Words: Iano Premier/Music: Dave Pinnell
Vocals: Iano Premier
Guitars: Dave Pinnell
Bass & Organ: François (Sam) Samuels
Production: Dave Pinnell

Triple Time Thing

Words/Music: Iano Premier
Production: Dave Pinnell

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Mid-Life Crisis (Instrumental)

DADGAD tuning. The opening guitar phrase appeared to be saying 'anything you want', hence the title.

Fingers

Anything You Want

Instrumental arrangement of a song I've had kicking around for literally decades.

Bear With A Sore Head

DADGAD tuning. More often than not, the working title assigned to a new composition has a tendency to become permanently attached. This is no exception.

In DAD's GArDen

University assignment. Adapted from a ceilidh tune by Scottish accordionist Fergie MacDonald. Arranged for highland pipes and tenor saxophone!

Morag's Ceilidh

An instrumental reworking of a really old (c.1973!) song.

Year Of Firsts

Composed as an acoustic guitar-based song whilst ‘mitching’ from school and hiding out for the day at my grandparents’ house in Heol Eglwys, Ely, Cardiff. I recall my grandmother, Phyllis French, taking a look at the lyrics and making several useful suggestions that helped them scan more effectively.

Timeless

Back in the days of black and white television, whilst still in high school, long-time friend, collaborator and ace conga player, Rob Creed (who at that time had yet to make the jump from kit drums to hand percussion), invited me to meet his cousin, Tony, at his place in Fairwater. Rob had converted his parents’ garage (at the end of the garden and adjacent to the Swansea-London mainline railway line — the trains can be heard on our early rehearsal recordings) to where we decamped and proceeded to ‘have a knock’. From that first meeting emerged an improvised song with me on 12-string acoustic guitar, Rob on kit drums, Tony on flute and vocals. The first line that Tony scatted was “Come With Me To The Isle” (which may or may not have been a subliminal reference to Barry Island, the nearest (sandy) seaside beach to Cardiff — Penarth is nearer but the beach is predominantly pebbles, so it doesn’t count). Anyway, the improvised vocals seemed to fit the summery feel of the guitar chords and flute melody perfectly and the song survives to this day (c.50 years and counting!).
This is my jazz combo arrangement…

Come With Me (To The Isle)

My arrangement of the title track from Taste’s second album composed by life-long guitar hero Rory Gallagher.

Lost & Found (Part I)

On The Boards

A slowed-down brass-bassed arrangement of much more uptempo acoustic guitar-based original song (that, in its time, was a bit of a work out for me on guitar and, originally, Rob Creed on congas and, more recently, ace kit drummer Roger Bulcraig on bodhran). This arrangement takes as its inspiration Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong’s verson of “Summertime”.

Out Of The Blue

My arrangement for saxophone quartet of an original composition by life-long friend, collaborator and ace conga player, Rob Creed. I think he was hoping for something with more of a Native American feel but we were covering four-part arrangements in university and this was the piece I chose to have a go at (sorry, Rob). For the record, the title was inspired by the common abbreviation for the four parts, i.e. SATB (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone).

Safe Across The Border

Seven-Four

University assignment in arranging for brass. My version of Eden Ahbez's 1947 composition and based, very loosely on the Nat King Cole rendition.

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