RICHARD JOHN-RILEY 

• SHUT UP (MY DEAR) 
• WHATEVER IT IS (WE CAN DO IT) 
• WILLOW

LABEL: TOR RECORDS

CAT. NUMBER: TOR 015

VINYL: LATHE CUT 7" SINGLE, 25 ON BLACK, 25 ON CLEAR. 

SLEEVE: GATEFOLD 7" SLEEVE WITH TRACK AND RECORDING DETAILS. 

TRACKS:

                    SHUT UP (MY DEAR) 

Guitars - Vocals, Keyboards; Richard Riley

Vocals - Lucy Morrow

Robot Voice - Willow

String Arrangement -Audrey Riley

Chris Tombling - Violin

Leo Payne - Violin

Sue Dench - Viola

Audrey Riley - Cello

Strings recorded by Asa Bennett at his studio

Vocals and guitar recorded by Robin Downe at Tesla, Sheffield

 

WHATEVER IT IS (WE CAN DO IT) 

 

Guitars, Vocals - keyboards; Richard Riley

"Old Soul" - Karel Fialka

Bass - Christian Pattemore

Drums -  Rob Brian (recorded in the kitchen at the Failka 

 

Sometimes you hear a piece of music that moves you in a way like no other. "Shut Up, My Dear" is such a piece that moved me the first time I heard it and continues to do so.  A song like no other and sung with deep and aching passion by Richard, Lucy and Willow. Willow's impact on the overall tone of the piece is a show stopper. A piece of old school computerised speech software asked to "speak" some words on the track. The interesting and very surprising aspect of this is the accentuation of the voice which is unmanipulated in any way. Words are stretched, sadness and pain are implied - it is just breathtaking. We'll get a video link on here as soon as we can. 

 

 

 

WILLOW

 

We have included the "Willow" vocal track. 

 

Whatever It Is - a dreamy Psychedelic tracks with the voice of Karel Fialka, the sort of track that you don't want to end.