B i o g r a p h y (by Andy Kellman & Thom Jurek)
Nostalgia 77 features the production work of Benedic Lamdin, who shifts between relying upon samples and musicians as raw material for his processed tracks. After some singles for the 7Sevens label, he released his first album, Songs for My Funeral, in 2004, and followed that with 2005's The Garden, issued on Ubiquity; Borderlands and Sevens & Eights: Recorded Live at the Jazz Cafe in 2006; and then Everything Under the Sun the next year. In 2008, the album Weapons of Jazz Destruction was released by Tru Thoughts under the Nostalgia 77 Octet moniker. Landin (who played guitar) expanded his concept group to include drums, upright bass, brass, reeds, and winds. After a collection entitled Nostalgia 77's One Offs, Remixes & B-Sides, in 2009 Landin enlisted British jazz and improv legends pianist Keith Tippett and vocalist Julie Tippetts for Nostalgia 77 Sessions, Vol. 1, another full-ensemble recording that featured upright bass, saxophones, guitar, and drums in addition to piano and vocals. Landin also acted as producer and engineer for the date. Throughout the latter half of the 21st century's first decade, Landin concerned himself with a lot of production work on albums by Jeb Loy Nichols, Elizabeth Parks, Larry Stabbins, Alice Russell, Sara Mitra, Fringe Magnetic, and Golden Age of Steam. In the early spring of 2011, Nostalgia 77 released the most eclectic and far-reaching album to date with Sleepwalking Society (on Tru Thoughts), featuring German vocalist Josa Peit; the set walked the line between classic Ellingtonian jazz, British folk, and even blues
The Garden
Seven Nation Army ( The White Stripes cover ) Alice Russell : I'm gonna fight 'em off A seven nation army couldn't hold me back They're gonna rip it off Taking their time right behind my back And I'm talking to myself at night Because I can't forget Back and forth through my mind Behind a cigarette And the message coming from my eyes Says leave it alone Don't want to hear about it Every single one's got a story to tell Everyone knows about it From the Queen of England to the hounds of hell And if I catch it coming back my way I'm gonna serve it to you And that ain't what you want to hear But that's what I'll do And the feeling coming from my bones Says find a home I'm going to Wichita Far from this opera for evermore I'm gonna work the straw Make the sweat drip out of every pore And I'm bleeding, and I'm bleeding And I'm bleeding right before the lord All my words are gonna bleed from me And I will think no more And the stains coming from my blood Tell me go back home Yeah back home
Everything Under The Sun
*** Thanx a lot to Richard for these lyrics ***
Wildflower Wildflower In winter you sleep Cold in the ground Never a sound Wildflower Wildflower In springtime you wake Leaves reaching up to the sun Starting to speak Wildflower, wildflower You love the ??? of your kind We love the valleys and mountains Summer is here Wildflower, wildflower, wildflower Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin Now autumn runs red No warm rays are shed But you left a beautiful seed asleep in your bed Wildflower, wildflower, wildflower Wildflower, wildflower, wildflower
Stop To Make A Change There ain't only one way to start a new beginning It should be nice and easy if everybody's willing You could take a tablet, see a doctor or a shrink You could hit a reefer, the needle or a drink Stop right there, you wanna make a change, listen here And you will start to recognise that there ain't only one way to start a new beginning We've got to earn a living, we've got to speak our minds Got to be relaxed for we've got to get up early Life just ain't that easy but we've got to change our minds That's the bottom line, it's all the same old story Now everywhere you turn, boys and girls are working for the man Impossible equation, a lunatics vocation Armies on the march and an infidel's in charge The planet's upside down, the world is out of rhythm Our dream's are only songs that's falling off the horizons to the earth Stop right there, you wanna make a change The planet's upside down and the band is out of rhythm The band is upside down and the planet's out of time You wanna make a change you gotta stop to make it better Change to make it stop, stop to make a change The band is out of planets and the rhythm's out of time The rhythm makes a change and the band is upside down You gotta make a change if you want to make it better Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin There ain't only one way to start a new beginning It should be nice and easy if everybody's willing You could take a tablet, see a doctor or a shrink You could hit a reefer, the needle or a drink Stop right there, you wanna make a change, listen here And you will start to recognise that there ain't only one way to start a new beginning Stop right there, you wanna make a change The planet's upside down and the band is out of rhythm The band is upside down and the planet's out of time You wanna make a change you gotta stop to make it better Change to make it stop, stop to make a change The band is out of planets and the rhythm's out of time The rhythm makes a change and the band is upside down You gotta make a change if you want to make it better
Little Steps We take little steps, it's easier We take little breaths and learn to talk We dream little dreams of fantastic scenes And we wish on little stars twinkling We take little sips on magic drinks And close our eyes and watch kaleidoscopes Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin We watch little waves, for what little spray Reach out little hands, give thanks and praise For the little things and the simple things For the wind, the sea, the sun And now we sit upon the earth Picking fruit from little trees See the birds spread little wings And watch clouds dance around the sun
Eastwind Eastwind is blowing Black clouds away And the cobwebs in the corners She blows at night, she blows the day Eastwind is blowing The storms they come It blows through the bitter night Evil's on the run Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin From the desert to the mountains Through the valleys to the seas Across the oceans to the city Eastwind, the wind of change
Quiet Dawn Your frame is a slender tree And hands two sprawling leaves Your mouth, a quiet dawn Your hair, a waterfall Your eyes, stars astral light Slow whispers of infinity That draw me closer to your body night by night And my love is a satellite Spinning, spinning Spinning, spinning Your questions are impossible Galaxies and moonlight flow Angry tides and fallow lands And our universe expands Your footprints are maps to me Under sunlight speckled woods You'll feed me in the failing light A simple meal of gravity Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin And all my love is a satellite Spinning, spinning Spinning, spinning Spinning, spinning, spinning You reached into space for me Held my orbit evenly, certain of infinity But moons and comets die eventually And when we go, go in peace When our spirits go free And the world's only grey Quiet dawning galaxy oh And my love is a satellite Spinning, spinning Spinning, spinning, spinning Oh spinning
Steps Of The Sun I remember the time long before the earth Long before the stars and the universe I remember a time before civilisation Before wars, before myself I remember a day before the pharaoh's reign When spirits lied and echoes played And when we arrived from our journey weary We will find a land so divine on the steps of the sun Rob from always on the run dot net is so bad and copy paste is a sin I remember the time long before the earth Long before the stars and the universe When we didn't fight for right or wrong When we listen to the earth and the childrens song I remember a time in a land far away When spirits lie and echoes play And now we arrive from our journey weary And find a land so divine on the steps of the sun
The Sleepwalking Society
Sleepwalker You’re not always born on the good foot Can’t always open the right door You walk with your eyes closed You’re gonna hit the wall Or fall into a hole When you're in that hole Open your eyes Sleepwalker Sleepwalker Some are lucky but you’ve got to know There ain’t always be a way back home Like a puppet on a string He’s just trying to do his thing Make his own way Live day to day Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Open your eyes Sleepwalker Sleepwalker Sleepwalker Sleepwalker People turning back on you 'Cause you ain't playing by the rules You say life is a game I say it's a shame You must play Your own game Can't sound the same You must open your eyes Sleepwalker You are a sleepwalker Sleepwalker Beautiful lie Lie lie lie lie lie Lie lie lie lie lie Beautiful forgetting Memories You flee the trees Like fickle leaves With nothing more to say You don't need to run away Or be afraid Or even stay You don’t need to be brave To stay Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Lie lie lie lie lie Lie lie lie lie lie Beautiful forgetting All those memories You flee the mind in a tear To the weir downstream Then you dry like a photograph You don't need to be afraid Or run away Or even say You don’t need to be brave To stay Lie lie lie lie lie Lie lie lie lie lie Lie lie lie lie lie Lie lie lie lie lie Simmerdown Simmerdown, simmerdown, simmerdown Simmerdown, lay your head down Simmerdown, simmerdown, simmerdown Simmerdown, lay your head down When you can't wake up When you can't sleep You grow tired Drifting down stream Simmerdown, simmerdown Simmerdown, lay your head down Simmerdown, simmerdown Simmerdown, lay your head down Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Children singing from your hymnal Lay your head down Father singing swing low, swing low Lay your head down You can leave the door ajar In the morning I'll be there Fast asleep by your side Breathing deep Simmerdown, simmerdown Simmerdown, lay your head down Simmerdown, simmerdown Simmerdown, lay your head down Simmerdown, lay your head down Lay your head Simmerdown, lay your head Lay your head, lay your head Down Golden morning Golden morning Golden morning Golden morning We walk in Golden morning Out across the dew Take strength Take strength To catch the light Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Golden morning Golden morning Golden morning Blue shadow I've got a blue shadow Falling from a yellow flower In the window facing east Clock stopped on the hour It's just another day Pretty as the last So how can I feel down When there's so much love around Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Blue shadow, blue shadow Blue shadow, blue shadow Blue shadow, blue shadow I've got a blue shadow Weave me a blanket out of wire And all the pretty scraps And memories That fall between the cracks Preserve the happy times And keep the cold from me So I'll pull it up and lay low Down with my blue shadow I've got blue shadow, blue shadow Blue shadow, blue shadow Blue shadow, blue shadow I've got a blue shadow I've got a blue Blue shadow, blue shadow Blue shadow, blue shadow Blue shadow, blue shadow I've got a blue shadow Mockingbird Father, father You're gonna be a father now Father, father You're gonna be a father now Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin You're all grown up You never felt more like a child First you learn to cry Then you learn to talk First you need a hand Then you learn to walk Then you say I love you Somewhere in the dark Lullaby, lullaby Who’ll sing lullaby Lullaby, lullaby Who’ll sing lullaby And who will mind the mockingbird Who will mind the mockingbird Lullaby, lullaby Who’ll sing lullaby Lullaby, lullaby Who’ll sing lullaby Lullaby, lullaby Who’ll sing lullaby Lullaby, lullaby Who’ll sing lullaby Lullaby, lullaby Who’ll sing lullaby Lullaby, lullaby Cherry Cherry blossom Should be your name You were gone As soon as you came When the first wind shook your branch Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Cherry blossom Won’t you stay Just for another Another day Or in the morn would you be gone Away, away Perfect ain't perfect anymore Perfect ain't perfect I heard him say I’d rather leave than grieve for you And this picture ain't a picture either anymore Though I know it was before Before the grey wind took me up Away, away We were married every afternoon In the street, outside the school But in the morning you were gone Cherry blossom, should be your name You were gone, as soon as you came When the first wind shook your branch When the first wind took you up When the grey wind took you up Away
A Journey Too Far What Do You Know I could have been like you If my life were different Towed a different line Drank a different wine But it ain't so What do you know, what do you know But it ain't so What do you know, what do you know Took a train eight hours East Send some money home I think of you all every night Dream I'm not alone But it ain't so What do you know, what do you know But it ain't so What do you know, what do you know What do you know about your love Sleeping peaceful as a dove Does he dream of you Or someone else Living in two states of mind I went but you left me behind Now we look for thread to bind Our love back together Now we look for thread to bind Our love back together Now we look for thread to bind Our love back together Now we look for thread to bind Our love back together Crescent City Crescent city, Crescent city, oh Halfway to where I'm going to I pass you by and then who knows When I'll next see you my pretty rose Like laughing, like laughing, like laughing Or crying, oh When will I next see you O my wandering soul Now there's a madman on the heath He's praying for some sweet relief So he sits down and he thinks When that crescent moon glows pink Like laughing, like laughing, like laughing Or crying, oh What is dust to dust like you O my wandering soul Looking at the moon but I'm thinking of the sun Looking at the moon but I'm thinking of the sun Looking at the moon but I'm thinking of the sun, thinking of the sun Thinking of... If I could choose I'd become dust I'd pass like orange metal rust Into the wind the licking air When I'd travel far from here Like laughing, like laughing, like laughing Or crying, oh What is dust to dust like you O my wandering soul Crescent city, Crescent city, oh Half way to where I'm going to I pass you by and then who knows When I'll next see you my pretty rose Like laughing, like laughing, like laughing Or crying, oh When will I next see you My wandering soul Looking at the moon but I'm thinking of the sun Looking at the moon but I'm thinking of the sun Looking at the moon but I'm thinking of the sun, thinking of the sun Thinking of... Looking at the moon but I'm thinking of the sun Looking at the moon but I'm thinking of the sun Looking at the moon but I'm thinking of the sun, thinking of the sun Thinking of the sun Don't Run Oh, momma don't run Don't run, don't run Now don't run, don't run Though the feeling is strong Momma don't run Don't run, don't run You know you've got Too much love to give Now baby don't cry Don't cry, don't cry Don't cry, don't cry Those tears Baby don't cry Don't cry, don't cry You know you've got Too much love to live And if you wake in the night With your chest feeling tight Oh, momma don't run Don't run, don't run You know you've got Too much love to give And if you wake in the night With your chest feeling tight Oh, momma don't run Don't run, don't run You know you've got Too much love to give Your love weighs a tonne Your love weighs a tonne It's too heavy for me And I can't carry on Another day Your love weighs a tonne Your love weighs a tonne You told me stories of a time before Before I knew what love was for Before anger opened up the door And I can't take it anymore Your love weighs a tonne Your love weighs a tonne Your love weighs a tonne And I keep on holding on But I'm gonna drop this weight before long I keep on holding on But I'm gonna drop this weight before long Won't you help me make the grade I don't want to lose this love we made Won't you help me to get straight Help me carry this weight Cause I keep on holding on But I'm gonna drop this weight before long I keep on holding on But I'm gonna drop this weight before long Your love weighs a tonne Your love weighs a tonne Backlash Backlash, the Backlash Backlash, the Backlash Drive too hard Push too far People won't stand Another losing hand Backlash, the Backlash Backlash, the Backlash Man with no name You fade away People won't stand Another losing hand Ramshackle Rose When you're long gone Sun don't shine and the moon don't glow When you're long gone When you're long gone Rain don't rain and the wind don't blow When you're long gone When you're long gone When you're long gone There's no chance like a second chance No chance like a second chance There's no chance like a second chance No chance like a second chance She was a ramshackle, ramshackle Ramshackle rose Ramshackle, ramshackle Ramshackle rose Ramshackle, ramshackle Ramshackle rose Ramshackle, ramshackle Ramshackle rose When you're long gone Nobody knows whose side you're on When you're long gone When you're long gone Nobody tells you right from wrong When you're long gone When you're long gone When you're long gone There's no chance like a second chance No chance like a second chance There's no chance like a second chance No chance like a second chance She was a ramshackle, ramshackle Ramshackle rose Ramshackle, ramshackle Ramshackle rose Ramshackle, ramshackle Ramshackle rose Ramshackle, ramshackle Ramshackle rose When you're long gone There's no chance like a second chance No chance like a second chance There's no chance like a second chance No chance like a second chance There's no chance like a second chance No chance like a second chance There's no chance like a second chance No chance like a second chance My Lord My Lord knows just where I've been On a gilded road with boots of tin And a suit that lets the bullets in I keep marching on Marching on to glory, I keep marching on Marching on to glory, yeah I keep marching on My Lord says that I'll be saved Have everything I ever craved So I'm not to be afraid I just keep marching on Marching on to glory, yeah I keep marching on Marching on to glory, I keep marching on So it seems that today's my day My day to walk the glory way But if heaven's full of men like you Then I'll take hell and the devil too Marching on to glory, yeah I keep marching on Marching on to glory, I keep marching on Marching on to glory, yeah I keep marching on Marching on to glory, I keep marching on Medicine chest I can't find the keys to the medicine chest Got a pain in my head and a pain in my chest Losing my teeth and no relief 'Til we blow the lock on the castle keep Oh the medicine chest Oh the medicine chest Oh the medicine chest Where I keep my oil in the pill jar Two way mirror talking midnight terror John Paul's melting head gone forever Three times screaming head Bacon triptych Five times slaughterhouse Vonnegut mystery Oh the medicine chest Oh the medicine chest Oh the medicine chest Where I keep my oil in the pill jar No way back into the dream for me A false leg glass eye skeleton key Owls on the road side screech, hey hey And there's no way back into the dream for me Oh the medicine chest Oh the medicine chest Oh the medicine chest Where I keep my oil in the pill jar An angel with no halo The ducks fly across the room from left to right Past the mirror and the antique light And the Pacific wind is blowing your ship in Do you wanna know, where everybody goes When the bar is empty like the bottle Or a lorry with no payload An angel with no halo An angel with no halo An angel with no halo An angel with no halo An angel with no halo An angel with no halo An angel with no halo The ducks fly across the room from left to right Past the mirror and the antique light And the Pacific wind is blowing your ship in Do you wanna know, where everybody goes When the bar is empty like the bottle Or a lorry with no payload An angel with no halo One There's not only one love, not only one love Not only one love in this world my dear There's not only one love, not only one love Not only one love in this world my dear I've been watching hours, see them come and go Yes they come and go, yes they come and go, oh Watching hours for someone I used to know I've been watching hours for someone Our friends said I told you so, they said I told you so You could wait forever for a heart you'll never know Love it comes and goes, love it comes and goes And you could wait forever for someone There's not only one love, not only one love Not only one love in this world my dear There's not only one love, not only one love Not only one love in this world my dear I see time passing, see time passing by Like crystal halos that float across the sky A thing of beauty flashing past the eye A thing of beauty passing by So why don't you try Some loving of a different kind That's good to hold and easy to find My love is easy to find There's not only one love, not only one love Not only one love in this world my dear There's not only one love, not only one love Not just one love in this world my dear Not only one, not only one love Not only one, not only one love Not only one, not only one love Not only one, not only one love Like Dark to light You held on to the winter Held on to make it right Like a leaf to a branch Like hope to a glance Like dark to light You were swimming in the to and fro Nothing but a laughter low Opened up, like I did to you Light up, like a picture show From dark to light And we worried about the cares The wolves and melting ice About trying to be nice You held on to the winter Held on to make it right Like a leaf to a branch Like hope to a glance Like dark to light You were swimming in the to and fro Nothing but a laughter low Opened up, like I did to you Light up, like a picture show From dark to light