Americana

There’s been an update to our merchandise shop. This is now managed through the excellent and very helpful Clothes2Order.

Good news! The classic black men’s and women’s t-shirts in our shop are now down to just £11.99 (due to an oversight for which Mike takes full responsibility!) – and it’s not too late to buy one to show your support for us in Yaxley at the end of the month!

…to quote the Dire Straits B-side.

Want to show your support for Americana? You can now buy a range of items branded with the Americana logo from our shop!

We’ve chosen to go with Spreadshirt – while it would be cheaper to get a bunch of stuff printed up in bulk, it requires a fair outlay of initial capital on our part, and also we’d have to try and guess what sizes you all are and which products to carry, as well as handle payment and shipping. Instead of that, you deal direct with Spreadshirt via our website, and they handle all that stuff and (if necessary) resolve any problems you might have with sizing etc. This way is much less painful for us, and while it does make things a bit more expensive, they’re still pretty reasonably priced (compared to, say, C2C!). We’ve also taken the decision not to take the Spreadshirt commission on the store, which reduces the prices for you the fan.

The gorgeous and evocative background photo for the logo is a crop of “Saguaro Sunset” by Greg McCown & Saguaro Pictures, used with permission and thanks. Greg is a professional photographer out of Tucson, AZ, and we found the photo online and got in touch to ask for his permission to use it. Greg was more than reasonable, and for a very modest fee we now have full commercial rights. (The actual text logo is designed by Mike – we didn’t pay him!)