Curly’s Airships

~ Release by Judge Smith (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Big Chief and Some Minor Bugs
bass programming and drums (drum set) programming:
Judge Smith
mixer:
David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
acoustic guitar:
David Shaw-Parker (voice actor)
additional guitar:
Rikki Patten (guitarist)
ebow and electric guitar:
John Ellis (British guitarist, founding member of punk band The Vibrators)
organ:
Hugh Banton
tenor saxophone:
David Jackson (UK progressive rock saxophonist, flautist & composer)
lead vocals [Curly]:
Judge Smith
spoken vocals [The Medium]:
Gwendolyn Gray (actress)
mixed at:
Terra Incognita in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
6:13
2The Canadian Run
bass programming and drums (drum set) programming:
Judge Smith
mixer:
David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
acoustic guitar:
David Shaw-Parker (voice actor)
additional guitar:
Rikki Patten (guitarist)
alto saxophone, soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone:
David Jackson (UK progressive rock saxophonist, flautist & composer)
ebow and electric guitar:
John Ellis (British guitarist, founding member of punk band The Vibrators)
organ:
Hugh Banton
lead vocals [Curly]:
Judge Smith
conductor:
Geoffrey Brand (conductor of brass bands)
mixed at:
Terra Incognita in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
4:40
3Conan Doyle & The Flying Sieve
bass programming and drums (drum set) programming:
Judge Smith
mixer:
David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
additional guitar:
Rikki Patten (guitarist)
ebow and electric guitar:
John Ellis (British guitarist, founding member of punk band The Vibrators)
organ:
Hugh Banton
lead vocals [Curly]:
Judge Smith
mixed at:
Terra Incognita in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
2:39
4Horrors at Hendon
bass programming and drums (drum set) programming:
Judge Smith
mixer:
David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
additional guitar:
Rikki Patten (guitarist)
ebow and electric guitar:
John Ellis (British guitarist, founding member of punk band The Vibrators)
organ:
Hugh Banton
background vocals [The Three Airshipmen]:
Arthur Brown, Pete Brown (UK poet & producer, with Cream and Jack Bruce) and Paul Roberts (The Stranglers)
lead vocals [Curly]:
Judge Smith
mixed at:
Terra Incognita in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
4:52
5As Safe as a House
bass programming and drums (drum set) programming:
Judge Smith
mixer:
David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals [The Senior Committeeman]:
David Shaw-Parker (voice actor)
additional farfisa and additional guitar:
Rikki Patten (guitarist)
ebow and electric guitar:
John Ellis (British guitarist, founding member of punk band The Vibrators)
organ:
Hugh Banton
lead vocals [Curly]:
Judge Smith
lead vocals [The Chairman]:
Arthur Brown
lead vocals [The Junior Committeeman]:
Nick Lucas (Actor)
mixed at:
Terra Incognita in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
5:24
6A Ship of Fools
bass programming and drums (drum set) programming:
Judge Smith
mixer:
David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
accordion:
Joe Hinchliff (accordion)
acoustic guitar and banjo:
David Shaw-Parker (voice actor)
additional guitar:
Rikki Patten (guitarist)
cowbell and timbales:
Pete Brown (UK poet & producer, with Cream and Jack Bruce)
ebow, electric guitar and mandolin:
John Ellis (British guitarist, founding member of punk band The Vibrators)
organ:
Hugh Banton
spoons and lead vocals [Curly]:
Judge Smith
whistle:
David Jackson (UK progressive rock saxophonist, flautist & composer)
lead vocals [Irwin]:
Nick Lucas (Actor)
lead vocals [Lord Thomson]:
Peter Hammill (English singer‐songwriter)
lead vocals [The Helmsman]:
Paul Thompson (Tenor)
mixed at:
Terra Incognita in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
6:17
7The Night Before
recorded in:
St. Mary's Church, Cardington, England, United Kingdom (organ)
bass programming and drums (drum set) programming:
Judge Smith
mixer:
David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
ebow and electric guitar:
John Ellis (British guitarist, founding member of punk band The Vibrators)
organ:
Hugh Banton
soprano saxophone:
David Jackson (UK progressive rock saxophonist, flautist & composer)
lead vocals [Colmore]:
Paul Roberts (The Stranglers)
lead vocals [Curly]:
Judge Smith
lead vocals [Irwin]:
Paul Thompson (Tenor)
lead vocals [Lord Thomson]:
Peter Hammill (English singer‐songwriter)
lead vocals [Lucky Breeze]:
Arthur Brown
spoken vocals [The Medium]:
Gwendolyn Gray (actress)
mixed at:
Terra Incognita in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
7:39
8The Morning After
bass programming and drums (drum set) programming:
Judge Smith
mixer:
David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
additional guitar:
Rikki Patten (guitarist)
cymbal:
Pete Brown (UK poet & producer, with Cream and Jack Bruce)
ebow and electric guitar:
John Ellis (British guitarist, founding member of punk band The Vibrators)
organ:
Hugh Banton
tenor saxophone:
David Jackson (UK progressive rock saxophonist, flautist & composer)
lead vocals [Curly]:
Judge Smith
mixed at:
Terra Incognita in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
4:11
9Bedford to Hastings
bass programming and drums (drum set) programming:
Judge Smith
mixer:
David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
additional guitar:
Rikki Patten (guitarist)
alto saxophone:
David Jackson (UK progressive rock saxophonist, flautist & composer)
ebow and electric guitar:
John Ellis (British guitarist, founding member of punk band The Vibrators)
organ:
Hugh Banton
shakers:
Pete Brown (UK poet & producer, with Cream and Jack Bruce)
sitar:
Tammo Heikens
tabla:
René van Commenée
tambura:
Tammo Heikens and René van Commenée
lead vocals [Curly]:
Judge Smith
lead vocals [Lucky Breeze]:
Arthur Brown
spoken vocals [An Officer], spoken vocals [Crewman No. 1], spoken vocals [The Radio Announcer] and spoken vocals [The Steward]:
David Shaw-Parker (voice actor)
spoken vocals [Crewnan No. 2] and spoken vocals [Irwin]:
Nick Lucas (Actor)
spoken vocals [The Coxswain]:
Mike Bell (recording engineer)
conductor:
Geoffrey Brand (conductor of brass bands)
mixed at:
Terra Incognita in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
9:17
10Hastings to Beauvais
recorded in:
the Beauvais Cathedral, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France (organ [the organ solo as the R.101 passes over Beauvais])
bass programming and drums (drum set) programming:
Judge Smith
mixer:
David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
additional guitar:
Rikki Patten (guitarist)
alto saxophone:
David Jackson (UK progressive rock saxophonist, flautist & composer)
ebow and electric guitar:
John Ellis (British guitarist, founding member of punk band The Vibrators)
ghatam [running footsteps] and tabla:
René van Commenée
organ:
Hugh Banton
shakers, talking drum and tambourine:
Pete Brown (UK poet & producer, with Cream and Jack Bruce)
sitar:
Tammo Heikens
tambura:
Tammo Heikens and René van Commenée
lead vocals [Curly]:
Judge Smith
lead vocals [The O.O.W.] and spoken vocals [An Officer]:
David Shaw-Parker (voice actor)
lead vocals [The Rigger]:
Paul Roberts (The Stranglers)
spoken vocals [A Crewman]:
Nick Lucas (Actor)
spoken vocals [The Coxswain]:
Mike Bell (recording engineer)
mixed at:
Terra Incognita in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
9:15
11The Muffled Drum
bass programming and drums (drum set) programming:
Judge Smith
mixer:
David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
acoustic guitar, lead vocals [Airey] and lead vocals [The Senior Committeeman]:
David Shaw-Parker (voice actor)
ebow and electric guitar:
John Ellis (British guitarist, founding member of punk band The Vibrators)
organ:
Hugh Banton
lead vocals [Curly]:
Judge Smith
lead vocals [The Chairman]:
Arthur Brown
lead vocals [The Junior Committeeman]:
Nick Lucas (Actor)
conductor:
Geoffrey Brand (conductor of brass bands) (other instruments [The Mystery Marching Band])
mixed at:
Terra Incognita in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
4:34
12The Final Taboo
bass programming and drums (drum set) programming:
Judge Smith
mixer:
David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
alto saxophone:
David Jackson (UK progressive rock saxophonist, flautist & composer)
ebow and electric guitar:
John Ellis (British guitarist, founding member of punk band The Vibrators)
organ:
Hugh Banton
lead vocals [Curly]:
Judge Smith
lead vocals [The Three Airshipmen]:
Arthur Brown, Pete Brown (UK poet & producer, with Cream and Jack Bruce) and Paul Roberts (The Stranglers)
spoken vocals [An Officer]:
David Shaw-Parker (voice actor)
spoken vocals [Irwin]:
Nick Lucas (Actor)
spoken vocals [The Coxswain]:
Mike Bell (recording engineer)
spoken vocals [The Medium]:
Gwendolyn Gray (actress)
mixed at:
Terra Incognita in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
6:05

Credits

Release

mastering:David Lord (British composer, engineer and producer)
mastered at:Terra Incognita in Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom