DR BLOODMONEY

Composed by Neil Campbell

Neil Campbell (guitars, bass, keyboards and sundry percussion)
Joey Zeb (drums on tracks 2, 4, 8, 10 and 11)
Roger Gardiner (Overwater bass on track 6)
Jon Lawton (additional percussion)

Engineered by Jon Lawton at Crosstown Studios
Produced by Neil Campbell & Jon Lawton

Thanks to Úna for her unfailing belief in me and in this album, and for being such a wonderful sounding board. Thanks to Jon for being such a great collaborator. Thanks to Roger and Joey for their wonderful musical contributions.

Cover photo by Adrian Wharton, used with thanks
Design by Paul Hunt

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“Stunning, evocative and truly engaging, Last Year’s News transcends the expectations of an instrumental, acoustic guitar based album to become a hugely involving and rewarding showcase of the wonderful, underrated talents of Neil Campbell. The Flood Trilogy has been magnificent from start to end, but for me, its third and final instalment closes the journey on a real high.” - Steven Reid, Sea of Tranquility

"Tubular Rainbows is expertly crafted, clever in the way it builds texturally and dynamically while Neil Campbell’s guitar playing is mouth-wateringly virtuosic and delivered with a lightness of touch that lends the music an extra degree of fluidity. There is a Mediterranean undercurrent too, especially in the descending minor chords and corresponding melodic theme. I hope this finds its way onto a playlist, perhaps via BBC Radio 3’s In Tune? It is certainly highly deserving of such exposure." - Neil March, BBC Fresh on the Net

“one of the UK’s seriously undiscovered composers. I’m at a loss as to why Neil Campbell hasn’t been plucked up by an independent, or for that matter, a major record label – but we live in hope.” - Bob Mulvey, The Progressive Aspect

“‘Last Year’s News’ takes us on a floaty futuristic folk journey, ideal for listening to indoors on a rainy day whilst working or outdoors on a fine summer day. The album’s dream like flow is easy to listen to and leaves the listener in a state of awe at Neil’s graceful and delicate command of the guitar strings. Another work of art from one of the region’s finest guitarists.” - Justin Hopper, La Vida Liverpool

“The final part of multi-talented Neil Campbell’s latest Flood Trilogy comes courtesy of this idiosyncratic and more introspective album, Last Year’s News. There is a sense that tranquility and repose have been achieved in this third compilation after the searching and chaos that has gone before and indeed the title of the CD, Last Years News, hints at having moved on.” - Joe Coventry, Nerve

“This is the third release in a ‘flood’ Trilogy exploring the music that musicians would make after an apocalypse. The result contains many moments of beauty and is deserving of a broader audience.” - The Musician

“the dozen cuts on Last Years News are a startling creation of elemental guitar genius that will stir the imagination and soul.” - Peter Thelen, Expose

Neil Campbell - Last Year's News - 02 The Fat Of The Land

Written in Aug 2020, arranged and mixed May 2023

Demo May 7th

Polarities

Back From A Long Journey
( 1998 )
Reloaded as Piano Version
composed by Johannes Daum
Johannes Daum - electric piano & acoustic piano
rec. 2023, München

Back From A Long Journey

Text and reading by Seán Street
'My Funny Valentine' composed by Rogers and Hart
Perri Alleyne-Hughes - voice
Neil Campbell - classical guitar
Engineered by Kyle Western

Elegy for Chet Baker (Rogers & Hart)

Demo April 6th

None So Blind

First single off the debut EP from Hippo

Download from
https://hippobristol.bandcamp.com/

Recorded by Jim Barr at J&J Studios
Mastered by Luke Burnet-Smith

Gromet

A little bit of time goes by again when sitting on your own
That you can use to fly or sing or cry when talking on the phone
A happy little fly goes by again just searching for a stone
Where she can go to hide herself before she flies back to her home

What is love if nothing but a fire light's burning embers for a higher life
I never thought I'd walk this road again

Fly
Fly

A little bit of time goes by again when sitting on your own
That you can use to fly or sing or cry when talking on the phone
A happy little fly goes by again just searching for a stone
Where she can go to hide herself before she flies back to her home

What is love if nothing but a fire light's burning embers for a higher life
I never thought I'd walk this road again

I've fallen foul of foolish
Got nothing more to do this

Fly
Fly

A little bit of time goes by again when sitting on your own
That you can use to fly or sing or cry when talking on the phone
A happy little fly goes by again just searching for a stone
Where she can go to hide herself before she flies back to her home

Picture Credit: File ID 179368908 |  © Nadezhda Aksenova | Dreamstime.com

Elegy for Chet Baker (Rogers & Hart)

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