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Hi pop pickers....finally got 'The Tall English Sun' up on Itunes.... if you like great tunes, harmonies, jangly, punchy guitars (sorry no widdling here,lol !) you will love this,please check out..... also..... and not forgetting my friend Keith Hall 's fab lyrical contribution to the 4th track 'April rained forever' all about our friend Dave who we lost last year...
Big thanks also to Martin Johnson for his superb drums and Ade Emsley for the HUGE sound...Keith More too of course for all his fab collaboration...
Enjoy!

If you are tantalised by the title this is Steve Hunters (Lou Reeds guitarist since 74) comments.....

"I can only say I think it is magnificently beautiful! Absolutely terrific songs, beautiful vocals and guitar parts, great arrangements and production, gorgeous engineering and mixing. You took all the good parts of Psychedelia and brought them all forward into the present. That's very difficult to do I think. I should be quite proud of this CD if I were you. A hearty WELL DONE! I wish you much success with it.

On Itunes here.....

itunes.apple.com/gb/album/dont-yo…4905?i=819204911


Don't You Ever Run Away from the album entitled 'The Tall English Sun' by Jason How

No TV4me

No TV for me don’t wanna watch no politician
No TV for me don’t need see their dark illusions
No TV for me don’t wanna see Holly Willoughby
No TV for me rather watch drones than Eamonn Holmes

No TV for me (la la la la la la la)
No TV for me (la la la la la la la)

No TV for me don’t wanna break the constitution
No TV for me don’t need see their dark solutions
No TV for me don’t ever get the truth from Fiona Bruce
No TV for me rather go and party than listen to Rita Chackrabati

Bring it on bring it on
The independents
And I’ll tune in right away
(Rule Britannia Britannia rules the waves)

No TV for me I just can't stand the contradictions
No TV for me I just don't buy over reaction
No TV for me don’t change signs look its Jeremy Vine
No TV for me don't give a toss about Jonathan Ross

No TV for me don’t wanna catch Graham Norton
No TV for me but I don't mind old John Craven
No TV for me don’t ever smile here comes Jeremy Kyle
No TV for me think I’m gonna die of boredom cos its James Corden

No TV 4 Me (28.6.21) demo

An early tune from around 1983...

Time for a change

Time for a change
Papers come and call you over
Time to rearrange
When the nights are getting shorter
No you’ll never change me now
No you’ll never ask me how

Time for a change
Faces stare at you through moonlight
Time to rearrange
When the road is coming closer
No you’ll never change me now
No you’ll never ask me how

Someday I might lose my way
And I won’t know which way to go
Somehow I could turn to grey 
Then I’ll forget all the things that I know

Time for a change
When the light is getting darker
Time to rearrange
When the rain is falling harder
No you’ll never change me now
No you’ll never ask me how

Time for a change
When the years are getting shorter
Time to rearrange
Now the hills are getting steeper
No you’ll never change me now
No you’ll never ask me how

Time For A Change12

Ride out to Sheppey to see the pier at Rushenden !

No Signs To Rushenden (demo)

Some Co-Op vibes going down...
Just an any old way tune laid down for fun while setting up my old analogue tape machine ! Its defo the new direction...

Various 2024

Co Op Rocker!

New World Britain (demo)

100% analog recording to tape.
Fostex R8
Mackie 32-8-2 desk
Watkins Copycat tape echo
Korg MS10





Piccalilli Sunshine

I like to make my own
Got a recipe on my phone 
You can even make it at home
Piccalilli Sunshine

It’s more chunky than you can buy
Cauliflower green beans vinegar with wine
Makes you feel like your alive 
Piccalilli Sunshine

Make a jar for a couple of quid
Make it while your listening to Syd
Don’t forget to seal the lid
Piccalilli Sunshine

Piccalilli Sunshine
Piccalilli Sunshine

I know the dogs like it too
Trouble is it makes them poo
To not share it would be rude
Piccalilli Sunshine

Stick it in the cellar for about 6 weeks
Spread it on thick for a whopping great treat
Goes really well with all cold meats
Piccalilli Sunshine

Don’t tell your mates or they’re all be round
Just tell em that your going out
One more bite and then you’ll shout
Piccalilli Sunshine

Piccalilly Sunshine3

Have you got a shotgun, baby?

Menaces

Menaces They're on the rise
Watching you with beady eyes
Planning the future playing games 
Menaces They're all insane

Menaces They’ll make you sick
Sticking in you tiny pricks
All they want is more control
Menaces they rob your soul

M E N A C E S

Menaces The club of Rome
Hanging on the telephone
Shipping in replacement names
Menaces You'll feel the pain

M E N A C E S

We are living through dangerous times
Dangerous times

M E N A C E S

Menaces with their Climate scams
Broken promises broken dams
Look they shout The end is nigh
Menaces Oh yeah 'sigh'

Menaces faking the news
Get a grip you’ll have to choose
Dark illusions mission creep
Menaces don’t fall asleep

M E N A C E S

Menaces they’re outta sight
They’re gonna turn off the lights
Gotta laugh they’re really clowns
Manaces taking you down 

M E N A C E S

Gates	Shwarb 	Kerry	Kissenger	Gore
Tedros	Reeves	Mordaunt 	Trudeau	Johnson Macron	Fink	Hancock	Newsom	Zuckerberg Merkel	Rothschild Ardern	Gove	Bezos	Page	Sarkozy	Bono	Schwarzenegger	Stewart	John	Rutte	Young	Di Caprio

Menaces

The Winding Pond

Kingfisher diving in the water
Icy sunlight in his eye
Climbing up the hill at sunrise
Then he flies

Heath Fritillary butterflies fly
Down underneath the deep blue sky
Ancient meadows stretching onwards
To the sky

I am riding along
Yeah I am riding along
To The Winding Pond
To The Winding Pond

Woodpecker taps between the tree tops
Lying in copses high and dry
Knights in armour flying past now
In disguise

I am riding along
Yeah I am riding along
To The Winding Pond
To The Winding Pond

It’s cold out here
Don’t disappear 
I need you sitting here with me

Cold war bunker in the hillside
Sparrows haunting worms delight
Crimson Queen at dawn returning
Still alive

I am riding along
Yeah I am riding along
To The Winding Pond
To The Winding Pond

I am riding along
Yeah I am riding along
To The Winding Pond
To The Winding Pond

The Winding Pond (demo)

This is a collection of outtakes and various tunes stretching back to the 1990’s. 

Listening back after a few years made me think it would be worth putting an album together otherwise they will never get heard !

Hope you enjoy them...

Thanks to the following for their help in getting these tunes together.
Wes Maebe mixing all tracks apart from 6,8 and 10 who were mixed by Carsten Moss.

Martin Johnson drums on all tracks apart from 2,3,4 who is James Sedge.

Steve Kara playing various on 'Thrown Under The Bus'...
Shamisen
Electric Shamisen with flanged tremolo
Electric Sitar
Chikari strings High and Middle
tabla
Sitouki
Sitar
Sitar harp
Santoor
Indian flutes
Sarod
Tambura
Swar Mandal
Electric guitar
G&B bender guitaron


Jason How guitars vocals and keyboards on all songs.

All songs by Jason How
www.jasonhow.com

Side 1
Beautiful Girl (2011)
You’re Far Too Mott The Hoople (2020)
Cosmic Sun (2011)
Pinstripes (2020)
Count Me In (2019)
Emily (2015)

Side 2
Thank Your Lucky Stars (2019)
Strawberry Girl (2022)
Police State (2018)
Symmetry (1997)
Thrown Under The Bus (2020)

Release date:
16 January 2025

Herbaceous Borders (Side 2)

This is a collection of outtakes and various tunes stretching back to the 1990’s. 

Listening back after a few years made me think it would be worth putting an album together otherwise they will never get heard !

Hope you enjoy them...

Thanks to the following for their help in getting these tunes together.
Wes Maebe mixing all tracks apart from 6,8 and 10 who were mixed by Carsten Moss.

Martin Johnson drums on all tracks apart from 2,3,4 who is James Sedge.

Steve Kara playing various on 'Thrown Under The Bus'...
Shamisen
Electric Shamisen with flanged tremolo
Electric Sitar
Chikari strings High and Middle
tabla
Sitouki
Sitar
Sitar harp
Santoor
Indian flutes
Sarod
Tambura
Swar Mandal
Electric guitar
G&B bender guitaron


Jason How guitars vocals and keyboards on all songs.

All songs by Jason How
www.jasonhow.com

Side 1
Beautiful Girl (2011)
Straight up love song about well you know... :)
You’re Far Too Mott The Hoople (2020)
All about a mate of mine Steve who was stuck in the 1970's.... 
Cosmic Sun (2011)
Psychedelic rubbish about nothing much apart from some words that sound good together...
Pinstripes (2020)
The London Canary Wharf lot during lockdown...
Count Me In (2019)
Love song number 2..... featuring some wah and Hammond!
Emily (2015)
About a girl I knew in the 1980's..... buying records and going to see bands!

Side 2
Thank Your Lucky Stars (2019)
No idea but liked the tune...
Strawberry Girl (2022)
Yep just liked the title so made up a tune around it...
Police State (2018)
Speaks for itself....
Symmetry (1997)
Nice tune written in the 1990's that I wanted to put on my first solo album 'The Tall English Sun' but never thought fitted.... bit twee... but like the chorus !
Thrown Under The Bus (2020)
All about how you are being screwed.... written during the lockdown in 2020.

Release date:
16 January 2025

Herbaceous Borders (Side 1)

Foxtrot Oscar

Did you read the news
Feel like your being screwed
Or were you just amused
Probably the BBC
Its not what you percieve
Why don’t they
Why don’t they 

FO

They’re coming for your guns
Get out while you can run
Heading for the setting sun
Probably the enemy
They’re not who you believe
Why don’t they
Why don’t they 

FO

All the world is a stage
All the world is a stage
In the end your trapped in the game 

They’re right inside your mind
Technology that’s divine
I hope that you can read the signs
All the actors come alive
Do you think that you’ll survive
Why don’t they
Why don’t they 

FO
FO


Chorus fade

Foxtrot Oscar (demo)

Lou Reed was British

He never liked The Beatles
He never dug The Stones
Too much time reading Venus in Furs
Thought he was Joey Ramone

Lou Reed was British 
His mum and dad were from the OKR
Thought he was a Coney Island Baby
But he never got that far

He never liked the English groups
Said they shouldn’t play rock n roll
Laid in bed Sunday Morning 
Then out with Sweet Jane for a stroll 

Lou Reed was British 
His mum and dad were from the OKR
Thought he was a Coney Island Baby
But he never got that far

Herbie double tracked his bass parts
David Bowie and Mick Ronson produced
Had a New York Telephone Conversation
Mick Rocks photo was what they used

Lou Reed was British 
His mum and dad were from the OKR
Thought he was a Coney Island Baby
But he never got that far

He really was a Transformer
With his Velvet Underground
Got a Foggy Notion
Just Hanging ‘Round

Lou Reed was British 
His mum and dad were from the OKR
Thought he was a Coney Island Baby
But he never got that far

Lou Reed Was British (demo)

Frisbee
Frisbee
Coming and going
Coming and going

Frisbee

Destroy The TV

Cleaners from Venus

We was listening to the Cleaners from Venus
The sky was so dark nobody could see us
My mate Nick was riding the Essex dust
Sitting listening to the Cleaners from Venus

Hey Martin your a great guy
I wish that I could write the tunes like you
Hey Martin your a great guy
I think I’m gonna steal an idea or two

We was listening to the Cleaners from Venus
The party was dead everybody could see us
Getting so late we may just miss the bus
Sitting listening to the Cleaners from Venus

We was listening to the Cleaners from Venus
The tempo was right every album was a must
Chasing all your fears right up onto the cusp
Sitting listening to the Cleaners from Venus

We was listening to the Cleaners from Venus
He never understood just what was all the fuss
Grab a girl and find eternal lust
Sitting listening to the Cleaners from Venus

Jason How

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