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The twelve tracks on this album are taken from a selection of sixty or so finished or nearly completed recordings on the tapes left by Vivian Stanshall, as his hitherto unpublished legacy.
Andy Frizell (The Coral & Kevin Ayers) is a musician & producer who worked with Vivian briefly in 1994. Using the surviving recordings, he has pieced back together Vivian's final album adding where required the missing instrumentation but at all times paying reverence to the original vision.
The collection includes the Beefheartian monster mash blues of 'Dog Howl in Tune' - also the title track - as well as the wistfully melancholic 'No Time Like The Future' .
It is by far the most biographical album Vivian ever made & draws on songs from 'Stinkfoot' & other projects.
'Goodbye Mother' is the poignant last song from the project 'Shackleton', based around the exploits of the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton, which never saw the light of day whilst 'Boy in Darkness' was written by Vivian for a project with Steve Winwood - Winwood's version yet to be released/
Musicians include Jack Bruce (Cream), Ollie Halsall (Pato), Susie Honeyman (The Mekons), Neil Innes & Rodney Slater (The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band), Mike Kellie (Spooky Tooth) & others.
Tracklist
1. Dog Howl in Tune (04:29)
2. Made of Stone (04:28)
3. I'd Rather Cut My Hands (03:28)
4. A Good Woman (04:08)
5. Goodbye Mother (02:25)
6. No Time Like the Future (02:57)
7. Strongth (03:42)
8. Gecko (02:08)
9. Landing on My Feet (03:02)
10. Only Being Myself (04:01)
11. Boy in Darkness (04:49)