October 8, 2014 • No Comments

Leading UK CCM website CrossRhythms interviewed Greg from ECHO at the recent KingStock Festival, where they performed on the big stage.

It’s been a busy year fro the band, following the release of their well-received album “Bought Not Souled” in January with the band having played over 40 gigs so far in 2014. Unless more gigs are booked in before then, December sees the band playing their 100th gig! A noteworthy achievement – Echo we salute you!

It’s a great article and in it, Greg discusses the band’s history to date, what their aims and objectives are and their future plans and hopes – including some possible insights into the next album’s track listing!

Click here to read the full article http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/ECHO_The_covers_band_Extending_Christs_Heart_to_Others/54682/p1/

Echo’s album ” Bought Not Souled” is available on CD from this very  website https://planktonrecord.wpengine.com/product/bought-not-souled/

Alos available as a download from all major sites Worldwide, including iTunes and Amazon

September 24, 2014 • No Comments

Leading UK CCM website Louder Than The Music has reviewed our new “What A Friend We Have'” album by Vivienne Neville, Liz Clarke, Jackie Morris Bates and Mary-Kathryn.

It’s a great and extensive review for our album (thanks guys!),  which is available Worldwide now  from all leading music download and streaming sites.

Click here to read the review: http://louderthanthemusic.com/document.php?id=4535

September 16, 2014 • No Comments

Mr Paul Mcilwaine, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, co-writer and producer of Liz Clarke’s latest album DESTINY has posted a video he’s made for one of the album tracks to YouTube.

“Burnin’ With the Blues” is a great slow blues which highlights both Liz’s voice and Paul’s great guitar playing. As well as all of his musical skills, Paul is a gifted photographer too and he certainly combines this gifting with his love of guitars on this video!

Here’s the link to the video for you to enjoy too: http://youtu.be/h7-P1c_IzY0 

September 12, 2014 • No Comments

Our good friend Geoff Howlett who runs the UK CCM “Never For Nothing” Website has recently posted an in-depth news item on the new “What A Friend We Have ” album that was released Worldwide on September 8th.

Click on the link to read: https://neverfornothing.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/friends-across-the-ocean/

September 11, 2014 • No Comments

Echo’s recent appearance at the Kingstock Festival has been featured in a great article about the Festival by Tony Cummings  which was posted by top CCM site CrossRhythms.

It’s a long, but very interesting article that’s well worth a read. As well as commenting on several of the acts who performed, Tony gives his thoughts on the festival and the future of such festivals in the UK. We at Plankton Records share his hopes and desires for the future!

Here’s the link to the whole article (but if you only want to read the section about Echo it’s right at the top of page 2):  http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/KingsStock

August 31, 2014 • No Comments

Top UK CCM website CrossRhythms have posted a news article about the new up-coming album “What A Friend We Have” featuring  Vivienne Neville, Liz Clarke, Jackie Morris Bates and Mary-Kathryn ahead of its Worldwide digital release on Monday 8th September.

The album is available to pre-order on iTunes and amazon across the World

Click here to read the article: http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/news/Friends_Plan_Album/54440/p1/

August 27, 2014 • No Comments

Top UK CCM website Louder Than The Music have posted a news article about the new up-coming album “What A Friend We Have” which we are releasing Worldwide as a digital/download album only on Monday 8th September.

Click here to read the article: http://louderthanthemusic.com/document.php?id=4484

August 22, 2014 • No Comments

September 8 2014 sees the Worldwide digital release of the new “What A Friend” album by Vivienne Neville (UK), Liz Clarke (UK),  Jackie Morris Bates (USA) and Mary-Kathryn (USA). The album consists of 3 solo tracks from each artist plus the ‘What A Friend We Have In Jesus’ charity single that the 4 artists recorded together and was released by Plankton Records earlier this year.

Among the songs included on the album, Vivienne Neville has contributed 2 new previously unreleased tracks and both Liz Clarke and Jackie Morris Bates have contributed songs that have only previously been available as singles. The other songs included are all gems from the ladies sizeable back catalogues, including rare tracks and tracks that have never previously been available digitally.

Vivienne and Liz are both based in the UK and are Plankton Records artists in their own right. Liz has recently released her “Destiny” album through Plankton. Jackie Morris Bates is based in the USA and has recently become active again in music after a break. Mary-Kathryn is an acclaimed USA artist and performer who is releasing her long awaited brand new album  “Wonders In The Deep” very soon.

“What A Friend We Have” is available to pre-order now on iTunes and Amazon now (use the links below) and will be available from all major download and streaming sites Worldwide.

iTunes UK : https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/what-a-friend-we-have

iTunes USA: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/what-a-friend-we-have

Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Friend-Clarke-Mary-Kathryn-Vivienne-Neville

Amazon USA: http://www.amazon.com/Friend-Clarke-Mary-Kathryn-Vivienne-Neville

August 14, 2014 • No Comments

The wonderful charity  single “What A Friend We Have In Jesus” which was released in March and featured Plankton label mates Vivienne Neville And Liz Clarke, alongside USA vocalists Jackie Morris Bates and Mary-Kathryn has been reviewed by UK CCM website CrossRhythms. Click on the link to read  http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products

The single is still available Worldwide on iTunes, Amazon and all other major digital music download  and streaming sites as well as on CD from this website. CLick on this link to see the CD https://planktonrecord.wpengine.com/discography/what-a-friend-we-have-in-jesus/

You can also watch the video for the single on YouTube http://youtu.be/rFYJAl8-wqU

July 30, 2014 • No Comments

Plankton Records have announced their “Sizzling Summer CD Sale” which will start on Friday 1st August and will run for the entire month of August.

A number of selected CD titles will be offered with prices starting from only £3.99 (all prices include P&P to anywhere in the world).All titles incouded in the sale will have at least £2 off compared to the regular price

Plankton Records’ Keith Dixon stated “We’ve never done a proper sale before so we are excited about what August may bring. There are some fantastic CD titles included in the sale and with some titles being offered at only £3.99 we hope we can tempt plenty of people to explore Plankton’s music and discover themselves a gem or two!”

Each CD that will be included in the sale will be indicated by a small green ‘Sale!’ roundal on the album cover image and the regular price will be crossed through with the sale price clearly stated next to it. This will all be on this website’s shop page. Click on this link to go to shop page: https://planktonrecord.wpengine.com/shop/

Keith added “These prices will only be around for a month, and, if there’s a big response, while stocks last (for some titles),  so please don’t delay. The sales prices will automatically appear on the website on Friday 1st August”