Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 05:44PM 
Didn't get in on the Q's Kickstarter campaign? Well, here's your opportunity to purchase our Double CD Reissue! Available NOW to our fans! Here are the links to pre-order the Swimming Pool Q's reissue "The A&M Years: 1984-1986" on Amazon.com. There will be TWO separate links--one for the standard reissue (2 disc set) and one for the deluxe version (extra cd of rarities and a DVD). The links will also be broken down for easy access in the comments section below. Available June 25th! You can pre-order NOW!
Standard 2 disc reissue: http://smarturl.it/QsReissue
Deluxe 3 disc and 1 DVD reissue: http://smarturl.it/QsDeluxe
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LIVE SHOW TO SUPPORT THE RELEASE:
The SPQ's will be playing Smiths Olde Bar in Atlanta, on June 15th to celebrate their 35th Anniversary and their Double CD Reissue of "The A&M" Years! We strongly recommend purchasing advance tickets to Smith's!
Scheduled for release on June 25, The Swimming Pool Qs: The A&M Years 1984-1986 will have an exclusive, limited 24-hour early availability at Atlanta area shops on Record Store Day, Saturday, April 20.
The long-awaited 2-CD (first time on CD in the U.S.) reissue, which includes The Swimming Pool Q’s and Blue Tomorrow, is also offered as a limited edition deluxe package featuring two additional discs Pow Wow Hour, a 3rd CD of bonus material, and Auto Zoom, a DVD of live clips, TV appearances and promotional videos from the period.
Participating stores will be Horizon Records (Greenville, SC), Decatur CD,Criminal Records, and Wuxtry.
At Wax ‘n’ Facts, in Little Five Points, Atlanta, there will be a signing session at 5 PM. Quantities are very limited at all locations! See you there!
Pre-orders available soon. Stay tuned!
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We are so excited that Kickstarter packages are starting to arrive in the mailboxes of fans, and that you are all happy with your collections! If you have not received your package yet, be on the lookout. It will be arriving very soon!
In the meantime, many of you have asked us about live shows, how to purchase some of the extra items that were included in some pledge packages such as the "Auto Zoom" DVD and "Pow Wow Hour" bounus disc, T-Shirts, Pins, and more. We will be posting a FAQ both on FB and here on the Q's official website very soon, with answers to all of your questions at one time!
The next Q's live show will be in Atlanta, at The Inman Park Festival, on Sunday, April 28th!
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First things first – a special THANK YOU to all you backers who have sent notes of encouragement and enthusiasm about seeing this project through! You anticipated, better than we ourselves, the magnitude of this undertaking, and we appreciate the kind words. And now some tremendously exciting news…We are thrilled to tell you than the last of the project’s many pieces are now in place and that the moment we have all been waiting for is upon us! We expect everyone will have the long-awaited double-CD, DVD collection, and other pieces in their hands by the end of the month. We are also pleased to tell you that the finished products sound and look beautiful beyond our expectations and we are delivering a product we can all be proud of, especially you backers who made it happen.
Also, look for the Q's playing live this Spring at the Inman Park Festival, in Atlanta, GA on April 28th!
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This summer we celebrate our 34th Anniversary. The Q’s would like to thank all of our fans for supporting us since…1978!
Over the years, we’ve had great interest in our two albums, The Swimming Pool Q’s and Blue Tomorrow, originally released on A&M Records in the 1980s. Neither has been available in America on CD. We'd like to invite you to help us raise funds for the deluxe reissue of both albums by visiting our project on:
*2/27/2013: The Swimming Pool Q's Kickstarter Rewards are in manufacturing, and are going to be on their way to fans very soon!You should be receiving periodic inbox updates (please make sure you allow your spam settings to give Kickstarter permission to mail to your inbox), or you can visit the "Updates" area of Kickstarter's website for more info here:
