{"title":"Tractor","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"original-masters","title":"Original Masters","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released on CD in Germany in 1992, CD versions have sold for as much £40 second hand some 20 years later. Now time to make it available to the world again. The first eight tracks on this are often considered more raw than the recordings on the 1971 \u003ci\u003eWay We Live\u003c\/i\u003e album as these were done in the preceding 12 months to that album’s release of the same tracks - i.e. these are the original masters!!! A great selection of rare bonus tracks and an 8 page CD booklet with some rare images complete the package. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracks 1 to 8 and 13 are recorded late 60's\/early 70's at John Brierley's home studio on a mixing desk with no EQ on 2 track tape recorders (later to become Dandelion Studios, Rochdale and eventually Cargo Studios). Tracks 9 and 10 recorded 1977 by Cargo Studios Mobile. Tracks 11 and 12 Recorded 1974\/75 at Tractor Sound Studios, Heywood. Track 14 Recorded 1980 by Cargo Studios Mobile.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ozit","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50505443574091,"sku":"2002203","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Tractor_-_Original_Masters_CD_6be44fbf_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727814463"},{"product_id":"tractor-50th-anniversary-edition","title":"Tractor (50th Anniversary Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpecial 2 LP 50th anniversary edition, the first time as a 2 record set, 180 gm red vinyl and the first time with a gatefold sleeve. Single sided bonus LP includes 2 tracks from the same era, this is the first time these tracks have been on vinyl. Heralded by Julian Cope, The Shins and Dangermouse, Tractor continue to find new fans nearly 50 years later. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e50 years ago in 1972 Dandelion Records released the Tractor \u003ci\u003eTractor\u003c\/i\u003e LP. Tractor was a team of people including guitarist Jim Milne, drummer Steve Clayton, recording engineer John Brierley, and when John Brierley left in 1973 the team expanded to include recording engineer Alan Burgess and live sound engineer Chris Hewitt. Alan Burgess left around 1975 and Dave Addison was added on bass guitar in 1976. Chris Hewitt hooked up Tractor with the Deeply Vale festivals and the studio and PA gear that John Peel bought for the band with their Dandelion Records advance would become the basis of the Tractor Music PA Hire company in 1976 and it also was the PA systemthat was used for Deeply Vale Festivals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Peel “ Jim Milne the man responsible for some of the most urgent, flowing andlogical guitar playing I’ve ever heard” \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ozit","offers":[{"title":"Red | LP | x2","offer_id":50523947237707,"sku":"1156134","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/6ae61072-a44d-4c20-af9d-ca0815f21779_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728025475"},{"product_id":"shubunkin-over-rochdale-college-bank","title":"Shubunkin Over Rochdale College Bank","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecorded as an instrumental by Tractor in Rochdale in 1971 and originally released on LP in 1972 “Shubunkin” has now been sampled by LA band Broken Bells (Danger Mouse\/ Brian Burton and James Mercer, the lead vocalist and guitarist for the indie rock band The Shins) as the basis of their track “To Anyone a Ghost”. Julian Cope writes about the Tractor track “Shubunkin” : ...“Then, one night in mid 1972, John Peel played a track that was more mysterious than almost anything I had ever heard. It was the music I thereafter wanted played at my funeral and was most certainly the sound of a soul approaching the canopy of heaven as it left the earth for the last time.” ..“without the proper printed Dandelion label there to guide me, I left a blob of marker pen on the side that began with ‘Shubunkin’ and that became the ultimate beginning to any LP in my collection.” Originally Issued in late 2019 as a vinyl LP as a protest against Rochdale Boroughwide Housing’s plans to knock down four of the Seven Sisters\/College Bank Flats- these blocks of flats were home to Tractor’s drummer in the 1970s as well as their manager Chris Hewitt and Andy and Liz Kershaws’ dad and a whole host of poets, musicians, tv producers etc. Many Tractor numbers were worked out in these flats prior to recording at various studios around Rochdale and Heywood. All songs written by Jim Milne and Steve Clayton. Jim Milne -vocals guitar (and bass most tracks), Steve Clayton -Drums and Percussion, Dave Addison- bass on Northern City. The album now starts the way Julian Cope always wanted to run.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ozit Dandelion","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":51049331720523,"sku":"2237884","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Tractor_-_Shubunkin_Over_Rochdale_College_Bank_LP_348d4864_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1738906464"},{"product_id":"the-art-of-being-steve-clayton","title":"The Art Of Being Steve Clayton","description":"\u003cp\u003e2LP gatefold sleeve 180 gram vinyl numbered limited pressing in red vinyl of 500 copies. A beautiful 2 LP set with gatefold sleeve. Outer sleeve by German artist Ciruleo. The title is a slight play on drummer Steve Clayton’s first published novel. This is an album of rare tracks from both 'Way We Live' and 'Tractor' periods with a lot of material previously unreleased. Tracks mainly from 1968 to 1974. There are also rare photos adorning the inner sleeve. Received great reviews in a lot of music publications (particularly in the USA). Many reviewers said how great to have a new gatefold LP from Tractor\/Way We Live as it's easier to skin up on a 12\" Tractor sleeve than a Tractor whilst listening to the album!!!!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ozit Dandelion","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":51049332801867,"sku":"2237883","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Tractor__The_Art_Of_Being_Steve_Clayton_LP__5f07d1c4_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1738908407"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/tractor.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}