Recordings
The Drifter
Written and performed by Annie Woodward. Produced by Mike Davidson of Plaid dog recordings.
Madman
Mad Man written and performed by Annie Wodward. Produced by Mike Davidson of Plaid Dog recordings
It's So Easy
Euro Rock, Brit Rock,Get up and go pop track for a Japanese cartoon featuring cute leads or more serious robot characters with super powers explosions; synth parts may denote powerful feminine aspects, universally useable bed track for corporate use- strong tones of ambition, success power, wholesome energy driving bass, Instrumental, Pop Music, Euro-Pop
Come Home
Fran Ashcroft (Gorillaz, Dandy Warhols, The Kingsman) Finishes Up the Debut Sunset Records Release, London, Paris, Tokyo, Space by the Boy from Space
Music industry veteran, Fran Ashcroft finishes the final mixes and the record pool song versions for the debut The Boy From Space CD at his world renowned state of the art Happy Beat Studios in the UK.
New York, NY, February 19, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Sunset Records sets up for the spring release of The Boy From Space debut CD. The entire CD is being recorded at Happy Beat with one of the top music producers in the world. It is very easy to hear the pop influence of Fran Ashcroft. “We are at the point now where we are adding bonus tracks and creating versions of certain songs for the radio pools,” says Sunset Records head, Don Lichterman. “This is one of those projects where you just let them go off in the studio,” Lichterman continues to say, “the band cannot be in any better hands as far as working with a producer, engineer and at the Happy Beat Facility.”
(Fran) Ashcroft’s producer and engineer credits not only include pop superstars The Dandy Warhols, the Gorillaz and The Kingsman, he has worked at the top recording studios all over the world that include Abbey Road Studios, Trident Studios (for EMI), Robert Lang Studios and Birdland Studios. He has also grown his own Happy Beat Recording Studio to be one of the top rated recording facilities in the world, and it is one of the most booked recorded studios every day. Happy Beat boasts to having innovative recording equipment (SONY, Yamaha), perfect sounding monitors (Goodman), an array of microphones to choose that span decades (Sony Mic’s from 1971, Philco Stereo Mic from the 1960’s, etc.) and all the Outboard gear needed for the perfect recording, mixing and mastering process. Happy Beat is also equipped with many instruments for bands to add and/or use during their recording session.
Me & Mrs Jones
"Me and Mrs. Jones" is a 1972 soul song written by Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert, and originally recorded by Billy Paul. It describes an extramarital affair between a man and his lover, Mrs. Jones. It has been covered by the 1970s group The Dramatics. Their version peaked at number 47 on the pop charts and number 4 on the R&B charts in 1974.
Other cover versions include Johnny Mathis (as the title song for the 1973 album Me and Mrs. Jones), the experimental rock band Sun City Girls (on the album Midnight Cowboys from Ipanema, 1986), Head (on the album A Snog on the Rocks, 1987), Sarah Jane Morris (on Sarah Jane Morris, 1989), Freddie Jackson (on Time for Love, 1992) Amii Stewart (on The Men I Love, 1995), Tower of Power (on the album Great American Soulbook, 2009), Andreas Weise (on Andreas Weise, 2012), Michael Bublé (his studio album, Call Me Irresponsible 2007) and covered live by Hall & Oates and Stevie Wonder.
