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Here's the Christmas single
that the band made as a flexi-disc in 1972 and gave away free at
shows, etc. I wasn't lucky enough to get it
then, but - at enormous expense - I got lucky on eBay.
Note: because the track is taken from that flexi-disc and converted to MP3, it contains the inevitable clicks and crackles that are typical of vinyl recordings, although these are minimal. To download, right click on the title and select the option Save Target As... or Save Link As.... Best of luck & enjoy the fun. If you just want to listen to it, left-click the link instead. |
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Last
year, I mentioned a recording that Iain and Gavin had made for John
Peel's Top Gear when they were called New Direction and Gavin very
kindly sent me the recordings he has of the show. With his permission,
I've put them on this website for fans to enjoy. They'll give you an
impression of how the group sounded back before they became well known.
Gavin actually got these recordings from Ian Bannister, who recorded
them from a radio onto an old Philips cassette recorder by open
microphone. Quality, therefore isn't exactly ideal, but as pieces of
history, they're great. I've also taken the opportunity to upload some tracks by the band that were on singles and never released on LP or CD, so they are otherwise unavailable. The quality can, at times, be ropey, simply because they are coming from well-played vinyl. However it's the only way you are likely to be able to hear these fine songs performed by this great band. I have lots more that I could put up, including live concert material, stuff recorded for the BBC and solo stuff that's not on CD. I think I'd better get permission before I chuck all that stuff onto the web, though. If all interested parties are happy to waive their copyright on this material, I'm happy to offer downloaders the chance, through an honesty box, to donate to a charity that has some relationship with the band. I already do this on the Tim Rose website, where money raised via PayPal goes to the NSPCC. So, as a start, if you enjoy the downloads I've listed here, please click on the Honesty Box opposite and donate 65p ($1) per track, of which proceeds (after PayPal charges) will go to the RNLI (fans will understand the significance). Payments should be made to my account, using the email address webmaster@songsinger.info. Meanwhile, here's the tunes: |
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New Generation (for Top Gear) |
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| A Brush With Sister Jo | Sadie And Her Magic Mr Galahad | Eleanor Rigby | |
| Skippy Fair | Soldier Boy | ||
| SB&Q singles not on albums, so not commercially available | |||
| Heartbreaker (an early single on the Spark label, under the group name "The Baby" with Christopher Kemp on keyboards & John Wright on drums. | |||
| Who's Crying Now? (b-side of Sailing in UK) | Silver Sister (b-side of Saviour in the Rain) | Annie (single version) | |
| We Get Along (b-side of Arms of Mary) | When Will I Be Loved? (1981 single) | Love Sick (1981 single) | |
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entertainment (no donation required) have a listen to each
of these pairs of audio clips and then answer the question.
Please note: I have found problems playing these audio files on Mozilla Firefox and also on Google Chrome. They play perfectly well on Windows Media Player linked through Windows Explorer. Even then, I found that it took a couple of minutes to load up the first track; thereafter, each track played almost instantaneously. I have no idea why. If using the other two web browsers, it may be better to download and save the files, then play them. If I can solve this problem in a future re-write, I most certainly will. |
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| Sailing Version 1 | Sailing Version 2 | Arms of Mary Version 1 | Arms of Mary Version 2 |
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Two live versions of Sailing, but who is the performer on each? Once you have worked it out, hover over (but don't click on) The Answer to find out. |
Two pairs of brothers singing Arms of Mary, but who are they? Once you have worked it out, hover over (but don't click on) The Answer to find out |
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