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Blah Street

by Ben Castle

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Sean McDougall Track Seven is in fact the 8th track on the album. That kind of sums Ben up. If you like really well recorded music, this should be on your list. Ben paints a sonic picture of a slightly hapless young Londoner not quite fitting in. Favorite track: Track Seven.
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1.
Elephants in Motor Cars 05:34
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2.
Accident Waiting For Something To Happen 05:01
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3.
Carousel 05:18
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4.
Everything I Could Have Said 03:30
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5.
The Heckler 03:51
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6.
All That Glitters 07:21
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7.
The Stalker 03:46
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8.
Track Seven 03:22
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9.
Green Fairy 02:33
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10.
Lunar Bloom 03:05
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11.
Are You Sitting Comfortably? 04:15
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12.
So Now You Know 03:15
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13.
I Thought You Were Someone Else 02:03
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"You must check out this band, they are funny and they are great. They have a great future ahead of them" Joe Zawinul - Oct 2002

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released April 24, 2004

Ben Castle: saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet, vocals (7+12), guitar (2+3)
Mark Edwards: piano, hammond organ, fender rhodes, wurlitzer, glockenspiel, sampler, all programming, rhythm guitar (2)
Tim Harries: electric basses, acoustic bass
Phil Crabbe: drums
Beth Rowley: vocals (3)
Kevin Jamieson: guitar and backing vocals (7)
Enrico Tomasso: trumpet (5)
Mike Innes: trombone & euphonium (5)

all compositions by Ben Castle except 'green fairy' and 'lunar bloom' by Tim Harries

tracks 1,4,5,6,9,10,11,13
recorded at Blah Street august/september 2001
by Nick J Hannan assisted by Pete Collis
mixed at no-man's land by Steven Wilson

tracks 2,3,7,8,12
recorded at Orange Room Music august/september 2003
by Andy Searle-Barnes and Colin Walker
mixed at Orange Room Music by Colin Walker

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Ben has worked with Gregory Porter, Radiohead, Blur, Amy Winehouse, Quincy Jones, Villagers, Matthew Herbert, Little Simz, Stan Tracey, George Michael, Matthew E White, Lianne La Havas, Sting, and features on many soundtracks, including Sex Education, Staged, Motherland & Toast of London.

He recently scored the Grammy Nominated film Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story with Paul Pilot. ... more

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