Welcome to the offical Mary Hopkin website. If you think "Those Were the Days" then why not check out the Mary Hopkin Friendly Society for Mary's Apple career.
If you're looking for the albums "Postcard" and "Earth Song/Ocean Song", they are available from Amazon and iTunes. You'll find more details here.
To stay tuned to what Mary is doing these days, read on and browse the site.
Here's where you can find Mary on social media:
Twitter: @themaryhopkin - Mary herself, so you can have a chat.
Twitter: @maryhopkinmusic- our Twitter, run by Jessica
Facebook: Facebook.com/maryhopkin - run by Jessica.
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This week's song is from Painting by Numbers, entitled "Teardrops". The album is available here from the HopShop.
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Hoorah! Mary's brand new album 'Painting by Numbers' is here at last! Stripped-down and bare arrangements of Mary's own songs make this a real palate-cleanser of a record. It features a song co-written with Brian Willoughby who also lends his beautiful guitars, and another co-written with Benny Gallagher.
It's available here from the HopShop and will be available from all good legal download stores early in the new year. Order now in time for Christmas!
Talking of Christmas, we have limited CD stocks of the 'Christmas Songs' EP. If you missed it before we'll be selling it from the HopShop until January 6th or until stocks last. Don't forget that this is always available from all good legal download stores.
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Painting by Numbers Revealed!
Following last week's announcement of the forthcoming release of Painting by Numbers, we can reveal the album artwork. Head over to the HopShop for a first look. This is all Mary's own work.
You'll find track listings here.
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New Album
We've kept it quiet, but there's exciting news this week, as Mary's BRAND NEW album "Painting by Numbers" goes for mastering. The album will be available through the HopShop in early November. We'll be giving a sneak preview of the artwork in the next few days, as well as revealing track titles.
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There's some more new information in the Timeline on the Mary Hopkin Friendly Society pages. Head here to read how it all started in 1968 - Opportunity Knocks, Paul McCartney and of course Those Were The Days.
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We've added some more content from the MHFS archive! You'll find a timeline of Mary's rise to fame in 1968 and more memorablia and photos in the gallery.
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We have kick-started the Mary Hopkin Friendly Society archive, thanks to Pat Richmond. You'll see a new "MHFS" link on the right hand side of the banner, which will take you to the new home page. Keep an eye out for future updates!
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Welcome to the newly refurbished Mary Hopkin Music website. Have a look around, read some blogs from Mary, visit the HopShop. You'll see there's a player to the left where you can hear Mary's track of the week.
We would like to say a big Thank You to Pat Richmond who has allowed us to plunder her website. She has been diligently documenting Mary's career since the earliest days, and has more information on her site than Mary herself knows about! Bit by bit we'll be brushing up the pages and bringing them over here.
To start with, we'd like to share some reviews that Pat has found, of the Festival Hall gig. A recording of this was our first MHM release in 2005, so it's great to see what people thought of it at the time.
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Mary Hopkin gave one of her rare appearances, opening the concert, with husband Tony Visconti conducting the Pop Art String Quartet and playing guitar alternately. She also had Pentangle's Danny Thompson on double bass and Brian Willoughby on guitar. She is one of the few performers who can give a genuine and sincere show without any showbusiness trappings. She did a varied and beautiful set which included 'Ocean Song', 'Both Sides Now', 'Morning has Broken', and 'Those Were the Days'. Two of her more interesting selections were Gallagher and Lyle's 'Sparrow' and 'International'.
Rosalind Russell, Disc
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Visit the HopShop to buy the CD.