Only 500 copies made?

Someone asked me if it is truth that only 500 copies were made of the AMP LP. Yes it was, because this was all we could afford in the eighties. About 100 of these copies were sold in advance and were signed by all 4 band members (real collectors items!). Many copies were given away […]

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After the LP madness..

In the future I will place rare recordings of AMP rehearsals, gigs, radio interviews and anecdotes on the website (RSS). Perhaps people like that. Maybe they even listen to the CDs mp3 and find out that if they like the LPs ‘Ite Missa Est’, they probably like ‘Tarmac’ from the CD or ‘Fortune teller’ from […]

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LP’s found their destiny

I thank Goutroy, Curious Guy and others for their blog messages about the A Modest Proposal LP. One of the reply’s on Goutroy’s blog suggested to buy all and sell them on ebay. Of cause I was afraid for that kind of reactions when I took the risk to ask a ‘modest’ price. But I’m […]

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It’s raining request for LPs

Suddenly this evening people started ordering LPs as if they are for free! Okay, now I have a serious box problem because LP sending boxes are of course not for sale anymore. It’s a pity that they didn’t order the CD instead. That would have been less of a logistic challenge. It appears that there […]

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More surprises

Yet another blog that discusses the LP of A Modest Proposal at Phoenix Hairpins “Thanks to Capa Nostra Syndicate for letting me post this record that I wanted to hear for a long time. Never heard it before but I was intrigued because it’s on the Rosebud label of Mekanik Kommando after they were dropped […]

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LP suddenly wanted!

I was very surprised to find a blog entry mentioning that the A Modest Proposal LP is still wanted. Someone offered the LP on ebay for 218 us dollar! Of course we will never know if this was a realistic price. I feel tempted to raise the price of the LP. However, it has never […]

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CD ‘Contrast’ – ANWO/BAR 999

Album information The CD (which is still available) is written, arranged, engineered, produced & performed by A Modest Proposal. A Modest Proposal are: Nicolet Theunissen: vocals, Various Little Instruments (VLI), recorder; Ton Coolen: guitar, Chapman stick, violin; Bert van de Grift: things with knobs & buttons, VLI, grand piano. They were assisted by: Steven Brown: […]

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