Composed and Sung by  Elaine Kolb
Recorded live on a cassette tape
Produced and re engineered by Keithy Armstrong

To learn more about the word 'cripple' go to http://www.slideshare.net/yourkamden/the-old-english-origin-of-the-word-cripple-revised-ke or https://www.academia.edu/3631339/The_Old_English_Origin_of_the_Word_Cripple_Revised_-_Keith_Armstrong

Elaine Kolb –  A Crip Can Be Hip

Composed and performed by Keith Armstrong. All rights including Moral Rights reserved.
Art work by Keith Armstrong.

Please do not copy without reasonable payment to the Composer. Thank you. 

Keith Armstrong -  Sam (the Happy Robot)

Richard Hall - guitars
Keith Armstrong everything else
Copyright music and performance Keith Armstrong and Richard Hall reserved.
Image by Keith Armstrong

Richard Hall & Keith Armstrong -  Enter Through The Gates (Suitable for air guitarists)

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Keith Armstrong & Richard Hall - In A Spanish Bathroom (not Really) Impro

Frankie Armstrong - Devils Lament
Hear https://soundcloud.com/user8580052/frankie-armstrong-preamble-devils-lament

Frankie Armstrong sings the traditional folk song "The Cuckoo" unaccompanied at Oval House Theatre in London. Recording made with a cassette tape.To learn more about this song, go to http://soundcloud.com/user8580052/frankie-armstrong-preamble

Frankie Armstrong is a singer and voice teacher. She has worked as a singer in the folk scene and the women's movement and as a trainer in social and youth work
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Armstrong

Since 1962, I’ve built up a repertoire of British songs and ballads, which, along with contemporary British songs, still form the basis of my musical vocabulary. My repertoire consists of rural, industrial, music hall and contemporary songs - my own and those of other songwriters such as Sandra Kerr, Leon Rosselson and Bertolt Brecht. I find the song form extraordinary, despite its brevity, as a way of expressing the widest and deepest range of human emotions. http://www.frankiearmstrong.com/

Frankie Armstrong - Devils Lament

Frankie Armstrong - Preamble Devils Lament hear:
https://soundcloud.com/user8580052/frankie-armstrong-devils-lament

Frankie Armstrong sings the traditional folk song "The Cuckoo" unaccompanied at Oval House Theatre in London. Recording made with a cassette tape.To learn more about this song, go to http://soundcloud.com/user8580052/frankie-armstrong-preamble

Frankie Armstrong is a singer and voice teacher. She has worked as a singer in the folk scene and the women's movement and as a trainer in social and youth work
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Armstrong

Since 1962, I’ve built up a repertoire of British songs and ballads, which, along with contemporary British songs, still form the basis of my musical vocabulary. My repertoire consists of rural, industrial, music hall and contemporary songs - my own and those of other songwriters such as Sandra Kerr, Leon Rosselson and Bertolt Brecht. I find the song form extraordinary, despite its brevity, as a way of expressing the widest and deepest range of human emotions. http://www.frankiearmstrong.com/

Frankie Armstrong - Preamble Devils Lament

UN Declaration Of The Human Rights Of Disabled Persons December 1975

Keith Armstrong - Techno2Blues

The Fallout Maching Band - Take The Toys From The Boys

Richie St John - guitar & vocals
Keith Armstrong - mascaras & harmonica 
Recorded on a simple cassette by Keith Armstrong
Post-production by Keith Armstrong

Richie St John & Keith Armstrong - Dance Baby Dance

Recorded live on a cheap C90 audio cassette.



Richie St John & Keith Armstrong - Charlie Bremmer

Sound Allies
Keith   keyboard 
Richard guitar
Marcel    bass
Greenie Drums

Recorded on an audio cassette. 

Sound Allies - Workout

 Going on a long journey into galaxies yet unknown.

Keith Armstrong - Dark Travels Twinkles

A song inspired by London's 52 Bus service, which was notoriously unreliable in the  early 1980's 

Richard Hall  vocals and composer of music
Pete Khan piano  
Julian Hall wrote the lyrics

Recorded directly onto an analog cassette - Recording,  post-production & artwork by Keith Armstrong

Richard Hall - A 52 Bus

Music composed and artwork created by Keith Armstrong

Keith Armstrong - 'Mazing Blues

Elaine Kolb & Keith Armstrong - We the People

RUHuman - Halloween Teens

Recorded live at Oval House, London, England.  the song https://soundcloud.com/user8580052/frankie-armstrong-tam-lin-and-lady-margaret

For more information on Frankie Armstrong
http://www.frankiearmstrong.com/
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Armstrong

Frankie Armstrong - Preamble Tam Lin And Lady Margaret

Recorded live at Oval House, London, England.  for more info about the song https://soundcloud.com/user8580052/frankie-armstrong-preamble-tam-lin-and-lady-margaret

For more information on Frankie Armstrong
http://www.frankiearmstrong.com/
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Armstrong

Frankie Armstrong - Tam Lin And Lady Margaret

The Beatles wrote many great  songs. However one song, "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da", stands out as being very different from their other songs. 
I first met Jimmy Scott through the Shakespearean Nigerian actor and playwright Yemi Ajibade in the mid 1970's. I played and performed with him from the late 70's to the mid 1980's.  Jimmy Scott  was born Jimmy Anonmuogharan Scott Emuakor and came from a Yoruba  family in Nigeria. Later on his brother was made a minister and worked for the Nigerian government. Sadly, musicians are not highly regarded in Western Africa. A few things about Jimmy's life that I have gleaned: Jimmy arrived in Britain for the first time on a cargo ship in 1948. He first worked as a conga player with the late band leader Edmundo Ros. Later on Jimmy joined the original Blue Flames to back Georgie Fame on a number of his hits including "Yeah Yeah" and "Bonnie and Clyde". He also played in a number of films. You can see him performing as the tall man in Ginger Johnson's African Drummers in the film record of the Rolling Stones free concert in Hyde Park. For a long time Jimmy performed in the West End as a conga player in "Jesus Christ Superstar" and always carried the sticker on his congas. 
The recording I am sharing here was taken from a worn 7 inch 45 vinyl record Jimmy gave me permission to share. This recording was made from a well used record transferred to a cassette tape that was later digitalised. Whilst the quality of this copy is poor and not up to today's standards, I hope that you enjoy the brilliance of this unique recording.
I am sharing this song to put the matter straight. Jimmy was one of the most talented percussionists around whose work was possibly an inspiration to the Cuban conga player Mongo Santamaria and the Nigerian musician and band leader Fela Kuti in the music he made with his 'Africa '70' band. 
In my view, apart from sharing the same title, on musical grounds Paul McCartney's song bears no relation to Jimmy's original composition. I recommend you listen closely to the demo version of Paul McCartney's song as released in the 3rd anthology double CD, to the drum patterns on the hand drums and ask yourself: was this played by one of the Beatles or by a competent West African musician? 

https://soundcloud.com/shinri/uncle-jimmy

Jimmy Scott - Obladeoblada (orginal)

Sound Allies -,Raw & Pure (dub, but not overdub)

My musical influences are fairly eclectic and I enjoy music from around the world and in different time periods.

I am a mainly self taught musician and sound creator after being as asked to leave my school class music lessons (which consisted of our percussive accompaniment of military band march tunes) for being a bit creative. I have learned a lot from the musicians I have met and have been lucky enough to play with musicians from all over the world in many different styles.

My music is mainly improvised at first. Then I sometimes develop it. Where possible I like to mix musical styles.

Most of my public performances have not been recorded at all, those that were, were mainly recorded on audio cassettes. I consider that cassette recordings have both their advantages and disadvantages (which are many).

The main advantage for musicians when they were available is that they were not intrusive. In the same way that with some cameras, such as the Twin Lens Reflect, where the photographer does not have direct eye contact with the subject who can relax in order to make a better image.

My one claim to musical fame is that John Peel (the legendary Radio DJ) played both sides of my one and only vinyl single AN AMAZING GRACE\SPACE BOOGIE on his BBC Radio One show. I also had a cup of tea with him in his London flat. John Peel RIP.
Perhaps more later . . .

Slightly more than ten hours of free music, just use your ears and move your body to get there.

All Artwork created by Keith Armstrong.

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