Thou Shalt Conquer (im Edit)

This is my transcription of the string arrangement created by Tony Visconti in 1971 for the T.Rex song 'There Was A Time', one of the B-sides of the UK release of 'Get It On'.

There Was A Time

Louder Than Layla

An extract from the third movement of my piano piece 'John Kennedy at Coos Bay'. The title is an allusion to his New Frontier speech of July 1960.

Three Thousand Miles Behind Us

This is the first movement of a piano piece called 'John Kennedy at Coos Bay' which has four movements (an extract from the third is also available to listen to - see 'Three Thousand Miles Behind Us'). Previously posted as 'On The Edge', this is a new, revised version.

John Kennedy at Coos Bay (part 1)

A light-hearted out-take from the forthcoming album Rock-Ola Rainbow.
It evokes the space-age aura that surrounded electric guitars in the late 50s / early 60s.

Electric Guitars Are From Mars

This piece was partly inspired by a two-bar melodic motif written by a songwriting student of mine, Tom Thewlis. I developed the melody and then harmonized it on piano, and then put it onto strings. The title links to a poem from the 1970s by Graham Roberts published in the Cornish Review which includes the words of the title. The basic form is the main lyric melody contrasting with a darker waltz with several other passages linking them.

This Sea, For The First Time

Tyrannosaurus Rex original with lead guitar part doubled by me. This is intended to illustrate a replication of Marc Bolan's Strat guitar tone in the studio in 1969.

Beard of Stars

Tyrannosaurus Rex original with additional rhythm and lead guitar track by me. Intended to illustrate Marc Bolan's 1969 in-studio Fender Strat guitar tone. I play rhythm chords in the style of the Holland June 1970 live performance but switch to the studio lead for those phrases and back and forth.

By the Light of a Magical Moon

Closing section of the first movement of Vaughan Williams' Sixth Symphony, strings and harp only, reharmonized as E major.

RVW 6 E Major VSL

Closing melody of the Sixth Symphony first movement by Vaughan Williams, strings and harp only.

RVW 6 E VSL

Closing melody of the first movement of Vaughan Williams' Sixth Symphony, strings and harp only, reharmonized into E modal minor (Aeolian or natural minor).

RVW 6 E natural minor (Aeolian)

Taken from the unreleased album An English Journey this song evokes memories of a 1960s English childhood with some soccer references.

The Nave Of Childhood (short)

My 2010 orchestral arrangement of the Humphry Davy School song 'King Arthur ruled in Lyonesse'.

My album of guitar instrumentals Atlantic Canticles is now available on amazon and itunes. Some of the music was inspired by West Cornwall.

Humphry Davy School Song

This extract from a longer work for strings is a setting of the traditional folk melody 'The Gaelic Waltz'.

From Cornish Springs

Compilation featuring Purple VII (piano); Campaign Button Rag (piano); On the Great Western mvt 3 extract (string sextet); Tayport Reflections mvt 2 extract (flute / harp/ strings); For The New Frontier - three extracts (trumpet / strings); A Cornish Knight (orchestra); This Sea (Graham's Theme) (strings); Symphony in B major (The Blue Rider) mvt 4 (orchestra)

Classical Compilation

Short tribute to Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac.

After The End

This is the coda - the final 90 seconds - to a song called 'Last Train To Memphis'. The lyric remembers several famous couples from rock history: Elvis and Dixie, Dylan and Suzie, Buddy Holly and Echo, and John Lennon and Yoko. Image is the Winter 2000 edition of Mojo magazine.

Last Train To Memphis (Edit)

A slower variation / re-write of my song 'Last Train To Memphis' uploaded in memory of John Lennon on the 40th anniversary of his death. 'Last Train' dates back to the 1990s; this variation about 5 years.

Dakota Elegy (Last Train)

Full version of the song, written in the 1990s, uploaded for the 40th anniversary of the death of John Lennon. The lyric name-checks four famous couples from rock history: Elvis & Dixie, Dylan & Susie, Buddy and Echo, and John & Yoko.

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