Red Guitars - Steeltown

from A Journey To A Time Or Place by Various Artists

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Track taken from 'Seven Types Of Ambiguity (The BBC Sessions' album.
Released on Bandcamp on 12th January 2019. Originally released in 1993.
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Consett Steelworks, once Europe's largest, was closed down by the Thatcher government in 1980. The song Steeltown was inspired by a visit to Consett in the aftermath of the closure when its devastating impact on the local community was becoming apparent.

Steeltown from 'Seven Types of Ambiguity (The BBC Sessions)' which was originally released in 1993 featuring a collection of BBC Radio Sessions recorded for John Peel, Kid Jensen, Simon Mayo and Janice Long radio shows. It featured copious sleeve notes with archive photos and press cuttings by Tim Joseph of WHERE? magazine.

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I hear the steeltown is closing down,
All the mills are rusting.
Everybody's got a new car,
With the redundancy money they pay.
Things are looking grim,
See the wolves, they're closing in.
It doesn't matter how I vote,
The same confederacy of fools get in.
Eh-arrumba sing a simple song,
Steeltown is closing down.
Steel is the backbone,
Of every modern nation.
Mills are closing down,
There's an end to moderation.
The pound is coming down,
Economy's inflating.
People on the streets,
It's the second industrial revolution.
Eh-arrumba sing a simple song,
Steeltown is closing down.
Steal away a steeltown,
Steal away a way of life.

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from A Journey To A Time Or Place, released April 30, 2020
Vocals Jeremy Kidd
Lead guitar Hallam Lewis
Rhythm guitar John Rowley
Drums Matthew Higgins
Bass Lou Duffy-Howard
Lyrics by Jeremy Kidd, music by Hal Lewis

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