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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    14 track CD featuring the first songs I'd recorded for more than 20 years. Cover art by Ben Wilson, the chewing gum painter. Featuring guest appearances by Lester Square (Monochrome Set), Dan Whitehouse (vocals), Paul Davey (sax), Paul Taylor (trombone), John Eacott (trumpet), Tash Bryant (cello), Jon Bond (cello), Allan Bradbury (cello), Spence Brown (double bass), Anja Hagge (accordion), and BJ Cole (pedal steel guitar). Recorded by Tom Greenwood. design by Emerald Moseley, photo by Mike Slocombe.

    Big Song Records, HMcC01

    Includes unlimited streaming of Suburban Pastoral via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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lyrics

London

London, Where the streets are paved with gold
Its where we came to find ourselves, alone
London, where we live and where we sleep, with it's heart of stone

The river Thames, the ever present camera lens to fix your smile
The clouds of grey, birds drift away across the cityscape for miles

London, Where the streets are paved with gold
Is where we came to find ourselves, alone
London, where we live and where we sleep, with it's heart of stone

Oh the rumbling snore dark's distant roar, the dying dawn, the tunnel spawn
We'll ride their fear and give a cheer, they'll sing hip hip hip hooray!

The river Thames, the ever present camera lens to fix your smile
The clouds of grey, birds drift away across the city-scape for miles
The cabbie's gags the roll up fags the sleeping bags don't breathe a word
The rodent crew that rules the sewers, shadows you a broken bird

London, Where the streets are paved with gold
Its where we came to find ourselves, alone
London, where we live and where we sleep, with it's heart of stone
With it's heart of stone

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from Suburban Pastoral, released January 2, 2013
Guitar/Melodica/Vocals: Helen

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Helen McCookerybook UK

Helen McCookerybook is an outstanding songwriter who's beginnings formed in the punk era, old associates The Monochrome Set/The Pirhanas her first band was The Chefs (John Peel fave) She later signed to RCA with her band The Horns and had a couple of minor hits
Helen took 20 years out to become a Mum and PHD, taking up her songwriting again in 2003. Suburban Pastoral was her 1st solo record. ... more

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