Borderlines
The Landmarq On-line Newsletter

January/February 2000

Hopefully, by the time you read this, most signs of any Y2K/Millennium Bug problems will have been pretty well exterminated. Mind you, as we write this, there is still February 29th to get past... and then there's always next Christmas... not to mention next New Year (the real start of the century!)... and of course the next Millennium party (er...yeah!).
Suffice to say, in this first 'Borderlines' of 2000, we hope that you all had the best time in your respective New year celebrations - wild, peaceful or otherwise.

We'd also like to say welcome to new subscribers to the LENL newsletter and indeed to new fans and friends who have 'found' Landmarq in the last twelve months.

Meantime, we intend to just get through this year to start with and we certainly hope to be out there more, treading the boards, with some live gigs (see below). Also look out for part 2 of the live album set. We still have the likes of 'Lighthouse', 'Heritage' and the 'Instrumental Medley', among others, to unleash.

Here are the names of the ten winners in our competition to win a signed copy of the live CD 'Thunderstruck'. (The closing date was extended to January 31st 2000).
Landmarq would like to say congratulations and well done to the people listed below. Also a big thank you to all those who took time out to enter.

The winners (in alphabetical order):
1. John Bollenberg (Belgium)
2. Jerome Eijsackers (Holland)
3. Mike Carter (UK)
4. Partha Mukhopadhyay (USA)
5. Denis Perot (-?-)
6. Stefan Polzer (Sweden)
7. Coen Schilderman (Holland)
8. Michel Schudel (Holland)
9. Andrew Stephens (UK)
10. Joeri Vandervoerde (Belgium)

Here is a reminder of the questions. The answers are shown in bold:

Q.1
Here is a photo of Tracy and her two sisters when they were all but innocent cherubs (aaah!). Just say which one you think is Tracy herself:

a. The one on the left.
b. The one in the middle.
c. The one on the right.

Q.2
Landmarq was formed in which year:
a. 1989
b. 1990
c. 1991

Q.3
Name the correct title of Tracy Hitchings' debut solo album. Was it:
a. From Inverness With A Cup Of Tea.
b. From Innocence To Empathy.
c. From Ignorance To Ecstacy.

As a bonus prize for the best caption to the picture of Tracy and Steve Leigh, the band decided on a 'one-off' signed Landmarq band photograph.

Caption:
"Mork & Mindy still alive!"

The winner is:
Jerome Eijsackers
(Holland)

(The judges decision, however warped and misguided, is final... so there!)

In case you missed the email newsletter, here are some initial results/responses from the Landmarq questionnaire. We thank those who have submitted responses so far. If nothing else, they prove that Landmarq's fans are as diverse in their likes and dislikes as we try to make the songs themselves.

FAVOURITE SONG: "Lighthouse" (though "Solitary Witness" is running a close second). Others mentioned were: "Ta Jiang", "Forever Young", "Vision Pit", "More Flames For The Dancer", "Summer Madness".

LEAST FAVOURITE SONG: Not too many responses here, happy to say. But mention was made of "Gaia's Waltz", "Game Over", "Embrace", "Hanblechia" and "Borders".

FAVOURITE GIG: Among those who have had the pleasure of seeing Landmarq 'in the flesh', favourite concerts ranged from one of the most recent (Paulusfeesten festival, Belgium, 1999) to one from the early days (Zoetemeer, Holland, 1993). 'Rotherham Rocks 98', UK, got a number of mentions as did the Tivoli gig with Marillion (Utrecht, Holland, 1998).

CD'S: "Science Of Coincidence" had by far the most votes in the 'excellent' category. Next was the first album "Solitary Witness". The CDs "Infinity Parade" and "The Vision Pit" were nearly equal in their excellent 'category' though these did have a couple in the 'fair' and 'good' categories also.

COMMENTS were varied and generally very positive and encouraging.
We particularly liked one from our old mate 'Moon' who, regarding Tracy, said: "...the best man for the job was definitely a woman...!"
Thanks again to all those who have taken part so far.

We are currently negotiating with a number of organizers to put together some concert dates for this year. As yet, there's nothing definite (is there ever...?) but offers are on the table from gigs/festivals in Sweden, Italy and the USA for the Summer and the Autumn. Of course, the plan is also to try to cover more local territory and gigs will hopefully be forthcoming within the UK, Holland, Belgium and other parts of Europe. We will keep you informed via this website and the LENL email newsletter.

If all things go to plan, we should also be on course, later in the year, to finally re-issue the first two Landmarq albums, 'Solitary Witness' and 'Infinity Parade'. The CDs will undergo some re-packaging and be released on Synergy Records. This has come about due to the regular number of enquiries that have been received from people from all over, asking where these early albums can be obtained. Dave wagstaff, who runs Landmarq's Synergy label, said "the intention was always there to put these two albums out again, though we had to be sure there was at least a minimal demand for them. That would certainly seem to be the case now and we feel the time is now right to begin the process".
No other details are available at the moment but this is definitely one to watch.

'Tracy's Page', the new section of the website, will be ready in the next few weeks and will be dedicated to all things Tracy. It will feature lots of photos of Ms. T., a 'Diary' page, a 'True Stories' section and various other goodies relating to her life both on and off the stage. It will be written and supervised by the lady herself and Tracy says she will welcome any comments, suggestions, compliments (maybe even the odd critique...!) and general communications from any one who cares to send them.

Question: What do The Simpsons and Landmarq have in common?
Answer: They both celebrate their tenth anniversary this year.
Just thought you'd like to know.
We're also thinking of something to commemorate the fact, too.

For those of you within easy reach of central London, by the time you read this, we should have stocks of the last three CDs back in Tower Records, Piccadilly Circus, London (+44 020 8439 2500).

Landmarq now has it's own domain names.
You can now find us on the web by going to http://www.landmarq.net. This will be our main address for all future correspondence and business contact on the Internet. If you click on or search by this address, automatic forwarding will take visitors to our normal home at the Dutch Progressive Rock Page.
The other domain name is http://www.landmarqonline.co.uk and will be reserved for possible future use. Clicking on this address will also take you to the DPRP. E-mails can be sent to landmarq@landmarq.net.
Product ordering, promotion and other business enquiries can also reach Synergy Records via synergy@landmarq.net.
Please note that all existing web and email addresses will still be valid.