OLD AND UNADORNED

OLD AND UNADORNED Most of the songs I have accumulated were recorded on reel to reel and cassette tape and are in need of the kind of treatment that would require significant funds Recording some of them is being considered  In the meantime the songs on this page are a sample of those which have NOT been mixed mastered or otherwise dressed up nicely They are also meant to show that what is out there at present belongs with an extensive collection of material Watch out for bangs thumps and other extraneous sounds

YOU WITH YOUR EYES OPEN ME WITH MY EYES CLOSED CLICK to hear the song (1.33)

YOU ARE WALKING THROUGH THE TOWN There are two untreated versions of this song and the other one may be up-loaded soon The track has been doubled to try to make it sound thicker! CLICK to hear the song (1.50)

PIN ME DOWN ON THE GROUND WITH A TENT PEG Combining memories of a tent in Tiree and a reminder of the vagaries of love  this is a vey brief repetitive (cut and pasted) refrain sung mostly through the nose CLICK to hear the refrain (.27 x ?)

I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN aka A Drop More Blood and/or The Asbestos Song CLICK to hear the song (1.16)

BUT I DOUBT IF IT COULD BE About dogs bogs and penguin flappers  CLICK to hear the song (2.56)

SO ANOTHER DAY HAS GONE CLICK to hear the song (1.45)

RUNNING OVER  CLICK to hear the song (1.23)

LOVE GONE DIED IN LAST NIGHT'S WIND STORM With full blown foot thumping this song was made in Masset CLICK to hear the song (3.59)

HUMPTY DUMPTY MENDED CLICK to hear the song (2.07)

GOT YOU HERE  CLICK to hear the song (1.59)

BACK THERE LAST YEAR People who go to different countries to work often boast  about how good it was where they were the previous year  This is a very short song CLICK to hear the song (.45)

IT'S GETTING HARDER ALL THE TIME CLICK to hear the song (2.29)

HAD TO WORK RIGHT ON THROUGH YOU CLICK to hear the song (1.13)

YOUR SUITCASE IS PACKED a.k.a AND/BUT YOU DO CLICK to hear the song (1.40)

I LOVE SHEEP 'Thank God I don't eat them anymore' CLICK to hear the song (1.44)

I'M GIVING MY HEAD A REST Giving up on love and booze The Drinkers: a painting by SKC CLICK to hear the song (2.47)

IT'S EASY FOR A WHILE CLICK to hear the song (1.50)

I WANT TO KNOW YOU I have (with difficulty)attempted to manually de-ess this old track and it shows CLICK to hear the song (2.12)

TAKING IT DOWN The sound of page turning at the start leads into this is slightly off key version  of a song in which Mr Toast has a non- speaking part CLICK to hear the song (2.24)

READY FOR DISCHARGE with a bit of a lithp CLICK to hear the song (1.28)

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