB & the CZYKS:
Soulful Journey Vol. II (Can’t Stop Loving You on Route 66)
Limited edition (1000 LPs, hand numbered), 100% analog recording and production, live to two track, mastered from the original session tapes, 1-step-pressing, limited to 500 LPs per stamper, pressed on 140 grams of extra quiet vinyl, QC: individual visual inspection of each LP, playgrade of each 75th LP.
A Soulful Journey
What it was like to produce our first LP — impressions from Powerplay to Centraldubs
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