TCS Fanzine: "Easy Read"

My name is David Anderson and I am from Kilwinning, in Ayrshire, which is three miles north of the band's hometown of Irvine (it looks further on the AHP cover) and was, until the end of last year, part of the now defunct New Town.

I am pleased to inform all of you that I recently (finally!) completed the first issue of "Easy Read", the first Scottish-based fanzine dedicated to the TCS, which I have been working on for some considerable time now.

The fanzine consists of 44 pages including the following:

• A 16 page pull-out centre section of mainly recent (1995 & 1996) local (Ayrshire) and national (Scottish) press material. I think you will be pleasantly surprised at the amount of (positive) coverage the band have received in recent times
• A 2 page article on the e-mail list, contributed by list member Diane Gleim from Los Angeles, California (other list members contributed various comments to the article)
• Version (3.0) of Kenny Gan's discography (plus a couple of pages of updates and additions of my own) from the Go! web site.
• My own "Gigography" (a complete list of the concerts played by the band since July '95) and numerous (19) set lists from the last three years (although mostly from 1996)
• A selection of previously unseen photographs by 'official' band photographer Colin Dunsmuir

I must advise you all that the quality of reproduction of the fanzine (and Colin Dunsmuir's photographs in particular) is not as good as I had intended but I think that it still compares favourably with some other fanzines which I have seen. Fortunately, I have only had fifty copies printed, initially, and I intend to reprint in I manage to sell all of them. I will be very disappointed if I do not reach this modest sales target! If I do reprint, then I will be making alternative arrangements to ensure the desired print quality is achieved next time.

If you would like to receive a copy of the "limited edition" (for now) fanzine, and you live in the

• U.K.:
  Please send a cheque/postal order for £3.00 (made payable to David Anderson) and an A4 size stamped, self-addressed envelope with postage stamps affixed to the value of 49p (1st class) OR 38p (2nd class) to the following address:-

  "Easy Read"
  62 Hawthorn Court
  Kilwinning, Ayrshire
  Scotland KA13 6DN

• If you live outside of the U.K.:
  Please send an A4 size self-addressed envelope and a sterling draft/cheque or international money order (made payable to David Anderson) for the relevant amount (includes postage - see below) for your country of residence, to the above address:-
  • Europe (including Eire) = £3.75
  • USA/Canada = £4.40
  • Japan = £4.60

• If you live in a country other than those encompassed by the above then please write to me and I will advise you on how much to send.

I must apologize for the seemingly high cover price but I am not even covering the high production (printing and scanning) costs which were involved in producing the first issue.

If you have any questions about the fanzine, or on any other band related subject for that matter, please write to me at the aforesaid address and you will definitely receive a reply.

Cheers,

David

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