Hey Petrunko
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.
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 3 March 2003 | |||
Label | Rotodisc | |||
Producer | Dan Popplewell | |||
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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)
- previously unreleased
- from the Beany Bean single
- from the Shorley Wall EP
- from the Dolphin Blue single
External links
- The Magic Treehouse – Ooberman fansite