The Two Rivers

The Two Rivers (2021 Version)

I'll Swing For You

One of my older songs, but I've stripped the melody and replaced it with some vocal samples (not my vocals).

Dub version here - https://soundcloud.com/ianking/wake-up-dub-mix-2021?si=0785d5c920234f37a6ce69b7ff7de913

Wake Up

November 2021 release containing classic tracks at the Hammond Organ. On the Sounds of Yester Year label.

Frozen In Time

Ken Griffin - Frozen In Time (CD Sampler)

The Organist That Never Was

Virginie Morgan - The Organist That Never Was (CD Sampler)

Way Down Mexico Way

Marimba Chiapas - Way Down Mexico Way (CD Sampler)

1980s Synthesizer sounding dance track. Inspired by Jean-Michel Jarre.

Slightly Jarre-Ing

Updated version of an old track from 2004 from my "Snowdonia Photo & Music" DVD.

Lament (2022 Version)

Brighter Than Heaven

Race To Mars

Back From Mars

Pop track featuring AI vocalist "Natalie" by Dreamtonics.
Music & lyric by Ian Jeffrey King.
Extended version with guitar solo.

LYRIC:
I'm up here climbing, but I can't get more than half way up
I'm really trying but they're lying that I'm in the club.  

	I'm told I'm wanted by the faces up there
	But I don't see a guarantee
	They talk the talk but they can't walk the walk like me.
 
I see the dealing through the ceiling and it makes them mad
I'm either falling for their stalling or I'm being had.

	They watch me trying but they know it's hopeless
	Should I believe in what they say
	I don't think I can even get a grip today. 

		CHORUS
		When I get to the top I am gonna be dancing
		When I'm up on the tiles, I'll be out on the floor
		When I kick off my heels I can watch the reaction
		When I reach the apogee, then I'll be me.

I'm not complaining, but I'm straining for another go
One day I'll get there and I'll sit there and just watch them blow.

	I'm not invited to their garden parties
	I'm not a member of the crew
	I'm not like them, but I still have ambition too.

		REPEAT CHORUS

Half Way Up

Pop track featuring AI vocalist "Natalie" by Dreamtonics.
Music & lyric by Ian Jeffrey King.

LYRIC:
I once lost it all
I faced the void, my back against the wall
I threw it away
I was so sure I'd get it back one day.

Would you stand there in the shoes
Of one with nothing left to lose?

Now I always say grace, Now I always say grace
It reminds me of a better time 
When a friend was there who stood the line
Life’s not a race, steady the pace and always say grace.

They gave me the cure
It took a friend to look into the core
It turned me around
They made me see a world that could be found.

There's no future there to heal
If you lashed against the wheel.

Now I always say grace, Now I always say grace
Now I’m thankful for the little things
Now I'm grateful for the good life brings
Life’s not a race, steady the pace and always say grace.

Always Say Grace

Pop track featuring AI vocalist "Natalie" by Dreamtonics.
Music & lyric by Ian Jeffrey King.

LYRIC:
I can feel the sun
There where shadows run
I can hear all the life below me
I can touch all the clouds above.

I will soon be home
Where my soul can roam
I'll be there watching from the hillside
Looking down on the misty glens.

	CHORUS
	Take me to my homeland
	Where my heart still remains
	Rest me in my homeland.
	Hold me there. Hold me there.

	GUITAR SOLO I

I can see my friends
Now the mournful ends
I can sense all the past around me
I can touch all the eagles wings.

	REPEAT CHORUS

	GUITAR SOLO II

I can feel the sun
There where shadows run
I can hear all the life below me
I can touch all the clouds above.

Lament - Vocal Version

Pop track featuring AI vocalist "Kevin" by Dreamtonics.
Music & lyric by Ian Jeffrey King.

LYRIC:
I've just had it with your attitude
You're walking 'round in this unholy mood. 
I've got plans to make and bills to pay
And I just wish that you would fade away. (way, way, way...).

There's no love here like there used to be
There's no face there smiling back at me
I'm so tired of all I do for you
And you confuse me like you oughtn't to. (to, to, to...).

CHORUS:
Sometimes I lie there in the afterglow
Just planning how and when and where to go
It's getting hazy, going crazy in the middle of the street. 
I'm not the fool I think I used to be
Is this all life has got lined up for me
And staring back ain't helping anyone, time to cut and run.

I fear the passion in the core of me
Is fading fast and will be lost at sea
I've got to find a place to free the foe
I should get out now and just end this show. (oh, oh, oh...).

Cant save the best till last, what's gone has passed
Time to let it go.

SYNTH SOLO

REPEAT CHORUS

And so this chapter of my life is done
No point clinging on to anyone.
Now all that's left is the profanity
Let's end it while we have our sanity. (’ty, ’ty, ’ty...).

SYNTH SOLO TO FADE

Bills To Pay

Pop Ballad featuring AI vocalist "Natalie" by Dreamtonics.
Music & lyric by Ian Jeffrey King.

LYRIC:
I still laugh, but my lungs aren’t burning
I still dance, but my heels aren’t turning
It’s just not the same, something good has gone
I just miss the silver lining of your song
You don’t cast a shadow now
It's just I miss you some days.

If truth be told, I still miss your laughter
It echoes here in the ever after.
I still have my friends and they still have me
But there are times I feel I'm drowning in the sea
I’m still glad I walked away
It's just I miss you some days.

CHORUS
Will I get over you, or am I here for ever
With this old candle in my hand.
Will it get thrown away and I'll move somewhere better.
Or will I wish a few more days away.

Best I left, before an indiscretion
Part as friends before the first confession
We had what we had, and we had it all
But there are times you should anticipate the fall
Time to kiss and walk away
And just remember some days.

GUITAR SOLO

You don’t cast a shadow now
It's just I miss you some days.

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT VERSE 1

Some Days

Sampler for the MIKE HALL CD "That Old Hammond Sound" from 2011.

That Old Hammond Sound

Mike Hall Hammond Sampler

SAMPLER for the CD "BANDING WITH BALL". The Music of ERIC BALL, played by The Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band. Conducted by  ROBERT OUGHTON. Originally Released on LP in 1972. Digitally remastered from the original tapes. This is the first time it has been released on CD or has been available in a digital format.

Banding With Ball

Banding With Ball (CD Sampler)

Pop/Folk track featuring AI vocalist "Natalie" by Dreamtonics.
Music & lyric by Ian Jeffrey King.

The boy I loved was strong and true
He asked me to marry, to marry him.
Our two hearts they beat as one
So that June, I married, I married him.

We would go walking down by the streams
Talking bout all of our plans.
We were so happy, loved aimed to true
Nothing could keep me away from him.

	He said he'd he give his life for me.
	He said he'd he give his life for me.

Our two hearts they were entwined
We lived a year as married, as married.

We went out walking after the rain
The water it swept me away.
It held me under then  I felt his hand
Fast waters did take him away from me.

Instrumental.

The child we made is strong and true
He is soon to marry, to marry.
He did never touch his hand
Five months alone I carried, I carried him.

Stories are spoken and brave words are told
Of love that was swept far away.
The young boy who kissed me, still clings to my heart
Fast waters can't take him away from me.

Fast Waters

Audio trailer for the new CD and Download "Rosa Rio at the Senate". You can purchase it here:

Download: https://organs.uk/product/rosa-rio-at-the-senate-download/
CD: https://organs.uk/product/rosa-rio-at-the-senate/

At The Senate

Rosa Rio - At The Senate (Trailer)

For He Alone (R&B Version)

Feel It

Twisting

The Island

Bass Instinct

"Calon Lân" (Welsh for 'a Pure Heart') is a Welsh song with the melody credited to John Hughes. The song was originally written as a hymn, but has become firmly established as a rugby anthem, associated with the Welsh rugby union, being sung before almost every Test match involving the Welsh national team.

Calon Lan

Sleeping Giant

I've Got Dreams

The Wild Boar

2021 remastered album of tracks from "The Snowdonia Photo & Music DVD" (originally released in 2004 and updated in 2007) and the "Reflections" CD (originally released in 2004). It also contains bonus tracks.

Most tracks were recorded on the Yamaha 9000pro keyboard, Roland xv-5080 expander, Emu B3 module and and Akai Z8 sampler.

The Warmth Within

Electronic Disco-style track with vocal samples.

Dance Number One

Keyboard Player & Composer living in Snowdonia. All the tracks were recorded by me in my home studio (using Logic Pro X on an iMac with various software instruments).

Ian Jeffrey King

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