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GUESTS

ALL INSTRUMENTS & VOCALS BY CRAIG, EXCEPT FOR:

 

TRACK 1  - IGNITION

Drums: Jim Dooley (New York). Voice intro: Jean Thompson (Minnesota). Acoustic guitar ending: Bec Griffiths

TRACK 2 - THE DARK RIDER

Voice: Ruby Dennison

TRACK 4 - MUSIC BRINGS US TOGETHER

Voice: Jean Thompson (Minnesota). Voice: Olga Tolchinskaya (Moscow). Cornet: Samantha Griffiths

TRACK 5 - IN JAIL FOR TEX PERKINS

Voicemail message: Tex Perkins. Woohoos: Sky Alison

TRACK 7 - FUZZFACE FIGHTS THE NINJA

Rhythm guitar intro: Toby Griffiths

 

TRACK 12 - CARNIVALISM

Carnivalism is a soundscape containing the following audio snippets, various other voices turned into drunken dinosaurs, and a slew of carnival and other crowd recordings all made by Craig over the years. Not everyone here knows they're included. Not everyone here is still alive. Muchas gracias sinceras x

Bec Griffiths, Ben Ryan, Chris James, Diesel Dog, Finn Griffiths, Jean Thompson, Michael Beith, Pete Chaplin, Ruby Dennison, Shaun Pearce, Songsmith DJ, Steve Cook, Tim King

00:17 “It appears to me that this tape lacks a certain…” - unknown voice on a found open reel tape dated 1953

00:20 Butt drums - Bec Griffiths, Aquila Barn, Wynyard, Jan 2021

00:30 "Ok I don’t know what…” - Ruby Dennison, Midway Point, June 2021

00:35 “I feel really bad about that thing I said about Sarah’s white ears...” - Bec, June 2021

00:46 “What was that noise...” - Jean Thompson, Minnesota USA

00:50 Guitar stabs - Steve Cook, Bonville, Dec 2015

00:52 Laugh - Bec

01:07 “Get him, get him, go and get him, go and get him” - Bec + Diesel Dog, July 2020

01:19 “High five, come on, high five” - Bec

01:34 “What are your teeth sticking out for?” - Bec

01:43 “Stay seated at all times…” - Alpine Express ride, Hobart Show, Oct 2016

01:59 “Good boy” - Bec

02:24 Craig aged 15 bashing drumkit to death, plus shrieking - gig at a girls’ school, 1976

02:50 Craig playing pinball - Musee Mecanique, San Francisco, Dec 2016

02:54 “I don’t want a coffee, actually I want ten” - Ruby Dennison, Midway Point, June 2021

03:01 “But that does sounds great” (Chris James), evil laugh (Tim King), “Did it work, did that joint work?” (Ben Ryan), “Yeah, shit yeah!” (Craig), “It’s nice isn’t it?” (Ben Ryan)  - Ben’s flat, 3 Wentworth St South Hobart, 1992

03:13 "G’day, maybe I’ll talk to you some other time” - phone message, Michael Beith 2020

03:23 “You mean you’d put your guitar away and still have a cuppa?” (Tim King), “No, no, I was just interested, I’m not making you one” (Shaun Pearce) - Strickland Avenue South Hobart, 1995

03:51 Harmonica - Pete Chaplin, Mount Stuart, May 2007

04:07 “Have no worries about your troubles my friend…” - Zoltar machine, Santa Monica Pier USA, Jan 2017

04:16 Cry and giggles - baby Finn Griffiths, Bathurst St Hobart, 26 June 2021

04:33 “Then we had some Craig Griffiths…” - Songsmith, The Music Motel Los Angeles radio show USA, 2015

05:08 “Hello, can you hear me?” - Jean Thompson, Minnesota USA

05:17 Dinosaur growl - Ruby Dennison, Midway Point, June 2021

 

 

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