News From Topic Records March 2015

Topic at the London Independent Label Market On Saturday 28th March, Topic will have a stall at the Independent Label Market at Old Spitalfields Market in London, the first time this has been held in the Springtime. There's always a real buzz at this very busy event, with the added attraction of 20 artisan brewers to provide refreshment, so do come and say hello and browse the vinyl and merchandise we will be selling on the day, including some Topic archive bargains!    During 2014 our 75th Anniversary monthly special offers proved to be very popular. Many of you took the opportunity to catch up with albums you were missing from your collection or purchase a gift for a friend. We will be continuing with a series of attractively priced special offers each month throughout 2015. In celebration of Martin & Eliza Carthy's The Moral of the Elephant being nominated for album of the year in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, this month we are offering a superb bundle of FIVE Waterson:Carthy related CDs at the fantastic price of only £15.00: HPO6001  MARTIN CARTHY ~ The Definitive Collection HPO6004  THE WATERSONS ~ The Definitive Collection HPO6005  ELIZA CARTHY ~ The Definitive Collection HPO6012  WATERSON: CARTHY ~ The Definitive CollectionHPO6013  NORMA WATERSON ~ The Definitive Collection To get you in the mood for the upcoming Record Store Day in April (of which more news in the next newsletter), we have a few stocks left of a couple of vinyl singles at the very special price of only £2.00 each. Click on the pictures for more details: Those nice chaps at Fledg'ling continue to celebrate 21 years of the label with their own monthly special offers. The CDs they have chosen for March at the special price of only £21.00 for this bundle of 4 classic albums from their catalogue are: FLED 3020  LINDA THOMPSON  Give Me A Sad Song FLED 3024  HELEN WATSON  doffing FLED 3054  DAVY GRAHAM  Large as life and twice as natural FLED 3075  JOHN KIRKPATRICK  The Dance of the Demon Daffodils            With the recent release of Bob & Ron Copper's Traditional Songs from Rottingdean on CD, it seemed sensible for Topic to stock the superb books produced by The Copper Family, Bob Copper's classic 'A Song For Every Season', his autobiography 'A Man of No Consequence' and 'The Copper Family Song Book', so these are now available to but through our website - click on the picture to see all three:

Topic Records - Another Year Another Anniversary

another year another anniversary Welcome to our first newsletter of 2015. Whilst the Topic office recovers from our 75th anniversary celebrations, 2015 sees our colleagues at Fledg'ling Records begin to celebrate 21 years of idiosyncratic record releasing. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Bob Copper's birth, Fledg'ling are releasing a new CD edition of the influential 1963 BOB & RON COPPER 'Traditional Songs from Rottingdean' album. The package contains Bob Copper's notes and bears a striking resemblance to the original design. This is the album that influenced so many performers from the 'Revival' both here, in the United States and in Ireland. During 2014 our 75th Anniversary monthly special offers proved to be very popular. Many of you took the opportunity to catch up with albums you were missing from your collection or purchase a gift for a friend. We will be continuing with a series of attractively priced special offers each month throughout 2015. The classic TOPIC CDs chosen for January at the special price of only £6.00 each are: TSCD562  WATERSON:CARTHY ~ Holy Heathens & The Old Green Man TSCD577  JUNE TABOR ~ Ashore     Those nice chaps at Fledg'ling will celebrate 21 years of the label with their own monthly special offers. The CDs they have chosen for January at the special price of only £21.00 for this bundle of 4 classic albums from their catalogue are: FLED 3037  ASHLEY HUTCHINGS, JOHN KIRKPATRICK & Chums  Morris On FLED 3067  FRENCH FRITH KAISER THOMPSON  Live, Love, Larf & Loaf FLED 3072  FRENCH FRITH KAISER THOMPSON  Invisible Means FLED 3082  IAN KING  Panic Grass & Fever Few     Stocks are dwindling fast - this may be the last chance to acquire a set of limited edition Topic anniversary button badges at only £3.00   Happy New Year.