Chick Shannon And The Last Exit Band — Tears On The Console 1975 (UK, Folk,Psychedelic,Blues Rock)
In 1975 Mike closed down Holyground (temporarily as it turned out) to start a new studio venture in Doncaster. In the last few midsummer weeks he suggested to Steve Channing that some of his songs, plus some Mike and Steve would write later on, should be recorded. Mike asked the members of 'Lazy Days' to join in giving (as he thought before the recording sessions) a line up of Steve on vocal / acoustic guitar; Dave Wilson on electric guitar; Alan Robinson on bass; and John Shepard on drums.
None of the band had met Steve on the first day of recording, and to Mike's surprise Lazy Days turned up with a Hammond organ player, Mick Spurr, who also added an early Moog synth to the line-up. The results, even on the first day, were magic - a lively set of songs driven by Steve's vocals and skills on guitar, and backed by a tight and fluid group. The songs, often blued based, were lovely.
The atmosphere was electric, and pushed along by the knowledge that Holyground was ending. Steve and Lazy Days had been regulars since the 70's - Steve appearing first on Jumble Lane and Lazy Days had recorded there on several occasions and in different line-ups.
Steve Channing & Lazy Days (aka Chick Shannon And The Last Exit Band) UK 1975 release of «Tears On The Console» was originally titled «Tears On The Console (Sweat On The Strings)». 250 copies of the original vinyl were pressed and mostly sold in the Wakefield area of the UK.
Tracks:
01. The Stealers — 0:00
02. Cornflower Blues — 3:00
03. Tears On The Console — 8:39
04. Peach Of A Love — 12:27
05. Brand New Day — 16:45
06. Living In The City — 19:01
07. No. 5 Along From Reds — 25:06
08. Get Down To It — 27:34
09. Call The Shots — 31:11
10. Play Like A Band — 34:00
Bonuses:
11. No Point At All (Out Take) — 39:01
12. Dust Blues (Out Take) — 42:27
13. The Bully (Early Session) — 45:36
14. Like Decent Folks Do (Early Session) — 48:28
15. White Knight (Early Session) — 52:49
16. Heart Of The Storm (Rec 2004) — 56:18
17. Echoes Of Holyground (Rec 2004) — 1:01:06
Personnel:
Chick Shannon (Steve Channing) — acoustic guitar, vocals John »Basic» Priestley (Dave Wilson) — lead guitar, guitar, steel guitar, vocals Tom Viking (Alan Robinson) — bass, guitar, 12-string guitar, vocals Zeppo Van Heere (Mick Spurr) — organ, synthesizer, vocals »Kumsi» (Chris Coombs) — keyboards, harmonica, vocals Clayton W. Weste (John Shepard) — drums Len Shannon (Mike Levon) — engineer, producer
00:48:03It's a hard old world, you see, hard old world
00:48:113 o'clock in the morning, I'm tired of walking around
00:48:133 o'clock in the morning, I'm tired of walking around
00:48:233 o'clock in the morning, I'm tired of walking around, police will pick you up if you don't watch out, it's a respectable kind of town.
00:48:533 o'clock in the morning, I found out, I found out about you, why can't we simply live our lives, why can't we simply live our lives, why decent folks do?
00:50:05You took some hours and some pills to get to sleep, he wasn't there to hear you weep
00:50:353 o'clock in the morning, why can't we simply live our lives, why can't we simply live our lives, why decent folks do?
00:50:45I really thought you cared for me, I really thought you cared for me, as I cared for you
00:50:523 o'clock in the morning, why can't we simply live our lives, why can't we simply live our lives, why decent folks do?
00:50:59Like decent folks do
00:51:01Like decent folks do
00:51:02Like decent folks do
00:51:03Like decent folks do
00:51:05You're moving across to the nice part of town
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