(a collection of one-off, one-take and rare recordings).
WARNING:THERE IS A CLUE TO THE SOUND QUALITY OF THIS RELEASE IN THE TITLE!
The Secret Groovys-“Hold Her Tight” (Groovy/Clarke/Hatch)
Stephen Clarke on guitar & backing vocals, Johnny Hatch on bass & backing vocals, Kieron on drums, with me singing lead. May 1995. A week before we had all got together to come up with some song ideas ,and we knocked 6 of them into some sort of shape during one 3 hour session at the Sanderson Centre in Gosport. There was a vague plan to do a gig or two but it never happened, so these songs remained unheard.
The Night The Goldfish Died-“30 Seconds Over Somers Town” (Groovy/Knight)
My early 80’s DIY cassette band-all but forgotten but for a mention in “Rip It Up”. Alan Knight and I knocked out half-a-dozen cassette albums and singles-in fact we would give it away...This was a malfunction one afternoon at Alan’s flat in Somers Town...
Paul Groovy & The Pop Art Experience-“Sister Ray”(Reed)
We used to do a little bit of Sister Ray in On The Run, but never as a song on its own..apart from here! Recorded at the rehearsal for the Against The Tide gig at Portsmouth Guildhall 1987.
Paul Groovy & The Pop Art Experience-“Walk Through The Stones”(Groovy/Clarke/Herlihy)
Steve Herlihy had bought a synth and wanted to try it out was the reason for this track. This was at The Sanderson Centre again. It was Steve Herlihy on synth and drum machine, Stephen Clarke on guitar, me on vocals, and a friend of Steve’s, called Keith, on bass. Keith later did a gig with us on bass so Steve could play drums....
Paul Groovy & The Pop Art Experience-“Caroline Bay”(Groovy/Clarke”)
This is just Stephen Clarke and myself from Jan 1986. Sometimes we would write songs that weren’t right for the band. This was one of them. Don’t think we even played it to Jo and Steve
Sequin Junkies-“Feels Like Heaven”(Groovy/Clarke).
From the early days of Sequin Junkies, this recording would have been maybe the second time we played it, and also the last time.
Sequin Junkies-“I’m On Fire”(Springsteen)
Recorded at Stephen Clarke’s place in Alresford. The only time we played it just happened to be when the tape machine was running. I rather like it.
Sequin Junkies-“Wish You Were Here”(Waters)
We had played a few Syd covers in our time-Terrapin ,Bike, Effervessing Elephant and wanted to do a song about Syd instead. I think we were going to do an e.p or some thing but never follow it up...
The Night The Goldfish Died-”Germany Calling”(Groovy/Knight)
Alan and I had been listening to Can a lot-this was done on a baking hot afternoon with the sun pouring through the windows in Wilmcote House. Radios, waste-bins, knitting needles ,bass guitar all appear on this track.
Paul Groovy & The Pop Art Experience-“Not Fade Away”(Holly)
Another one from the Guildhall rehearsal, Why did we do it? No idea and we never did it again. The Guildhall was going to be Steve Herlihy’s last gig with us so the rehearsal was rather relaxed.
Paul Groovy & The Pop Art Experience-“Fever”(Blackwell/Coonley)
The Guildhall Portsmouth! The biggest place we played-held 1500- Introduced onstage by Annie Nightingale, a totally improvised version of Fever....Steve and I had played it for about 30 seconds at the rehearsal so hey let’s play it right now .On the stage where I saw some of my HEROES perform-Strummer, Jones ,Weller ,Costello, Dury, Mael (and Mael )... I sung the whole song to the balcony where Alison from Cranes was sitting. They had just played live for the very first time and I just thought it would be nice....
Paul Groovy & The Pop Art Experience-“Just Call Me Jack”(Treacy)
We had supported the TV Personalities the week before and this was my then favourite TVP song so at the end of On The Run I told Stephen, Steve and Jo to keep playing and this is what happened. The echo was courtesy of Tim & Andy who did our sound from time to time. They were always welcome to mix how they wanted......
The Secret Groovys-“World So Straight”(Groovy/Clarke/Hatch)
Another from that almost mythical meeting of the Pop Art Experience and Secret Corners in The Secret Groovys!
Sequin Junkies-“English Rose”(Weller)
It’s my bootleg and I’ll sing Weller if I want to, Weller if I want to....
Paul Groovy 18.11.12(the day before my birthday)
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