Costafine town was an international hit single, reaching the top ten in australia and south. Apr 29, 2011 most of the songs were written by purvis, with elliott cowriting lyrics on china light and costafine town. Splinter the place i love dark horse records amlh 22001. We currently dont have any genres associated with this song. Costafine town, its a fine town im coming home i feel so lonely, ive been too long away costafine town, its a fine town im coming home i wish id never made up my mind to stray nobody owns all the dirty old clothes that are lying in the lane whistling loud the 4. Bill had been very disillusioned with music and life at this time.
Splinter costafine town 1974, solid centre, vinyl discogs. Splinter full official chart history official charts company. So you know the sound quality of the record youre getting, not just what it. Side two opens with costafine town, a track that reminds me a little of klaatu circa sir army suit. Splinter costafine town 1974, knockout centre, vinyl.
To people from edinburgh, the name costafine town may sound strangely. Dirty old hole in the side of the road for the man who cleans the streets opened up doors where the working class goes at night written on walls where the cats have a crawl for the grass along the top man i was born there, im gonna walk right back costafine town, its a fine town im coming home. If you still havent found what youre looking for, please send to us. Ive been trying to find it again after nearly 40 years and the moment i got and played it i was taken back to the early70s. The item youve selected was not added to your cart. Full and accurate lyrics for costafine town from splinter. Splinter costafine town live at newcastle city hall.
Both this single and album also appeared on the united states billboard hot 100 chart. It reached the top ten in australia, new zealand and south africa, and the top twenty in the uk. Well, in fairness i was a wee lad and unless the song appeared on an episode of countdown that my big sister was watching i often didnt get to know about it. Splinter harder to live korean remastered 19752015. They released costafine town, which was produced by george harrison beatles, in 1974. Splinter s debut album the place i love is for the first time available on cd. Rob eventually became splinter s manager and, it is fair to say, without him splinter would never have happened. Date, title, artist, peak pos, woc, wks no 1, chart facts. The first single release for splinter on dark horse, and their only chart hit which peaked at no.
Rob was still bills manager and suggested that the two of them should get back together. Splinter the place i love vinyl mp3 album download. Splinter costafine town mono costafine town stereo dark horse usa 1974 next on label. Splinter the place i love 1974 uk, fabulous soft melodic rock, france vinyl edition and 2008 bonus tracks remaster in 1970, tyneside musicians bob purvis born. Dark horse records 8e 00696 279 g,dark horse records 8e 006 96279 g format. Splinter download all folkrock songs splinter download. It reached number 17 in the uk charts, and a similar position in australia. I was born to irish immigrants and lived in small flatsrooms in fleetwood, morecambe,langley mill and heysham in the mid 1960s to early. George harrisons costafine town 7 inch uk 7inch sp for sale by londonbus at 6. The followup single, drink all day, was banned in the uk by the bbc for. Out of all the albums cut by artists in the beatles orbit, splinter s the place i love is the one that, along with badfingers albums, most deserves reissue. Listen to splinter radio featuring songs from the place i love free online. Listen to free internet radio, sports, music, news, talk and podcasts.
Listen online to splinter costafine town and find out more about its history, critical reception, and meaning. Oct 05, 2016 the duos biggest success came with their debut album, the critically admired the place i love 1974, which contained the hit single costafine town. Splinter costafine town vinyl records, lp, cd on cdandlp. Jul 12, 2008 so costafine town remained one of those undiscovered classics until i unearthed it almost 30 years later. Print and download costafine town chords and lyrics in pdf.
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Im going to walk right back chorus c em costafine town. Place i love 1974, which contained the hit single costafine town. Costafine town, the first single from the album, was a toptwenty hit in the united kingdom. Daily, we added a hundreds of new songs with chords and tabs, just for you. The place i love vinyl 1974 folkrock splinter download. It reached number 17 in the uk charts, and a similar position. Its not an insert as such, cp the perforations are made during the pressing process. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod.
Please see my other items for sale, i have s of other records, cds, dvds and music memorabilia of many genres. Splinter take us to costafine town, with a little help from a beatle costafine town wasnt one of those hits of the mid 70s that i recall from that time. Splinter costafine town rare original promo film 1974 stereo. Discover, buy and download high quality tunes for reasonable prices. Bbc radio 2 sounds of the 70s with johnnie walker johnnies.
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Both tracks were taken from their debut dark horse l. Musicians include georges pals such as jim keltner, klaus voormann and gary wright. Many of us harrison fans know that harrison produced this album at his friar park studio, and his playing is all over this album on guitar, dobro, etc. Beatles splinter costafine town 1974 us dark horse. Costafine town was an international hit single, reaching the top 10 in australia and south africa and the top 20 in the united kingdom.
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Images splinter the place i love dark horse records amlh 22001 splinter format. The very latest chart stats about costafine town peak chart position, weeks on chart, weekbyweek chart run, catalogue number. Costafine town its a fine town im coming home, i feel so lonely ive been too long away. See all 7 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The splinter debut album and the accompanying single costafine town made the lower reaches of the american top 100, but this was their only brush with success. Purvis dirty old hole in the side of the road for the man who cleans the streets open pub doors where the working class goes at night written on walls where the cats never crawl for the glass along the top man, i was born there, im gonna walk right back. Mar 24, 2006 finally managed to track down one of the lps that formed the soundtrack of my youth. Lost treasures splinter the place that i love pop geek. Song information for costafine town splinter on allmusic.
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