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    Heavyweight 180g black vinyl LP in a gatefold sleeve with lyrics and background information on the songs. If you like, Sarah can sign the LP with a personal message to you or the intended recipient – just indicate how and to whom you’d like it to be signed using the “Include a message” link on the checkout page (or the contact link at right).

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    Includes full colour 16-page booklet with lyrics and background information on the songs. If you like, Sarah can sign the CD with a personal message to you or the intended recipient – just indicate how and to whom you’d like it to be signed using the “Include a message” link on the checkout page (or the contact link at right).

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    Heavyweight 100% cotton T-shirt screen-printed with Sarah’s original album cover artwork, available in a choice of black on red or red on black, in sizes ranging from Small to XXL. If you’re ordering more than one T-shirt, specify the size and colour for additional shirts using the “Include a message” link on the checkout page (or the contact link at right). Shipping time may vary depending on whether we have your size and colour in stock, but if it's going to be any longer than a few days, we'll let you know and offer you the option of choosing a different colour/size.

    NOTE RE. POSTAGE COSTS: Sadly, postage rates have risen astronomically in recent years – particularly for the USA, which is now classed by Royal Mail in a price band of its own: it costs £5 more to send an LP to the USA than to Canada or Mexico! You can save on postage by ordering more than one item at a time, as the base postage rate is determined by the item with the highest shipping cost. You’ll only be charged the incremental rate for any additional items — for example, a USB stick only adds 25p (or local currency equivalent) to your total postage cost no matter where you live. ... more
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Four sets of test pressings, on heavyweight 180g black vinyl, in white sleeves which can be personalised with hand-drawn versions of Sarah’s original album artwork, handwritten lyrics/credits and/or a personal message – just let us know your preference using the “Include a message” link on the checkout page (or the contact link at right).

    There are only four of these, and when they’re gone, they’re gone – so get your order in quickly, and please consider adding an extra contribution if you can!

    NOTE RE. POSTAGE COSTS: Sadly, postage rates have risen astronomically in recent years – particularly for the USA, which is now classed by Royal Mail in a price band of its own: it costs £5 more to send an LP to the USA than to Canada or Mexico! You can save on postage by ordering more than one item at a time, as the base postage rate is determined by the item with the highest shipping cost. You’ll only be charged the incremental rate for any additional items.

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  • Ultra-Limited Edition Gold G7th Capo Bundle
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    The very lovely people at G7th The Capo Company have kindly donated two 18kt gold plated Newport capos (just like the one Sarah’s been using on stage for years – check out the videos on her YouTube page to see it in action!) engraved by the G7th Custom Shop with Sarah’s album artwork ... which happens to fit the capo rather nicely, as you can see from the photo.

    Included in this bundle are a copy of either the CD or the gatefold LP (please use the “Include a message” link on the checkout page to specify which you’d prefer); plus a heavyweight 100% cotton T-shirt screen-printed with Sarah’s original album cover artwork, available in a choice of black on red or red on black, in sizes ranging from Small to XXL; plus a limited edition hardcover 30-page book printed on 148gsm Mohawk Superfine uncoated eggshell-finish archival quality photo paper, containing behind-the-scenes photographs and reminiscences from the album recording sessions, photo shoot and video shoot.

    There are only two of these, so get ’em while they’re hot!

    Included with all pre-orders is an IMMEDIATE free high-quality download (MP3, FLAC and more) of “The Tug Of The Moon”, the first single from the album. A link to download the full album (including a PDF of the booklet) will be sent on the release date.

    The album and the book can both be signed with a personal message to you or the intended recipient – just indicate how and to whom you’d like it/them to be signed using the “Include a message” link on the checkout page (or the contact link at right).

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about

The UK’s Mines and Collieries Act of 1842 prohibited children under the age of ten from working underground; around 20 percent of the workforce in Cornish tin and copper mines at that time consisted of children. Even after the Act was issued, boys and girls as young as seven continued to perform above-ground tasks, such as heating tin ore in a furnace or ‘calciner’ to extract arsenic. Children continued to work in mines in Cornwall into the early 20th century. In other parts of the world, they still do.

lyrics

So much has changed in my lifetime
And mostly for the best
Even when the morning news is frightening
It doesn’t set me yearning for the past

There’s a valley near my home
Where children run among the stones
Instead of giving up their lives
For copper and tin

Cot Valley is green today
Where the slag heaps used to smoulder
Now a child is free to wander
And I know things could be better
But we’ve come a long, long way

There was a time when choice was something made for us by others
For some the pick and shovel, some the sword and some the veil
No difficult decisions, no surprises to discover
Just take the road that’s laid for you and hope it treats you well

And for far too many children
That’s still the way it happens
The cards you’re dealt
Are all you have to play

I’m glad I know the valley as it is now
And not the way it was before
I’m glad we don’t send children down the mines now
Or set them burning arsenic from ore

I go there with my daughter 
The world is open to her
She can gaze out at the sea
And watch her dreams roll in

Cot Valley is green today
Where the slag heaps used to smoulder
Now a child is free to wander
Yes I know things could be better
But we’ve come a long, long way
Cot Valley is green today

credits

from If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous, released February 2, 2018
Sarah McQuaid
Sarah – vocals, 1965 Martin D-28 and Andy Manson guitars, high-strung Squier Fender Stratocaster
Michael Chapman – 1961 Gibson ES-175 archtop electric guitar
Roger Luxton – percussion
Samuel Hollis – upright bass
Georgia Ellery – fiddle
Richard Evans – trumpet

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Sarah McQuaid Penzance, UK

“One of the most instantly recognisable voices in current music … Shades of Joni Mitchell in a jam with Karen Carpenter and Lana Del Rey.” —Neil March, Trust The Doc

“Captivating, unorthodox songwriting … layered satin vocals ... enthralling, harrowing arrangements … a gateway into a true innovator’s soul.” —PopMatters

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