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John Peel sounds

A few new tracks from brand new unreleased album (still a WIP).  Recorded in Norway with some exciting help from HP Gundersen, Mette Mathiesen (drummer for Jeff Lynne of ELO fame), Jonas Lei Theis, Jonas Raabe, and Jeron Gundersen.   

Soon

Classic Peelie from 1983. Like many I grew up listening to his late night radio show. It started at 10 pm just as Radio One switched from crappy AM Radio broadcasting to lush FM. This is a complete radio show - you will never ever hear such a varied mix of quality music on the radio ever again, intertwined with JP's unique wit and charm.
I've made this downloadable, so you can enjoy this at your own leisure on your MP3-thingy players(yes folks - I still don't own one).
If there is interest, I'll up some more of these over time, as I have lots.

John Peel BBC Radio 1 14th June 1983

Written and recorded Saturday 13th August 2016

Photograph by Matt Barnes - used with kind permission
http://thatsthespot.com/ - https://twitter.com/mattbarnesphoto - http://mattbarnesphoto.tumblr.com/

there's no reason
for a pretty girl like you
to come to sylmar
don't waste your time

there's no future
in what you plan to do 
there's no future
so just go on home 

there's no comfort
in san fernando
for a girl of 19
who's sold her soul

there's no future
in what you plan to do 
there's no future
so just go on home

there's no escaping
from the bitter legacy
of living in sylmar
and a brutal industry

there's no future
in where you are right now
there's no future
so just go on home

Matt Barnes Photo

Sylmar

ENGINE ROOM

Down here in the engine room
There’s oily steam, sardines and gloom
Brass, glass gauges about to burst
Stinking sailors Oh it gets worse, 
It gets worse

Vibrating pipes all leaking  steam
Its hot enough to burst a spleen
Valve wheels hissing wall to wall
Ive seen them blow it killed them all


This furnace just consumes your soul
A gaping mouth of firey coal
Every shovel full into its open hole
It just cries out for more

Imre’s fireman No 1
Above the bilge water he’s top gun
He keeps fire in the belly 
Of this hungry sun 
Without even breaking sweat
Hows your shift been Imre or Gun

Well maybe numb, maybe no one
I think I should be on the run
But here I stand and shake and gape 
And looking for a fire escape

Cause I’m supposed to extinguish the sun
When all I got is a water gun

Am I supposed to extinguish the sun
When all I got is a water gun

This block of woods the gally bench
Scuze the fish heads, eggs and stench
Oh there’s my long lost monkey wrench
You like coffee from a can?

Down here in the engine room
Its all oily rags and whistled tunes
We even got our own spitoon
Putt ding Dam missed again!!

Down here in the engine room
There’s a thousand valves
A million miles of tube
The valve wheel handles are 
Lipstick red
With blotches of blood
Where I keep hitting my head

Signal up to the captains tower
The baker in the boiler 
Is running out of flower 

And if he goes down 
this ship will be running out of power
This IS an SOS

Imre whats the semifore flag for more flour?

That water rising  through the floor
May mean we wont be here no more
I always draw the shortest straw
I win a locker with Davy Jones

Those pistons ringing in my ears
Are all Ive heard for 40 years
I’m going to drown 1000 beers
If we make it back to land

Our ship was launched the Venis Devine
But were here down  under he plimsal line
Your every move is like your drinking wine
You often find the floor with your head


Down here in the engine room
Its all oily rags and whistled tunes
We even got our own spitoon
Putt ding Dam missed again!!


Down here in the engine room
Its all oily rags and whistled tunes
We even got our own spitoon
 Dam missed again!! Got it!



"ENGINE ROOM" With IMRE LODBROG as SHIPS FIREMAN and GUITAR HAND

Remixed From An Improvised Solo
By Tophonicus https://soundcloud.com/its-tophonicus/look-out-its-the-mud-men

Composed Arranged & Produced
By Splintered Finger & Tophonicus

Look Out It's The Mud Men - SPLINTERED FINGER REMIX

Dreadzone live @ Glastonbury 94 (first time)on the Pyramid Stage at 11am on Friday first band on,  recorded for the John Peel show- 3 tunes with intro and outro ,not the best of recordings , takes a while before they sort it out but its the only record of our first Glastonbury and some kind words indeed from the great man. listen till the end..
kind courtesy of BBC 

Dreadzone 1994 live 
personnel
Greg Dread Tim Bran Leo Williams Dan Donovan

Dreadzone live @ Glastonbury 94 Pyramid stage recorded for John Peel show

04 Church St Blues

1-minute-waltz by Benn Winn. See www.1mw.co.uk for more details

"ENGINE ROOM" With IMRE LODBROG as SHIPS FIREMAN and GUITAR HAND

Johnny Bakerlite