[home]
[news]
[biography]
[influences]
[albums]
[played with]
[writing]
[appearances]
[quotes]
[photos]
[gigs]
[contact]
[links]

Bored with this site? Visit the fun site.

“bencastle.com” the boring version

Ben’s Albums

BLAH STREET - now available as a free download

Released 19th April 2004
OTRecords RIZCD27002

"You must check out this band, they are funny and they are great. They have a great future ahead of them" Joe Zawinul - Oct 2002

1. elephants in motor cars
2. accident waiting for something to happen
3. carousel
4. everything i could have said
5. the heckler
6. all that glitters
7. the stalker
8. track seven
9. green fairy
10. lunar bloom
11. are you sitting comfortably?
12. so now you know
13.i thought you were someone else

all by Ben Castle except 'green fairy' and 'lunar bloom' by Tim Harries

Ben Castle: all saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet, vocals (7+12), guitar (2+3)
Mark Edwards: piano, hammond organ, fender rhodes, wurlitzer, glockenspiel, sampler, all programming, rhythm guitar (2)
Tim Harries: electric basses, acoustic bass
Phil Crabbe: drums
Beth Rowley: vocals (3)
Kevin Jamieson: guitar and backing vocals (7)
Enrico Tomasso: trumpet (5)
Mike Innes: trombone & euphonium(5)

tracks 1,4,5,6,9,10,11,13
recorded at Blah Street 13-15 august, 11,12 september 2001
by Nick J Hannan assisted by Pete Collis
mixed at no-man's land by Steve Wilson

tracks 2,3,7,8,12
recorded at Orange Room Music august/september 2003
by Andy Searle-Barnes and Colin Walker
mixed at Orange Room Music by Colin Walker
 

four from the madding crowd
 - now available as a free download

originally released 2000
 
1. like a red rose to a bull
2. waiting for the penny to drop
3. qua qua
4. long see no time
5. no secrets
6. the last (shall be first)
7. mouse catcher general
8. whenever

all by Ben Castle except 'whenever' by Tim Harries

Ben Castle: tenor sax, clarinet (7)
Mark Edwards: piano, samples, organ
Tim Harries: electric bass, organ (4)
Phil Crabbe: drums, percussion (4)
Terl Bryant: percussion (4)

recorded 12-14 august 1997 at gateway studio by Steve Lowe
mixed at clarion by Colin Walker
mastered at vestry studios by Ian Hodge

*Breathe Easy - Released 1996 - out of print

*Ben and Roy Castle’s Big Celebration
- released 1994 - out of print.

*These two albums feature various line-ups including big band, quartet and quintet playing jazz versions of hymn tunes and a handful of original tunes