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2. Pillows Of Imagination (Part 2) 2. Pillows Of Imagination (Part 2)
A long form Progressive Rock instrumental...
3. Music For The Tallest Building In The World 3. Music For The Tallest Building In The World
This is 'Futuristic Elevator Music'. Originally created for one of the 'Coconut Blues Club', Challenges a few years ago. Partly inspired by a Sci-Fi story by Authur C Clarke.
5. San-Ho-Zay / Hi-Rise 5. San-Ho-Zay / Hi-Rise
A bluesy piece inspired by Freddy King's Blues instrumentals. I learnt to play along to his records when I was starting out on guitar...a good grounding for any would be blues guitarist.
6. The Shipping Forecast (Long Wave Only) 6. The Shipping Forecast (Long Wave Only)
I recorded this a few years ago. I heard 'The Shipping Forecast', on BBC Radio 4 and thought it would be great to have this broadcast running under some music. so, here it is ... pleasant sailing gentlemen...
7. Ionian Gold 7. Ionian Gold
Drift away on a yacht on the Ionian Sea. "Mine's a Mint Julep... Will you be joining me Mr. Goldfinger ?"
9. 'Big Red' Guitar Jam (in E) 9. 'Big Red' Guitar Jam (in E)
This is my dream of actually playing at the Woodstock music Festival in 1969. Here, for one night only...I'm Alvin Lee. To get into the vibe, I played my Yamaha SA 1000 semi-acoustic guitar
10. Soft Dream Pillow 10. Soft Dream Pillow
My take on a particular type of Jazz/Rock. Elements of 'left-field' sounds surface in various places within the musical texture of this piece.
11. Summertime (small Jazz Club option) 11. Summertime (small Jazz Club option)
The well known jazz 'standard', treated to a Major Snagg, re-arrangement. I've re-created the feel of a gig at a small jazz club. Cool...
Riders On The Storm Riders On The Storm
Probably the most well known song by The Doors...Here's my rain drenched version. I recorded this some time ago and for reasons that I now can't recall, I took it off my page. Well, it's back...
It Don't Come Easy It Don't Come Easy
A great song that I've always liked but had almost forgotten about until very recently. I enjoyed playing this...especially the slide guitar sections....thanks for your inspiration George.
Sliding Forward Sliding Forward
A short instrumental with some pleasant slide guitar
Everything's Fantastic (2021 re-mix) Everything's Fantastic (2021 re-mix)
A Big Sleep song...This is the Major Snagg #1 version. Tony wrote the great lyrics for this high powered Power Pop song. On this version, I take the lead vocals. As usual, I played everything. There's a stonking guitar solo at the end too.
Ticks & Tocks re-mix 2021 Ticks & Tocks re-mix 2021
A great Big Sleep song. Tony wrote the lyrics and sang it. I played all the instruments etc. I've given it a 2021 audio boost with the technology that's available to me today. This was recorded originally back in 2005/6. Look out for the end solo :)
Nasties Nasties
This is a 2021 re-mix of a Big Sleep song. Tony Webster wrote the lyrics and sang it. I (David Briggs) created and recorded all the music. It's one of Big Sleeps more radical songs. Still quite relevant today.
Melting Snow Melting Snow
An instrumental excerpt/mash-up, from what was a much longer piece by Big Sleep.
Sleeping The Big Sleep (a film-noir ) Sleeping The Big Sleep (a film-noir )
This is a full Film-Noir in just under 6 minutes. (In high contrast black and white of course) There are sound effects before and after the actual story/song. I recorded this quite a few years ago.
The Return Of The Yorkshire Dreamer (1957) The Return Of The Yorkshire Dreamer (1957)
An instrumental from Bill Nelson's self financed first LP record...Yorkshire Dreamer. A few years ago, I decided to record it myself. It's quite close to Bill's own version, right down to the backwards guitar outro.
Cold War Blues (2021) Cold War Blues (2021)
A central European style guitar based instrumental.
Western Mutant Cowboy Twang Western Mutant Cowboy Twang
A slightly 'Twangy' guitar instrumental... then it just goes a bit crazy and free-form at the end. The 'band' was knocking ideas about and having a bit of fun... like you do.
