Recorded at Ridge Farm Studios, Rusper, Surrey in 1987, produced by Paul Samuel Smith, engineer Tony Phillips, written and arranged by Martin Stephenson
lyrics
There comes a time
There comes a time, hen nerves they have enough
There comes a time, when this life should be mine
They scratch and tear, at every part of me
I shall resign, there comes a time
Place both these hands, in pure loneliness
Im not afraid for it's all that I have known
To be and fly, toward safe insane
I have my reign, there comes a time
There comes a time, when no more leaves can fall
We must walk forth to meet the fatal night
We must be there, we shall be there
We're walking now, there comes a time
The tears are gone, the pain is over now
Leave this here carcus to which the way he'd like
My soul is mine, not torn to shreds
I have my reign, there ones a time
Written 1985: Martin George Stephenson
credits
from Gladsome Humour & Blue,
released April 4, 1988
Martin Stephenson: Vocals & Acoustic Guitar
Anthony Dunn: Bass
Gary Dunn: Lead Guitar
Paul Smith: Drums
Mickey Watson: Keyboards and string arrangements
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An essential listening experience; quintessentially English, sounds of the countryside, overlapping with ambient piano and woodwind instrumentation. shenzhenbrit
Alec Bowman perfectly captures the dark soil under the pastoral world of British folk with this collection of melancholy originals. Bandcamp New & Notable May 12, 2020
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John Drumbo French from Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band worked with Thompson on two albums along with Fred Frith and Henry Kaiser.
Those two French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson albums led me to this.
Also, Richard Thompson taught Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers) how to play the bass guitar in a band when they were both at the same school (Emil and The Detectives?).
With a career spanning 50 years and playing with two of my heroes (French and Cornwell) Thompson has produced a fascinating EP.