In a packed Newsletter:

New Merchandise - New BANDAGED Album - Red Hurley Album - TOGs Voyage - Pudsey Jam - TOGs Convention - See John Run, Mick Sturbs Book of the Radio 2 Janet & John Marsh stories!

New Merchandise
Just to let you know that that new Pudsey Goodies are now on sale at www.charitygoods.com We have most of the range of goodies, plus our own exclusive TOGs special edition large Pudsey, which is 30cm tall, and very cuddly. There are also Christmas Cards, Badges, Bandanas, Trolley Coins and Mini Plush Keyrings. We are also stocking the New Pudsey annual, and of course the usual Janet & John CDs and other TOGs merchandise.

New BANDAGED Album
The new BANDAGED TOGETHER album will be released on the 9th November 2009 and will be available for pre-sales on November 1st at www.charitygoods.com.

We are delighted to announce that the album will also be available in all the main Tesco stores following its release!

This album is  a double album as we had so many people interesting in being part this album this year, but we are only changing the price marginally to cover the manufacturing costs of the double album. So it will only cost £13.00 to purchase, and £7.00 of this will go straight to BBC Children in Need. Tesco have very generously agreed to match this figure for the sales in their stores.

The album consists of a mixture of nostalgic and children’s songs all from years gone by, full details at www.bandaged.org.uk

CD 1
All you need is love  - Bandaged
Zoo be Zoo – Clare Teal and Pee Wee Ellis
Que Sera Sera – Sir Terry Wogan and Cerys Matthews
We all stand Together – Hayley Westenra, Lee Mead and the Togs chorus (featuring Sir Terry Wogan)
My Favourite things – Grant Windsor Trio and My Favourite Girls
Turn the world around – Anthony Head
Fields of Athenry – Finbar Furey, Red Hurley and Sir Terry Wogan
When you wish upon a Star – Gretchen Peters
What the world needs now – Aled Jones and the Waringstown Primary School choir
Confidence – Elio Pace
Catch a falling Star – Beth Rowley

CD2
Me and My Teddy Bear – Sharon Corr
Bangers and Mash – Mark Radcliffe and Sally Boazman with The Smithills School Senior Brass Band
Silver Bells – Sir Terry Wogan and Aled Jones
Little Boxes – Ade Edmondson and the Bad Shepherds
Baby Mine- Elaine Paige
Listen to the Children – Red Hurley
Bring me Sunshine – Ken Bruce and Lynn Bowles
Hole in my Bucket – Sarah Kennedy & Matthew Kelly
Runaway train – Alex Lester
All You Need is Love - Goodnight Mix
Goodnight – A D Chivers

We will be releasing “All you  need is love” as a single on download on 1st November and we do hope to find a high street outlet, but are awaiting confirmation on that. This was recorded in various venues, but mostly in Abbey Road on the day that Sir Terry announced he was going to retire from the breakfast show, so what a day that was.

On this single are the following people:-
Midge Ure, Nick Mason. Bill Wyman. Brian May Terry Taylor. Jason Rebello,
Vocals - Sharon Corr, Lee Mead, Hayley Westenra, Paloma Faith, Clare Teal, Cara Dillon, Bailey Tzuke, Red Hurley, Sir Terry Wogan, Finbar Furey. Ade Edmondson, Troy Donockley, Andy Dinan. Peter Gabriel, Midge Ure, Hugh Cornwell, Anthony Head, Beth Rowley Heather Small , Imelda May
Kingswood School Orchestra and Singers ( Leader: Laura Cross)
Chorus Vocals: Mark Moraghan, Samantha Bond, Rosie Austin, Evy Lee, Ennis Langdon, Carlton Sheekey, J La Touche, Sarah Greene, Geneta Crooke, Judie Tzuke, Monica George, Ciara Janson, Angie Shaw, Emily Breeze, Bevin Sutherland, Catherine Anne Davies, Lenny Savage, Deborah Jordan, Esther O'Connor, Sophie Delila, Emma Payn, Caroline Harrison, Katey Brooks, Alex Lester, Hayley Daviss, Melanie Gabriel, Emma Stockton, Astrid Brook, Caroline Loftus, Kate Eden, Jasmine Nelson, Maureen Beattie, Bronagh Gallagher, Nina Hynes, Alex Kilpartrick, V Ross, Annette Bowen, Rebecca Thomas, Bazil Mende, Josh Cadmon, Jo Pasquale, Mick Sturbs and Norman Macintosh. And others.

Keep an eye out for the fantastic video that goes with the single.

In December, we will be releasing a double A side single for the Christmas market. We don’t expect to take on the X factor, but it would be rather wonderful if we could make number One, the week that Sir Terry Wogan retires from the breakfast show. What a wonderful Christmas present for Sir Terry. We did not realise it but when Sir Terry and Aled reached number 3 in the charts, it was the highest either of them had ever been.

So we have recorded two fantastic songs, firstly “Silver Bells” recorded by Sir Terry and Aled Jones and produced by Jon Kelly and Wix (as last year), but the other terrific track is “Me and my Teddy bear” recorded by the wonderful Sharon Corr. They both very beautiful, very traditional Christmas songs, which we hope you will all love. They will be available as a download and again we hope to get them in a high street store. If we all agree to buy on the same day (or week 7th – 12th December) then who knows, we may well get them all into the number one slot the week before Christmas.

 Red Hurley Album

Talking of albums, Red Hurley’s album “How Great Thou Art”  is now for sale on Amazon. But as a special gift to BBC Children in Need, Red has agreed that for any one of this album bought through the link on our www.charitygoods.com site, £1.00 will go to BBC Children in Need. PLUS, a percentage of all other items bought at the same time will also go to BBC Children in Need. How wonderful is that. I shall be doing all my Christmas shopping at Amazon, all in one big go!! BUT IT WILL ONLY WORK IF YOU GO THROUGH THE LINK FROM OUR SITE. (any questions please feel free to email me Hellenbach@charitygoods.com)

 TOGs Voyage

The TOGs Voyage - 14th to 26th May2010 is proving very popular and bookings are already well ahead of expectations, and are all adding to the amount of money we will be raising for BBC Children in need, thanks to the generosity of our hosts Cunard. If you fancy a Meditteranean Experience aboard the magnificent Cunard Queen Victoria, in the company of fellow TOGs and the regulars from the BBC Radio 2 Wake up to Wogan programme, CLICK HERE for details.

Pudsey Jam - Baxters Autumn Harvest Weekend Fun
Baxters has teamed up with BBC Children in Need and Pudsey Bear, to launch a brand new strawberry jam, with 50p going to the charity for each jar sold. This new partnership marks the first time that BBC Children in Need has teamed up with a food producer in a joint venture to increase revenue for one of the nation's favourite charities.
To all our Scottish TOGs, and anyone who fancies a trip across into Scotland, Baxters stores are hosting Pudsey Fundraising events this weekend at their stores (CLICK HERE for a map of the stores) and Pudsey will be making some visits to make sure the fundraising goes well. Please check with individual stores for details of the events and Pudsey's schedule. Further details at www.baxters.com


TOGs Convention

We are delighted to say that Sir Terry has put the Togs convention in his diary and is looking forward to coming to ALLOA next year. That’s At Leicester Lads Once Again!

It will be on the 3rd to the 5th September, and the theme is Scotland. If you wish to see how much fun was had last year, please go to www.togsconvention.org where you can see photos. Or you can read an article about it from one of the new TOGs who joined us this year. www.togsnewsletter.org

 

See John Run - The Complete Radio 2 Janet & John Marsh Stories - Mick Sturbs

The book of the Radio 2 Janet & John Marsh Stories, written by Mick Sturbs, and published under his real name (Kevin Joslin) have gone on sale. Mick has very kindly donated some of the sale price from the book to BBC Children in Need. This is available at Amazon, and you can get hold of a copy by CLICKING HERE