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24 February 2004
Ron Davidse has spotted that limited edition of Billy Bragg's anthology "Must I paint you a Picture" contains a duet with Ted on the third "bonus" CD. I'm guessing that this is the version that has previously been included in one or two compilation albums. If anybody can confirm this please let me know.
1 February 2004
TED HAWKINS STORY OPTIONED FOR BIG SCREEN "The life story rights of the late singer/songwriter Ted Hawkins have been optioned for a motion picture release. Jeff Cooney Films in association with First Look Pictures has licensed the exclusive film rights from Hawkins' Widow Elizabeth Hawkins. A screenplay is currently in development, depicting this unique performer's rise from a simple street singer on Venice Beach to a talent recognized around the world."
Thanks to Marc K for bringing this to my attention.
26 April 2003
Catfish appear to have taken The Unstoppable Ted Hawkins and Nowhere to Run/I Love You Too and packaged them together in a double CD as Ladder of Success. It has been released on Catfish's Snapper label and is available from Amazon.com for £7.99. Needless to say this is a great buy for anybody that doesn't have either of the originals and a pretty good buy if you only have one of them. If you already own both there's no need to get buy this release - to Catfish's credit they didn't seek to milk the market by adding "bonus tracks." A special thanks to Mark K for pointing out the release and then pestering me until I did something about it.
12 January 2003
The Ted Hawkins Collection has been released. At last, great news for all you guitarists who keep asking me questions about entabulature, a Ted Hawkins songbook has been published. I don't have any information on the book (except that shown on the "superdupermusic.com" sited) so if anybody has already bought the book and would like to have a go at writing a review please let me know.
13 October 2002
The Unofficial Ted Hawkins Home Page has moved to its new home here at the-bunker.org. Please update your bookmarks to this page. I have checked for broken links but if I've missed any please email me at the address below. I haven't heard from Richard Towle in a while and his site doesn't seem to be available any more. Does anybody have any news on this?
10 August 2002
Ayo Bamidele has included a track of Ted's on his compilation The Song Makers Project Vol 1. He tells me that 10% of the profits are being donated to charity. The album also includes Billy Bragg and Bert Jansch as well as Ayo himself.
3 May 2002
Hen House Studios have just re-released the Spirit of Venice, California, a compilation CD that features a recording of Ted singing "Groovy Little Things." They have a small mp3 sample available for download. For more info please click here.
7 April 2002
A new page on bootleg recordings has been added here. Details of any other bootlegs would be appreciated.
1 Oct 2001
"I Love You Too" has been repackaged under the title Nowhere To Run. UK release 24 September 2001, US release 9 October. My thanks to Ron Davidse for spotting this.
3 May 2002
Hen House Studios have just re-released the Spirit of Venice, California, a compilation CD that features a recording of Ted singing "Groovy Little Things." They have a small mp3 sample available for download. For more info please click here.
7 April 2002
A new page on bootleg recordings has been added here. Details of any other bootlegs would be appreciated.
1 Oct 2001
"I Love You Too" has been repackaged under the title Nowhere To Run. UK release 24 September 2001, US release 9 October. My thanks to Ron Davidse for spotting this.
8 May 2001
Jeffrey Sobczynski tells the story of the time he saw Ted Hawkins play.
8 May 2001
Jostein Bernsten has added two 12 inch singles to the list of Ted's works released on vinyl.
19 February 2001
A new CD The Unstoppable Ted Hawkins has just been released.
1 Dec 2000
The The Kershaw Sessions is available on MP3 and they tell me it's legal