Tuesday 6 October 2015

SJI: Punk Rock (Saved My Best Friend's Life) 7" Single (1998)



SJI's single from 1998, digitised and uploaded to Bandcamp.

Tracklist
1) Punk Rock (Saved My Best Friend's Life)
2) Thanks A Bunch, Fat Boy

Personnel
g.w.lang (Vocals, Guitar, Organ, Various), Guy Whitby (Drums)

Recorded by Gary J Brady, Escapade Recording Studios, Greenwich.


SJI: Hearing History 78rpm Recording Session. Discovery Museum, Newcastle. 29th March 2015



SJI had a great afternoon at The Discovery Museum taking part in their Hearing History workshop - doing some actual hands-on recording to wax cylinder and lathe-cut 78. It was such a privilege to get to use these historical work-horses, Kudos Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, Newcastle University and Lathe Revival.

Recorded live to Presto Lathe-Cut 78.

Tracklist
1) The Pigeon Men
2) Darkness Room

Personnel
g.w.lang (Guitar, Vocals), Mark Oliver (iPad app, Vocals)







Here's a neat mini-documentary of the event:


Hearing History from Lathe Revival on Vimeo.

SJI: Apocrypha #1 (2014)


Limited edition (8 copies) CDR. One 21 minute long track.

Tracklist
1) Apocrypha #1

Personnel
g.w. lang

"Being the result of fake advert on Facebook, recorded when I got back in".

Recorded October 26th 2014.



SJI: Ten Little Records - The Woosh Collection (2015)


Jigsaw Records have compiled all (bar one) of the Woosh releases from the 1980s. St. James Infirmary are represented with the track The Boy Who Crossed The Street.

racklisting
 1) Holidaymakers - Everyday
 2) The Nivens - Let Loose Of My Knee
 3) The Driscolls - Father's Name Is Dad
 4) Strawberry Story - Tell Me Now
 5) The Haywains - Bythesea Road
 6) The Haywains - Tobe's Gone West
 7) Holidaymakers - Cincinnati
 8) Holidaymakers - Seventh Valley Girl
 9) The Nivens - Yesterday
10) The Nivens - I Hope You'll Always Be My Friend
11) Esmerelda's Kite - Vampire Girl
12) The Pooh Sticks - Hard On Love
13) St. James Infirmary - The Boy Who Crossed The Street
14) The Sunflowers - Bubble Bus
15) The Nivens - Beautiful
16) The Nivens - The Necessity For Spastics In 20th Century Culture
17) The Nivens - Northumberland
18) The Nivens - I Love Me
19) Eye Pilgrims - Wall Of Sand
20) Choo Choo Train - Many Happy Returns

Personnel
g.w.lang (Vocals, Guitar, Organ, Various), Tony Bennett (Drums)

Buy it here: Jigsaw Records
Or from Bandcamp


SJI: Artefacts, Sacred and Profane (Teaser Trailer)


A teaser trailer for the forthcoming studio album; Artefacts, Sacred and Profane.


SJI: Out Of The Trees X, Warkworth. 3rd January 2015.




We were delighted and honoured to be invited to open the proceedings at the tenth and final Out Of The Trees festival. It was an absolutely stellar line up and a great day out.

Setlist
1) Game Of Soldiers
2) Eight For A Fiver
3) How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?
4) Anthem For The Squeezed Middle
5) Merry Christmas One and All
6) Good Afternoon and God Bless

Personnel
g.w.lang (Guitar, Vocals), Mark Oliver (Guitar, Vocals)








SJI: Socialist Appeal XMAS (Revolutionary) Party - Ashington Bubbles. 15th December 2014



Setlist (Probable order)
1) Merry Christmas One and All
2) Game Of Soldiers
3) How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?

(Possibly Eight For A Fiver)

Personnel
g.w.lang (Guitar, Vocals)



SJI: Almanac 4.12 (2014)


Tracklist
1) A Way With Words (Part 1)
2) A Way With Words (Part 2)
3) A Way With Words (Part 3)
4) A Way With Words (Part 4)
5) A Way With Words (Part 5)

Personnel
g.w.lang (Guitar, Organ, Vocals, Various)


Recorded by Jimmy Buxton for Mario's Recording Services, Ashington, Northumberland.

All songs by gwl.



SJI: Almanac 4.11 (2014)



Tracklist
1) Sleep Not Sleep
2) Horse Attitudes
3) Here's Where I Belong
4) Does Anyone Remember Laughter?

Personnel
g.w.lang (Guitar, Organ, Vocals, Various), Mark Oliver (Guitar), Tony Bennett (Drums), Andrea Woodyer (Saxophone), Simon Foster (Guitar), Bing Bongo (Bass).

Recorded by Jimmy Buxton for Mario's Recording Services, Ashington, Northumberland.

All songs by gwl.



Saturday 18 April 2015

SJI: Almanac 4.10 (2014)


Tracklist
1) The Carousel Of Progress
2) Tapes Without Words
3) The Will Has Gone
4) Untitled

Personnel
g.w.lang (Guitar, Organ, Vocals, Various), Mark Oliver (Guitar), Bing Bongo (Bass), Guy Whitby (Drums)

Track 2 originally recorded by Gary J. Brady at Escapade Recording Studios, Greenwich.

Recorded by Jimmy Buxton for Mario's Recording Services, Ashington, Northumberland.

All songs by gwl.


SJI: The Rough With The Smooth Compilation Cassette (2014)


SJI were in some very good company on this excellent cassette release from Neen Records.

The Rough With The Smooth - A Glimpse Of Paradise Vol 1 (NEEN005)

Tracklist

Side 1
Molly Nilsson - All Children Are Going To Die 
Ravioli me Away - Cat Call 
Group Rhoda - Disappearing Ground 
The European - I Can't Stop 
Apostille - Don't Think 
Design A Wave - Haha 
Jaakko Eino Kalevi - Jah Rastafari Only Knows 

Side 2
White Night - Your Son 
Cousins (ft. Euros Childs) - In A Roll 
The Wharves - Renew! 
R. Stevie Moore & Keel Her - Wanna Be Your Lover 
Molly Nilsson - Lend Me Your Love 
The Rebel - Maureen 
St James Infirmary - Animate

Personnel
g.w.lang


Available from Bandcamp

SJI: Almanac 4.09


Tracklist
1) Into My Arms
2) People Ain't No Good
3) The Ballad Of Betty Coltrane
4) Complete set - SJI Live at Wild Roses: Songs of Nick Cave, Tyneside Cinema Bar and Cafe, 26th September 2014.

Personnel
g.w.lang (Keyboards, guitars, vocals), Mark Oliver (Vocals)





SJI: Wild Roses - Songs of Nick Cave. Tyneside Cinema Bar and Cafe, Newcastle. 26th September 2014.


Setlist
1) Sad Waters
2) Into My Arms
3) The Ballad of Betty Coltrane
4) People Ain't No Good

Personnel
g.w.lang (Keyboards, Vocals), Mark Oliver (Vocals)

Complete set released as an unlisted bonus track on Almanac 4.09



Photo by Phyllis Christopher

SJI: Almanac 4.08


Tracklist
1) Beatnik Man
2) Soft Fatha
3) Star Test
4) A Hairy Pony From Hutton Henry

Personnel
g.w.lang (Vocals and Guitar), Neil Thomas (Drums, Vocals), Michael Hydes (Vocals), Tony Davison (Mumbles).

Recorded by Jimmy Buxton for Mario's Recording Services, Ashington, Northumberland

Recorded 1993
Previously released as Seventh Avenue Incident (Mario's Ashcan Series Number 2) HERE


SJI: Cluny2, Newcastle. 13th August 2014.


Tracklist
1) Top Of The Bill
2) Game Of Soldiers
3) Mouth Sounds / Thin
4) Eight For A Fiver
5) No Option

Personnel
g.w.lang (Guitar, Vocals), Tony Bennett (Drums), Mark Oliver (Guitar, Vocals), Simon Foster (Guitar), Bing Bongo (Bass, Vocals).



Photo by Steve Strode

SJI: Almanac 4.07


Tracklist
1) Unfortunate Patch
2) Open / Wrapped
3) Maria Dreams of Meat
4) Banging On Like Billyhoo
5) Untitled

Personnel
g.w.lang

All songs by gwl

Recorded by Jimmy Buxton for Mario's Recording Services, Ashington, Northumberland.



SJI: Almanac 4.06


Tracklist
1) The Gnome
2) Rats
3) Bike

Personnel
g.w.lang (Guitar, Organ, Piano, Vocals, Various), Cath Tyler (Viola), Mark Oliver (Guitar)

Recorded live at The Star and Shadow Cinema, 14th June 2014.





SJI: Syd Barrett Night, Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle. 14th June 2014.


Setlist
1) Bike
2) The Gnome
3) Rats


Personnel
g.w. lang (Guitar, Organ, Vocals, Various), Cath Tyler (Viola), Mark Oliver (Guitar)

These live tracks would later be released as Almanac 4.06


SJI: Almanac 4.05


Tracklist
1) Fogbows
2) Swarm, Burst and Gone
3) Untitled

Personnel
g.w.lang

All songs by gwl

Recorded by Jimmy Buxton for Mario's Recording Services, Ashington, Northumberland.




SJI: Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle. 5th April 2014.


Setlist
1) Game of Soldiers
2) Anthem For The Squeezed Middle
3) Six and Two Threes
4) Eight For A Fiver
5) No Option
6) That's It, It's Done, It's Over Now

Personnel
g.w.lang (Gtr, Vox), Tony Bennett (Dr), Mark Oliver (Gtr, Vox), Andrea Woodyer (Sax, Keys, Vox), Bing Bongo (Bass, Vox).


SJI: Almanac 4.04


Tracklist
1) No Option
2) The Festival Of The Golden Rump
3) Untitled

Personnel
g.w.lang (organ, guitar, vocals, various), Mark Oliver (Guitar, Vocals), Tony Bennett (Drums), Simon Foster (Guitar, Vocals), Andrea Woodyer (Saxophone, Vocals), Bing Bongo (Bass, Vocals).

All songs by gwl

Recorded by Jimmy Buxton for Mario's Recording Services, Ashington Northumberland


SJI: Almanac 4.03



Tracklist
1) My Final Wave
2) Dooze
3) Why Is Mary Crying?
4) La Casa Delle Finestre Gialle
5) Your Vessel Is Ready, Mr. Cage
6) Huglumpf
7) Untitled


Personnel:
g.w.lang

All songs by gwl

Recorded by Jimmy Buxton for Mario's Recording Services, Ashington, Northumberland.