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AIV-08 Crackpot AIV-08 Crackpot
a 'novelty foxtrot' featuring Jon Garvey on clarinet!
AIV-05 Please Dont Take it so Hard AIV-05 Please Dont Take it so Hard
gentle acoustic number that builds up a bit...
AIV-10 Falling Through a Dream AIV-10 Falling Through a Dream
moody acoustic number with Spanish Guitar break
AIV-06 Auspicious Rain AIV-06 Auspicious Rain
An accoustic rock song with added bawu....
AIV-11 Cheer Up (it may never happen) AIV-11 Cheer Up (it may never happen)
a jolly, uplifting ditty for guitar and steel drums...
AIV-12 Shine AIV-12 Shine
An uptempo rocky-pop number with a nice riff and great brass from Jon Garvey
AIV-04 Whispering in the Wind AIV-04 Whispering in the Wind
mournful song with cross-over spanish guitar / chinese hulusi
AIV-07 Another Working Day AIV-07 Another Working Day
A jokey, rockin' number about the pleasures (?) of work... a sound effect rhythm track
AIV-02 This Time AIV-02 This Time
This is probably the closest thing I've ever written to a pop song...
AIV-01 Hideaway AIV-01 Hideaway
My most libidinous piece to date... a kind of funky blues
SD-15 Red House Blues SD-15 Red House Blues
a rocking 12 bar blues with accoustic and slide guitar leads
S 12 Skiing (Spending the Kids Inheritance) S 12 Skiing (Spending the Kids Inheritance)
A song about the joys of freedom after the kids have grown up and left home - in the form of a square dance!
BOB-11 don't get fooled by appearances BOB-11 don't get fooled by appearances
A funky bluesy soft-rock rant - I'm not entirely sure where it came from .
BOB-13 Boobies on the Beach BOB-13 Boobies on the Beach
A jolly ditty written after a visit to Ecuador to see fabulous blue-footed booby birds on the Isla da Platja
BOB-02 Gimme that Dream BOB-02 Gimme that Dream
riding that Harley easy-rider style across the States... or maybe not.. A soft-rock/country-rock number with a dash of irony...
BOB-01 Two Stops from Upton Park BOB-01 Two Stops from Upton Park
a London honky-tonk knees-up - if you don't understand a word of it go to the translation page on http://www.martinstirrup.force9.co.uk/mp3boobies/boobies01uptonpark2.htm
MT-12 The Mombassa train MT-12 The Mombassa train
a lighthearted lament for a giant African millipede in the style of a New Orleans funeral blues... more info on http://www.martinstirrup.force9.co.uk/mp3mombassatrain/tmt12.htm