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HERRCD28 RED HERRING'S "DIFFICULT" SECOND ALBUM Opus: N/A Length: 52:00 Instruments: Acoustic & Electric guitars, the odd synthesiser, absolutely no vocals Composed: 1982 |
After 25 years I've finally decided to take the plunge and let this collection of noises escape. Red Herring fans (both of you) will love this! The album is available only as a complete download as the tracks all segway into each other, usually causing the inevitable carnage that has to be heard to believed. All these pieces were originally recorded between 1978 and 1982, and enhanced just a bit by me in 2008. All the tracks are instrumentals and mostly all guitar pieces too. I've made no attempt to edit out the "bum" notes and occasional unwanted background noises, just added a bit of reverb and echo here and there to make it all sound a bit smoother. Critics responses: "Most impressive. Could easily pass for music" - H. Grytpype-Thynne "I hardly cringed at all - didn't even need the earplugs" - Capt N. Seagoon (ret) "I got a pet goldfish" - Eccles "You do realise we've all been deaded for years, don't you?" - Bluebottle "I'm not - am I, Min?" - H. Crun "Yes you are, Henry. What are you doing out of your grave?" - M. Bannister "Owww" - Count Jim 'Hit me with your rhythm stick' Moriarty Download the whole albumwrapped album free from MegaUpload. |
| RED HERRING | Mins | Description of individual tracks |
| Intro by Mr. Weaklark | 0:40 | Well you have to start somewhere... |
| Pipe Lines | 3:40 | A fairly easy piece to get you started, with acoustic guitars, flutes, a harmonica and that damn Woolworth's organ again! |
| Forty-Two | 2:55 | Stuttering synth piece with electronic percussion and a couple of fuzzy guitars having an argument. |
| e=mc2 | 1:21 | Speeded-up electric guitars. |
| Mark's Guitar solo | 5:31 | Quiet and contemplative acoustic guitar solo recorded in an unguarded moment at an undisclosed location in Erdington. |
| Outerseller Override | 2:15 | Nothing to do with Pink Floyd, more like Steptoe & Son on acid. Actually when you think of it, that's exactly what THEY were. |
| lip | 3:15 | Stupid title for a stupid Farfisa organ piece with stupid electronic percussion (we didn't have a stupid drummer at the time!) |
| Neolithic Contemplations in a Disused Ball-Bearing Factory | 6:30 | A trio of guitars playing to a plodding bass beat. (Sorry about the ridiculously long title, but that's what it ended up being called.) |
| W.T.F. part 1 | 1:20 | This track didn't even have a title so I've just come up with that one, and believe me, it fits! |
| Colin's Guitar Solo | 1:35 | My brother's sole contribution to the guitar works catalogue, and for that we should all be grateful. |
| Blowout | 5:40 | Watch you don't blow your speakers on this one. |
| W.T.F. part 2 | 0:21 | I have absolutely no recollection of how, when or where this bit of aural insanity was recorded, but I can hear my own voice in there (I'm the one shouting "Stop!" if you really want to know). What on earth were we drinking? |
| Read the Instructions | 6:30 | Time to come back down to earth and sober up with this peaceful guitar trio. Pity the bass wasn't quite tuned properly though. (Don't blame me, I'm the one showing off in the left speaker playing fancy diminished chords.) |
| The Ultimate Rip-off | 4:10 | Interesting flanged guitar riff with awful too-loud synth solo. Well it's a bit too late to go back and re-record it now, unless anyone's got a time machine I can borrow. (I promise I'll bring it back last week.) |
| Pete's guitar freak-out | 4:50 | One of the very first things ever recorded by any of us, this dates from 1977 and was recorded on a cheap portable cassette recorder. I was immediately impressed - I didn't even know he could play the thing. (The guitar that is, not the recorder. That was a total mystery to him.) |
| 8:03 PM | 1:30 | It's getting late - look at the time... |