Continuing our Norfolk series of tracks, this is 'Castle Rising'
Castle Rising is a 12th Century Castle near Kings Lynn which was one owned by the mother of Edward III, Queen Isabella, following her part in the murder of her Edward I (Norfolk ways...)
Soundclouders click here to hear it
The video is on Youtube - click here to watch
Drone footage is courtesy of our friend (and occasional Sea Cadet) Graham Cooke at Drone People.
We decided to cover a mighty tune by the Sheringham Springsteen himself, Allan Smethurst. Anyone casting a slight against the Singing Postman is liable to find themselves overstamped.
Have you got a Soundcloud boi ? Listen here if so...
The Old North Walsham Line video is 5G compliant and exempt from social distancing. Watch it here
Its been so long since we saw the light......
A cover of a song by The Red Lights, it featured on the 'Farewell to the Roxy' LP in 1978.
Our version can be found on Soundcloud here...
There are many new items added into the Kings Lynn bands archive that the scope of it has widened from 80s bands and the archive is now called Kings Lynn bands 1977-1997.
Bands added or given their own pages include Passion Flower Hotel, The Chances, Reality, Section A and the Nuclear Socketts. Out of The Garage has been added to the Fanzines section.
Winston have had music added including one track that has never been previously released, same goes for The Slugs / Obsession
Music and more information has also been added to the Exploding Hamsters page
Photos, tickets and posters have been stolen from various FB sites and liberally sprinkled round
If you have anything for the archive, let us know.
A tape of a 1980 Exploding Hamsters gig in Pentney has turned up. One track, Burn The Norcat Down, is featured on our Exploding Hamsters Page.
Hello ! We've now got a range of merchandise including Facemasks and Tshirts as well as a range of gifts featuring photography by Elizabeth Blatch.
Forty years ago, the Exploding Hamsters played a free gig at Pentney Abbey, The Sea Cadets re-recorded one of the tracks they played that night in celebration.
Nice article and Rob looks good 🙂
“Mr Rix spoke fondly…”
The new Sea Cadets album 'Here Come The Sea Cadets' is released on January 4th 2019 on Rural Tension Records (ARTLP2)
Preorders - via this link - will not only receive the CD before Christmas but receive one of our new Bands FC inspired badges and pay no postage at all.
Think of all the people who would want one of these in their stockings 😉
Download copies of the album will contain 8 tracks,
1 Here Come The Sea Cadets
2 The Houses Of Diss
3 Hamsters Are Playing
4 Lost In Time
5 Gott Im Himmel (Not on the CD)
6 For Essex Calves A Pasture
7 Born By The Ouse
8 Furious
The album is downloadable from the usual places and streamable via Spotify, links updated as we have them
To purchase the album on Apple Music, click HERE
The CD version contains 4 bonus tracks
Back Cover and badge
Tracklist / CD Image - Scroll down the last few posts to hear/see some of the tracks.