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Tuesday February 28, 2006 11:00
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51Fair play to you Alan, it sounds amazing and worth every cent!
Thats a great idea, I've just downloaded the tracks there and had a listen, well impressed. Best of luck and I hope you raise alot of money for the Charity.
Super idea yeah, the 1st song is quality - could be a number 1
All the best
Fair Play Alan, Hope it alll goes well,
Alan, Great Idea,
Hope it all goes well,
SK
This is fantastic. It is such an amazing cause. The hairs on my arms stood up when i listened to the first track. I hope you sell a lot of CD's for this great cause.
I have had the cd playing in my car on a loop since a bought it. 3 excellent tracks all possible hits and totally addictive. And for a great cause to boot!
WOW what a song, it's fantastic, best of luck with raising the money.
Thanks, Alan, for doing something like this. It takes guts to follow through with such an idea, and your promotion of the CD is great. Charity normally gets either sporadic bouts of interest from the public, or self-righteous people fronting their cause. You're neither. And great talent too!!
Love the music and it is a great idea for charity. Price is also good.
Great music for a great cause. Well done, Alan!
Congrats and well done on a great record for a very worth cause
Amazing singer, songwriter and no better cause!!
If you only buy one single this year it has to be this one!!!
ROCK ON!!!
As Tina Turner says "Simply the best"
Amazing song and a amazing cause! a MUST buy!!!
Keep up the good work Alan!! Anybody know if there are tour dates planned?
Keep rocking!
Just downloaded these songs. Very well produced! 3rd one is my favourite.
Way to go Alan, what a great cause ! Good luck
Great tracks, well sung...done for a good cause. You're a star!
Fair Play Alan,
3 great tracks, amazing voice and really well organised,
good luck with the charity
well done again
well done mate, great song for a more than worthy cause. fly the flag!!
Well done Alan, hope this gets the exposure it deserves, its a great cause
Great tracks, very easy to listen to! Well done, keep up the good work!!!
Brilliant Al...............Great cause
now get back in there and record some more :)
Great songs-the best of luck with it. You've the ability to succeed and therefore deserve a shot!
Well Done Al on the money raised so far and may it continue to come in!
Brilliant achievement.
3 Brilliant tracks too, keep up the good work!
This is a great cause, and one Alan can be proud of promoting.
Lets hope that this can continue, and that Alan can go from strength to strength.
Excellent songs for an excellent cause. Would be great to hear them on the radio.
Hi,
I recently bought Alan Earls single for charity and honestly the CD wis genuinely worth buying! The songs are fantastic and I would definitely buy an album if he decided to release one. It was an added bonus that the single was for a worthwhile cause.
Maria.
After hearing a sample mp3 tracks from Alan's CD I didn't hesitate to buy the full version. Really excellent songs and very well produced. Well done also on raising money for charity with this CD! What a fab hidden talent you have Alan - looking forward to the album!
Brilliant music for such a worhty cause I love song three
Been playing the cd constantly since I got it, quality tunes and talent combined for such an important cause, brilliant! I can definitely hear a number one hit in there!! ..... Everyone should tell their friends how good Al's cd is and keep the money rolling in for this charity
For a great cause alan, 3 fantastic tracks....
Just had a listen to this CD on the Web, and the quality is A1,
The 3 tunes are well written and executed brilliantly, best of luck with the CD and I hop you raise alot of cash .
Gareths Fella
Great CD, Great cause,
I hope it all goes well for you.
Mr T
Just download the tracks there, well worth it, fantastic, second song is my favourite, all the best and I hope you raise loads of money for the Charity : -)
MJ
like the idea very much...just downloaded the tracks, great songs...hope it does well for the charity....you should try and send it into some radio stations to see if they can play it on air....
First time on this site, its pretty cool, interesting articles....Regarding this one I tried to download the tracks there an got a HTTP error so I wil try again later....but I like the idea...good luck with it!!
Thats some great stuff right there...yeah I agree with previous comment...this is a really good site...will defo add to my favourites...I downloaded the tracks there, well worth it....great songs...thats my good deed for the day now!
Rocking tracks...1st one is awesome...very impressed...good cause too...good luck with it....hope it does well!
Forget Damien Rice, Forget Mundy, Forget Paddy Casey, Remember Alan Earls!!!
Great Tunes and a great cause!!
Another great Irish artist!
This site is fantastic, I just came across it now....one of my mates emailed me about this charity cd (which is a great idea and i will defo buy the tracks) but the site is cool yeah, has loads n loads of interesting articles...and its updated hourly too!!!
JT
Good on you Alan. You should release more!
When can we expect more? My CD collection has increased. Many congrats Alan
This is going to be HUGE! Well worth the purchase!
Congratualations great tracks and a great cause! well worth the download!
Thanks to Indy Media I found this article and these great tracks!! keep up the good work Indymedia!!
You All ROCK!
GREAT atricle on a GREAT site for a GREAT cause!
This music is inspiring!
As Albert Einstein said when asked about the theory of relativity "It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception"
Well done Mr Alan...Well done
Absolutely fantastic, please give up your day job, you are amazing!
Alan, love the CD. You are a truly talented guy not to mention your kind heart. We wish you lots of success.
What a brilliant CD - 2 weeks on & still have it playing on repeat in the car! Well done Alan for having the courage to go the extra mile on this one.
Hello and I am breda murphy, recently my husband gareth (who works with alan) brought this CD home, I played it and loved it, all for charity wooow......fantastic...I keep singing it in the shower....I do the high parts and Gareth sings the low part..."and this is where you try it on for good la la la"
EXCELLENT...WELL DONE!
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