Comes in a jewel case with an attractive 16-page booklet including lyrics to all songs, a selection of individual photographs of each contemporary band member who played on these sessions, recording details and additional credits, etc.
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An unashamed light-hearted comical song in the vein of the old North-East of England late 19th Century / early 20th Century music hall writers and working class observers and chroniclers of life, such as Joe Wilson, Geordie Ridley & Tommy Armstrong.
Also a musical nod to the early years of the band, when our live set and recordings included a number of North-East of England traditional songs and tunes. 'Car Boot Sale' features the tunes of several old North-East classics, namely 'Billy Boy', 'The Sandgate Lass's Lament' and the 19th Century music hall favourite 'Blaydon Races'. All three of these songs featured at some time in our early live repertoire in our formative days around 1986/7 but were never recorded by the band.
This is another song which sparked so many ideas that it could easily have contained additional verses but which were not needed. It's quite simply an amusing, light-hearted commentary on the now common pass-time of buying and selling at local 'car boot sales', affording the album a slice of light-hearted relief (whether it needs it, or not!). A great live track, no doubt destined to become one of our all-time live favourites among fans of the band.
lyrics
CAR BOOT SALE
I went to the car boot sale
At the racecourse one fine June
I had nothing else better to do
On a boring afternoon
There were cars and stalls and people obsessed
As far as the eye could see
But there wasn't a fucking horse in sight
At the sale of the century
Oh me lads, you should've seen them gannin'
Millin' around like flies 'round shite
With no real sense of plannin'
Hagglin' and fussin', hustlin' and bustlin'
In search of the Holy Grail
Some folks' rubbish is other folks' gold
At the car boot sale
There were people arriving while others were leaving
A lot of them pushing prams
I hope the ones that had just been bought
Were the unoccupied ones
Amidst the clamour you could hear a man cry
"Everything fifty pence!"
But you wouldn't have bothered to look in his box
If you had any sense
There were second-hand clocks and watches
With a history to tell
They might have been worth a fortune
If they told the time as well
Broken toys, torn books, scratched records
Electrical goods of every degree
Finding they don't work when you get home
Is your only guarantee
There was Mister Softee ice cream
Next to a burger van from Hell
In a cone or a tub with monkey's blood
Next to people with no sense of smell
I was trying to find one of those
Backward-facing baseball caps
'Cos no matter how hard I've looked
I've only seen forward ones in the shops
So if you're bored or depressed
With the National Lottery
Come along for a grand day out
With the shell-suit family
Grab a piece of the action
Of this latest national craze
Rogues by the score amid bargains galore
At your local car boot sale
Oh me lads, you should've seen them gannin'
Millin' around like flies round shite
With no real sense of plannin'
Hagglin' and fussin', hustlin' and bustlin'
In search of the Holy Grail
You might find it for a couple of quid
At the car boot sale
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