Music from Van-Pires is a debut studio album recorded by the John Entwistle Band and is Entwistle's final solo album before his death in 2002. It was a soundtrack for the Sci-Fi Award-winning UPN animated children's computer-generated television series Van Pires, which only aired between 1997 and 1998, shooting 13 episodes, which Entwistle had been involved with. The album was not officially released as a collection. Some of the tracks appear on his solo compilation album So Who's the Bass Player? The Ox Anthology, despite this. Notably, this album was not re-released alongside Entwistle's other solo studio albums in 2005.
The song "Bogey Man" was originally written for The Who's 1978 album Who Are You by John Entwistle, but was rejected by the band for being too humorous. A demo was recorded by Entwistle and Keith Moon. The demo went largely forgotten, until Entwistle resorted to his old demos for material the soundtrack to the 1997 children's television programme Van Pires, to help him meet a contract which agreed he would write and record 13 new songs and a theme tune in 3 months. When the band's drummer, Steve Luongo heard the demo, he recognised Keith Moon's drumming on the demo, and the band decided to record a new version of the song with Moon's original drum track.[1]
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Track listing
All songs noted by who wrote them
| 1. |
"Horror Rock" (John Entwistle, Steve Luongo) |
2:55 |
| 2. |
"Darker Side of Night" (Entwistle, Luongo, Alan St. Jon (Levi)) |
4:22 |
| 3. |
"Sometimes" (Entwistle, Luongo, Levi) |
4:20 |
| 4. |
"Bogey Man" (Entwistle) |
4:00 |
| 5. |
"Good and Evil" (Godfrey Townsend, Levi, Entwistle, Luongo) |
5:31 |
| 6. |
"When You See the Light" (Luongo) |
4:01 |
| 7. |
"Back on the Road" (Entwistle) |
4:06 |
| 8. |
"Left for Dead" (Levi, Entwistle, Luongo) |
3:53 |
| 9. |
"When the Sun Comes Up" (Townsend, Levi, Entwistle, Luongo) |
4:12 |
| 10. |
"Rebel Without a Car" (Entwistle, Luongo) |
3:37 |
| 11. |
"Don't Be a Sucker" (Townsend, Entwistle, Luongo, Levi) |
4:18 |
| 12. |
"Endless Vacation" (Entwistle, Luongo, Hitt) |
3:20 |
| 13. |
"I'll Try Again Today" (Entwistle, Luongo) |
3:56 |
| 14. |
"Face the Fear" (Townsend, Entwistle, Luongo, Levi) |
3:38 |
Personnel
- John Entwistle - Bass Guitar, Composer, vocals, Producer, Orchestration, Mixing
- Steve Luongo - Composer, Percussion, Drums (all other songs), vocals, Producer, Orchestration, Mixing
- Leslie West - Lead Guitar, vocals
- Alan St. Jon - Keyboards, vocals
- Keith Moon - Drums on "Bogey Man"
- Godfrey Townsend - Guitar, vocals
- Dave "Cyrano" Langston - Engineer
References
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M98Lgnne9o0
