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  • Watershed: I'll Take You With Me When I Go (live)
    I'll Take You With Me When I Go by Watershed, from Watershed Live at The Cooperage 24/12/1990.
    Written by Al Shalliker.
    Copyright (c) Al Shalliker 1990.
    WATERSHED
    Jo Atkins – vocals, percussion
    Mark Flack – bass
    Dave Gregory – Fender Rhodes, keys
    Tony Gullis – drums, percussion
    Al Shalliker – guitars, vocals
    Steve Smallwood – sound
    This is a bootleg recording of the fabulous Plymouth reggae ensemble known as Watershed. This mix may have come straight off the desk as they were inclined to roll that way. The low hum from the cassette machine is somewhat ghastly, but the band mask it when they are playing.
    As this is from a live performance, we left some of the gribulage between songs so you could get a flavour of the band. You might even be able to remember where you were and what you were dong on the night in question. Al, the main songwriter and guitarist, and Jo on vocals and percussion, were both highly charismatic individuals and the band always seemed to have a great rapport with the crowd wherever they played.
    These are the last five tracks that the band played that night. The rest of the show was on another 90-minute cassette which was sadly stolen by someone who also loved Watershed’s music many years ago, so we no longer have that in our archives. Songs on that cassette included Judgement Level, Back Page Rage, It’s Not Yours, Saddest Letter, Purple Town, Fashion Conscious and some others.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/watershed
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/watershed/live-cooperage-24121990
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13DknmiCstM
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2slWp3l4WP4
    https://myspace.com/watershedplymouth
    http://www.bandmine.com/watershedplymouth
    http://plymouthlivemusic.yolasite.com/past-bands.php
    6 min
  • Watershed: Capital City Hero (live)
    Capital City Hero by Watershed, from Watershed Live at The Cooperage 24/12/1990.
    Written by Al Shalliker.
    Copyright (c) Al Shalliker 1990.
    WATERSHED
    Jo Atkins – vocals, percussion
    Mark Flack – bass
    Dave Gregory – Fender Rhodes, keys
    Tony Gullis – drums, percussion
    Al Shalliker – guitars, vocals
    Steve Smallwood – sound
    This is a bootleg recording of the fabulous Plymouth reggae ensemble known as Watershed. This mix may have come straight off the desk as they were inclined to roll that way. The low hum from the cassette machine is somewhat ghastly, but the band mask it when they are playing.
    As this is from a live performance, we left some of the gribulage between songs so you could get a flavour of the band. You might even be able to remember where you were and what you were dong on the night in question. Al, the main songwriter and guitarist, and Jo on vocals and percussion, were both highly charismatic individuals and the band always seemed to have a great rapport with the crowd wherever they played.
    These are the last five tracks that the band played that night. The rest of the show was on another 90-minute cassette which was sadly stolen by someone who also loved Watershed’s music many years ago, so we no longer have that in our archives. Songs on that cassette included Judgement Level, Back Page Rage, It’s Not Yours, Saddest Letter, Purple Town, Fashion Conscious and some others.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/watershed
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/watershed/live-cooperage-24121990
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13DknmiCstM
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2slWp3l4WP4
    https://myspace.com/watershedplymouth
    http://www.bandmine.com/watershedplymouth
    http://plymouthlivemusic.yolasite.com/past-bands.php
    5 min
  • Watershed: Friendship and Life (live)
    Friendship and Life by Watershed, from Watershed Live at The Cooperage 24/12/1990.
    Written by Al Shalliker.
    Copyright (c) Al Shalliker 1990.
    WATERSHED
    Jo Atkins – vocals, percussion
    Mark Flack – bass
    Dave Gregory – Fender Rhodes, keys
    Tony Gullis – drums, percussion
    Al Shalliker – guitars, vocals
    Steve Smallwood – sound
    This is a bootleg recording of the fabulous Plymouth reggae ensemble known as Watershed. This mix may have come straight off the desk as they were inclined to roll that way. The low hum from the cassette machine is somewhat ghastly, but the band mask it when they are playing.
    As this is from a live performance, we left some of the gribulage between songs so you could get a flavour of the band. You might even be able to remember where you were and what you were dong on the night in question. Al, the main songwriter and guitarist, and Jo on vocals and percussion, were both highly charismatic individuals and the band always seemed to have a great rapport with the crowd wherever they played.
    These are the last five tracks that the band played that night. The rest of the show was on another 90-minute cassette which was sadly stolen by someone who also loved Watershed’s music many years ago, so we no longer have that in our archives. Songs on that cassette included Judgement Level, Back Page Rage, It’s Not Yours, Saddest Letter, Purple Town, Fashion Conscious and some others.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/watershed
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/watershed/live-cooperage-24121990
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13DknmiCstM
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2slWp3l4WP4
    https://myspace.com/watershedplymouth
    http://www.bandmine.com/watershedplymouth
    http://plymouthlivemusic.yolasite.com/past-bands.php
    8 min
  • Watershed: Money'll Squeeze You (live)
    Money'll Squeeze You by Watershed, from Watershed Live at The Cooperage 24/12/1990.
    Written by Al Shalliker.
    Copyright (c) Al Shalliker 1990.
    WATERSHED
    Jo Atkins – vocals, percussion
    Mark Flack – bass
    Dave Gregory – Fender Rhodes, keys
    Tony Gullis – drums, percussion
    Al Shalliker – guitars, vocals
    Steve Smallwood – sound
    This is a bootleg recording of the fabulous Plymouth reggae ensemble known as Watershed. This mix may have come straight off the desk as they were inclined to roll that way. The low hum from the cassette machine is somewhat ghastly, but the band mask it when they are playing.
    As this is from a live performance, we left some of the gribulage between songs so you could get a flavour of the band. You might even be able to remember where you were and what you were dong on the night in question. Al, the main songwriter and guitarist, and Jo on vocals and percussion, were both highly charismatic individuals and the band always seemed to have a great rapport with the crowd wherever they played.
    These are the last five tracks that the band played that night. The rest of the show was on another 90-minute cassette which was sadly stolen by someone who also loved Watershed’s music many years ago, so we no longer have that in our archives. Songs on that cassette included Judgement Level, Back Page Rage, It’s Not Yours, Saddest Letter, Purple Town, Fashion Conscious and some others.
    See also:
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/watershed
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/archives/watershed/live-cooperage-24121990
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13DknmiCstM
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2slWp3l4WP4
    https://myspace.com/watershedplymouth
    http://www.bandmine.com/watershedplymouth
    http://plymouthlivemusic.yolasite.com/past-bands.php
    8 min
  • Alien Heat: Asylum Child (demo)
    Recorded at Red Rug studios, Torquay, by Jake Klosin, Spring 1990
    Lyrics by P. Greatorex
    Music by P.Greatorex/G.Davies/R.Holloway/M.Greatorex/G.Barbe
    Performers:
    Speedy Pete Greatorex – vocals
    George Davies – guitar
    Richard Holloway – keys
    Marc Greatorex – bass
    Graham Barbe – drums
    ASYLUM CHILD
    Dangerous decision to think before you talk
    Might find you’re saying something and making people bored
    Listen to the airwaves, gibberish is king
    Communication breakdown don’t mean a god-damn thing
    Thinking is like blinking with soap upon your eye
    It hurts like hell when you do it first but you surely will not die
    Read a paper, see the news, the facts are there to see
    If that’s the case I wanna leave, this place is not for me
    Confusion – wait, wait a minute
    Delusion is gripping us with its force
    Using blindness as its source
    Fusion is hot-wired up to talk
    It’s hot-wired up to talk
    Can’t afford to breathe the air
    I can’t afford the fare
    God is in the biggest bank
    And we’re happy with him there
    Can’t afford to breathe the air
    I can’t afford the fare
    God is in the biggest bank
    His money’s everywhere
    There is a secret garden but we’ve forgotten how to look
    We’re ace in space and swapping hearts, we’re taught to cook the books
    Money jungle, first-fuck fumble, do everything in cars
    The sheriff is shot, we bombed the lot, we can’t eat but we can go to Mars
    Test tube life new recipe technology disease
    The joke’s on us, we missed the bus, there ain’t no money in peace
    Dangerous decision to think before you talk
    Might find you’re saying something and making people bored
    Confusion – wait, wait a minute
    Delusion is gripping us with its force
    Using blindness as its source
    Fusion is hot-wired up to talk
    It’s hot-wired up to talk
    Can’t afford to breathe the air
    I can’t afford the fare
    God is in the biggest bank
    And we’re happy with him there
    Can’t afford to breathe the air
    I can’t afford the fare
    God is in the biggest bank
    His money’s everywhere
    Words by Peter Greatorex.
    Copyright (p) Pig Pen Music 1989, (c) Wud Records 1990.
    This song is in the key of C#m and is 120BPM.
    The main riff is C#m, B, F#m, A.
    The song was written around the vocals, bass and keys.
    “We can’t eat but we can go to Mars” is two beats.
    “Peace” is a word that when sung sounds like “Peas”. “There ain’t no money in peas” was confirmed by a Watershed song, which told us “Sell your peas with a share certificate.”
    Andy once accidently sang “Fist-fuck fumble” instead of “First-fuck fumble”.
    Pete wrote out the original lyric sheet and included every ‘yeh’ in the song.
    “Thinking is like blinking with soap upon your eye, It hurts like hell when you do it first but you surely will not die” remains to this day a favourite lyric of the Explicit Music team.
    Some of the string sounds were from the Red Rug synths, the other keyboard sounds Richard invented himself.
    George plays the guitar parts on Nicodemus.
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat/red-rug-demo
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alien-heat/red-rug-demo/asylum-child
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/red-rug-demo
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    5 min
  • Alien Heat: Badass Boogie (demo)
    Recorded at Red Rug studios, Torquay, by Jake Klosin, Spring 1990
    Lyrics by P. Greatorex
    Music by P.Greatorex/G.Davies/R.Holloway/M.Greatorex/G.Barbe
    Performers:
    Speedy Pete Greatorex – vocals
    George Davies – guitar
    Richard Holloway – keys
    Marc Greatorex – bass
    Graham Barbe – drums
    BADASS BOOGIE
    I got backlash action
    Make a living staring at walls
    Need rock’n’roll for my poor soul
    Go funkin’ round the floor
    I got high-heeled sneakers
    High-ride blues for boots
    Need love and stuff to make me tough
    Gonna go back to my roots
    I ain’t Peaceful Patti
    Gonna fire up my rocket car
    Go bustin’ down the freeway
    Makin’ like a movie star
    Them dude-ranch hicks can’t get my kicks
    Take the whiskey from my jar
    It’s all backlash action, black flash action
    Gonna shine like a shooting star
    I got freeze frame dinners
    Use my TV for a tub
    I need rhythm and blues and blue suede shoes
    And alcohol, massage and rub
    I got speeding tickets
    Lost my job down out the store
    Need a rolling stone so the moss don’t grow
    And I can jive right out the door
    I ain’t Peaceful Patti
    Gonna fire up my rocket car
    Go bustin’ down the freeway
    Makin’ like a movie star
    Them dude-ranch hicks can’t get my kicks
    Take the whiskey from my jar
    It’s all backlash action, black flash action
    Gonna shine like a shooting star
    I ain’t Peaceful Patti
    Gonna fire up my rocket car
    Go bustin’ down the freeway
    Makin’ like a movie star
    Them dude-ranch hicks can’t get my kicks
    Take the whiskey from my jar
    It’s all backlash action, black flash action
    Gonna shine like a shooting star
    Words by Peter Greatorex.
    Copyright (p) Pig Pen Music 1989, (c) Wud Records 1990.
    This song is partly in the key of E and partly in the key of F#m.
    This was the second song by Alien Heat and the earliest surviving one.
    The guitar parts were written last and make little sense if the song is played with just guitar and voice.
    Graham and Marc wanted to play a drum’n'bass solo, so there is one of sorts in this.
    It would appear that the guide guitar track remained in the final mix.
    All the keyboard sounds were created by Richard from scratch on the DX7.
    Marc plays his Aria bass and George plays Nicodemus.
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat/red-rug-demo
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alien-heat/red-rug-demo/badass-boogie
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/red-rug-demo
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    4 min
  • Alien Heat: Jigsaw (demo)
    Recorded at Red Rug studios, Torquay, by Jake Klosin, Spring 1990
    Lyrics by P. Greatorex
    Music by P.Greatorex/G.Davies/R.Holloway/M.Greatorex/G.Barbe
    Performers:
    Speedy Pete Greatorex – vocals
    George Davies – guitar
    Richard Holloway – keys
    Marc Greatorex – bass
    Graham Barbe – drums
    JIGSAW
    When time walks by in my best shoes
    I know I’ve got to race
    Don’t like morning’s newspaper news
    Oh mirror, give me a face
    With a daytime job like the third world war
    If I ain’t in the factory you know I’m in the store
    And I’m out of place
    Just want the notes of a rhythm machine
    My friend’s inside the sound
    I shave and wash to keep me squeaky clean
    Friday come around
    I wish I’d find a reason for tomorrow being there
    Cos I got no ambition and I really don’t care
    It’s all upside down
    It’s so weird just being here
    Dreamlines sometimes make it clear
    Common sense is nonsense and a life of fear
    I got no solution to the world’s intrusion
    I got no solution, no mix, no kicks, no fusion
    Find me a lover in the neon nite
    You know, a girl for me!
    But all the women stand so bright and tight
    And I’m so loose and free
    With a four star heart like a junkyard fence
    And a rollerskate mind that don’t make no sense
    Can this really be?
    I want a recipe for reality
    It ain’t asking much
    But all I get is entropy
    No loving touch
    Gotta smile the while while I’m slaving here
    They say go far but what I want is near
    And that’s enough
    It’s so weird just being here
    Dreamlines sometimes make it clear
    Common sense is nonsense and a life of fear
    I got no solution to the world’s intrusion
    I got no solution, no mix, no kicks, no fusion
    Words by Peter Greatorex.
    Copyright (p) Pig Pen Music 1989, (c) Wud Records 1990.
    When this recording was made, the band did a dummy run to check everything before recording the actual track that you hear. Both versions were exactly the same length to the second, which impressed Jake the engineer greatly.
    This song is in the key of G#m and much of the music comes from the voice and Marc’s bass melody.
    George plays the guitar parts on Nicodemus.
    Verses are mostly G#m and D#m, and between verses the chords are C#m and D#m.
    Before the choruses the chords are C#m, A and G#m.
    Choruses are mostly G#m and E.
    Richard and George felt that this song was written about Marc.
    The tempo of this song is 134BPM.
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat/red-rug-demo
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alien-heat/red-rug-demo/jigsaw
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/red-rug-demo
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    6 min
  • Alien Heat: Ship To Shore (demo)
    Recorded at Red Rug studios, Torquay, by Jake Klosin, Spring 1990
    Lyrics by P. Greatorex
    Music by P.Greatorex/G.Davies/R.Holloway/M.Greatorex/G.Barbe
    Performers:
    Speedy Pete Greatorex – vocals
    George Davies – guitar
    Richard Holloway – keys
    Marc Greatorex – bass
    Graham Barbe – drums
    SHIP TO SHORE
    Into the setting sun they sailed
    As brave as brave can be
    And across the world they went
    In boats upon the sea
    And with distant eyes they looked
    But they never did see me
    On this we all agree
    On this we all agree
    With a night light flashing by the sea
    Sailors went there by twos and by threes
    I am a captain and I can’t drown
    Living neatly on white wave sound
    On this we all agree
    With a bright light arcing across the dark
    Sailors went there steering by the stars
    I’ll be a bad man but I won’t steal
    No more than I can take away with me
    On this we all agree
    In the sunset water turning to sky
    Sailors went there leaving by and by
    I am a black knight but I am so good
    Put all the pieces back wherever I should
    On this we all agree
    On the reef rock shellfish gather and die
    Sailors went there telescopes to eyes
    I am a wizard but I’m misunderstood
    I’d like to be a pilot, oh really I would
    On this we all agree
    On the ocean sleeping in the wind
    Sailors went there to forget their sins
    I am a soul man and I can keep
    The sounds of Heaven where the waters meet
    On this we all agree
    Words by Peter Greatorex.
    Copyright (p) Pig Pen Music 1989, (c) Wud Records 1990.
    This song is in the key of Em and the tempo in 128BPM.
    It was a real collective favourite of Alien Heat.
    The guitar parts are played on the Ice Maiden.
    The intro is mostly Em9 and Bm11.
    The verses are Em and Bm, and at the end they go to G, F#m11 and Bm11.
    The keyboard solo is based around a G, F#m, Bm riff.
    Before the keyboard solo and at the end of the song there is a section that goes G, F#, F, Em7, Cm7, Em7, Cm7.
    The song usually began with the cry: “Cue The Noise!” as Richard started the number with a huge sound that he created himself on the DX7.
    There were many great moments of inspiration from all five band members that led to this song being the way it is.
    Even after two decades, the Explicit Music team believe these lyrics are still some of Pete’s finest.
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat/red-rug-demo
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alien-heat/red-rug-demo/ship-to-shore
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/red-rug-demo
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    7 min
  • Alien Heat: Odd (demo)
    Recorded at Red Rug studios, Torquay, by Jake Klosin, Spring 1990
    Lyrics by P. Greatorex
    Music by P.Greatorex/G.Davies/R.Holloway/M.Greatorex/G.Barbe
    Performers:
    Speedy Pete Greatorex – vocals
    George Davies – guitar, vocals
    Richard Holloway – keys, vocals
    Marc Greatorex – bass, vocals
    Graham Barbe – drums, vocals
    ODD
    Cessie was a bad girl
    She took more than she need
    She took her drugs as a body rub
    And gave birth to violent seeds
    She’d greet the dawn with a stifled yawn
    And looked in without a key
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Cessie was some party poop
    She always blew the lites
    She used the mains as a terminal drain
    And got the boys to fight
    And for lust she peaked on any stuff
    That gave her second sight
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Cessie was a metal maid
    A sad heart armoured star
    Sealed up in a mess of tin
    She said “So few, so fast, so far!”
    She walked around with a store-bought frown
    Got a chauffeur but no car
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Cessie was a bad girl
    She took more than she need
    She took her drugs as a body rub
    And gave birth to violent seeds
    She’d greet the dawn with a stifled yawn
    And looked in without a key
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Odd, odd, oddity
    She was some oddity
    Pressurised, ionised, certified and more
    Madonna face without the grace
    With the kiss-me clothes she wore
    Sanitised, sanforised, polarised for war
    The human race is not her case
    She won’t tell you what she saw
    Pressurised, ionised, pressurised, ionised
    Pressurised, ionised, pressurised, ionised
    Pressurised, ionised, pressurised, ionised
    Pressurised, ionised, pressurised, ionised
    Words by Peter Greatorex.
    Copyright (p) Pig Pen Music 1989, (c) Wud Records 1990.
    This song is in the key of A minor.
    Occasionally it goes to G, but not for long and not too often.
    According to Pete, this song is about a scarf he used to own. Hmmm…
    The guitar riff at the beginning is played around the 12th fret.
    The guitar riff near the end is also played around the 12th fret and is Am7, Am13, Am7, Am6.
    Marc’s bassline is largely mysterious and impossible to play for other humans.
    Richard uses a Yamaha DX7 and invented all the sounds you hear himself.
    During the long chorus where everybody yells a line, Pete goes first, then George, then Richard, then Marc, then Graham, then everyone.
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat/red-rug-demo
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alien-heat/red-rug-demo/odd
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/red-rug-demo
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    5 min
  • Alien Heat: Abnormal (demo)
    Recorded at Red Rug studios, Torquay, by Jake Klosin, Spring 1990
    Lyrics by P. Greatorex
    Music by P.Greatorex/G.Davies/R.Holloway/M.Greatorex/G.Barbe
    Performers:
    Speedy Pete Greatorex – vocals
    George Davies – guitar
    Richard Holloway – keys
    Marc Greatorex – bass
    Graham Barbe – drums
    ABNORMAL
    Have you got a compass
    Do you know where you are
    Starless and Bible Black
    But you hear guitars
    Light years away but they’re there
    And I can tell you where
    Where, where, where
    Have you got a problem
    With finding the sun
    Heart stopped and blinded
    Hearing melodies run
    Light years away but they’re there
    And I can show you where
    Where, where, where
    Abnormal, unforgivingly
    Already warmed up
    We’ve come to set you free
    But there is a payment for reality
    Unless you wanna wait
    For Hell to freeze
    Will you want a pilot
    Will you want a fast plane
    Ground-bound and lonely
    Chained to a refrain
    Light years away but it’s there
    And I can show you where
    Where, where, where
    Will you sign agreement
    Will you pay for your soul
    Godless and friendless
    Down on Echo Road
    Light years away but I’m there
    And I can tell you where
    Where, where, where
    Abnormal, unforgivingly
    Already warmed up
    We’ve come to set you free
    But there is a payment for reality
    Unless you wanna wait
    For Hell to freeze
    Words by Peter Greatorex.
    Copyright (p) Pig Pen Music 1989, (c) Wud Records 1990.
    This song is in the key of F#m.
    It has two chords, the other being Em.
    The band wrote this song in Pete’s bedroom in Topsham Road, Exeter during a cold wet November afternoon in 1989.
    Richard’s original keyboard parts were written on a Yamaha keyboard with tiny keys and 100 sounds that were all virtually the same.
    George plays the Ice Maiden on this song.
    During rehearsals, Pete would try his best to climb inside George’s Marshall cab during the feedback towards the end of the solo.
    The tempo of this song is 124BPM.
    Richard felt that Pete had written the words for George.
    http://www.wudrecords.co.uk/artists/alien-heat/red-rug-demo
    http://www.explicitmusic.co.uk/lyrics-information/alien-heat/red-rug-demo/abnormal
    https://wudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/red-rug-demo
    https://twitter.com/WudRecords
    6 min

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