''Hey Petrunko'' is the second album by

Ooberman Ooberman are an English band with strong indie, folk and progressive influences first formed in 1997. They split up in 2003, shortly after the release of their second album '' Hey Petrunko'', but announced their reformation in April 2006 and ...

, released in March 2003 on the band's own

Rotodisc Ooberman are an English band with strong indie, folk and progressive influences first formed in 1997. They split up in 2003, shortly after the release of their second album '' Hey Petrunko'', but announced their reformation in April 2006 and ...

label. It was recorded and produced by the band. Three singles were released in support of the album - ''Running Girl'', ''Beany Bean'' (not featured on the album itself) and ''First Day of The Holidays''. In addition, a mini-album with ''Running Girl'' as the lead track, and an EP centering on ''Bluebell Morning'' were released. ''Where Did I Go Wrong?'' was issued as a single under the pseudonym The Sentinels, retitled ''Memoirs of a Cunt''.

Track listing

# "Hatch Opens" (Popplewell) # " Bluebell Morning" (Popplewell/Flett) # "

Running Girl ''Running Girl'' is a mini-album by Ooberman, released in October 2001 on the band's own Rotodisc label. A single of the title track was released in November 2001. The title track was also featured in slightly remixed form on the band's '' Hey ...

" (Popplewell) # "Dreams In The Air" (Popplewell) # "Where Did I Go Wrong?" (Popplewell) # "Hand That Gets Burnt" (Flett) # "SnakeDance" (Popplewell) # "Open The Hatch" (Popplewell) # "Cities That Fall" (Flett) # "Abstract Sky" (Popplewell) # "Petrunka's Dream" (Popplewell/Churney) # " First Day of the Holidays" (Popplewell) # "Secret World" (Popplewell) # "The Clearing" (Popplewell) # "Summer Nights In June" (Flett)

Personnel

Ooberman

* Sophia Churney - vocals * Andy Flett - guitars * Steve Flett - bass guitar * Jaymie Ireland - drums * Dan Popplewell - drums, vocals, guitars, violin, piano, keyboards, programming, recorder and Irish whistle

Additional players

* Andrew Carpenter - violin and viola * Geoff Churney - voiceover * Liz McIlwaine - cello * Paul Walsham - drums

Recording

*Arranged, produced, mixed and mastered by Dan Popplewell at Ooberman HQ. *All vocals and instruments except drums recorded at Ooberman HQ (December 1999-October 2002, Liverpool). *Drums recorded by Tim Speed at Elevator Studios and Great Northern Studios by Rob Ferrier.

Equipment

Hey Petrunko was created on the following instruments: * Tacoma acoustic uitar* Mexican

Telecaster The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele , is an electric guitar produced by Fender. Together with its sister model the Esquire, it is the world's first mass-produced, commercially successful Les Paul had built a prototype solid bod ...

* Liz McIlwaine's cello * Canon BJC 80 Printer Beep *

Gibson Les Paul The Gibson Les Paul is a solid body electric guitar that was first sold by the Gibson Guitar Corporation in 1952. The guitar was designed by factory manager John Huis and his team with input from and endorsement by guitarist Les Paul. Its typi ...

Fender Jazz Bass The Fender Jazz Bass (often shortened to ''J-Bass'') is the second model of Bass guitar, electric bass created by Leo Fender. It is distinct from the Fender Precision Bass, Precision Bass in that its tone is brighter and richer in the midrange a ...

* £20 Chinese violin * Andrew Carpenter's 1899 Strad copy * Andrew Carpenter's Gresswell Viola * Alan Kelly's Yellow

Tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...

* Skinnie's

Fender Precision Bass The Fender Precision Bass (often shortened to "P-Bass") is a model of electric bass guitar manufactured by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. In its standard, post-1957 configuration, the Precision Bass is a solid body, four-stringed instrum ...

* Roland VS-1680 (on every track) * Mike Doyle's

Prophet 5 The Prophet-5 is an analog synthesizer manufactured by the American company Sequential. It was designed by Dave Smith and John Bowen in 1977, who used microprocessors, then a new technology, to create the first polyphonic synthesizer with full ...

* Tim Speed's

Juno 106 The Roland Juno-106 is a synthesizer released by Roland Corporation in February 1984. Features The Juno-106 is a polyphonic synthesizer with six voices. It is an analog synthesizer but with digitally controlled oscillators and chorus effects ...

* Geoff Churney's Bechstein Grand iano* Mike Doyle's Hammond B4 * Blind School Piano *

Irish Whistle The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, putting it in the same class as the recorder, Native American flute, and other woodwind instruments that meet such criteria. ...

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* Ludwig Super Classic 1971 Kit *

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Masters Kit * Paul Walsham's

Yamaha Yamaha may refer to: * Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services, established in 1887. The company is the largest shareholder of Yamaha Motor Company (below). ** Yamaha Music Foundation, an organization estab ...

Studio Kit

Hey Petrunko plus...

A different version of the album, entitled ''Hey Petrunko plus...'', was released in Japan on 4 May 2003 by

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, featuring ten tracks from the UK version of the album, six previously released non-album tracks and two new recordings, including new song ''Falling Down'' (which later appeared on the UK release of the '' Carried Away'' album) # "Hatch Opens" (Popplewell) # "First Day Of The Holidays" (Popplewell) # "Falling Down"previously unreleased (Popplewell) # "Heavy Duty (New Recording)" (Flett) # "Beany Bean"from the ''Beany Bean'' single (Popplewell) # "Hand That Gets Burnt" (Flett) # "Heroes And Villains" (Popplewell) # "Summer Nights In June" (Flett) # "Car Song" (Flett) # "Bluebell Morning" (Popplewell/Flett) # "Running Girl" (Popplewell) # "Why Did My Igloo Collapse?"from the '' Shorley Wall'' EP (Popplewell) # " Dolphin Blue"from the ''Dolphin Blue'' single (Popplewell) # "Live Again (Don't Die Father)" (Flett) # "SnakeDance" (Popplewell) # "Cities That Fall" (Flett) # "Dreams In The Air" (Popplewell) # "Secret World" (Popplewell)

External links

The Magic Treehouse
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