The
Fivepenny Piece News
Lynda
Meeks Passed Away
(posted 24 Jan 2013)
It
is with deep regret that we have to announce the death
of Lynda Meeks. On the 2nd of January, Lynda was diagnosed
with lung cancer which had spread to her liver. She
was given six months to live, but that was not to
be, and she passed away on 22nd of January 2013.
Lynda
was a founder member of The Fivepenny Piece; sister
to frontman John with whom she shared the limelight.
Her distinctive voice was an integral part of sound
of the band. She also added a touch of glamour to
the band which can't have damaged their profile. She
will be sadly missed by fans across the world.
'On Stage' - Reissued on CD! (posted 10 Nov 2011)
At
last - the reissue on CD of one of The Fivepenny Piece's
most requested releases. This was the band's first
live album. It was recorded at the band's "home",
the Broad Oak Hotel in Ashton-under-Lyne. The
set gives a good impression of what the band's live
shows must have been like, and as expected, they put
on a good evening's entertainment for the punters.
The
track listing is: Ee By Gum (Play-On) / 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 / If I Were A Carpenter / The Lancashire
Lyne / Brown Photographs / The Battle Of Hastings,
1066 / Cum To Your Tea / Dieting / The Hencote / Keep
Yer 'And On Yer 'Alfpenny / Tell Us It Ain't So /
Straightforward Lancashire Lad / Sandstone Castle
/ My Brudda Sylvest / Down At Our School / Royton
Sands / Sing No More For You My Friends
You
can order your copy of On Stage
available now on CD at £8.99 +P&P from the
5PP corner shop.
'City
Of Manchester' - The Album! (posted 1 Oct 2010)
'City
Of Manchester' is a brand new
collection of songs from founder Fivepenny Piece members
John Meeks and Lynda Meeks.
The album is due for release on 1st October 2010.
There
are 22 tracks - a mix of reworked old songs and brand
new material. The track listing is:
City
of Manchester / Miss Prim & Proper / Wonderful
Time / Wakes Holiday / Emerald Dew of The Morning
/ Dukinfield Park / Tupence Change / Molly Cinders
/ Passing of To-Day / Barefoot Days / Sometimes /
Lancashire Lyne / Winter Sun / Oh Gosh By Gosh / Velvet
Cushions / He Came To Me / Peddler of Songs / Tater
Pie / You Have Been This Way Before / Codswallop /
Can I / Time.
You
can order your copy of City Of Manchester
available now on CD at £8.99 +P&P from the
5PP corner shop or as a Download
from iTunes or Amazon.
Eddie
Crotty Passed Away
(posted 15 Apr 2009)
It
is with deep regret that we have to announce the death
of Eddie Crotty - founder member and much loved singer,
songwriter and funny man of the group. He had been
ill for some time and passed peacefully away at the
weekend in Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport.
'A
Special Child' - The Album! (posted 16 Sep 2008)
'A
Special Child' is a brand new
collection of festive songs from founder Fivepenny
Piece members John Meeks and Lynda Meeks.
The album is due for release on Tuesday 23rd September.
Last
year, The Fivepenny Piece released a Christmas single.
'A
Special Child' was a previously
unreleased song with Lynda singing. Although the song
is about 25 years old and was sung at Christmas concerts
over the years, but had never been recorded until
September 2007. It was never meant as a commercial
release and was only available through the video sharing
website YouTube.
The song nevertheless received a good deal of positive
feedback; and demand from fans for a 'proper' release
- and more of the same!
So
here we have it. Starting with 'A Special Child' (the
song - and the title!), John and Lynda have put together
a complete Christmas album for 2008 containing some
of their favourite Christmas songs - and a few Fivepenny
Piece classics, all performed in the Fivepenny Piece
style.
The
track listing is A Special Child / Lord Of The Dance
/ The Gift Of Love / Away In A Manger / Mary's Boy
Child / If I Were A Carpenter / Silent Night / A Great
Deal Of Difference / Onward Onward Soldier / While
Children Sleep / Scarlet Ribbons / Paint A Perfect
Christmas.
You
can hear short samples of the tracks A Special
Child and Paint A Perfect Christmas,
downloadable here in MP3 format; alternatively, go
to the
Fivepenny Piece MySpace page to hear A Special
Child:
You
can order your copy of A Special Child
available now at £8.99 +P&P from the 5PP
corner shop.
Return
to Broadoak Hotel (posted 29 Aug 2008)
The
Fivepenny Piece - or at least John and Lynda Meeks
- will be making a return trip to the Broadoak
Hotel in Ashton-under-Lyne. A
Night Of Nostalgia will take place on
Wednesday 17th September. More details
when we get them.
The
Broadoak Hotel is on Broadoak Road, Ashton Under Lyne
OL6 8QD; tel: 0161 330 2764; web: http://www.broadoakhotel.co.uk.
The
Very Best Of Fivepenny Piece Compilation CD - Back
In Stock Soon! (posted
27
Mar 2008)
After
being deleted by EMI, Margaret Meeks - the Fivepenny
Piece's manager - has managed to negotiate a re-issue
of this, the original Fivepenny Piece 'best of' compilation.
The
Very Best Of Fivepenny Piece is now back in
prodution and we hope to have copies for sale within
the next two weeks.
Brand
New Song - 'A Special Child' Online Today! (posted
9 Nov 2007)
The
Fivepenny Piece have released a Christmas single.
'A
Special Child' is a previously
unreleased song with Lynda singing. The song is about
25 years old and has been sung at Christmas concerts
over the years, but never recorded until September
2007. Written by Colin Radcliffe, it features John
and Lynda. Why not take a listen to the video (created
by John's wife Margaret) which has been posted on
YouTube.com.
You
can view the video at YouTube.com.
Brand
New Album - 'Where It All Began' Released Today!
(posted 11 Sept 2007)
Tuesday
11th September 2007 is the official release date of
the brand new The Fivepenny Piece album Where
It All Began.
This
is what you have all been waiting for, a long-overdue
brand new album Fivepenny Piece album from the founding
trio - John Meeks, Lynda Meeks and Eddie Crotty
together with John's grandson Matthew.
Where It All Began contains
21 tracks; some old favourites re-recorded with Lynda's
voice in fine fettle, plenty of new songs from master
songwriter John, and some fun and laughter with Eddie's
tales.
You
can get your copy for £8.99 + P&P
from the 5PP corner shop.
New
The Fivepenny Piece Compilation CD - Out Now!
EMI
has finally given in to demand, and released The
Fivepenny Piece Collection
on CD! Released on 1st May 2006, this 23-track best
of compilation CD is the first new release since 1998.
The
Fivepenny Piece Collection contains many
favourite tracks, as well as a few rarities, not previously
issued on CD. Old familiar favourites like Ee By
Gum and Big Jim are there, but so are the
bouncy Hang The Flag Out Mrs Jones, which the
group sang on and won Granada TV's New Faces
back in 1969; the beautiful love song Look Into
My Eyes; the old Lancashire music hall song The
Ashton Mashers - all on CD for the very first
time. And there are many more gems - check out the
track listing.
You
can get your copy for £8.99 + P&P
from the 5PP corner shop.
John
Meeks Releases Solo Album
After
an absence of over twenty years, founder member of
The Fivepenny Piece singer/songwriter John
Meeks has taken up the pen again to write a new
batch of songs. He has now returned to the studio
to produce a brand new CD entitled Just
Me and Some of Mi Songs. John produced
the CD himself, singing and playing all the instruments
on the album.
The
CD contains some of John's best-loved songs from The
Fivepenny Piece days, as well as some new ones. Fivepenny
Piece fans will recognise many of their favourite
songs on John's new CD, including his new arrangements
of Brown Photographs, King
Cotton, Stalybridge Market,
Stalybridge Station and
Fine Feathers. But alongside
the old favourites there are some fabulous new songs
which won't disappoint lovers of John's music.
Find
out more details about the release here.
Don't miss your chance to get a copy for only £8.99
+ P&P, direct from the 5PP
corner shop.
