Eric Gales returns on the Provogue/Mascot Label Group with his brand new album The Bookends. The challenge of making The Bookends was for Gales to challenge himself. "As a guitar player it's been established that I can play a little bit, just a little bit," he says. But for this album he not only wanted to push himself as a musician, but also as a vocalist, to build up his vocal discography. "What spearheaded that was the artists that I have on the record," he adds which includes B. Slade and fellow Provogue artists Doyle Bramhall II and Beth Hart. If his previous album Middle of the Road was the rebirth of Eric Gales, then The Bookends is him blurring boundaries and taking flight on a voyage of self-discovery. The vinyl includes a download card for a complimentary MP3 download of the album.