In the early sixties my folks applied for the £10 Pom thing and we were all set to go to Australia. However, my mum got cold feet a few weeks before the boat sailed and so we never went. My brothers and I were gutted - we had already given away most of our toys. Had to get them all back again! I did make to Australia in my late twenties for a working holiday and often wondered what life would have been like if we had went - it's all that sliding door stuff. I spent a month driving round the place - it's enormous! What struck me most is how much of it so familiar and alien at the same time. Everything is kinda backwards - Xmas in summertime!

Australia (Xmas in Summertime)

 When I left school I worked in a huge factory for three years doing a job I hated! Later on I worked in one of Dundee's last jute mills on the Dens road. The Mill Lavvies were still on the go. I used to sit and have a fag with a luvly old guy who had worked there since 1929! Honest! The groove emulates the giant machines that used to pound all day doing Feck nose what! There's also a wee nod to the Beatles "Day in the life" in there with the clock and piano chord.   
 

Anything Precious

When I wrote this the title reminded me of the kind of message you used to get on lovehearts. I mentioned this to Carol Storrier and she drew me one! Ahhh! Carol did the artwork for the Rope and Vine cover. Another fab vocal from David Webster, who told me that his uncle "burst oot greetin" when he heard it. That makes two of us... Hope you enjoy it and feel free to pass it along. Cheers, Knightee.   

Everything Wonderful

Stevee Knight

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