The Preachers have been working on a new CD, "HAPPY SONGS".
The album was released at the Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival
Join THE DOOMSDAY LIST for e-mail info on the album and opportunities to get you hands on "HAPPY SONGS"
Here's the run-down on our previous work:
Gettin' Ready To Go!
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Tim "Wailin' Rev." Wilson - vocals, harmonicas, wild claps, whoops & yells
Russell "The Baker Boy" - vocals, 1960 Harmony Archtone guitar, resonator guitar, acoustic bass, mandolin, percussion, kazoo, mild & polite claps, whoops & yells
Matt "Thimbles' Prowse - washboard, cymbal, acoustic bass, banjo, 12 string guitar
"John-Boy" Speers - Indian clay drums, drum kit (cardboard ICI chemical cylinder kick drum, cracked cymbal, old tambourine, ice cream tin & faulty snare)
Dion "Mr Cool" Christophoratos - Bass on "Swing Low Sweet Chariot"
Gospel Train - Traditional
Eden Dreaming - Russell Baker
Adam In The Garden Pinning Leaves - Russell Baker
He Never Said A Grumbling Word - Russell Baker, based on a traditional song
Rubber Thongs - Tim Wilson
Three Sweet Words - Russell Baker
Trimmed & Burnin' - Blind Willie Johnson
Glory Glory - Traditional
At Jacob's Well - Russell Baker
He Came - Russell Baker
Paved With Gold - Russell Baker / Take Your Stand - Blind Willie Johnson
Bonus Live tracks:
Swing low - Traditional. Recorded live at Ashfield in 1997, with Dion "Mr Cool" Christophoratos on bass
Dust - Russell Baker. Recorded live in November 2003 - a live radio broadcast by Tim & Russ when on SWR FM 99.9 in Blacktown, Sydney
Packing Up - Tradtional. Lo-fi live at the birthplace of The Doomsday Preachers - Ashfield Goodlet Hall, May 1996
Would you like a lyric sheet? Available via e-mail.
Purchasing "Gettin' Ready To Go"
We'd love to sell you a CD or two!
You can mail a cheque or money order for $25 Australian (which includes postage), & we'll post the CD to you.
To get the address just e-mail: Address request
We also have PayPal arrangements in place for international purchases. Details available by e-mail: PayPal request
Alternatively if you're around Sydney you can keep an eye on the Diary page or join THE DOOMSDAY LIST for performance news and buy the CD there.
Recorded on a Tascam Portastudio 488 mkII (8 track analogue cassette) in the Prowses' shed, the Bakers' kitchen and the Tregear church hall (apart from the live tracks)
Mastered onto DAT tape using a Tascam DA-20
Reverb created while mastering using a Bass RSD 10 digital sampler/delay channelled through a Shure home theatre system for stereo enhancement.
Completed master music tracks transferred to an Apple eMac using Final Vinyl software, then compiled and burnt onto CD with iTunes.
Artwork - Real (not digital) photos taken by Cathy Fullerton, scanned on an Epson Stylus CX3100, modifications and text added using Colour It 3.0.
CD pressing and printing by DiskMax - the only professional part of the whole process!
The Doomsday Preachers would like to thank:
Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, our wives and families, Terry Bourke, Stewart Harrison, Cathy Fullerton (photos), Milton Kaye (street preacher), Tregear church, SWR FM, Elliott Kaye, and a heap of other supportive people who've kept on at us about putting together a CD!