Hey Petrunko | ||||
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Released | 3 March 2003 | |||
Label | Rotodisc | |||
Producer | Dan Popplewell | |||
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Hey Petrunko is the second album by Ooberman, released in March 2003 on the band's own Rotodisc label. It was recorded and produced by the band.
Three singles were released in support of the album - Running Girl, Beany Bean (not featured on the album itself) and First Day of The Holidays. In addition, a mini-album with Running Girl as the lead track, and an EP centering on Bluebell Morning were released. Where Did I Go Wrong? was issued as a single under the pseudonym The Sentinels, retitled Memoirs of a Cunt.
Track listing
- "Hatch Opens" (Popplewell)
- "Bluebell Morning" (Popplewell/Flett)
- "Running Girl" (Popplewell)
- "Dreams In The Air" (Popplewell)
- "Where Did I Go Wrong?" (Popplewell)
- "Hand That Gets Burnt" (Flett)
- "SnakeDance" (Popplewell)
- "Open The Hatch" (Popplewell)
- "Cities That Fall" (Flett)
- "Abstract Sky" (Popplewell)
- "Petrunka's Dream" (Popplewell/Churney)
- "First Day of the Holidays" (Popplewell)
- "Secret World" (Popplewell)
- "The Clearing" (Popplewell)
- "Summer Nights In June" (Flett)
Personnel
Ooberman
- Sophia Churney - vocals
- Andy Flett - guitars
- Steve Flett - bass guitar
- Jaymie Ireland - drums
- Dan Popplewell - drums, vocals, guitars, violin, piano, keyboards, programming, recorder and Irish whistle
Additional players
- Andrew Carpenter - violin and viola
- Geoff Churney - voiceover
- Liz McIlwaine - cello
- Paul Walsham - drums
Recording
- Arranged, produced, mixed and mastered by Dan Popplewell at Ooberman HQ.
- All vocals and instruments except drums recorded at Ooberman HQ (December 1999-October 2002, Liverpool).
- Drums recorded by Tim Speed at Elevator Studios and Great Northern Studios by Rob Ferrier.
Equipment
Hey Petrunko was created on the following instruments:
- Tacoma acoustic [guitar]
- Mexican Telecaster
- Liz McIlwaine's cello
- Canon BJC 80 Printer Beep
- Gibson Les Paul
- Fender Jazz Bass
- £20 Chinese violin
- Andrew Carpenter's 1899 Strad copy
- Andrew Carpenter's Gresswell Viola
- Alan Kelly's Yellow Tambourine
- Skinnie's Fender Precision Bass
- Roland VS-1680 (on every track)
- Mike Doyle's Prophet 5
- Tim Speed's Juno 106
- Geoff Churney's Bechstein Grand [piano]
- Mike Doyle's Hammond B4
- Blind School Piano
- Irish Whistle
- Dictaphone
- Ludwig Super Classic 1971 Kit
- Pearl Masters Kit
- Paul Walsham's Yamaha Studio Kit
Hey Petrunko plus...
A different version of the album, entitled Hey Petrunko plus..., was released in Japan on 4 May 2003 by Art Union, featuring ten tracks from the UK version of the album, six previously released non-album tracks and two new recordings, including new song Falling Down (which later appeared on the UK release of the Carried Away album)
- "Hatch Opens" (Popplewell)
- "First Day Of The Holidays" (Popplewell)
- "Falling Down"[1] (Popplewell)
- "Heavy Duty (New Recording)"[1] (Flett)
- "Beany Bean"[2] (Popplewell)
- "Hand That Gets Burnt" (Flett)
- "Heroes And Villains"[2] (Popplewell)
- "Summer Nights In June" (Flett)
- "Car Song"[2] (Flett)
- "Bluebell Morning" (Popplewell/Flett)
- "Running Girl" (Popplewell)
- "Why Did My Igloo Collapse?"[3] (Popplewell)
- "Dolphin Blue"[4] (Popplewell)
- "Live Again (Don't Die Father)"[3] (Flett)
- "SnakeDance" (Popplewell)
- "Cities That Fall" (Flett)
- "Dreams In The Air" (Popplewell)
- "Secret World" (Popplewell)
External links
- The Magic Treehouse – Ooberman fansite