In early 2015, Martin Tuckey and I hired Music Box studios, Cardiff to demo a few songs with friends Gareth Bodman and Tara McSwiney. This would later lead to us starting a new band called Victory V.

Sadly Martin won't be able to continue in our journey after losing a fight with cancer, but his influence remains and he has left us with many wonderful songs. This recording is a tribute to his memory. Sleep well my friend.

Upstream

With the kind permission of Verena Wechselberger, I present here seven of Martin Tuckey's greatest recorded songs. Before he left us, Martin told me his last song was entitled Backbreaking Times. Unfortunately I was unable to track this down so instead I've named this whole compilation after the missing song.....perhaps it's waiting to be uncovered somewhere but we have plenty of material in the meantime. 
Martin has been a prolific writer for over 20 years, recording many songs on old tapes....meaning I have had to miss out many fabulous tracks that have suffered a decline in quality over the years. The last track here Wide Awake Dreamer was amongst the very last he ever recorded and perhaps one of the most poignant. I hope you enjoy listening to these with me....RIP Martin, rest easy!

Mark Vincent Davies