Crystal Jacqueline

Last June, Crystal Jacqueline and her band performed at the Sonic Rock Solstice Festival and somebody very naughtily bootlegged it. The day after the gig, Icarus Peel, Jacqueline's guitarist and musical director, was perusing one on the many merchandise stalls when he noticed a homemade CD of the previous evening's performance. "How much for the CD?", he asked. "Ten quid", came the reply. "How much if you're in the band?", Peel enquired. Unsurprisingly, a considerable discount was offered, and the deal was done. Playing the disc on the long drive home, Jacqueline and Peel were impressed by what they heard and thought that with a bit of tidying up they'd have a rather splendid live album and persuaded Mega Dodo to bootleg the bootleggers. The vinyl edition will be available as an 'official bootleg' pressed on 180 gram white and black splatter vinyl in an edition of 250 copies.