It Is Goodbye For Now with ‘Livin It Up’ (The Silver Anniversary Collection)

Livin It Up (The Silver Anniversary Collection) is possibly the final album from Craig Payne and will drop on January 1 2020, marking 25 years of recording for Craig.

It is a compilation of 14 previously released, withdrawn and now rerecorded tracks which best represent the diverse musical talent of Craig.

From Rock, Jazz Reggae and the odd Ballad Livin’ It Up (The Silver Anniversary Collection) is a strong eclectic mix with something for everyone.

As Craig says: “never say never” but the feeling at the moment is this is likely the last album at least for a while although Craig will bee keeping his hand in and may produce the occasional track just for the fun of it.

Music streaming has contributed heavily in Craig’s current directional change which sees Craig working on two new books at the moment following a good level of success from Faulty Caskets (An Undertakers Story) which is available as an E-Book and Paperback.

However, musicians are always announcing the ‘final album’ or ‘final tour’, so although there’s nothing new musically in the immediate future, who knows?

Musically this album sums up a great deal of success and recognition achieved which is a good place to be; but as previously mentioned ‘streaming’ with deals as cheap as 99c for unlimited tracks is putting thousands if not millions of artists in a no win situation and the royalties are shrinking on a daily basis for everyone other than the streaming sites.

Anyway, for now enjoy the The Silver Anniversary Collection Craig has produced and perhaps in the future, distant or not, there may be perhaps an encore from Craig Payne.

All of Craig’s albums are available from iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and dare we say ‘streaming’ on most platforms in the world.