Major Snagg
Be Bop Bill and Beyond.
This is a collection of songs/instrumentals originally recorded by Be Bop Deluxe and by Bill Nelson as a solo artist. Also included is one of my own original compositions, Highways To Paradise, which is my tribute to Bill Nelson.
Release date: October 2020
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1
Lights (Deep-Space Radio Transmission)
A great little Pop/Rock song, originally recorded by Be Bop Deluxe
Lossless, MP3 (320 kbps)
3:32
2
Angels In Arcadia
My own 'interpretation' / cover of an absolute classic by Bill Nelson
Lossless, MP3 (320 kbps)
8:22
3
When Accident Became My Bride
This is my own recorded 'interpretation'/cover, of an absolute classic by Bill Nelson. Basically it's quite close to Bill's original, but I've taken some liberties with the arrangement.
MP3 (192 kbps)
3:57
4
Furniture Music
My cover of a song by Bill Nelson. A hard edged New Wave ? sound. From Bill Nelson's Red Noise period post Be Bop Deluxe. This version is certainly firing on all 6 cylinders.
MP3 (192 kbps)
3:38
5
Third Floor Heaven with Brooksie
This is another collaboration with Peter Brookes (Brooksie) adding fabulous vocals to a very early Be Bop Deluxe song. Peter sounds uncannily like a young Bill Nelson. Brilliantly done Peter.
MP3 (160 kbps)
2:39
6
Boyhood Shadows
This is my version (quite close to the original) of a beautifully melodic instrumental by Bill Nelson. I used my Yamaha Revstar 420 for all the guitar parts, my Rickenbacker 4003 bass guitar, an old Yamaha PSR-275 keyboard for the organ and strings.
MP3 (192 kbps)
3:13
7
Blue As A Jewel (with Brooksie)
A cover of a fabulous ballad by Be Bop Deluxe. This is probably the first song on which Bill Nelson used e-bow. This has always been a favourite of mine. Peter Brookes (aka. Brooksie) sings this so well.
MP3 (128 kbps)
4:49
8
Imperial Rocket Parade (for Space Commander Bill)
This is my own version of ...'Imperial Parade'... a fabulous instrumental from Bill Nelson's recent CD, 'Plectrajet'. The sound samples at the beginning are from a very early UK science-fiction TV puppet series called, 'Space Patrol'. in 1962/3
MP3 (133 kbps)
4:39
9
New Precision
A great unconventional song from Drastic Plastic... the final album by Be Bop Deluxe.
MP3 (160 kbps)
5:36
10
The Passion
This is my take on a fabulous instrumental recorded by Bill Nelson in 1982. His current album at that point in time was, 'The Love That Whirls' (Diary of a Thinking Heart).
MP3 (160 kbps)
2:58
11
My Life Is In Your Hands
Cover of a Bill Nelson rarity.
MP3 (192 kbps)
4:40
12
JAPAN
This is my 'cover' of a great song by Be Bop Deluxe. I haven't managed to play the sequenced keyboard part that runs underneath the original played by Andy Clarke of Be Bop Deluxe. Bill wrote some great songs in his Be Bop Deluxe period.
MP3 (192 kbps)
3:08
13
Touch & Glow
A re-working of a song by Bill Nelson which was originally issued as a vinyl 45 EP in 1982. My new version is less 'angular' and hard edged as his original recording.
MP3 (128 kbps)
3:04
14
Highways To Paradise
Created for the Clicker's Club August 2015 music challenge. A Pop/Rock song in the style of mid-period Be Bop Deluxe. I've incorporated some trade-mark Bill Nelsonisms, both musical and lyrically.
MP3 (128 kbps)
6:20
