A very old demo from 26 years ago sung phenomenally well by Dave Lloyd with Terry Steers on guitar, Lou Rosenthal on drums, Paul Cooper on bass and myself and Paul on harmonies and backing vocals.

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Girl I Knew Somewhere

Jamie Hampson - Vocal
Mike Neary - Guitar

I Will

Life On Mars

Yours truly on piano, keys, harmonies, trumpet, percussion and acoustic.

If Paradise Is Half As Nice

Umbrella

Great band, had a blast playing Wurlitzer piano and a Hammond B3 on this.

Preachers and Prophets (The Skylarks)

Frozen (Unity Theatre Liverpool 1999

Sod it - if it's memories you're going for, here's a belting version of McCartney's 'Maybe I'm Amazed' with m'self on all backing vocals and the much maligned Steinway that was once in Liverpool's Parr Street Studio 1 (though I first played it in The Pink and also Amazon) the other not inconsiderable contributions come from Paul Cooper (lead vocal and bass) Terry Steers (guitars) and Lou Rosenthal (drums). Just realised typing this that I've now recorded three very different versions of that song.

Maybe I'm Amazed

Me and my old friend Paul in the 90s doing this song which he wrote and sang when this sound was all the rage; the only song I think I've ever recorded where I didn't play keys, I'm on one of the rhythm guitars - Terry Steers handling all the good stuff - whilst I also do tambourine and all backing vocals. Lou Rosenthal doing a stirling job on the kit. Recorded in Parr Street Studio 1 by the great Dave Buchannan and posted up today in memory of some very very happy, creative, joyous times both on the road and in the studio. I have a photo somewhere of us doing a promo in HMV on Church Street Liverpool in which some highly respectable thirtysomethings - one of whom is now a high powered Arts worker were kids in the audience. Feeling old (ish) and wouldn't change a day of it now.

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