There Was This Bloke

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There Was This Bloke
1974
LP Record
Rubber Records  RUB010

Bill Barclay, Derek Brimstone, Tony Capstick, Mike Harding

1974 vinyl LP of crowd pleasing comedy-folk on the Rubber Records label, recorded live in various hotels and rugby clubs by four scary looking blokes [as the back of the sleeve will attest!]. You get the pub antics of Tony Capstick, the cockney capers of Derek Brimstone, the laddish Lancashire tales of Mike Harding, and zany stuff by Bill Barclay. A folk singer walks into a pub… )

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Tracklist
Band One
A1a Tony Capstick – John Blunt
Arranged By – Capstick
Written-By – Trad.
A1b Tony Capstick – The Only Friend I Own / Crazy Words
Written-By – P. Berryman
Band Two
A2a Bill Barclay – Polly Had A Poodle
Arranged By – B. Barclay
Written-By – Trad.
A2b Bill Barclay – Four Letters
A2c Bill Barclay – Camp In The Country
Arranged By – B. Barclay
Written-By – Trad.
 
Band Three
B1a Derek Brimstone – Sir Quincey De Bas
B1b Derek Brimstone – She Loved A Portuguese
Written-By – P. Cogshill
Band Four
B2a Mike Harding – Irwell Delta Blues
Vocals, Guitar – Mike Harding
Written-By – Mike Harding
B2b Mike Harding – My Brudda Sylveste
Vocals, Guitar – Mike Harding
Written-By – F. Fisher, J. Lasky, S. Stern
 

Produced and Engineered by Geoff Heslop and David Wood.
Issued and Distributed by MWM Ltd., Newcastle upon Tyne
Mixed at Impulse Studios by Mickey Sweeney
Sleeve by Geoff Heslop

Recorded at: Brunswick Hotel, Preston; Civic Hall, Longridge; Deanwater Hotel, Woodford; Brown Cow, Mansfield; Newton Heath C.C.; Wigan Rugby Club; The Wheel, Carlisle; Egremont Rugby Club; during September and October 1974

H.Pie – Title Inspiration

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