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Sentinel
and the fools of the Finest Degree - Re-release
2008
Kissing Spell Records KSCD957.
Original release 1979 on vinyl IOL/666/2
"The songs on this
album were first drafted travelling on the
road through the late seventies after the
first album ‘Ship to Shore’
was released. I re-discovered the original
drafts amidst doodles, poems and letters
I wrote but never posted. I decided to let
those writings paint what life was like
when these songs were pouring out while
I travelled round the UK and European gig
circuits so I will put them on the website
in the new year.
Trawling the tape archive
it surprised me to hear my own words from
30 years ago ringing in my head and I realised
I don’t feel much different about
things now. In 1978 the year 2000 seemed
like a far away sci-fi time that would never
arrive. The words in the songs shocked me
as it seemed they could have been written
today as we face current realities onthis
planet in this millennium. Although radically
different, thirty years later the album
‘Planet for $ale’
feels like a lyrical continuum
of‘'Sentinel and the Fools
of the Finest Degree’.
Perhaps what is deep inour hearts doesn’t
change if it means a lot to us.
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"The ‘extra
tracks’ and original album songs
were first recorded in my home in Port
Isaac overlooking the harbour whilst preparing
to record the final album in Millstream
Studio in Cheltenham in1978. I used a
four track reel to reel Teac A3340 and
mixed down on a Soundcraft Series 1 desk
to a stereo Revox A77. A few songs went
straight onto the Revox as they were written
instantly. I had minimal recording gear
but great views of the sea. Vinyl albums
had limits to the length of playing time
without reducing the bass response so
some songs just weren’t going to
get on the original album. This CD format
re-release resolves that issue."
-
All In
The Name Of Love
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Sentinel
-
Flying
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Roll
Away
- Water Road
- All in All
- Fools
- The Wheel
With 6 previously unreleased songs, full
lyrics, comprehensive sleeve notes and
previously unreleased art work.
Extra Tracks previously unreleased
Takes Two to Make it
The Hills of Celt
Baby This Time
All My Friends
Which Way to the Sea ?
It Was All in the Name of Love (instrumental)
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