The Wurzels and Adge Cutler Discography
The
Combine Harvester
The Wurzels
EMI
One-Up OU2138 (vinyl)
EMI TC-EXE 203 (cassette)
Release
Date: July 1976
A
live album recorded at the Yew Tree Country Club in
Langford, Avon. The recording includes the between-song
banter among the boys, hence the smaller number of songs
included than usual. Contains their UK number one smash
hit single The Combine Harvester (Brand
New Key), and the equally popular The
Blackbird. Also notable for the classic Adge
Cutler song Down In Nempnett Thrubwell,
previously unrecorded.
Band
line-up: Tommy
Banner
(piano, organ, accordion, vocals),
Tony
Baylis (bass, bass guitar, sousaphone
and vocals) and Pete Budd (banjo,
guitar and vocals).
Producer:
Bob Barrett
Recording Engineer: Tony Clark
Producer:
Bob Barrett
Recording Engineer: Tony Clark
Assistant Engineer: Alan Rowse
Mastering at EMI's Abbey Road Studios: Harry Moss
Introduced by Mike Palmer
With thanks to Andy White (drummer), Dougie Wright (drummer)
and The Keith Monk Sound (???) for their support!
Front
cover photo by Peter Vernon, taken at Failand Lodge
Farm (courtesy of Mr Mervyn Down).
The cover included a warning: "This picture was
specially posed and should on no account be imitated"!
The cartoons on the reverse side of the album sleeve
were drawn by 'Larry', and are enlarged
below.
John
Miles' sleeve notes from the back
of the album are reproduced below.
Side
1
- The Blackbird (new lyrics & adaptions: Banner,
Budd, Baylis)
- Somerset Born And Proud (Budd)
- Keep Yer 'And On Yer 'Alfpenny (Glasgow)
- Crabapple Hill (King)
- Middle For Diddle (Sheldon, Beecham)
Side
2
- The Combine Harvester [Brand New Key] (Safka)
- Let There Not Be Light (Sheldon, Beecham)
- Down In Nempnett Thrubwell (Cutler, Davis)
- Call Of The West (King)
- My Somerset Crumpet Horn (Baylis, Banner)
Singles
No
other singles were released from the album. The two
follow-up singles I
Am A Cider Drinker c/w Back Of My Old Car
and Morning
Glory c/w Rock Around The A38 released
in the autumn of 1976 were not included on any albums
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LP
sleeve artwork
LP
sleeve reverse side
Side
1 of the album disc
Side
2 of the album disc
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Front
of the cassette sleeve
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Back
of the cassette sleeve
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Side
1 of the cassette release |
Side
2 of the cassette release |
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Sleeve
Notes
Adge
Cutler called at my office one sunny afternoon in June 1966,
stoney broke but for some songs he had written. In the next
couple of hours the idea of Adge Cutler and The Wurzels was
conceived.
The
next eight years are now history, but on May 6th 1974 Adge
was tragically killed in a road accident.
It
was felt there was no way could we replace a character like
Adge so The Wurzels decided to continue on their own and develop
a new act with some of the old format and plenty of their
own new material, which I am very pleased to say is proving
very successful as they work constantly all over the country
in a wide variety of venues from the best cowsheds to top
theatres.
The
Wurzels, in case you don’t already know, are three very
talented and funny young men on and off stage, and consist
of:
Pete
Budd, nicknamed Rose because of his surname. He sings and
plays guitar and banjo. Played for many years in a number
of different bands before becoming a Wurzel. Spends ten per
cent of his spare time catching fish and the other ninety
per cent eating them.
Tommy Banner, who sings, plays accordion, organ and piano,
and has been a Wurzel for nearly ten years. Plays most sports
including football, tennis, squash and golf.
Tony
Baylis, who sings, plays bass guitar and Sousaphone, and has
been a Wurzel nearly as long as Tommy Enjoys selling and spends
ninety per cent of his spare time catching lash and the other
ten percent eating them. (Not as good a fisherman as Pete)
May
I thank you for purchasing this album, as you have proved
beyond doubt that The Wurzels made the right decision to continue,
and I hope you will enjoy the songs and humour of The Wurzels
for many years to come.
JOHN
MILES
Personal Manager for THE WURZELS
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Cartoons
by 'Larry' from the reverse side of the album sleeve
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