Helen and the Horns - Footsteps At My Door - BBC Sessions & More

Footsteps At My Door - BBC Sessions & More

Helen and the Horns

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Helen and the Horns - Footsteps At My Door - BBC Sessions & More

22 TRACKS

3 JOHN PEEL SESSIONS
HELEN McCOOKERYBOOK’s BAND AFTER THE CHEFS SPLIT UP

RARE AND UNRELEASED TRACKS

After The Chefs split in the early 1980s, Helen McCookerybook (former bass player and vocalist)
retired briefly from playing. She was introduced to Lester Square, who had just left The
Monochrome Set, and they started working on her new songs, which were Western-inspired.
Rehearsals with a full band proved too expensive and Helen resorted to rehearsing on guitar,
with the sax and trombone players from the new band. In this form, they supported The Monochrome
Set at Kingston University and went down so well that they decided to keep the format.
John Peel’s producer phoned to ask what Helen was up to, and their first Peel session
ensued. They went on to tour the UK and Holland, recording two more Peel sessions and playing
every type of gig from pogoing punks in the Midlands to a graduation ball with waltzing
students at London’s Café Royale. They have remained in contact, and the band and Helen are
delighted to be able to release their archive of sessions plus an album they recorded on their
own label, on Damaged Goods.

Tracklisting

CD Album (DAMGOOD419CD)
  1. Pioneer Town (John Peel Session (7/9/83))
  2. Footsteps At My Door (John Peel Session (7/9/83))
  3. Snakebite (John Peel Session (7/9/83))
  4. Freight Train (John Peel Session (7/9/83))
  5. Secret Love (John Peel Session (26/11/83))
  6. Twice Brewed (John Peel Session (26/11/83))
  7. I'd Been Hoping for a Happy Ending (John Peel Session (26/11/83))
  8. Southern Belle (John Peel Session (26/11/83))
  9. Lonesome Country Boy (John Peel Session (1/8/83))
  10. Two Strings for Your Bow (John Peel Session (1/8/83))
  11. Girl Versus Boy (John Peel Session (1/8/83))
  12. Take Five (John Peel Session (1/8/83))
  13. Two Strings to Your Bow (Live at The ICA (6/10/84))
  14. Snakebite (Live at The ICA (6/10/84))
  15. Southern Belle (Live at The ICA (6/10/84))
  16. Pioneer Town (Live at The ICA (6/10/84))
  17. Freight Train (Live at The ICA (6/10/84))
  18. Lonesome Country Boy (Studio Version January 1985)
  19. Girl Versus Boy (Studio Version January 1985)
  20. My Black Rose (Studio Version January 1985)
  21. Oh Boy (Studio Version January 1985)
  22. Northbound Train (Studio Version January 1985)
Download Album (DAMGOOD419)
  1. Pioneer Town (John Peel Session (7/9/83))
  2. Footsteps At My Door (John Peel Session (7/9/83))
  3. Snakebite (John Peel Session (7/9/83))
  4. Freight Train (John Peel Session (7/9/83))
  5. Secret Love (John Peel Session (26/11/83))
  6. Twice Brewed (John Peel Session (26/11/83))
  7. I'd Been Hoping for a Happy Ending (John Peel Session (26/11/83))
  8. Southern Belle (John Peel Session (26/11/83))
  9. Lonesome Country Boy (John Peel Session (1/8/83))
  10. Two Strings for Your Bow (John Peel Session (1/8/83))
  11. Girl Versus Boy (John Peel Session (1/8/83))
  12. Take Five (John Peel Session (1/8/83))
  13. Two Strings to Your Bow (Live at the ICA (6/10/84))
  14. Snakebite (Live at the ICA (6/10/84))
  15. Southern Belle (Live at the ICA (6/10/84))
  16. Pioneer Town (Live at the ICA (6/10/84))
  17. Freight Train (Live at the ICA (6/10/84))
  18. Lonesome Country Boy (Studio Version January 1985)
  19. Girl Versus Boy (Studio Version January 1985)
  20. My Black Rose (Studio Version January 1985)
  21. Oh Boy (Studio Version January 1985)
  22. Northbound Train (Studio Version January 1985)