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This is the page to click on to find out all the latest news. I will be updating it regularly. Saturday 11th February 2012 Now available, a new 24 track compilation album called 'THE CHART HITS'. As members of my audiences for this year's confirmed concerts might not be dedicated country music fans, I thought an album which included some of the popular hit songs I recorded between 1974 and 2001 would appeal. (Perhaps expecting them to buy both my Box Sets might be asking a little bit too much!!) See item 31 on the CD's page of this website for details and track listing. Tuesday 7th February 2012. Here are the brief details for some confirmed concert dates for 2012. Monday 21st May 2012. 7.30pm St. Mark's Church Marske by the Sea. Following last year's highly successful concert, there's a return visit for my special guest George Hamilton IV who will join me for a fund-raising event at my local church. Tickets £5 each now available from Sylvia and myself 01642-479898. The weekend of Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 18th, 19th & 20th May 2012. Paul Wheater has invited me to be part of the 13th Annual Whitby Gospel Music convention at the Spa Pavilion. For full details and ticket prices, log on to www.paulwheater.com/wgmc2 I will be doing a short 2/3 song set on the Friday evening at 6.45pm, then act as compere for the rest of the evening which will feature George Hamilton IV, Crystal Clear, Live Issue, Paul Wheater, Christie Trio, The Dave Clemo Band, Simple Faith, the Gardiner Family, Michael Harcus & Friends and the North Ness Boys. The Saturday afternoon concert which starts at 2.30pm is billed as Country Gospel, when I will be performing a 20 minute set and also act as compere to introduce Paul Wheater, George Hamilton IV & Live Issue and Syd Little (of Little and Large fame). There are also concerts and services on Saturday morning, Saturday evening, Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening. Sunday 22nd July 2012. Once again Denis Collier has invited me to be part of his country music weekend at the Belgrave Madison Hotel, Blackpool. You will need to book for the whle weekend to attend. Details from Denis on 01977-514692. Friday 10th August 2012. Following my appearances with my band in 2006 and 2009, I have again been booked for the country music night of the Annual Mundesley Festival in Norfolk. Tickets and further infomration from 01263-721189 mobile 07867-632998. Starting on Sunday 5th August, there is a different kind of entertainment each night which also inlcudes Isla St. Clair (Sunday), Richard Digance (Tuesday) and The Temperance Seven (Wednesday). Saturday 17th November 2012 Again, Paul Wheater has invited me to be part of a one day 'Mini Gospel Conference at Whitby Spa Pavilion. Final line-up to be confirmed, but as well as Paul and myself, will also include Tommy Ball (of Cannon & Ball). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Monday 5th December 2011 The new 24 page booklet is now available, and includes all 34 photographs in full colour. Also available is a new 12 track Box Set 'Sampler' CD which includes one track from each of the 12 albums included in the new box set See the CD and DVD page of the website for track listings. .Friday 4th November 2011. GREAT NEWS!! Release of a NEW 12 CD BOX SET called 'THE CD YEARS - 1992 to 2012'. Available now, in time for Christmas. See CD no. 29 on the CD and DVD page for full details. Although the box set is ready now, I am still working on a small supplementary booklet to update the 50th Anniversary Souvenir Book, with news and photographs covering the time from 2006 to December 2011. A copy of the original 88 page book will also be included with this new box set. Sunday 30th October 2011. Added two more video clips to the YouTube link on my links page. Now over 30,000 'viewing clicks, with nearly half of them for Sarah's steel guitar instrumental. So, start viewing the new additions. 'Sticky Fingers' and the duet 'How Many Lovers?' written by Geoff Ashford. Tuesday 13th September 2011. CD and DVD page is now back on line and up to date. The 50th Anniversary Box Set Sampler album, previously only for promotional release, is made available for general sale. A reminder that I will be singing at the first ever Hurworth Show (near Darlington) this coming Saturday 17th September. Just a couple of half hour sets between 1.0pm and 3.0pm. Up to 5,000 people are expected through the gates, open between 11.0am and 4.00pm. All the usual attractions from best jam and pickeles etc, vegetables and flowers to kids pets, performing dogs, and two other (non country) musical acts sharing the stage. On Tuesday afternoon, 27th September 2011, between 2.00pm and 4.00pm, I'll be re-starting the regular monthly entertainments shows for Marske Partnership at the Marske Cheshire Home, just 5 minutes away from home. Admission just £1.50p. Saturday 10th September 2010. For the next few days, the CD and DVD page of my website will not be available as I need to update it. Sylvia came home from her shoulder operation last night, (rotator cuff surgery) and as I will be at home full time for a few days, it seemed a good opportunity to get things updated. Just e-mail me at tonygoodacre@hotmail.com if you need any information urgently. Thanks for your interest. IMPORTANT. When you do click on the CDs and DVDs page, please do allow time for this page to download, as it will take longer than any of the other pages on my website. Included is lot about each item, including track listings, inlay photographs, and other details about all of the 27 different CDs, as well as more information about the 13 different double DVDs Tuesday 19th July 2011. Another new album, 'Sylvantone Singers & Songwriters' has just gone live on the cdbaby website for digital download. This time it is a mixed artiste album with 5 tracks from me plus a duet with Jeannie Dee, two songs each from Jeannie, Stu Page, Geoff Ashford and new Sylvantone singer Mick Haley, and one from Jeannie's husband Duncan. 30 second audio samplers are available for each of the 15 songs, which can be purchased as downloads individually or as an album. Just go to www.cdbaby.com then type in the name Tony Goodacre and click search, and this should take you to all 3 of the albums available as digital downloads. To go straight to the new album, you will need to type in the artiste name as Tony Goodacre & Friends. If you click on 'more details' you will find full information about each of the 15 tracks. For those of you who prefer to purchase music through another supplier, CDbaby partner companies include Apple iTunes, myspacemusic, AmazonMP3, Napster, Rhapsody, Deezer, Emusic, 7Digital, Nokia, Spotify, Verizon, Greatindiemusic, Zune and many more, but some of these may take a little longer to put the new album live on line Remember that CDbaby prices are in dollars and cents, not pounds, so buying MP3 downloads on line can work out cheaper if that's how you like to listen to your music. However, you can buy physical CD's of all three releases from my website, and can be put towards quantity discounts. See the CD and DVD page on this website for full details. Saturday 19th February 2011. News of two confirmed bookings in May. Monday 16th May, 7.30pm, George Hamilton IV will be joining me in concert at our own local church, St. Mark's Church in Marske by the Sea, proceeds in aid of church funds. Tickets, £5 available from Sylvia 01642-479898 or pay at the door on the night. On Saturday 28th May, 7.30pm, making my first appearance there since 2003, I will be in concert at Thornton Dale Village Hall, near Pickering, North Yorkshire, a venue at which I have performed over 20 times since the early 1980's. Tickets, £5 each available from Wardell's shop in the village, from any village hall committee member or from Sylvia. Thursday 20th January 2011 Bill Clarke, who produced 10 of my albums between 1975 and 1989, sadly died from lung cancer last month (December). Although you can hear his musical talent on many of my albums, the only video I could find of him was from the Session Band Tour in 1984, and even then, little could be seen of his guitar playing. The whole show was filmed as a souvenir by a member of the audience in South Wales. However, there is a lovely moment where he received a surprise presentation from the rest of the band. So I uploaded this clip on to my link with youtube as a tribute to Bill. (Just go to the 'links' page on my website). There is also a clip of one of the show-stopping moments of the show, featuring Gerry Hale on fiddle and Derek Thurlby on guitar. Sunday 2nd January 2011. Another new compilation album 'More Songs from the Geoff Ashford Songbook' was released this week on the cdbaby website for digital download. This time, fifteen more Geoff Ashford compositions, any of which can be downloaded individually for just 99 cents each, and once again, I've included two as FREE downloads. The full album is only US$9.99, so why not treat yourself? Any artistes looking for original songs to record yourself, why not try one or more of these? It seems that the free downloads are only availabvle from cdbaby, but if you already have accounts with some of their partner companies like Amazon, itunes, Napster etc, you can buy my downloads from them as well. Just add the odd Tony Goodacre track to your order for Def Leppard, Black Sabbath or Pixie Lott....you'll find it's quite a contrast. Wednesday 24th November 2010. A week earlier than expected, those fantastic folks at CD baby have got my new album, 'The Country Side of Britain' available to download on their website. Whether you want to download just one song, all 12 songs or anything in between (two of which are free downloads), just click on to www.cdbaby.com click on explore music, type in Tony Goodacre, click search and you're there. Even if you don't want to buy, you can always listen to audio clips of every song, type in a review (favourable I hope) and see what else might appeal on this great cdbaby website. And remember these are lower prices in dollars, so it's cheaper than buying from me!!!! Monday 30th August 2010. I have just completed a new compilation CD 'The Country Side of Britain' (CDSTON0810). This features 12 of the most popular and successful Sylvantone published British written songs I have ever recorded, and will be used mainly to promote these songs by sending copies to country music presenters at radio stations, the country music magazines for review purposes, and to also make them available to other recording artistes to record. Although the CD is available to purchase either singly or as part of an order for two or more items now, I will also soon be making it available to download on line, with two or three tracks free. I'll let you know how and on which website soon. Meanwhile full details of the songs included can be found on the CD and DVD page. Thursday 24th June 2010. The main news this month is that there isn't anything much new. I'm enjoying my retirement, which means that for the summer months, I am planning to enjoy the good weather and limit the time I spend on the computer. So, I don't plan to add any more video or audio clips until later in the year. However, a couple of dates for your diary in July, especially if you live near Saltburn. I was one of eight acts asked to do a 15 minute set at a concert at Saltburn Community Theatre on Saturday 3rd July, tickets £6 each. Five folk singer/songwriter acts, a teenage pop family trio (very good), a new bluegrass acoustic band, plus me, representing country music. If you've been on the link to my daughter Sandy's webpage, adlibperformingarts.co.uk you will see that grand daughter Shannan has been accepted for a place at one of Britain's leading performing arts colleges in Cambridge. A 'Farwell to Shannan' concert, before she goes to Cambridge, has been arranged for Saturday 24th July, also at Saltburn Community theatre., tickets £6 each, concessions £5. The concert will include some of the most popular song and dance routines featured on previous Ad Lib shows. Saturday 1st May 2010. More new video clips added on my YouTube links page. Not just of me, but also of some of the Sylvantone managed acts like Stu Page, The Hillbilly Boogiemen and Sarah Jory. There's also a wildlife clip of some Tasmanian Devils. There are also a couple of new audio clips (including one full recorded track of 'Love is Just Like Fishing') and two more recent photos. Friday 19th March 2010. Another gig to add. (I know, I'm still retired). After a great show last Sunday in Scarborough, Denis Collier has now added me to the line-up for his country music holiday weekend in Blackpool on July 9th, 10th and 11th. I'll be doing just one spot on the Friday night, 9th July. It's held at the Belgrave Madison Hotel, right on the seafront, North Shore. Details and booking information from Denis on 01977-514692. Tuesday 2nd March 2010. I have now closed the video link to MySpace, and transferred the clips to YouTube. There are now 22 different songs to view. Just go to the 'links' page and click on the YouTube link. Monday 22nd February 2010. Gig news. Yes, I know I've retired, but I always did say I'd accept bookings if, (a) I didn't have to carry all my equipment about, (b) if it was local, or if some distance away accommodation was made avaialble and (c) if I didn't have to perform more than 2 sets. Well, I did a show for the local pensioners in Marske last Tuesday afternoon, and I have accepted an invitation from Denis Collier (Collier Dixon Line) to do a spot at his Country Music Weekends in Scarborough at the Delmont Hotel, Scarborough on Sunday 14th March and Sunday 5th December. You'll need to book for the full weekend (Friday - Sunday), as numbers are limited, and they usually are sellouts. Ring Denis on 01977-514692 for all information. Finally, after a bit of persuading, I accepted a booking at Mundesley Holiday Village, Paston Road, Mundesley, Norfolk to do 2 spots with my band (Ray, Chas & Frank) on Saturday 17th April. Also appearing and doing 2 sets will be the duo Speed Limit. Again, you may need to book for the full weekend, but you can check by contacting the venue direct for all information on 01263-720334. It's not a venue I have done before, but it seems Roy Waller from BBC Radio Norfolk, who compered the show I did at Mundesley Village Hall last August, highly recommend me to the booking agent. Sunday 7th February 2010 Five more audio clips just added, including 'A Woman Captured Me', a Hank Snow song I learnt 50 years ago from an old EP in the RCA 'Country Guitar' series. Also 'Do You Know You Are My Sunshine' the Statler Brothers song that was No.1 in the Country Charts on the day I went into the studio in Nashville to record it. Stu Page on classic guitar and Sarah Jory on pedal steel add some great musical backing on my version of an old Marty Robbins song 'Working My Way Through a Heartache'. Enjoy these and all the other audio clips. Remember, all these songs in full are available on the various CDs listed on the CDs and DVDs page. Saturday 6th February 2010 I have just added some more photgraphs on to both the Family and Music pages, plus more Audio clips on the music page and more video clips on YouTube. Tuesday 2nd February 2010 You can now order and pay for CDs and DVDs on line through PayPal. It's simple. Send me an e-mail detailing which items you want. I will e-mail an invoice to you, and you will receive a request for payment from PayPal. Once that is paid, I will mail your order to you. All prices and details, including postage costs for overseas orders, can be found on the CDs and DVDs page. Sunday 17th January 2010. I thought you might like to hear some of the other artistes on the Sylvantone label. So, if you click on the 'music' page, you will find that I have added complete songs recorded in the 1980's by Jeannie Dee (with some great musical backing from members of my 1984 Session Band, Derek Thurlby and Gerry Hale), Stu Page (one of his many self-penned numbers we also released as a single), and Geoff Ashford (with the original version of his award winning song 'Rags to Riches'. Happy browsing, Tony Goodacre.
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