Paul Roland: 2 Albums: Grimm 2011 + Strychnine 1992

GRIMM  2011

England's psychpop guru Paul Roland, dubbed 'the male Kate Bush' by one time label mate Robyn

Hitchcock, releases his first new album for two years exclusively on German label Syborg music on May 25th.
All of the songs on 'Grimm' were inspired by the dark fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm but given a baroque chamber pop setting by Paul whose highly original character-rich narratives have earned him the title of the 'Edgar Allen Poe of Pop'. For the first time Paul plays all the instruments on the album and also narrates two stories which he re-wrote as spoken word bonus tracks based on two of the Grimm Brothers lesser known tales.

Paul Roland is a true storyteller and his voice, along with a perfect choice of instruments, guide us among the true essence of some of the most weird, odd and dangerous characters and places that

Carroll disguised as Rabbits, animated cards and chess pieces, Queens and Kings, talking flowers...but with Roland they finally show their real features....HUMAN features, and that's the reason why they are even more catchy and scaring.
The music is catchy too, very catchy, but often it turns into something dark, gothic, and the strings and keyboards that we considered friends began suddenly threatening. Nevertheless we CAN'T leave...we MUST go on because we want to see what's going to happen next, and what the bizarre, pathetic, lovely, disgusting (you be the judge) of each song is going to do.

The lyrics are poignant, funny, grotesque and the plot is unpredictable. The ending is always a surprise. Roland's melodies are beautiful : they would work even played with a simple acoustic guitar.

Absolutely Unique! This is a perfect product of one of the most incredibly original storytellers of underground pop of all times! Particularly fascinating the narrative use of the strings and the ability

in writing complex gothic or edwardian tales for a folk-pop structure. If they mention Barrett or Cope or Hitchcock to explain Paul's music, that's not completely true... Paul remains absolutely unique, and these two mini-lps are the definitive proof... Find were Smog and other dark-folk gurus have found some inspiration! 

Paul Roland ‎– Grimm

Label: Syborgmusic ‎– sbm 016 - 3

Format: CD, Album

Country: Germany

Released: 2011

Genre: Rock, Pop, Folk, World, & Country

Style: Folk, Ballad, Acoustic, Indie

All song written and composed by Paul Roland. All instruments played by Paul Roland.
Special guest: Rosie Eade, backing vocals. Spoken word interludes by Michael and Joshua Roland.
Album engineered and produced by Paul Roland.
Artwork by Ralf Jesek.
Illustrations by Arthur Rackman

Recorded at World's End Studios, Baden - Wurttemberg, Germany and Bag End Studios, England in Winter / Spring 2009 - 2010

TRACKS

01. Nevermore (intro)    2:24   

02. If the Sun Refused To Shine    4:14   

03. A Long Time Ago    5:24   

04. Rapunzel    5:51   

05. What Will Become of Me?    3:51   

06. Lowly Weeps the King    4:00   

07. Maleen    3:57   

08. The Devil's Bride    4:25   

09. The Way of the World    3:56   

10. Once Upon A Time    5:31   

11. Nevermore (Reprise)    2:09

BONUS TRACKS

   

12. The Elderly Mother (Spoken Word)    2:18   

13. The Master Thief (Spoken Word)    10:17

Total Time: 00:58:24

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STRYCHNINE  1992

PAUL ROLAND is a Crossover Prog, Progressive Rock artist from United Kingdom. Paul Roland biography German based UK author, composer and musician Paul ROLAND was born back in 1959, and at the age of 20 he made his official debut as a recording artist with the 7 single Oscar Automobile. An extensive set of releases would follow from the first full length effort "The Werewolf in London" in 1980 until he decided to concentrate on his author career in 1997.

His character creations include a Regency magistrate, various 19th Century murderers, a retired executioner, an opium addict, and an entire court of medieval grotesques.
Cult English recording artist Paul Roland, described as "the male Kate Bush" by one-time label mate Robyn Hitchcock, has released 10 albums for collectable labels such as Bam Caruso, New Rose and Imaginary in a low-key career that has seen him acclaimed on the continent but criminally ignored in his native country.

Guest musicians on Roland’s albums include Robyn Hitchcock, Bevis Frond, Nick Nicely, Knox of the Vibrators and Andy Ellison (of John’s Children).
Album success on labels such as Bam Caruso, Imaginary and New Rose led to Paul’s first European tours and releases in France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the USA and Japan. He also received offers to work with film composer Michael Nyman and members of the Velvet Underground for which he penned the songs on his belatedly released 2013 album, ‘Bates Motel’, a collection of macabre tales with a sinister garage and psych rock setting.

Paul Roland ‎– Strychnine

Label: New Rose Records ‎– 422431

Format: CD, Album

Country: France

Released: 1992

Genre: Rock

Style: Indie Rock, Acoustic

TRACKS

01. Too Much To Dream  (Written-By – The Electric Prunes)  3:55

02. Arabian Knights  (Written-By – Siouxsie & The Banshees)  3:32

03. Iscariot  (Written-By – Marc Bolan)  2:03

04. Strychnine  (Written-By – The Sonics)  2:33

05. Young Girl Blues (Lead Guitar – Nick Saloman) (Written-By – Donovan Leitch)  4:27

06. Guinevere  (Written-By – Donovan Leitch)  3:24

07. Lady Rachel  (Written-By – Kevin Ayers)  4:08

08. Venus In Furs  (Written-By – Lou Reed)  5:00

09. The King Is Dead   (Written-By – Paul Roland)  3:40

10. The Great Edwardian Airaid   (Written-By – Paul Roland)  3:05

11. Candy Says  (Written-By – Paul Roland)  2:53

12. Ghost Ships  (Written-By – Paul Roland)  3:39

MEMBERS

Bass – John Tracey

Cello – John Gallagher

Clarinet – Phil Smith

Drums – Simon Jeffries

Engineer – Rob Williams

Flute, Backing Vocals – Valerie Franco

Instruments [Arabian Instruments] – Ali Ben Shakzar

Keyboards, Percussion, Arranged By [Strings, Wind] – Chris Randall

Lead Guitar – Derek Heffernan

Lead Guitar (on Track 5 – Nick Saloman from Bevis Frond)

Painting – Henry Wallis

Producer – Paul Roland

Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Nick Pye

Violin – Jenny Benwell

Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Paul Roland

NOTES

New Rose Records

Produced and engineered at Elsewhere Studios, Kent, in July 1992.

"1992 Lithon Music © 1992 New Rose Records" (back).

"Fabrique an France par MPO" (disc).

GHOST SHIPS  LYRICS

Jack he sits alone by the waterfront,

Waiting for the Ghoststip to come,

All his bags are packed

for a voyage from which he knows he wil never return.

Looming through the fog glides

the Ghost ship rotting from crows nest to keel,

Not a soul was seen to steer her,

Save a corpse lashed to the wheel.

The horned moon is pinned by its splintered mast,

Grey torn shrouds that once were sails,

Dead men stir from their sleep

in the holdtheir jaws lined with dust,

their song but a wail.

Their mouths hung by threads,

their eyes are a hollow,

calling Iike demons, restless in chains,

A Ghost ship cursed to sail on forevermore,

Timbers shriek but not with the strain.

GUINEVER  LYRICS

Guinevere of the royal court of Arthur

Draped in white velvet, silk and lace.

The rustle of her gown on the marble staircase,

Sparkles on fingers, slender and pale.

The jester he sleeps but the raven he peeps

Through the dark foreboding skies of the royal domain.

Maroon-colour wine from the vineyards of Charlemagne

Is sipped by the queen's lips and so gently

Indigo eyes in the flickering candlelight,

Such is the silence o'er royal Camelot.

The jester he sleeps but the raven he peeps

Through the dark foreboding skies of the royal domain.

Guinevere of the royal court of Arthur

Draped in white velvet, silk and lace.

The rustle of her gown on the marble staircase,

Sparkles on her fingers both slender and pale.

The jester he sleeps but the raven he peeps

Through the dark foreboding skies of the royal domain.

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Paul Roland: 2 Albums: Bates Motel 2013 - Roaring Boys 1991

BATES  MOTEL  2013

PAUL ROLAND is a prolific recording artist and author who has been called the ‘Edgar Allen Poe of psych-pop’ and, more recently, ‘the proto-Steampunk musician’. His arrival into the world on September 6, 1959 in Kent, England, was anything but ordinary, when his mother gave birth to him backstage during a production of Hamlet. She was playing Ophelia at the time.

Born to an actress mother and a writer father, Paul’s love of the arts blossomed early and set the scene for an extraordinary musical career which has seen him connect with some of the music industry’s most influential figures.Since the release of his first album "The Werewolf of London" in 1980, Paul has written and recorded 15 albums which he is now in the process of ‘retouching’ ready for re-release to a loyal cult following in the UK, Europe and the US.

Formerly managed by June Bolan, the widow of T. Rex frontman, Marc Bolan, Paul has spent his musical career spinning tales against a backdrop of gothic rock, psych pop, nu folk, and occasionally, baroque strings earning him the sobriquet,  the “Edgar Allen Poe of psych pop”.His varied music creations include 19th Century murderers, a retired executioner, a Regency magistrate, an opium addict and an entire court of medieval grotesques, to name but a few.

An only child, Paul’s childhood was filled with adventure and rebellion. A self-confessed ‘non-academic’, he loved to stage melodramatic plays based on old horror movies where his friends were

cast as the hapless victims and he as the mad doctor/monster. Early musical influences were Marc Bolan, King Crimson and The Velvet Underground but when Paul bought his first guitar aged 14 and learned his first three chords, he developed his own style and started writing his uniquely narrative songs, many set in Edwardian and Victorian England.
At 19 he recorded his first single and just a few months later his very first album, The Werewolf of London (1980) which was picked up by Armageddon Records in the UK and is now a highly collectible item.

Album success led to Paul’s first European tours and label deals in France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the USA and Japan.He also received offers to work with film composer Michael Nyman and

members of the Velvet Underground. In 1997 the musician took a seven-year break from music to raise his two young sons and write a series of books on mysticism and true crime. He now has more than 30 titles to his credit which have been translated into more than 15 languages.In 2002 Paul returned to the music scene with an appearance at a Berlin Goth festival. Then, after a series of re-issues on a small German label, he released his first new album, "Pavane" (2004), on his own Gaslight label and recorded a second, "Re-animator" (2006), featuring several songs based on stories by H.P Lovecraft, with members of Caravan.

In 2006 Paul left England to live in Germany where he carved out a successful career, writing and performing. Referred to by many as “the Godfather of Steampunk”, 2011 sees the release of Paul’s new album, "Grimm", inspired by Grimm’s Fairytales. He’s also working on yet another album which will be more 60s influenced psych pop (featuring songs written for an aborted project with the surviving members of the Velvet Underground and 60s psych pop group John’s Children) and with the usual dash of macabre humour which has become one of his many trademarks over the years.

Paul Roland's 1980 debut "Werewolf of London" (originally credited somewhat anonymously to Midnight Rags) has quite the reputation, but has been hard to track down a legitimate copy of up until this point. Originally released in a limited run of 300 copies by a nineteen year old Roland who was unhappy with the end result, it was then picked up for wider release by Armageddon Records, giving Paul the opportunity to resequence and rejig the album into its ideal, finalised form, which is how it appears here.

Its presence is enough to make "In the Opium Den" an essential purchase itself, and for those who are only familiar with the Edwardian Syd Barrett's later psychedelic pop opuses, this may prove to be a

real surprise. Lashings of neo-psychedelia are already to be found here, but there's also a distinct new wave edge apparent on a number of tracks, not to mention the Gary Numan style synth-pop of "Brain Police". Roland's lyrical pre-occupation with the macabre (which has earned him a reputation as the psychedelic Edgar Allan Poe) is already well established here, as is his ability to augment even the most unlikely, literary references with irresistable pop hooks.

Moving forward in time, the bulk of disc one is split between 1987's "Danse Macabre" and 1985's "Burnt Orchids". Dealing with these in chronological order "Burnt Orchids" sees Roland dealing in a much richer tapestry production-wise, bringing in a number of baroque instruments, providing an ideal match for Roland's historical lyrics. And finally, the "Danse Macabre" album consolidates all of the styles that Roland has previously dabbled with, along with a much stronger sense of neo-psychedelia.

It's most likely his strongest set of songs too, with "The Great Edwardian Air-Raid" being credited in many circles as one of the earliest attempts at a steam-punk lyric, while "Gabrielle" and "Still Falls The Snow" have untapped chart-topper potential (although "Gabrielle" did rather well in some parts of Europe). Elsewhere, Paul shows an aptitude for prime keyboard-led psychedelia with an excellent cover of Pink Floyd's "Matilda Mother" and the sublime, opiated gem "In The Opium Den".

[ Monday, 4 February 2013, 20:34 | Category : Reviews

Tags : John's Children, Velvet Underground

Paul Roland, one of England’s great cult songwriters, has released one of his most intriguing albums with “Bates Motel”. Strange Brew editor Jason Barnard highlights the interesting tale behind the record’s release and gives the long player a spin.Last year Paul explained on his Strange Brew session that he was placing the finishing touches to an album with strong links to the Velvet Underground and John’s Children.

Paul: “When the VU album was released I interviewed Nico, Maureen Tucker and Sterling Morrison for a Sunday newspaper. In the course of that interview I explained who I was and they became quite

intrigued. Sterling in particular was keen to collaborate. He liked my songs, particularly the structure so I wrote some songs for them. I got some tapes together and sent them over to America but there was some technical incompatibility problems. Around this time I also wrote songs for Andy Ellison of John’s Children and their reunion album. Andy said my style was ‘The closest to his old friend Marc Bolan’ which was a great honour for me.”

Bates Motel - Paul Roland

Paul continued: “So I wrote songs for these two projects but they all got shelved because I gave up

music for seven years. So I’ve pulled this half completed project out of the woodwork and finished it off. It’s not Paul Roland imitating the Velvet Underground or John’s Children. It’s the songs that I wrote for …Nico, Sterling and Maureen… that I would have invited them to play on plus [the tracks I wrote] for John’s Children. The John’s Children ones are the darkly humorous and rocky whereas the Velvet Underground ones are a little more sinister and atmospheric.”

And the result?

On “Bates Motel” Paul  seamlessly weaves the dark and the light.

Opener “I Was A Teenage Zombie” sets the tone for an hour of enjoyable dark rock with tragicomic

undertones. Second number “Kali” ventures in expands the aural palette with psychedelic space rock. The title track is classic Paul Roland inspired by Psycho, blending gothic Americana typified with lyrics with an undercurrent of murderous intent: “I was rolling west on Route 66, just outside of Fairville, no more than a couple of clicks, when the sky turned blacker than a biblical plague and the night descended like the axeman’s blade.”

Other highpoints include the crunching guitars of “Tortured By The Daughter of Fu Manchu” and “Crazy” encapsulating the best garage rock. The biblical “Cain” has an incessantly catchy hook with the memorable lines summarising the album theme beautifully, “If there is light then there’s darkness as well. Every pleasure brings the promise of pain.”.

Paul Roland

In summary “Bates Motel” is not only an important curio for fans of the Velvets and John’s Children but essential listening for those interested in garage and goth rock.]

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TRACKS

01. I Was A Teenage Zombie     3:25

02. Kali     4:47

03. Bates Motel     5:23

04. How I Escaped From Devil's Island     2:59

05. The Wailing Well     4:17

06. Tortured By The Daughter Of Fu Manchu     4:02

07. The Light Of Life Drains Out Of Me     4:00

08. Katmandu     3:23

09. Promised Land     3:59

10. Crazy     3:07

11. Cain     3:40

12. I'm In Love With Myself     3:37

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ROARING BOYS  1991

Paul Roland has been revisiting and retouching many of his earlier albums for reissue on Syborg. The latest to benefit from his 'restoration' treatment is 'Roaring Boys' (1991) and 'Sarabande' (1994) which now feature FIVE previously unreleased songs in place of the cover versions and weaker tracks, making this release a true 'director's cut'. Roland in his own words: "'Roaring Boys' was recorded when I was enjoying some success in Greece, Italy, Germany and France, touring quite regularly and issuing albums on four different labels.

In that optimistic mood I wrote what I would consider some of my more 'commercial' songs and left several more 'idiosyn-cratic' songs aside. Now I think that choice was a mistake and I have dropped 'Thunderbird', 'Sad Sweet Smile' and 'Doctor Rocque' in favour of 'Faeries' and 'Faerie Ring' which I felt were undeveloped at the time, but which now sound more convincing and more in keeping with my writing style.

TRACKS

01. Roaring Boys 04:23

02. Resurrection Joe 03:51

03. Christine 03:32

04. The Executioner's Song 02:54

05. Thunderbird 04:52

06. Sad Sweet Smile 03:10

07. Tarot 03:41

08. The Poets And the Painters 03:54

09. Doctor Rocque 02:52

10. The Minstrel's Song 03:26

11. Come to the Sabbat 06:39

12. Hurdy Gurdy Man 03:04

13. Who Do You Love? 02:10

14. Red Cadillac and Black Mustache 02:10

Total Time: 00:52:47

Paul Roland – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Derek Hefferman - Lead & Rhythm Guitar

Chris Randall – Keyboards

Jenny Benwell - Violins

John Tracey - Bass

Simon Jeffrey - Drums

Nick Saloman - Lead Guitar, Bass

John Gallagher - Cello

Phil Smith - Sax & Clarinets

Tony Rico - Sax on "Resurrection Joe"

John Hoose - Harmonica on "Thunderbird"

Dave Corsby - Flute

Martin Reed - Spanish Guitar

DISCOGRAPHY

1. Danse macabre 1987

2. A cabinet of curiosities 1987

3. Happy families 1988

4. Duel 1989

5. Masque 1990

6. House of dark shadows 1991

7. Roaring boys 1991

8. Strychnine 1992

9. Sarabande 1994

10.Gargoyles 1997

11.Gaslight tales 2003

12.Pavane 2004

13.Re-animator 2007

14.Nevermore 2008

15.Demos 2009

16.Grimm 2011

17.Bates Motel 2013

18.White zombie 2016

ROARING BOYS  LYRICS

The devil take you all, we're bound for Bedlam

You'll find no finer boys to take you with them

I'm running with the roaring boys

Some think us rakes and rogues, all high born fellows

Some swear they'll see us swing upon the gallows

The mobs' upon our heels, fine sport they'll give us

If we get buckled boys we'll take some with us

A good times' guaranteed at Brooks or Billys

There a flash girls' company for seven guineas

COME TO THE SABBAT  LYRICS

Thirteen I summon in sight of the altar,

Thirteen I summon on the eve of Beltane

Thirteen I summon to the womb of our coven

And we'll worship the old gods again

Thirteen will welcome the bride of the altar

Thirteen will welcome the bride of Beltane

Thirteen will welcome the bride of our coven

And we'll worship the horned god again.

Come into the circle with me

Daughters of darkness and daughters of light

Come into the circle with me

Come to the Sabbat this night

Prepare ye the feast for the bride of the altar

Prepare ye the feast for the bride of Beltane

Prepare ye the feast for the bride of our coven

And we'll worship the old gods again.

TAROT  LYRICS

Where the houses are hunched like a beggar

In the quarter known as Armand Germain

L ascended the stairs to the garret

To call on the widow of fortune again

The first card foretelling of fortune

A monkey, it's hand at the wheel,

The next told only that late lies

With the fool and the hound that is tearing at his heel

Twelve Is the Hanged Man, his debt is paid

Mute as the march Wind and the flute on which he played

Thirteen was death on a pale horse, his is the card without name

Fifteen the Horned Goat of Mendes - the Devil and the forms

By which he came

She then drew the card of the magus

And her breath came faltering and hard,

'Death comes disguised as a young man

Death for me at the turn of the next card'

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Paul Roland: Pavane 2004 + Bonus Tracks from "Duel" CD

Paul Roland (born 6 September 1959 in Kent, England), is a singer-songwriter, author, journalist and paranormal researcher.

Since the release of his first (shared) single "Oscar Automobile" in 1979, Roland has been spinning his tales against a backdrop of gothic rock, psychedelic pop, folk and, occasionally, baroque strings. His character creations include a Regency magistrate, various 19th Century murderers, a retired executioner, an opium addict, and an entire court of medieval grotesques.

Paul has been called "the male Kate Bush" by one-time label-mate Robyn Hitchcock, and "The Lord Byron of Rock" by the French music magazine Les Inrockuptibles.
“Paul Roland has remained a cherished figure on the gothic rock and psychedelic pop periphery for 30 years…a treasury of detail and eloquence…Roland's impeccable narratives (and) formal, baroque instrumentation…creates the antiquated yet timeless ambience his songs deserve" (Marco Rossi, Record Collector, May 2010).

Joshua Pfeiffer of Vernian Process is quoted as saying "As for Paul Roland, if anyone deserves credit for spearheading steampunk music, it is him. He was one of the inspirations I had in starting my project. He was writing songs about the first attempt at manned flight, and an Edwardian airship raid in the mid-80s long before almost anyone else…."

“Paul Roland writes nice melodies and has a very particular personality but he is too intellectual for me!" (Frank Zappa, 1988).

Roland's first album "The Werewolf of London" (1980), with historical and supernatural themes was picked up by Armageddon Records in the UK. It was there that Roland met Robyn Hitchcock "Burnt Orchids". Its title track was the first to feature Roland backed by a small string and woodwind ensemble, a trademark of many of his albums of the 80s and 90s.

who later appeared on tracks for Roland's second album. After an abortive flirtation with the music business, when he was managed by David Enthoven (manager of Roxy Music) and June Bolan (widow of Marc Bolan), Roland returned to Armageddon Records for the mini-album

The success of the album led to Roland's first tours in Europe, label deals in France (New Rose Records), Germany (Pastell), Greece (DiDi Music), Italy (Diva Records), the United States (Revolver) and Japan (Century Records) and offers to work with film composer Michael Nyman and

members of the Velvet Underground. Other cult figures such as Robyn Hitchcock, Nick Saloman (a.k.a. The Bevis Frond), Nick Nicely, and Andy Ellison (of John's Children) made guest appearances on Roland's subsequent albums, several of which are now listed as highly collectable including the psychedelic classic "Danse Macabre", the acoustic based mini-albums "A Cabinet of Curiosities" and "Happy Families" with stories of eccentric characters, the rockier "Duel" with its medieval-tinged three-song suite The King Must Die and the folk rock outing Masque, Roaring Boys, a mini-album of cover versions entitled "Strychnine", "Sarabande" and "Gargoyles" which completed the first chapter of the Roland discography in 1997. That year, Roland took a seven-year break from music to raise his two young sons, and write a series of books on mysticism and true crime.

In 2002, Roland returned with an appearance at the Herbstnächte-Festival in Berlin in September of that year. After that a series of re-issues appeared, beginning with Duel which was released by Haunted Forest Records in Greece (2002).

In 2004, Roland returned with his first new album in seven years, the largely acoustic "Pavane", which was released on Roland's own (revamped) label Gaslight Records. The album

provided a further glimpse into his mind including a brief baroque instrumental piece that he had discussed recording with film composer Michael Nyman many years earlier. This album was re-issued by Black Widow Records in Italy in 2006.
After many years of silence here's the return of the great english minstrel named Paul Roland. This brilliant album is much in the folkish vein of the artist, a worthy follow up of masterpieces like "Dance macabre" or "Masque"; "Dark Carnival", "Phantoms", the sinister "Hymn" and the delicate "Pavane" are the strong points of this beautiful effort. Highly recommended.

Literary career

Roland is the author of more than 40 books on the subject of mysticism, crime and the occult. His

books, which have been translated into more than 15 languages including Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Greek and Hebrew, cover spiritual and occult traditions, which culminated in his creation of The Kabbalah Cards (AGMuller/Urania) in collaboration with artist Sylvia Gainsford. The cards are a radical reinterpretation of the Jewish mystical teachings with a serious psychological orientation which distinguished them from the Kabbalah themed tarot packs which preceded them.

Books

Paul Roland's Music

Paul Roland ‎– Pavane

Genre: Rock

Style: Acoustic, Indie Rock, Alternative, Psychedelic

Year: 2004

Format: CD: Paul Roland - Pavane  (C)2004

Gaslight Records GASCD804 UK

TRACKS

01. Prelude - Mr. Nyman's Garden 01:41

02. Dark Carnival 04:52

03. Musette 03:33

04. Dice With The Devil 04:29

05. Lucifer's Servant 03:07

06. Pavane 03:22

07. Phantoms 04:18

08. Easter 1916 05:13

09. Hymn 04:51

10. Voodoo Doll 05:08

11. Reprise - Mr. Nyman's Music Room 01:43

Total Time: 00:42:23

Paul Roland: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Chris Randall: Accordion, Bass, Harpsichord, Lute, Pipe Organ, Piano, Woodwind

Andy Young: Electric Lead Guitar

Jenny Benwell: Violin

Richard Dray: Celtic Harp, Mandolin

Jeff X: Saxophones

Phil Martin: Hurdy Gurdy

Peter Pracownik: Percussion

MP3 @ 320 Size: 100 MB
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BONUS TRACKS FROM "DUEL" CD

01. Witchfindergeneral  03:36

02. Madame Guillotine   02:26

03. Death Or Glory  03:31

04. Cairo   03:25

05. Twilight Of The Gods  03:27

06. Gabrielle   02:36

07. Blades Of Battenburg   02:39

08. Knights   03:24

09. Crimes Of Dr Cream   03:02

10. The King is Dead.   03:50

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VOODOO DOLL LYRICS

These waters are dark, these waters are deep

deep as the glowering sky,

its shimmering sheen is not what it seems,

the stars have come here to die.

We're men with no name, taken in chains,

and fed to the great white whale,

swallowed up whole, body and soul

then disgorged where the white ship sails.

Dumbala knows, Dumbala sees, Dumbala hears our cry,

We've come from the sun to a sorrowful place

where the stars are cast out of the sky.

White is the wax, keen is the blade,

blue is the softening flame,

walk at my will, speak when I say,

come when I call your name.

Bring me a soul to make her whole,

a skin for dancing in,

cut me a robe from toe to lobe

and we'll hear the spirits sing.

PHANTOMS  LYRICS

Come in right for we are almost set,

rest assured you will have no regrets,

so many lads now lie in Flander's Fields,

and not every wound can be healed.

Move in close and meet the camera's eye,

make believe and give in to the lie,

that death is but a dimming of the light,

and we slip like shadows into the night.

Welcome friends for it is almost time,

dim the lamps and I will drow the blinds,

I sense the dear departed drawing near,

have you a message, friend, for someone here.

I have journeyed long and I have journeyed far,

from a fairy vountry where the fair thimgs are,

but ask no more, I say, no more of me,

we are in need of rest, so let us be.