A reworking of Star Fleet in honour of the recently announced US Space Force.

So....

This is a cover of Brian May's Starfleet which was a cover of the original end credit theme tune of Starfleet which was originally written by Kyoji Yamamoto.

I added a bit of US bubblegum in for effec. Also, I'm not a producer so couldn't quite reproduce the Queen harmonies...at all.

The instrumental backing track was lifted from the Queen Covers youtube channel which is a great fan site and features superb covers of Queen tunes. Fans of the band are encouraged to visit. The Queen Covers Youtube page can be found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-jbCSKJduY

New Lyrics:

Send a message out across the sky 
Chinese raiders just past Gemini 
Who will come and save us now? 
Who can defend us from the power?

 Space Force, Space Force 
Space Force, Space Force

 Tell the people back at Space control 
Send Space Force legions to save our souls 
Always daring and courageous 
The USA, only they can save us 

Space Force, Space Force 
Space Force, Space Force 

Space Force

 Space Force, Space Force 
Space Force, Space Force

 Send the message back to Space control 
Send Space Fleet legions to save our souls 
Always daring and courageous 
US of A, only you can save us 

Space Force, Space Force 
Space Force, Space Force 

Space Force

Space Force (Star Fleet cover)

Your is No Disgrace

Recorded at the Birmingham International Venter during The Ladder Tour, 13th of February 2000

Equipment:
Sony MZR-50 Minidisc Recorder
Sony ECM-MS907 microphone

Original recording. No post production / mastering has been applied.

Yours Is No Disgrace

This song was written and recorded in 1996 by The Solar Fire Allstars. The lyrics were all about a fine chap I knew at RAF Brüggen called Carl Birmingham who was sadly taken well before his time.

The Crazy Light

Recorded in 1996. A bunch of pals head in to the studio and lay down a few tracks they have been working on. It's all good fun.

The band were Solar Fire Allstars. The personnel on the recording are:

Andy Allstar - Vocals
Deano Latino - Guitar 
Steve Solar - Bass / Guitar
Alvin Campbell - Drummist / Vocals

0:00 Mr. Optimist
4:01 Living Together
7:46 Get It Together
10:27 No Good Gamblin' Man
12:44 Man in the Mirror

All tracks by Allstar, Latino, Solar and Campbell except Man In The Mirror which is by Greigo

This Soundcloud release is dedicated to the memory of Steve Hay

Solar Fire Allstars - Demo

Mack talking shite

I had the pleasure of spending 18 months with the British Antarctic Survey a year of which was spent at The Halley V base on The Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica.

This cover of Lou Reed's Perfect Day features many of the Halley Winterer's who I shared this adventure with.  Each takes a line or phrase and all ended up in the big chorus at the end. Jenny our base doctor even managed to put in a wee violin solo. For my part, I did some backing vox and wrapped the song up so to speak as well as producing the dudes who were partaking which was so much fun.

The backing track is exactly that. A stock instrumental backing track which does a fair job of covering the original. Cost me £1.99 that did.

The coolest thing about this recording though is the fact that it was recorded in Antarctica. In fact several rooms around the Laws platform as well as the hallway of the Simpson Platform were utilised. Something I will never have the chance to do do ever again

The Halley V Winterer's who sung on this cover of Lou Reed's Perfect Day:

Jenny Fyfe [Hine]
James Goby
Ben Mapston
Brett Walton
Chris Walton 
Me

Violin solo - Jenny

Perfect Day is a song by Lou Reed that resides on his album Transformer (1972)

Perfect Day as sung by The Halley V Winterer's (Antarctica 2010/2011)

A final mix of a wee project that I was involved in for a short while. It was too metal for me but that didn't detract from the enjoyment of working with these sterling lads on this tune. May not be my thing but I'm still very proud of the work as well as the association.

Souls Demanding

A wee bit of inter song chat during Old School Dudes (Steely Dan trib) debut at Blackfriars in Glasgow in December 2019.

I also sing in a Rush trib called Clockwork Angels and a few Rush fans that come to see CA popped along to catch the debut which was just great of them. Obviously, I was keen to acknowledge this.....

Andy Dixon