McGear-Woman (1972)

in march 1971 i asked zoot money, andy roberts, dave richards, gerry conway, norman yardley and john megginson to leave their homes to stay at mine in liverpool and with very little time or money de my first solo album: being mad they agreed. a year, lots of time, lots of money, and lots of friends later it was done. not knowing how to sing i chose the north to tear my guts out, and drove to stockport.s.r.s. studios where  pete tattershall recorded all the basic tracks. zoot on one grand (and leky) piano, john on the other, andy on kriwaczek (pronounced krivocheck) acoustic and lead gtr, dave on bass gt.. norm gob iron, jerry drums, and i was khown to pick up my maracas. the next few months were covered in 'roof over your head' work, during  which roger mcgough (the good poet) and i polished off the words. and i  phoned people who would make the album nicer. on to e.m.i, abbey rd. studios where with the help of tony clarke we added final vocals, tim and the centipede string section/tony coe, chris pyne, cecil moss, mike rosen. molly duncan roger ball and other brass friends-paul korda, alan gorrie, steve gould (heavenly soulchoir) ginger johnsons african drums brian augers lovely organ, and special appearance of roger bunn on spaceship "mindblow". john meg may i add had the cheek to arrange the brass and strings. then endless hours of mixing with tony, me, and meg, and finally tony common came up to take some wet wirral photos, then down to finish the artwork. The end result is the plastic disc under this cardboard and a year out of my life. i (what they laughingly call) produced it. i've also treated my voice like an instrument (particularly on things like jolly good show) and naturally instruments blend, together at times. so there follows a list of printed songs to catch the words that float away

Woman by Mike McGear
1972 Island ILPS 9191
1997 Edsel EDCD 507
(featuring Zoot Money, Andy Roberts, Dave Richards, Gerry Conway, Norman Yardley, John Megginson)
:
    Woman (McGear/McGough)
    Witness (McGear/McGough)
    Jolly Good Show (McGear/McGough)
    Roamin A Road (McGear)
    Sister (McGear)
    Wishin (McGear/McGough)
    Young Young Man (Five Years Ago) (McGear/McGough)
    Young Man (Five Years Later) (McGear/McGough)
    Edward Heath (McGear)
    Bored As Butterscotch (McGear/McGough)
    Uptowndowntown (McGear)
    Blackbeauty (McGear)
    Tiger (McGear/McGough)
    Strawberry Jam (fades) (McGear)

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