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a beginning

by Stormy Petrel

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For a while I lived on Lundy - this is normally illegal, but I had succeeded in exploiting a Lundy legal loophole which allowed me to make the island my main residence provided I was a seabird. So, I changed my name to Stormy Petrel, and lived off eggs and Fly Agarics for six glorious hallucinatory months. Throughout September of that year, I wrote a history of my ancestors, entirely convinced it was true. This song was adapted from chapter twelve, the only chapter that survived the great Lundy November toilet paper shortage. As Stormy Petrel the band, I was accompanied by a lovely loopy Lundy-loving lady called Mad Lil, who used to paint frogs onto 50p pieces and refused to wear corrugated steel for ethical reasons. On the day this picture was taken, she had become concerned I would accidentally disembowel myself on a jacket button and was taking precautionary action. I still have a bookmaker's biro she gave me, filled with dried chives. Charming gal.

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released October 11, 2001

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Ah! Records is officially the least successful record label of all time. Plagued for 30 years by bad luck, criminality, drug- induced recklessness and vandalism, only founders Bill Easton & Andy Matthews' belief in the merits of these releases have ensured Ah!'s continuity. Currently a toilet on a houseboat in Portugal, the office of Ah! introduces these gems to a new generation via bandcamp. x ... more

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