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I had in mind putting together a collection of love songs...
I had several things written for my wife Mandy and then,
when I looked in the cupboard I came upon other long-forgotten
tunes that had been done over the years just for the fun
of it. Many of the old demos had a charm about them, I
spruced some up and left others just as they are. So here is REEL TWO, a collection of recordings, some new, some seriously out of yesteryear! - songs of fun and songs of love in all it's shades - love won, love lost, love when it's great, , love when it's desperate. I hope you have as much fun listening to it as I've had making it. I am indebted to the many musicians who popped around to play on the recordings. It owes as much to their input and energy as anything that these tracks are here at all (I hope I have remembered everyone in the credits). My special thanks also to Alan Heath in England, Luis Mi in Spain and Jose Luis Schenone in Argentina, who's inexhaustible faith along with Mandy, has encouraged me to get this project finished. Dave |
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musicians: Bob Wilson, Tony Kelsey, Alan Smith, Richard Tandy, Martin Smith, George Styles, Mandy, Nadine Stavonina, Lisa Kelsey, Pip Allkins, Steve Wilson, J.J.Forde. Music & Lyrics by Dave Morgan except: 'Modeste' and 'Nothing Says' by Jim Cleary, ' Yes it is' by John Lennon & Paul McCartney. Lyrics at: www.scottmorgan.co.uk/reel2words.htm |
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| GOLDEN OLDIES We had a 'sixties' gig to do at Ronnie Scott's in November 2000 and I thought it would be nice to write a song specially for the occasion. When I started in rock n roll it was something to do between motor bikes and girls. Always thought I'd have to get a proper job one day. But here I am, thirty years later still strumming! EVERSINCE I CAN REMEMBER The song was written in the late 60's and originally recorded by a group called Paradox with Bob Catley singing. This version is a demo recorded at Richard Tandy's house circa 1985 with Richard and Martin Smith. COLD CITY A song from the 70's. This demo was made in the front room circa 1978 on a 4 track machine with Bob Wilson on guitar and bass. The opening piece is a factory scene recorded with Martin Smith in 1991 and originally intended as the introduction for 'Dreamaway' on THE B.C. COLLECTION. MODESTE the minor poet. I used to be in a group with Jim Cleary in 1977-78. This is one of his amazing poetic songs. One night when touring with ELO we rang Jim up from Holland because we couldn't figure the chords out to it! Years later Jim showed me the chords and in 1999, I recorded this version. Alan Smith played squeeze-box and also contributed music to the collage in the middle. WHAT LOVE ISN'T A song discovered by Mandy on an old tape of demos and finished off with the help of Tony Kelsey on guitar and mandolin, plus the pressing drama of a friend going through the tug-of-war of lost love. YES IT IS This is included for pure nostalgia! Only the Beatles could put a song this good on a B side (of 'Ticket to Ride', April 1965). MISTRESS CAROLINE A song from the 70's that had never got beyond the demo stage until this recording, done in 2000 with Martin Smith. It opens with the backdrop of an orchestral piece I had written for another song. PERFECT LOVE A song from 1995 intended for a girl singer, this is my demo with guitar solo added by Tony Kelsey. |
DO YOU MIND? This song was recorded around 1995 with vocal overdubs by Russian singer Nadine Stavonina, as well as George Styles and my next door neighbour Pip Allkins, who has the deepest voice in the world. PLEASE DON'T GO Recorded in 1995 with J.J.Forde on piano. NOTHING SAYS Another all-time great from the pen of Jim Cleary, recorded in 1999. GO-GETTER LADY A songette discovered by Mandy on an old tape of demos. THE BIT IN THE MIDDLE Recorded with Tony & Lisa Kelsey. The song was written for Mandy and the recording was made on Tony's 8-track cassette recorder with us all huddled around a microphone at Grimm Doo. We had a lot of fun doing it. In a separate session, Steve Wilson added bass guitar. APRIL FLOWERS This song started life as a piece of music called 'Brasso' but then Mandy and I were married in April, and so it became 'April Flowers'. The melody and peasant boy lyric is steeped in the ambience of another time when life was simpler and promises never given lightly - to echo the timeless nature of love, a fixation while generations, fashions and ideas come and go. SO HANDSOME A song for Mandy recorded in 1999 with Tony Kelsey on guitar. LAST TRAIN Another discovery on a tape of old demos. This track was recorded in the mid 80's with Richard Tandy on guitar. The pure unrepeatable energy of it just grabbed me as a finishing track for REEL TWO. Alan Smith played accordion on Modeste and narrated over the opening piece to Mistress Caroline. He records himself under the name Prof. Arthur C. Throovest. Unless noted otherwise, all recordings were done at my home studio Grimm Doo - so called because the equipment being somewhat less then optimum, has a mind of it's own. Martin Smith coined the name when he noticed the mixer growled at him whenever he went near it. |
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