One of only 100 remaining copies of my debut album on vinyl!
Pressed on a gorgeous aqua-blue vinyl, with matt-finish printing of the hand-painted artwork and a full-colour inner sleeve.
Includes unlimited streaming of Black Country Disco
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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BCD Deluxe Music Bundle
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Bandcamp Exclusive
Including:
- Signed 12" Vinyl (aqua blue vinyl, matt-finish artwork, full-colour inner-sleeve)
- Signed CD DigiPak (lilac Compact Disc)
- Signed Polaroid (signed by me, with personalised message!)
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- Cassette Tape **Ultra Rare** (baby-pink tape, full-colour o-card - not available anywhere else!)
Includes unlimited streaming of Black Country Disco
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Signed 'Black Country Disco' 12"
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Signed by me!
Pressed on a gorgeous aqua-blue vinyl, with matt-finish printing of the hand-painted artwork and a full-colour inner sleeve.
Includes unlimited streaming of Black Country Disco
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Signed 'Black Country Disco' Compact Disc (CD)
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
*Super Limited Edition*, signed CD DigiPak of my debut album. Including lilac Compact Disc.
Includes unlimited streaming of Black Country Disco
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Signed 'Black Country Disco' Compact Disc (CD) & Cassette Bundle
Cassette + Digital Album
Bandcamp Exclusive
Including:
- Signed CD DigiPak (lilac Compact Disc)
- Cassette Tape **Ultra Rare** (baby-pink tape, full-colour o-card - not available anywhere else!)
Includes unlimited streaming of Black Country Disco
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Sold Out
Signed 'Black Country Disco' 12" Vinyl Pink Repress
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Limited edition SIGNED repress of the critically acclaimed debut album from Tom Aspaul, on a gorgeous PINK vinyl, with matt-finish printing of the hand-painted artwork and a full-colour inner sleeve.
Includes unlimited streaming of Black Country Disco
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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'Black Country Disco' 12" Vinyl Pink Repress
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Limited edition repress of the critically acclaimed debut album from Tom Aspaul, on a gorgeous PINK vinyl, with matt-finish printing of the hand-painted artwork and a full-colour inner sleeve.
Includes unlimited streaming of Black Country Disco
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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ULTRA RARE 'Black Country Disco' + 'Black Country Discothèque' Test Pressing
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
ULTRA RARE! Limited edition SIGNED with HANDWRITTEN TRACKLIST of the critically acclaimed debut album from Tom Aspaul and its accompanying remix LP.
Only 3 copies ever pressed!
Includes unlimited streaming of Black Country Disco
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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'Black Country Disco' 12" Vinyl Purple Repress
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Limited edition repress of the critically acclaimed debut album from Tom Aspaul, on a gorgeous PURPLE vinyl, with matt-finish printing of the hand-painted artwork and a full-colour inner sleeve. Probably the very last pressing for a while!
Includes unlimited streaming of Black Country Disco
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Sold Out
Signed 'Black Country Disco' 12" Vinyl Purple Repress
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Limited edition SIGNED repress of the critically acclaimed debut album from Tom Aspaul, on a gorgeous PURPLE vinyl, with matt-finish printing of the hand-painted artwork and a full-colour inner sleeve. Probably the very last pressing for a while!
Includes unlimited streaming of Black Country Disco
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Book/Magazine + Digital Album
In 2020, Tom Aspaul independently released his debut album, Black Country Disco. Having lived and worked in London for twelve years as a songwriter (Kylie Minogue, Becky Hill, Snakehips, Celeste), Aspaul returned home to the West Midlands where the album was conceived and created.
With no label, no publisher and no PR team (and released during the height of the global pandemic!) the record was named by Gay Times as ‘queer disco album of the year’ and included in several end-of-year countdown lists (Guardian, GQ), supported by a sold-out UK tour and streams of over 4 million.
In collaboration with Polari Press – with foreword by gay icon Princess Julia and featuring interviews with a cast of photographers, producers, filmmakers and artists who helped create the album – BLACK COUNTRY DISCO: THE BOOK includes never-before-seen photography, an in-depth look into the lyrical content of each track and Tom’s musical inspirations and visual references for the album’s creative processes.
I really wanted to document and celebrate the record, from its initial inception, to its release, through to the tour in 2021, as well as showcase all the (mostly queer) creatives who helped and enabled me to fulfil my vision. It’s been a wild, often difficult journey getting this album made, something I don’t think I’ll ever experience quite so intensively again. The record itself is really only half the story
Tom Aspaul
This limited edition book comes with BLACK COUNTRY DISCO: THE COMPLETE EDITION which includes the original album as well as the Discothèque remix album on CD for the first time.
Includes unlimited streaming of Black Country Disco
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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[Verse 1]
Going over and over
Everything in my head
Looks like I am forgetting, how to forget
Soon you’ll be back again
Soon you’ll be back again
And I’m not prepared (and I'm not prepared)
[Pre-Chorus]
There’s an outline of your face
That could be drunk mistake
You’re not really there, I imagined it
I can taste you in the air
The cologne you used to wear
You’re not really there, I imagined it
[Chorus]
You’re not really there
I can only feel traces of you
If you really care
Then you’d leave me alone, leave me alone
Tonight, I don’t wanna be reminded
There's only traces of you left
[Verse 2]
It's taken all of my energy, to feel like
I am finally getting back to my life
But soon you’ll be here again
Reminding me again
That I’m not prepared (no I'm not prepared)
[Pre-Chorus]
I can taste you in the air
The cologne you used to wear
You're not really there
[Chorus]
You’re not really there
I can only feel traces of you
If you really care
Then you’d leave me alone, leave me alone
Tonight, I don’t wanna be reminded
There's only traces of you left
You’re not really there (you're not really there)
I can only feel traces of you
If you really care (you're not really there)
Then you’d leave me alone, leave me alone
Tonight (you're not really there)
I don’t wanna be reminded
There's only traces of you left
[Bridge]
Oh and sooner or later you’ll disappear
And I’ll be left with the memory
And feelings linger on for days
And everywhere I'll see your face
Oh it’s always at my lowest moments
That’s when I need you
I’m only fooling myself (myself)
That you’ll be back again
Mmm
[Chorus]
You’re not really there
I can only feel traces of you
If you really care
Then you’d leave me alone, leave me alone
Tonight, I don’t wanna be reminded
There's only traces of you left
You’re not really there
(You're not really there, I imagined it)
If you really care
(You're not really there, not really there)
Tonight (you're not really there, I imagined it)
I don’t wanna be reminded
There's only traces of you left (traces of you)
(I imagined it)
[Outro]
I can taste you in the air
(You're not really there, I imagined it)
The cologne you used to wear
(You're not really there, not really there)
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