Day Thirty Two: Sunday 3rd July 2005
Martin is back in today and so he and Steve concentrate on recording the drums on the weekends songs. James heads back to London ...
Day Thirty One: Saturday 2nd July 2005
Martin isn't going to be with us today so we have set up just to rehearse / demo two new songs. While Steve's been ...
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Day Thirty: Friday 1st July 2005
George leaves quite early and Martin, James and I work up a final mix for of 'Radio Two'. We miss the final post and end ...
Day Twenty Nine: Thursday 30th June 2005
Today we get a visit from George Williams, the engineer in situ at The Doghouse Studios in Henley. George is the man we want ...
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Day Twenty Eight: Wednesday 29th June 2005
Martin Wilding records more of my guitar parts (Fender Telecaster plugged into a Vox A.C.10), on 'Few And Far Between' and 'Raindown'. Just in ...
Day Twenty Seven: Tuesday 28th June 2005
During the morning, Martin recorded my guitar parts on 'Cease And Desist' and 'It's Alright It's O.K.'. During the afternoon we had a visit ...
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Day Twenty Six: Monday 27th June 2005
Today, James gets stuck into guitars on 'Cease and Desist'. It's sounding great but we are having a few problems with the tuning. A ...
Day Twenty Five: Friday 24th June 2005
Today we set about making 'This Is Life [Get Used To It]' work. James and I spent an hour just working over the chords ...
Day Twenty Four: Thursday 23rd June 2005
Craig came in early today to catch up on the bass guitar recording. He played bass on three tracks, 'Be Still', 'It's Alright It's ...
Scottish Journalist Billy Sloan piped-in today with a short review of "Superchannel" a song he will be playing on his radio show on his Clyde 1 radio show tonight at ...
Day Twenty Three: Wednesday 22nd June 2005
Today is taken up with recording drums and bass on yesterdays tracks. While all of this is going on I decide to go out ...
Day Twenty Two: Tuesday 21st June 2005
Back into the serious business of the album. We decide to have a run through 'Few And far Between'. Steve and I had come ...
Day Twenty One: Monday 20th June 2005
Today everyone is heading back to the studio from the four corners of the U.K. Steve and Craig have been home, I've been to ...
Day Twenty: Friday 17 June 2005
Steve has another go at the drums on the song (Working title - It's Alright, It's O.K.), he is not happy with the groove and ...
Day Nineteen: Thursday 16 June 2005
The rehearsal room is crackling with energy, we are running through the new song (Working title - It's Alright, It's O.K.), it's working out really ...
Day Eighteen: Wednesday 15 June 2005
James wants to have another go at 'Cease And Desist'. Overnight he has come up with an idea for a 'sound' for the intro. This ...
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Day Seventeen: Tuesday 14 June 2005
James Stevenson arrives back with his son Oscar in tow. We decide to tackle the guitars on 'Cease And Desist'. Out comes the cherry red ...
Day Sixteen: Monday 13 June 2005
Today I decide to tackle the acoustics on 'Menai Bridge'. I had been doing some thinking over the weekend and deiced to return to my ...
Day Fifteen: Friday 10 June 2005
James Stevenson comes in to record his guitars on 'Without A Fight'. We are starting to notice that we have a few tuning issues. This ...
Day Fourteen: Thursday 9 June 2005
Steve and Martin do some work on editing / tidying up the drums on 'Without A Fight' before Steve leaves us for a weekend of ...
Day Thirteen: Wednesday 8 June 2005
The day begins with a playback of last night's drum takes. Upon reflection Steve decides to give it another go. Steve feels like he has ...
Day Twelve: Tuesday 7 June 2005
There is still something missing from the guitar part on 'Raindown' so we get back to working it all out once more. We get something ...
Day Eleven: Monday 6 June 2005
First job of the day is to record my acoustic guitars on 'Menai Bridge'. The question is where do we record acoustic guitars? The first ...
Day Ten: Saturday 4th June 2005
As it is a Saturday and we are all going places for the weekend. We decide to have a go at recording 'I Never Left ...
Day Nine: Friday 3 June 2005
To record a master drum track, Steve plays the drums in the 'live' room. He is playing along to the rehearsal recording and is listening ...
Day Eight: Thursday 2 June 2005
The first thing I suggest we work on is a song I have worked up for the Mark Radcliffe show on Radio Two. I have ...
Day Seven: Wednesday 1 June 2005
James picks Craig up from the railway station. Finally we are all together and ready to rock. Craig look great considering he has travelled from ...
Day Six: Tuesday 31 May 2005
There is still a lot to be done to make the studio work as a recording facility. We are still setting everything up when James ...
Day Five: Friday 26 May 2005
We are trying to work sensible hours during this recording period. The days begin at 1100 and run through until 2000 give or take, depending ...
Day Four: Thursday 25 May 2005
Another situation which has prompted the recording of this album is the fact that we have signed to EMI!
While we were touring the 'Poppy Fields' ...
Day Three: Wednesday 25 May 2005
There is still a lot of work to be done creating the recording side things. In this situation we are building the recording studio around ...
'Get Down And Get With It' [??:??] (Holder/Slade), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:?Notes:?Mike Peters Notes:?Dave Sharp Notes:?Eddie MacDonald Notes:?Nigel Twist Notes:?
'Better Scream' [??:??] (Pete Wylie/Wah), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:?Notes:?Mike Peters Notes:?Dave Sharp Notes:?Eddie MacDonald Notes:?Nigel Twist Notes:?
'Chance' [??:??] (Stuart Adamson/Big Country), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:?Notes:?Mike Peters Notes:?Dave Sharp Notes:?Eddie MacDonald Notes:?Nigel Twist Notes:?
'It's Not Unusual' [??:??] (Tom Jones), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:?Notes:?Mike Peters Notes:?Dave Sharp Notes:?Eddie MacDonald Notes:?Nigel Twist Notes:?
'Menai Bridge' [??:??] (Mike Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:?Notes:?Mike Peters Notes:?Dave Sharp Notes:?Eddie MacDonald Notes:?Nigel Twist Notes:?
'Over' [??:??] (Peters/Stevenson/Adams/Grantly), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:?Notes:?Mike Peters Notes:?Dave Sharp Notes:?Eddie MacDonald Notes:?Nigel Twist Notes:?
'Exit (No Way Out)' [??:??] (Peters/Stevenson/Adams/Grantly), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:?Notes:?Mike Peters Notes:?Dave Sharp Notes:?Eddie MacDonald Notes:?Nigel Twist Notes:?
'Think Again' [??:??] (Peters/Stevenson/Adams/Grantly), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:?Notes:?Mike Peters Notes:?Dave Sharp Notes:?Eddie MacDonald Notes:?Nigel Twist Notes:?
'Thought Police' [??:??] (Peters/Stevenson/Adams/Grantly), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:?Notes:?Mike Peters Notes:?Dave Sharp Notes:?Eddie MacDonald Notes:?Nigel Twist Notes:?
'This Is The Way We Are' [??:??] (Peters/Stevenson/Adams/Grantly), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:There is a place that I call home
A place I always will come from
A place that made me ...
'Few And Far Between' [??:??] (Mike Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:?Notes:?Mike Peters Notes:?Dave Sharp Notes:?Eddie MacDonald Notes:?Nigel Twist Notes:?
'I Never Left, I Only Went Away' [??:??] (Mike Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:?Notes:?Mike Peters Notes:?Dave Sharp Notes:?Eddie MacDonald Notes:?Nigel Twist Notes:?
'Something's Gotta Give' [??:??] (Peters/Stevenson/Adams/Grantly), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:I'm getting shot by both sides
Misunderstood, victimised
I've paid a high price, penalised
My wrong is someone's right
I want all the love you ...
'Zero' [??:??] (Peters/Stevenson/Adams/Grantly), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:Because you're worthless - you're nothing at all
Because you're incomplete - you're condemned to be
Zero
Because you're disposable - to be thrown away
Because you're ...
'Cease And Desist' [??:??] (Peters/Stevenson/Adams/Grantly), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:I don't know where to start or where to begin
I don't know where the end or where the future is
Under surveillance, ...
'This Is Life, Get Used To It' [??:??] (Peters/Stevenson/Adams/Grantly), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:We started out with the best intentions
But not everything turned out the way it should for both ...
'Be Still' [??:??] (Mike Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:Someone will come who needs no answers
Someone will come who is not blind
Someone will come who can see what I can't ...
'It's Alright/It's OK' [??:??] (Peters/Stevenson/Adams/Grantly), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:In the end it's you and me and no one else
This is the way of life
It's allright, it's O.K.
We can make ...
'Raindown' [??:??] (Mike Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:I can hear the crying
The silence in your sleep
I can feel the pain you breathe
I can read the troubled
Writing in your ...
'My Town' [??:??] (Peters/Stevenson/Adams/Grantly), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:Here it comes the reaping of the whirlwind that was promised us
And all the streets are littered with the tension and the ...
'Without A Fight' [??:??] (Peters/Stevenson/Adams/Grantly), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:Try to stop me - I will carry on
Try to oppose me - I will prevail
My life has been shot down ...
'Superchannel' [??:??] (Peters/Stevenson/Adams/Grantly), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:I don't know where I've been going or where I have come from
Everything here looks the same as the same place you belong
Did ...
'Statue Of Liberty' [5:31] (Mike Peters), Mike PetersLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics:I laid down my things
It was 1918
And I walked out & went across the sea
To a place where I've heard ...
Day Two: Tuesday 24 May 2005
The main 'idea' behind this album is to not only get the best out of the songs, but to get the best out of the ...
