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Mohammed [Trower
/ Reid]One-Eye and the Poor Boys [UK / USA] |
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Al 'One-Eye' Edelist, lead
singer / speaker Roland Clare, bass guitar, electric pianos, Jew's harp, Arab whistle, backing voices, percussion, handclaps Linda Clare, backing voices, piano, handclaps |
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RC: Driving home on Bristol's northern ring-road, I heard this
arrangement playing in my head, and was able to get to the piano before it faded, and
to find most of the chords. A quick instrumental track, owing
something to a couple of additional Procol tunes, was sent
over to Los Angeles so that One-Eye could replace my pilot vocal with his more gravelly tones,
yet neither of us greatly liked the outcome.
Luckily we
were able capture a strong take on one of his many flying visits to the
UK a while later.
Rather than endorsing the seemingly outrageous lyric of the original, this treatment hopes to highlight the wretched endlessness of racial conflict, to which end I had an Arab instrument and a Jew's harp inhabit the same territory in a more-or-less peaceable fashion. The ninefold backing voices gave Linda and me a lot of fun, and her left-hand piano (its sparsity influenced by Every Breath You Take) was the final element to be added to the arrangement. |
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| Bass guitar: Aria Pro IIe All piano sounds: RD 600 Percussion: faked up from RD 600 with assistance from the PC soundcard |
Microphone: Sennheiser 421 Jew's harp: generic, four-inch model, c. 1970 Arab whistle: marked 'Jahran 1963' Handclaps: 1953 vintage flesh |
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Recorded in Bristol using Cakewalk Pro-Audio 9, Adobe Audition 1.5, and Melodyne 2.6 – no MIDI |
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