A NEW APPROACH TO ROMANTIC POETRY
4. THE FIRST FAB FOUR – 45 minute, 14 song, compilation album with all four poets represented. Track listing: 1.Jenny kissed me (1) 2.Lord B. in motion (3) 3. To Autumn (1) 4. Rise like lions (2) 5. Wild Spirit (2) 6. On the shore (1) 7. Many a green isle (1) 8. The funeral (2) 9. Adonais (2) 10. Marathon (1) 11.Setting sail from Genoa (3) 12. Epitaph (3) 13. The World’s Great Age (1) 14. So late into the night (3)
5. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY: ROCK STAR – 37 minute album with 12 Shelley songs. Track listing: 1. Paradise of Exiles (1) 2. Rise like lions (2) 3. Wild Spirit (2) 4. Spirit of Delight (2) 5. Heart of hearts (2) 6. The Pine Forest (2) 7. Many a green isle (1) 8. The Triumph of Life (2) 9. Immortal Deity (2) 10. The funeral (2) 11. Adonais (2) 12. The World’s Great Age (1 or 2)
7. JOHN KEATS'S SUBLIME SINGLE – two Keats songs A-side To Autumn (1) B-side On the shore (1). Email Pathfinder Audio for free Keats audio biography (from Oct. 2008)
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MY ROMANTICS EP
Lyrics by Keats, Byron, Leigh Hunt and Shelley, running time 23.36
Music by John Webster with Brindaband
Includes: 1. Jenny kissed me 2. To Autumn 3. On the shore 4. Many a green isle 5. Marathon 6. Paradise of exiles 7. The World's Great Age
AVAILABLE FROM PATHFINDER AUDIO FOR £6.00 INC. p&p. (£5.00 at concerts)
ON THE SHELLEY STORY AND LORD BYRON AND THE GREEK WAR
‘The two poets lived in turbulent times, and the courage and ambition with which they faced the future stands as a resource for us today’ – John Webster
CD's
Written and Produced by John Webster, narrated by Benjamin Zephaniah
'Shelley songs' performed by Brindaband.
Format: CD, spoken word and music, running time: 58 minutes, ISBN: 0953584003
Price: £12.95 from bookshops, (£9.95 from BSP)
Dub poet and Shelley admirer Benjamin Zephaniah narrates the critically acclaimed CDs 'The Shelley Story' and 'Lord Byron and the Greek War'. The CDs feature a unique and imaginative element: John Webster's electric folk/soft rock versions of Shelley and Byron lyrics, performed with Brindaband (hear samples at 'Songtracks'). Unpretentious and informal in style, the songs provide a contemporary and accessible insight into the worlds of the two poets, and draw on around 30 key poems, including the Ode to the West Wind, Adonais, Hellas, The Mask of Anarchy, Prometheus Unbound (Shelley) and Don Juan, Childe Harold, and assorted lyrics (Byron).
‘Attractive, engaging’ - The Times; ‘Absorbing and novel’ - The Morning Star; ‘Intelligent and profound’ - The Independent on Sunday; ‘Well worth a listen’ - Eastern Daily Press
Through a narrative which negotiates the passions and tragedies of the poet's life, linked to song versions of his lyrics, the CD provides a compelling and original overall view of his work and his vision for humanity.
See also the essay 'Through a Shelleyan lens: the life and death of John Ono Lennon' at 'Articles'.
Written and produced by John Webster, narrated by Benjamin Zephaniah, Byron lyrics performed by Brindaband.
Format: CD, spoken word and music, running time: 56 minutes, ISBN number: 09535840 11, Price: £12.95 (£9.95 from BSP)
The first liberal interventionist ? A unique insight into the poet's final exploit, his journey to Greece to support the Greek War of Independence in 1823/4. The story begins in Ravenna in 1821, traces Byron's growing interest in contemporary movements for national independence, and describes his decision to join the Greek uprising against foreign rule. The narrative is based on eyewitness accounts of Byron's journey, contains a number of reconstructed dialogues, and is enhanced by Brindaband's song versions of Byron lyrics. Also available from Amazon.co.uk.
See also the essay 'Byron and Islam' at 'Articles'.
More information below.
Enquiries: Please contact Pathfinder Audio at P.O. Box 343, Headington D.O., Oxford, OX3 8DF Tel/Fax: 01865 765436.
email: pathfinderaudio@googlemail.com
‘I liked these CDs, not just for their quirkiness but for what they're trying to do’ - The Times Educational Supplement
'Highly appropriate for post-16 studies' - National Association for the Teaching of English journal (on 'Lord Byron and the Greek War')
'This CD would be a welcome additional resource for any 11 to 18 year old studying Shelley who would like a quick but knowledgeable and authoritative way into their subject. It may also be of use to teachers of humanities and of history - as it describes the momentous intellectual changes which were taking place in the early 19th century' - School Librarian journal (on 'The Shelley Story')
11 of John's songs which focus on the contemporary world and our role within it. Its tagline - 'real and positive songs for the 21st century' - gives a clue to its activist, and ultimately supportive nature. Spring 2008 sees the release of the first online single from the album with A-side 'World at the Crossroads' and 'From the Centre' as the B-side. The CD itself is available from Booksystems Plus (01223 894870, email bsporders@aol.com) for £9.95 +p&p.
John's Shelley and Byron songs are available online from iTunes, Napster, emusic, Amazon.com etc. For Shelley songs Google 'Percy Bysshe Shelley: Rock Star'; for Byron album 'Courageous heart: seven Byronic songs' download tracks 2,4,6,10,13,16 and 18 from 'Lord Byron and the Greek War' at emusic.
Web references:
http://www.emusic.com/album/John-Webster-with-Brindaband-Percy-Bysshe-Shelley-Rock-Star-MP3-Download/11075045.html
http://www.emusic.com/album/John-Webster-Benjamin-Zephaniah-Brindaband-Lord-Byron-The-Greek-War-MP3-Download/10943398.html
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