NEW UP-DATE MAY 2023
I have now added all the Rod Felton tracks - live and home recordings that have been sent to this site - over 60 tracks - to a new Sound Click Audio site for Rod - you can scroll down the listing and listen or click on a specially created album. These include his popular folk club songs, some early blues and ragtime tracks, try outs an d backing tracks and two pop songs produced by award winning Coventry Two Tone producer Roger Lomas - Driving You Crazy and Keeping it Secret.
Click to listen to Rod's https://www.soundclick.com/artist/default.cfm?bandID=1514876
Roger Lomas says "Both ‘Driving You Crazy’ and ‘Keep It A Secret’ are tracks that I recorded with Rod at Southern Music Studios in Denmark Street in London in either 1969 or very early 70s. I have the original 1/4” tapes buried in my loft somewhere!!!! Me and Rod worked together on those songs to make them as commercial as possible, but like many
tracks back in the day… they never got released. I’ve got a feeling that the tapes I’ve got are better ‘takes’ than those two. I’m playing lead guitar and top harmony vocals on both of them. I was signed to Southern Music Publishing at the time, and took Rod down with me to demo those songs before they were recorded properly, I think that the copies you have are the demos."
tracks back in the day… they never got released. I’ve got a feeling that the tapes I’ve got are better ‘takes’ than those two. I’m playing lead guitar and top harmony vocals on both of them. I was signed to Southern Music Publishing at the time, and took Rod down with me to demo those songs before they were recorded properly, I think that the copies you have are the demos."
Graham Bradshaw "It's time for a dig through all the old tapes. I have some cassette recordings from the Freemasons, which definitely contain some by Rod. I also have all the tapes from the Come Together concert in 1983 in memory of Hazel Lester. There is a complete set of Grunt Band recordings there" If you have any tapes of Rod or The New Modern Idiot Grunt and would like them to be added here - contact Hobo Admin (Trev) here hobozine@googlemail.com
Rod Felton - Home Recordings and Live Songs from Coventry Music Scene on Vimeo.
12 Tracks - Curly* - No Doubt about it (Live) - I Want to be free (ska)- I Want to get there my way - Here with Me - Interplanetary Trucker (Live) - Your Love's Good for me* - Lady baby gypsy queen* - Love is (Taken by Surprise) (double tracked vocals) - Liberty Bell* - My Old Man* - Really don't believe she's true* (with fiddles).
This set is a mix of home recorded and live tracks featuring some of his popular songs. It comes courtesy of Rod's sister - Jan Felton.
Another 6 Tracks uploaded to Sound Cloud by Dave Cooper of Dando Shafthttps://soundcloud.com/dave-cooper-32
Tracks on the player include
1 Ugly
2 The Mermaid
3 Really Don't Believe She's True
4 Folkin' Superstar
5 It Takes Some Time
6 Tarzan
3 Interplanetary Trucker / Folkin' Superstar.
https://soundcloud.com/bam-bam-music-productions
1 Your Love's Good For Me
2 My Old Dad
3 Liberty Bell
4 Lady Baby Gypsy Queen
5 I Wanna be Free
6 Her Gentle Squeeze
4 New Modern Idiot Grunt Band - Two Live Tracks.
NEW There's a Rod Felton track on the New Alternative Sounds Album called Take me Away.
It has bass and drums on it. Nigel Meffen tells us it's an unreleased track from 1971 featuring some of the Stavely Makepiece musicians This Rod Felton track features: Steve Tayton, Rob Woodward, Don Ker, Steve Johnson and Nigel Fletcher. Stavely Makepiece (from which Lieutenant Pigeon was an offshoot) recorded on the Spark label around this time and so the track could be one of those earmarked for the proposed Spark album mentioned in the Pete Clemons article further on in this blog. Roger Lomas has confirmed it is not one of the two tracks that he recorded so presumably Stavely Makepiece produced and recorded the track.
Follow the link here
https://alternativesounds.bandcamp.com/track/take-me-away
Other links and information.
AND I LOVE YOU by Rod Felton
One of his most popular songs of the early 70's was "And I Love You" and was played in open D tuning. He'd sing the verses soft as if singing to his lover and then for the chorus would bring in his considerable vocal power. Pete Willow tells me that several Coventry singers covered this popular Coventry song. First published in Folks - Pete Willow's Coventry folk magazine 1979.
These 'albums' have been made possible from material mainly sent in by Jan Felton, Tim Parsons, Marko Krnjulac. Links to other sources of material, such as Bim Bam and Dave Cooper's site will be added.
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These are some videos I created before the Sound Click site was created. Three video albums to appear here and some Single Videos.
1. Lady Baby Gypsy Queen. A Studio Album.Non live tracks that may give a glimpse of what the supposed American album may have sounded like.
2. Interplanetary Folkin' Superstar - Rod Felton Live Leicester.
3. Rod Felton - Desert Rat - Live tracks from various sources.
Singles / Maxi Singles (Videos) Singles and EP's he may have made!
1 Lady Baby Gypsy Queen - Single.
Lady Baby Gypsy Queen - Rod Felton from Rod Felton - Singer Songwriter on Vimeo.
2 The Reggae Rod Felton EP - including I want to Be Free (Studio). Hey Girl,My Name's Not Tarzan (Live); I Want to be Free (Live).
The Reggae Rod Felton EP, (3 tracks) from Rod Felton - Singer Songwriter on Vimeo.
These are some videos I created before the Sound Click site was created. Three video albums to appear here and some Single Videos.
1. Lady Baby Gypsy Queen. A Studio Album.Non live tracks that may give a glimpse of what the supposed American album may have sounded like.
2. Interplanetary Folkin' Superstar - Rod Felton Live Leicester.
3. Rod Felton - Desert Rat - Live tracks from various sources.
Singles / Maxi Singles (Videos) Singles and EP's he may have made!
1 Lady Baby Gypsy Queen - Single.
Lady Baby Gypsy Queen - Rod Felton from Rod Felton - Singer Songwriter on Vimeo.
2 The Reggae Rod Felton EP - including I want to Be Free (Studio). Hey Girl,My Name's Not Tarzan (Live); I Want to be Free (Live).
The Reggae Rod Felton EP, (3 tracks) from Rod Felton - Singer Songwriter on Vimeo.
Curly by Rod Felton
Rod Felton - Desert Rock - Starlight
These are two live recordings from the Old Dyers Arms in Coventry recorded on cassette in the late 70's by Marko Krnjulac. Desert Rock is a lively entertaining number and Starlight is an evocative and poetic No to contrast Rod's many styles.
Rod Felton - And I Love You / My Lady
These 2 live tracks were recorded on cassette by Marko Krnjulap at the Three Tuns in Coventry c 1972 and the video features Rod's songs And I Love You and My Lady.Rod Felton - Home Recordings and Live Songs from Coventry Music Scene on Vimeo.
12 Tracks - Curly* - No Doubt about it (Live) - I Want to be free (ska)- I Want to get there my way - Here with Me - Interplanetary Trucker (Live) - Your Love's Good for me* - Lady baby gypsy queen* - Love is (Taken by Surprise) (double tracked vocals) - Liberty Bell* - My Old Man* - Really don't believe she's true* (with fiddles).
Another 6 Tracks uploaded to Sound Cloud by Dave Cooper of Dando Shafthttps://soundcloud.com/dave-cooper-32
Tracks on the player include
1 Ugly
2 The Mermaid
3 Really Don't Believe She's True
4 Folkin' Superstar
5 It Takes Some Time
6 Tarzan
3 Interplanetary Trucker / Folkin' Superstar.
https://soundcloud.com/bam-bam-music-productions
1 Your Love's Good For Me
2 My Old Dad
3 Liberty Bell
4 Lady Baby Gypsy Queen
5 I Wanna be Free
6 Her Gentle Squeeze
4 New Modern Idiot Grunt Band - Two Live Tracks.
NEW There's a Rod Felton track on the New Alternative Sounds Album called Take me Away.
It has bass and drums on it. Nigel Meffen tells us it's an unreleased track from 1971 featuring some of the Stavely Makepiece musicians This Rod Felton track features: Steve Tayton, Rob Woodward, Don Ker, Steve Johnson and Nigel Fletcher. Stavely Makepiece (from which Lieutenant Pigeon was an offshoot) recorded on the Spark label around this time and so the track could be one of those earmarked for the proposed Spark album mentioned in the Pete Clemons article further on in this blog. Roger Lomas has confirmed it is not one of the two tracks that he recorded so presumably Stavely Makepiece produced and recorded the track.
Follow the link here
https://alternativesounds.bandcamp.com/track/take-me-away
Other links and information.
AND I LOVE YOU by Rod Felton
One of his most popular songs of the early 70's was "And I Love You" and was played in open D tuning. He'd sing the verses soft as if singing to his lover and then for the chorus would bring in his considerable vocal power. Pete Willow tells me that several Coventry singers covered this popular Coventry song. First published in Folks - Pete Willow's Coventry folk magazine 1979.
Another of Rod Felton's lyrics from Folks magazine
Some footage of Rod Felton on youtube
Published on youtube 2010 by Keith Farrelly
"Take Me Away" by Rod Felton Rod Felton 24th August 1942 to 26th March 2014
Published by: Makepeace Music Rod Felton (vocals) Instruments by some or all of: Rod Felton, Steve Tayton, Rob Woodward, Don Ker, Steve Johnson and Nigel Fletcher. Mastered by Martin Bowes at the Cage, Coventry for "Alternative Sounds, Volume Two" Available on "Alternative Sounds Volume Two" https://alternativesounds.bandcamp.com/album/alternative-sounds-volume-2
Published by: Makepeace Music Rod Felton (vocals) Instruments by some or all of: Rod Felton, Steve Tayton, Rob Woodward, Don Ker, Steve Johnson and Nigel Fletcher. Mastered by Martin Bowes at the Cage, Coventry for "Alternative Sounds, Volume Two" Available on "Alternative Sounds Volume Two" https://alternativesounds.bandcamp.com/album/alternative-sounds-volume-2
At Whitefriars - published on youtube 2011 by Keith Farrelly
Sunbathing - published 2011 on youtube by Keith Farrelly
Published 2011 on youtube by Keith Farrelly
Published 2011 on youtube by Keith Farrelly
Rod Felton at Brinklow 2007
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