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SEPTEMBER 2007

New Ultra - Limited Edition Single

From SnapsMusic in Italy

THE CARPETTES : new vinyl limited edition release

Finally out for special limited edition vinyl release :

The CARPETTES : limited edition of 50 pcs. only! A 33 rpm single with four tracks taken from 80s demos + special cardboard sleeve + square cd ( with the same tracks) .

Available now at 13 euro + 5 euro (delivery costs), payable via paypal at auarecords@tin.it or info@snapsmusic.com address.

Limited quantities!

DECEMBER 2006

The Carpettes feature heavily in the new exhibition at the Discovery Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,which looks at the development of Punk in The North East of England in 1976-77 and it`s impact on society. The exhibition runs over the winter months and admission is free. Check with the museum for opening times.

NOVEMBER 2006

OCTOBER 2006

New book release featuring Carpettes article

by Alex Ogg

http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/nomoreheroes.htm

MAY 2006

At last we have videos on the site

Find them on the BITS`N`PIECES page

APRIL 2006

PICTURES FROM GERMANY

EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

There have been a few changes but this is the final schedule

15.04.06
D / Giessen / AK44

16.04.06

D / D/ Schwäbisch-Gmünd / Esperenza

17.04.06

Aus / Innsbruck/PKM

18.04.06
Aus / Vienna/ Movimento

19.04.06
D / Chemnitz / AJZ

20.04.06

D / Dusseldorf/Pretty Vacant

21.04.06
D / Lübeck / Treibsand

22.04.06

D / Berlin / Roadrunners Paradise

*Supported on all dates by Berlin band

THE NOT AMUSED

NOVEMBER 2005

12 Inch Vinyl copies of "THE CARPETTES", the new album on NDN Records are now released.

There are Nine different versions of the album, each with a different

serial number and label and each pressed on a different coloured vinyl.

For details visit the NDN Records website.

August 2005

OUT NOW !

NEW ALBUM RELEASE!

"THE CARPETTES"

(NDN 42)

The eponymously titled new album

For all the details go here--------

New Carpettes album !

2005 reunion of The Carpettes, who were a popular late 70`s/early 80`s punky

pop band in the vein of The Boys, The Vapors and The Vibrators in England.

They had a few albums out on Beggars Banquet and lots of singles

and EP`s. Well, here they are back together in 2005 recording 13 pretty darn

exciting, rocking and shiny vibrant rock `n roll that reminds me of early 80`s Ramones,

Psychotic Youth(obscure=ish Swedish band,

check `em out..we have a CD left

of theirs) and, on the more recent front, The Groovie Ghoulies. Imagine Chuck Berry

playing The Ramones and that sort of grabs it, too. It`s punky in spirit, straight

ahead rocking in sound and always obsessed with finding

catchy choruses and melodies

in the verses. Bless The Boys! They call themselves a band that is

"Power Pop For The Punk Generation" and thats dead-on. Like the bands listed above,

The Carpettes master a blazing, blisteringly fast style of rock `n roll,

but sharply crisp guitars, biting melodies and sing-a-long choruses.

Very Highly Recommended!

www.notlame.com

21st June 2005

http://www.geocities.com/nowwave/rants/carpettes.html

30th May 2005

APRIL 2005

Anagram Records have just re-issued

"THE BEST OF THE CARPETTES" (CDPUNK 80)

Read the Review from Record Collector Magazine

"LIVE AT LAST- TOKYO 2003"

Last Years Youth Records 2004

A storming live set recorded in February 2003 at The Shelter , Tokyo,

featuring tracks from throughout the career of the band.

2002

Album Release

"Fair Play to `Em"

On the Japanese WAVEFORMlabel

Twelve brand new tracks on the first new album for 22 years show that The Carpettes

have lost none of the old energy and song writing ability. Search it out !