Hi all,
Some of you might remember that a way back, I mentioned the band "The Land
Canaan" (myself & my wife, Jodie) on the list... thanks for the positive
responses from many of you.
Finally, the album is available! It's called "On leaving", and it's
available *exclusively* through mp3.com.
http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/42/the_land_canaan.html
You can download all the tracks, or you can be lovely and buy the CD. I'll
make a list of all purchasers, and if I upload first, I'll bring you all
with me. That's got to be worth a few ducats :-) Plus there's a beautiful
image of the Whirlpool galaxy on the cover. If enough people shell out cash,
you might even make it to extro5, where you might easily convince me to hum
you a few bars :-)
Anyone who has positive comments about the album, please don't feel that you
have to send them to me privately... I'm not too shy to accept public
endorsement and praise. OTOH, if you don't like it, you are more than
welcome to keep that to yourself.
Emlyn
btw - Many of you will click with our only "cover" song (much altered!),
Wild Child. 1 gram of computronium goes to the first person who can work out
the original band & song (please allow some decades for delivery). I've
included the lyrics below (which are modified from the original a tad); all
lyrics for the album are available at the link above, and inside the cd
cover.
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