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Visit to Fairview Studio

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In 1983 we went into Fairview Studio, owned by Keith Herd, where we recorded all our singles and album Slow to Fade. This was so exciting for all of us – a life changing time. Yesterday, 40 years on we had a lovely afternoon with Keith – a great catch up over pizza and cake in his garden in the sunshine. Here we are in Keith’s mastering studio, where we listened to music and looked through the original 1983 studio diary.

Whenever anyone in the music biz wanted to meet up we always invited them up to Hull. We spotted visits from Arista and Brian Morrison & Dick Leahy in the diary. Needless to say we weren’t impressed by any of them. The 40th anniversary remix of Good Technology is released on our own Self Drive label.

Good Technology 2023 – pre order your copy now!

June 24th marks 40 years since Good Technology was released. We are issuing a limited edition red vinyl 12” extended remix to celebrate the anniversary. A radio edit and remix of second single “Fact” is included along with a digital download of the tracks.

Info and pre-order now at the link: https://redguitars.co.uk/goodTech12inch.html

Watch our video taster, created by our very own JR. More coming soon!

The Eagle Has Landed!

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Is that a delivery van I see?
What can it be?
Better bring them in …
The cover looks ace. Yay!
The Eagle has landed!

Good Technology 2023 – pre order your copy now!

June 24th marks 40 years since Good Technology was released. We are issuing a limited edition red vinyl 12” extended remix to celebrate the anniversary. A radio edit and remix of second single “Fact” is included along with a digital download of the tracks.

Info and pre-order now at the link: https://redguitars.co.uk/goodTech12inch.html

Watch our video taster, created by our very own JR. More coming soon!

Roger, Tranquility. We copy you down

Original Good Technology Tapes

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We’re preparing for the Good Technology 40th anniversary!

June 24th 2023 marks 40 years since Red Guitars number 1 Indie debut single “Good Technology” was released and the band are issuing a limited edition red vinyl 12” extended remix and video to celebrate the anniversary. A radio edit and remix of second single ‘Fact’ is included along with a digital download of the tracks. 

Good Technology 40th Anniversary gig at O’Rileys, Hull info & ticket link: skiddle.com/e/36300908.

UK tour dates to follow.

Here are some of the original demo and single tapes. We had the 2″ master baked and digitised ready for remixing and recording of extra parts for the 40th anniversary edition.

Good Technology demo was recorded at Ken Giles studio in Bridlington in 1982. The single was recorded at Fairview Studios, Willerby in April 1983. 

It  was released on the 24th of June 1983 as a 7″ single with Heartbeat Go! (Love Dub) on the B side, then re-released in April 1984 as 7″ with Paris France on the B side, and 12″ with Paris France (extended version) and Fact included on the 12″.

The launch gig was June 24th 1983 at Dingwall’s, Hull.

More news coming soon, watch this space!

Good Technology 2023

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Great final day of the Good Technology 2023 video shoot yesterday!

June 24th marks 40 years since Red Guitars number 1 Indie debut single “Good Technology” was released and the band are issuing a limited edition red vinyl 12” extended remix and video to celebrate the anniversary. A radio edit and remix of second single ‘Fact’ is included along with a digital download of the tracks.

Good Technology 40th Anniversary gig at O’Rileys, Hull ticket link: skiddle.com/e/36300908. UK tour dates to follow.

Thanks to Simon at Factor Fifty Films

Photography by Richard Duffy-Howard

Here We Go 2023!

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It’s our first band get together of 2023 tonight, here we go 2023! A big thank you to everyone who followed us in 2022 and a special high five to everyone who came to see us on our tour. It was beyond our dreams to get back together. The ball is rolling now, and we’re excited about our plans for 2023. Come and join the adventure and see where it takes us! 🎶🎸😍

Red Guitars video shoot tea break these days. Photo by Richard Duffy-Howard
And the same back in 1983 Stella break back then. Red Guitars photo by Syd Shelton

Two Weeks of Red Guitars

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Red Guitars video shoot photo by Richard Duffy-Howard

It’s been a great two weeks of Red Guitars! All the band together again, much of it all round at JR’s place – room rehearsals working up the new album, mixing, recording extra parts and plotting next year’s anniversary release.

This week, we’ve had a fantastic time playing the new songs loud on the big stage with an excellent sound at O’Rileys in Hull, very exciting!

We’ve had three fab days video shoot with Factor Fifty Films at great locations.

And absolutely loads of laughs with friends throughout.

So now, Hal’s preparing to go back to Cape Town, the rest of us as near and far as Brighton and Yorkshire and indeed for now, Rome. We’ll continue polishing up the songs online. Here we are (above) on day two of the film shoot.

Below, room rehearsals, all round at JR’s

Live and loud new song rehearsals at O’Rileys. We’ve gone ampless for these rehearsals. The amp is being used as a table! Sounds excellent. Only my bass amp to lug around. I might have to investigate …

Hal’s nailing some licks, sounds fantastic. look at Pepper, she’s singing along.

We’ve had a brilliant time!

If our new songs have a touch of spaghetti western to them it’s because of the films we’ve been watching after rehearsals.

So, it’s hasta la vista for now, back to online chatting and playing for a while. More stories coming too, so see you next time! 🤠😎

Record Store Day Everyday!

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Red Guitars in San Francisco

Back in the day of our first releases vinyl and was just called ‘records’ and without the internet the world seemed a much smaller place. Finding one of our records for sale in any record shop was exciting, so we were thrilled to find out we had a whole section to ourselves in the legendary Recycled Records store in San Francisco.

Photo by Bernice Baynham

“This photo was taken at my old place of employment. The shop was in San Francisco California. It was called Recycled Records. I worked there for two decades plus. Located on the “historical” Haight Street. Ground zero for the hippie movement. It’s also happens to be where I live. A stones throw from the “legendary” intersection of Haight & Ashbury. I played the R G records many times over those twenty years.” Michael Boul

The iconic Recycled Records opened in 1977 and bought and sold collectibles for 40 years. Sadly, the shop closed in 2017, but they still trade online and you can find it here.

Thanks to Bernice for taking the photo of Red Guitars in Recycled Records for us, and to Michael for giving us a spin in SF.