Music by David Pannell

 

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Option Value A collection of original rock songs. Recorded 1998-2001.	Oligopoly A slowly growing collection of cover versions recorded entirely with voices. Recorded 2011-2012.	Economy A slowly growing collection of cover versions recorded simply with vocals and acoustic instruments only. Recorded 2011-2012.

 

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Option Value A collection of original rock songs. Recorded 1998-2001. To download, right click on song name and select "Save Target As ..." (Internet Explorer) or "Save Link As ..." (Firefox/Google Chrome). Common sense (4:43, 4.6MB) Cunning brew (3:07, 3.1MB) We make it up as we go along (3:08, 3.2MB) Commonplace (4:13, 4.1MB) My wish (3:19, 4.1MB) I can't forget (4:20, 4.3MB) Once a man, always a man (1:38, 1.8MB) Helpless grace (4:39, 4.5MB) The human condition (3:29, 3.5MB) Lyrical death (3:20, 3.3MB) So simple (2:12, 2.3MB) Hungry (2:54, 2.9MB) On the seventh day (3:37, 3.6MB) These are the songs I recorded after buying a computer-based multitrack recording system in 1998. Some of them are old songs that I wrote to play with my band, The Bargains, in the early 1980s (Cunning Brew, The Human Condition, Lyrical Death, Hungry and On the Seventh Day). The rest were newly written in 1998-2001.  Cover CD inserts (pdf file) Lyrics CD insert (pdf file) Songs composed by David Pannell. Vocals and instruments by David Pannell, except backing vocals on The Human Condition by Hamsa Hyder Recorded at “The Office”, Albany, Western Australia, February 1998 to September 2001 Songs and recordings Copyright © David J. Pannell, 1998-2001
Oligopoly A slowly growing collection of cover versions recorded entirely with voices. No instruments apart from a little bit of percussion on a couple  of them. There are four vocal parts in each song, and I've recorded two voices for each part, so it sounds like a small choir of eight voices. Recorded 2011-2012.   To download, right click on song name and select "Save Target As ..." (Internet Explorer) or "Save Link As ..." (Firefox/Google Chrome). Our Prayer (by Brian Wilson, from the album Smile by The Beach Boys, 1966). Recorded 2012. (1:25, 2MB) Penny Lane (by Lennon and McCartney, from the album Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles, 1967). Recorded 2011-2012. (3:00, 4MB) You and Whose Army? (by Radiohead, from the album Amnesiac by Radiohead, 2001). Recorded 2012. (3:12, 4.5MB) Nowhere Man (by Lennon and McCartney, from the album Rubber Soul by The Beatles, 1965). Recorded 2011-2012. (2:43, 4MB) The genesis of these recordings is a request by my friend Jenny Simpson to arrange a couple of Beatles songs for her choir. I did Nowhere Man (a fairly obvious choice, given all the harmonies on the original) and Penny Lane (a much less obvious choice, and very challenging to arrange). I recorded demos of the arrangements, singing all the parts myself. Both the arrangements and the recordings worked out so well, and I enjoyed it so much, that I decided to make a project of it with other songs as well. Vocal arrangements by David Pannell. Vocals by David Pannell. Recorded at “Shabby Road”, Nedlands, Western Australia, 2011-2012 Arrangements and recordings Copyright © David J. Pannell, 2011-2012
Economy A slowly growing collection of cover versions recorded simply with vocals and acoustic instruments only. Recorded 2011-2012. To download, right click on song name and select "Save Target As ..." (Internet Explorer) or "Save Link As ..." (Firefox/Google Chrome). Wedding Song (by Bob Dylan, from the album Planet Waves by Bob Dylan, 1974). Recorded 2011. (4:55, 6MB) Acoustic guitar, banjo I worked this song out when I was about 16, while holidaying at Dunsborough. As a teenager I used to sing it in Dylan's original key, but this version has been lowered to make it easier for an older guy. One Man Guy (by Loudon Wainwright III. My version is based on the one from the album Poses by Rufus Wainwright, 2001).  Recorded 2012. (3:54, 5.5MB) Acoustic guitars When I first heard this song, I thought that Rufus was declaring his fidelity to his boyfriend. Turns out it was written by his father, and is instead a statement of individual self-reliance and self-containment -- he's a one-man guy in the sense of performing a one-man show. That seemed to fit my music here since I perform all the vocals and instruments, so here's my go at the song. Four Seasons In One Day (by Neil and Tim Finn, from the album Woodface by Crowded House, 1991). Recorded 2011-2012. (3:10, 4.5MB) Acoustic guitar I've always liked Split Enz and the various outputs of the Finn brothers.  The other recordings here have pretty complex arrangements and need a whole band or choir or multi-track recording system to be realised. It's also good to have some songs you can play simply, accompanied by a single instrument. That's what these are. Some of the recordings have more than one instrument on them, but the songs are amenable to being played with just one. Vocals and instruments by David Pannell. Recorded at “Shabby Road”, Nedlands, Western Australia, 2011-2012. Recordings Copyright © David J. Pannell, 2011-2012

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