01	Day Of The Jackal						05:01
	02	Soho Square						04:44
	03	Old Peculiar Feeling						04:09
	04	Mother Russia						05:40
	05	Demons						05:08
	06	Don't Leave Me Tonight						05:03
	07	Elvis Lives On The Moon						03:50
	08	Heeping The Rage						04:28
	09	Heaven Waits						04:45
	10	Spoken Like A Man						05:03
	11	Think						06:30

Elvis lives on the Moon (1993)

Side One:

1. Day of the jackal Alan Hull 5:01
2. Soho Square Alan Hull 4:44
3. Old peculiar feeling Rod Clements 4:09
4. Mother Russia Alan Hull/Kenny Craddock 5:40
5. Demons Alan Hull/Kenny Craddock 5:09
6. Don't leave me tonight Alan Hull 5:04
7. Elvis lives on the moon Alan Hull 3:50
8. Keeping the rage Rod Clements/Marty Craggs 4:29
9. Heaven waits Rod Clements/Marty Craggs 4:45
10. Spoken like a man Alan Hull/Kenny Craddock 5:04
11. Think Alan Hull 6:30

Elvis lives on the moon, the first studio album of the 90s and the first one without Ray Jackson, so anyone (like me) who reads the cover info is quite astonished to read that the Bass-Player is no longer Rod Clements. He took over the mandolin work from Ray and as they filled the position with a regular bass-man (still for the studio work) he got space enough to do also his beloved slideguitar. And Marty Craggs found himself apart from playing Sax also by playing Ray's harmonica parts. Not as a named member of the band, but as a producer and with much (good) influence we find Kenny Craddock again, the one who was with Lindisfarne II, Radiator or Alan's solo ablums. Opener for the CD is Day of the Jackal, a tune with a -nice- story but a bit unusual for them on the musical side. Soho Square, is a typical Alan Hull piece with fretless bass, slide guitar, mandolin and wonderful sax parts. Give me an open tuned guitar, let me play three different chords and here is another Rod Clements one. It's interesting to listen to the chorus, because Old Peculiar is also a beer brand. Mother Russia co-written by Alan and Kenny is perfectly arranged but not so strong as the live version played by both on Alan's Back to Basics album. Also written by both is Demons, that one with the guitar riff that is easy to remember and finally its typical Alan's voice. A bit too shallow and something for the pop charts is Don't leave me tonight, written only by Alan, but it sounds like a Jackson/Harcourt one. And then it comes, my first thought was, what the hell does it mean. Elvis lives on the moon. Very simple if you know the story behind the song. In England there is a paper that's dealing with strange things in the style of Uri Geller or the man with the two heads and Alan thought that it would be a good idea to join these stories with the theme of yes, Elvis is still alive, but on the moon. Apart from the fact that it's an absolutely and perfectly thru and thru arranged song and again like with Run For Home for instance you find after 2/3 of it that after a break the chords go one note higher. Keeping the Rage, by the team Hull and Craggs contains a typical Si Cowe guitar solo and it's one of those rare songs where the drums are mixed more into the foreground than others ( similar to Ringo Starr, who like Ray Laidlaw is surely one of the most underrated drummers in the world ). A song without any minor chord and similar to Any way the wind blows, that must be one by Rod Clements and I'm talking about Heaven Waits. It's an unobtrusive song that shows its "treasures" only while listening very carefully. The changes from Bb to D and back are very interesting, or the sound of the organ, or the start with the sax and the guitar riff, or the accordian and the sax that joins in before the first verse. Not far away from Mother Russia is another Hull/Craddock one: Spoken like a man. A bit boring, but a nice chorus. And finally Think, the last one and in the same category like Good to be here or Dingly Dell or One World, that means a long and quiet one as the last piece.

Album Cover Info

ROD CLEMENTS Slide Guitars, Mandolin, Electric 12 String, Bass
ALAN HULL Vocals, Guitars
SIMON COWE Vocals, Guitars, Mandolin, Bousouki
RAY LAIDLAW Drums, Percussion
MARTY CRAGGS Vocals, Tenor & Alto Saxophone, Flute, Harmonica

Assisted by KENNY CRADDOCK: Additional Keyboards & Guitars
STEVE CUNNINGHAM: Bass, STEVE COOK: Violin, Viola

Produced by Kenny Craddock. Engineered by Steve Cunningham
Mixed by Kenny Craddock & Steve Cunningham
Recorded & Mixed at HI LEVEL, Newcastle upon Tyne

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Date of Release Mar 10, 1996


1. Day of the Jackal (Hull) - 5:01
2. Soho Square (Hull) - 4:44
3. Old Peculiar Feeling (Clements) - 4:09
4. Mother Russia (Craddock/Hull) - 5:40
5. Demons (Craddock/Hull) - 5:08
6. Don't Leave Me Tonight (Hull) - 5:03
7. Elvis Lives on the Moon (Hull) - 3:50
8. Heeping the Rage (Craggs/Hull) - 4:28
9. Heaven Waits (Clements/Craggs) - 4:45
10. Spoken Like a Man (Craddock/Hull) - 5:03
11. Think (Hull) - 6:30


Alan Hull - Guitar, Vocals
Rod Clements - Mandolin, Slide Guitar, 12-String Bass Guitar
Steve Cook - Violin, Viola
Simon Cowe - Bouzouki, Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Steve Cunningham - Bass, Engineer, Mixing
Ray Laidlaw - Percussion, Drums
Marty Craggs - Flute, Harmonica, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Vocals

1996 CD Castle ESM391