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hearpen.com: [Home] [View Cart] [About Us] [Technical Issues] [ubuprojex.com] Variations on a Theme - David Thomas and the Pedestrians A Day at the Botanical Gardens 2:36 [preview] Bird Town 2:40 [preview] Pedestrian Walk 4:28 [preview] The Egg and I 2:50 Who is It? 3:34 Song of Hoe 5:54 Hurry Back 4:10 The Rain 5:09 Semaphore 5:02 The Egg and I (live) 3:23 Download file size: 100MB These are Apple MPEG-4 audio files (m4a), the iTunes Total Running Time - 41:00 Plus format. The lyrics are embedded in the file. • Source: Album Masters Description: This is the second album recorded with • Richard Thompson. Released in 1983 on Rough Trade, Purchase Options: it also marks the beginning of the partnership with $10 for entire album Lindsay Cooper and Chris Cutler that would yield the Download comes via one large zipped following album, 'More Places Forever.' These tracks file. are the remix that David Thomas undertook in 1989 and 1990 that also featured the addition of Jim Jones • to a number of the tracks. Catalog: Hearpen HR177 The extra track, a live version of 'The Egg and I,' is a radio broadcast with Alan Dunn playing accordion and Chris Cutler on drums. Band: Musicians: David Thomas - vocals, tapes Richard Thompson - guitar, backing vocals Jim Jones - guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals, loops Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, sopranino Paul Hamann - bass Jack Monck - bass Anton Fier - drums, marimba, piano, percussion Chris Cutler - drums, percussion Writer credits are noted in the included pdf of liner notes. For more detailed notes see the release page on www.ubuprojex.com. Artwork by Mary Thomas. Recordings and artwork ©2014 Ubu Projex. All rights reserved. Encoding method: AAC (iTunes Plus format), produced with the 'Mastered for iTunes' droplet. hearpen.com: [Home] [View Cart] [About Us] [Technical Issues] [ubuprojex.com] An Irony-Free™ Site.

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