Dark Train
Lie Back and Think of England (09 May 2022)
Words:
Richard Pasco reading from ‘Richard II’ by William Shakespeare (inc. Edward Elgar, Symphony no.1, 1908) (from ‘Queen’s Realm’, BBC, 1977)
Jonathan Tredall interviews Sir John Betjeman (from ‘Time with Betjeman’, BBC, 1983)
Narration excerpt from ‘Sweeney 2’ (1978)
William Armstrong as Eddie in ‘Road’ by Jim Cartwright (BBC, 1987)
John Thaw as Jack Regan in ‘Regan’ (Thames TV, 1974)
Martin Parr - Vox Pops by from ‘Think of England’ (BBC, 1999)
BBC Recorded Programmes Permanent Library - Welsh Breakdown Announcement (BBC, c.1962)
Music:
Shitmat - Witness (7”, ‘Shopliftin’ Gabba/Witness’, Planet Mu ZIQ072, 2003)
Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band - Cool Britannia (LP, ‘Gorilla’, Liberty LBS83056, 1967)
Frank Howard - Only a Pansy Blossom (LP, ‘The World of Mechanical Music’, Decca SPA145, 1971, Ariston Organette music box from c.1880)
Merzbow - No. 502 (1996) (CD box, ‘Merzmorphosis’, Youth Inc YOUTH181, 2012, recorded 1996)
The Clash - This is England (LP, ‘Cut the Crap’, CBS 26601, 1985)
Cornelius - Magoo Opening (LP, ‘Fantasma’, Trattoria MENU139, 1997)
Ralph Vaughan Williams - from A Pastoral Symphony (1916-22), New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Sir Adrian Boult (LP, ‘A Pastoral Symphony/In the Fen Country’, His Master’s Voice ASD2393, 1968)
Blackout Crew - Put a Donk On It (CD, ‘Put a Donk On It’, All Around The World CXGLOBE971, 2008)
David Peel and the Lower East Side - I Like Marijuana (7”, I Like Marijuana/I Do My Bawling In The Bathroom’, Disques Vogue INT80 158, 1968)
Technohead - I Wanna Be A Hippy (12”, ‘I Wanna Be A Hippy’, Mokum MOK37, 1995)
The Suspicions - The Laughing Policeman (7”, ‘The Laughing Policeman/Suspicions’, Arista ARIST361, 1980)
IX Tab - Blowm (for Alan Turing) (CD, ‘ROC’, Twiggwytch TW03, 2015)
Kid 606 - Good Times (7”, ‘Kid606/Kid Commando Split Seven Inch’, Ache ACHE023, 2006)
Shitmat - Vengeance of the Whitehawk Townies (7” ‘Vengeance of the Whitehawk Townies/That Goats Skull Is No Good For Thirsty Psy-Trance Workers’, Death$ucker DEATH$UCKER08, 2004)
Anon - Greensleeves (16th century), Jon Banks, recorder (CD, ‘Music for the Six Wives of Henry VIII’, The Gift of Music CCL CDG1010, 2002)
Anon - Greensleeves (16th century), Wyndebagge (CD ‘Music to Make Merrie’, English Heritage EHCD29, 2004)
Morris On - Greensleeves (LP, ‘Morris On’, Island HELP5, 1972)
BBC Sound Effects Centre - PBX Exchange (7", 'Atomic Power Station', BBC Sound Effects EC203B, 1970)
Rapper Dancers at ‘The National’ (DVD, ‘Here’s a Health to the Barley Mow’, BFIVD920, 2011, recorded 2008)