Made In Earnest

‘Fifteen’ celebrates the work of Ben Lamdin – the musical maverick behind the Nostalgia 77 guise – with an eclectic compilation of tracks spanning fifteen years of jazz, blues, funk, downtempo, soul and psychedelia. Handpicked by Nostalgia 77 and Tru Thoughts, this retrospective showcases the best recordings and remixes from the respected producer, composer, songwriter […]

Sneak preview of the artwork for the forthcoming Nostalgia 77 album ‘Fifteen’. It’s a vinyl-only release and will be out on Tru Thoughts in 2018. In days gone by I would have got this proof as a hard copy and I used to love that process. These days the proofs are mostly supplied as pdfs […]

Almost 18 months after it’s release I am finally able to add the Nostalgia 77 album A Journey Too Far to the site and to the portfolio. The album came out on Tru Thoughts and is still available as a limited edition vinyl (among other formats).

Forthcoming on the excellent Impossible Ark label is the second Sara Mitra album; Losing You. The image below shows both the front and back cover of the LP. Produced by Ben Lamdin (aka Nostalgia 77) and recorded using vintage analogue tape technology, ‘Losing You’ will be released 11th May as a limited edition vinyl LP […]

Big news at Made In Earnest HQ today as our design for the Nostalgia 77 And The Monster LP ‘Measures’ has been nominated for the Best Art Vinyl Awards 2014. As you can see above it is a slightly unusual design with everything on the front cover, but we felt this worked well with the […]

Your Love Weighs A Tonne is the new single from the Nostalgia 77 album A Journey Too Far. It is out now and can be bought from the Tru Thoughts Etch web shop.

Here is just a glimpse of the artwork for the forthcoming Nostalgia 77 album (A Journey Too Far) and the first single from it (An Angel With No Halo) which will be released on Tru Thoughts.

The latest Nostalgia 77 album is now officially out and it has been getting some very good reviews. Also pleasing, from a personal point of view, is that the design for the artwork looks good online and in the hand. If I am being honest, I was slightly worried because I had made the album […]