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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Comes in a jewel case with an attractive 16-page booklet including lyrics to all songs, comprehensive CD liner notes by Gary Miller & Keith Armstrong, beautiful individual track artwork by Keith Lawrence Palmer, individual track notes by Keith Armstrong, full recording details and credits, etc.

    NB: - CD is the original 14-track version and does not include the 2 bonus tracks available with the digital version.

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    Includes unlimited streaming of Bleeding Sketches [Bonus Track Edition] via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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about

Peterlee, in County Durham, is a new town established after the Second World War, named after the Durham miners' leader of that name. It is, in many ways, not least because of the pit-closures, a dream gone sour. The original 'blueprint' for the town was entitled 'Farewell Squalor'. It is, nowadays, littered with squalor. The Development Corporation adopted the slogan 'Peterlee is The Place To Be'. A local wag added cryptically : '...If You Want To Be A Divorcee'.

(Keith Armstrong - from original liner notes)

lyrics

PETERLEE

Growing old
In a new town
We watch the sea roll
Stroll
Through the fallen leaves
And cracked houses
You whisper to me
“It’s the place to be”
This misty dream
This bird hanging from a tree
This windblown giro-world

Across the flat roofs
We danced and skipped
Over the puddles and the nightmares
The clouds hung in our eyes
Older now
Wise and wizened
We stare from our window
And feel our skin peel
“Peterlee is the Man in the Moon”
We tell our kids
“He’s where it’s at”

A stray dog barks in the moonlight
Tonight
Newspapers swept across grass
It’s time to find
A future
A New Moon
A new New Town

(lyrics: Keith Armstrong / music: Gary Miller)

credits

from Bleeding Sketches [Bonus Track Edition], released October 2, 1995
Gary Miller - vocals, acoustic guitar, mandola
Glenn Miller - accordion
Mick Tyas - bass
Nick Buck - drums
Fred Purser - acoustic lead guitar

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Gary Miller first rose to international prominence with folk-punk/rock pioneers The Whisky Priests (1985-2002), founded with his twin brother Glenn - “the Joe Strummer and Mick Jones of Folk Music". He now performs as a solo artist and with his new band 'Gary Miller's Big Picture' whose debut album is coming soon. ... more

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