I'll Never Get A Scrumpy Here
The Wurzels

EMI Note NTS 160

Release Date: November 1978

I'll Never Get A Scrumpy Here was The Wurzels' fifth and last true album for EMI - after this only compilations were issued. It was recorded at Ashton Court Country Club near Bristol in front of an invited audience consisting of members of the Wurzels' Fan Club - a cunning move to guarantee a good response!

The album includes songs by each of the individual band members - notably Pete Budd's hymn of praise to Mevagissey - as well as a couple of typical Wurzel numbers - Funky Farmyard and the parody The Tractor Song. It also featured Tommy Banner's instrumental tour de force Somerset Jigolo, a version of which is still a popular part of their live sets today.

Band line-up: Tommy Banner (piano, organ, accordion, vocals), Tony Baylis (bass, bass guitar, sousaphone and vocals) and Pete Budd (banjo, guitar and vocals).

Additional musicians: Rod Owne & Ed Welch (keyboards), Dougie White (drums)

Producer: Bob Barrett
Arrangements & Musical Direction: Ed Welch
Recording Engineers: David Charles, Peter R. Vince, Peter Mew and Allan Rowse
Location Engineers: Phuiil Hancock and Graham Kirkby

Side 1

1. Funky Farmyard (Baylis)
2. The Tractor Song (Idra & Evan Jones)
3. Down Our Street (King)
4. I'll Never Get A Scrumpy Here (Welch)
5. Mevagissey (Budd)
6. Somerset Jigolo (Banner)

Side 2

1. Our Village Band (Baylis)
2. Two Milk Churns (McDonagh)
3. Ferry To Glastonbury (Cutler, Thomas)
4. I Got Me Beady Little Eye On Thee (Budd, Owen)
5. Wish I'd Stayed A Bachelor (Banner)
6. Drunk On A Saturday Night (Pam & Chic Warner)

Singles

• The Tractor Song c/w Funky Farmyard (May 1978)
• I'll Never Get A Scrumpy Here c/w I Got My Beady Little Eye On Thee (August 1978)
• Drunk On A Saturday Night c/w Don Juan Of The West (Feb 1980)