Tractor the Band

Peterloo Massacre

2008-10-31T15:24:00.004Z

Tractor were fortunate enough to have John Peel indulge them to write and record a suite of songs about Manchester's Peterloo Massacre - Peel helped pay recording studio bills and even bought them equipment to launch several locations of recording studios around Rochdale where they continued to record themselves and other bands which has played a major part in Manchester's musical history.

They recorded a 21 minute suite of songs about Peterloo in 1973. Because of the campaign for a decent memorial to the victims of Peterloo Tractor wrote new songs in the last few years to add to the suite of music which now runs as a whole album at around 41 minutes. The album will be released a few weeks before the 190th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre which is on the 16th August 2009.

This Sunday on BBC 1 Tractor play an extract from one of the songs and members of the band and their producer Chris Hewitt talk about the politics of Peterloo and the parallels with Thatcherism and today and their idea of a Peterloo concert in the open air in Manchester somewhere near St Peters Fields.

Please pass on this information.

If you are outside North West region of BBC 1 you can get the North West edition of the politics show by selecting other regions on your Sky or digibox etc.

The program is on at 12:00PM - 1:00PM on Sunday 2nd of November.

New DVD Release!

2008-10-25T18:24:00.002+01:00

V/A - 'John Peel's Dandelion Records' (DVD)

"The legendary UK radio broadcaster John Peel started his own record label along with business partner Clive Selwood in 1969. ....some of the musicians who were fortunate enough to be on John Peel’s Dandelion label and filmed their performances and listened to their stories. This DVD is a just over six hours long. Featuring the following : One of Kevin Coyne's last concerts and his only full reunion with his Siren Dandelion bandmates in 30 years. Stack Waddy’s 2007 reunion studio / rehearsals and hilarious interviews with all four band members. Medicine Head - John Fiddler concert performances. Bridget St John - interview and concert footage. Tractor- previously unreleased 70's footage and recent rehearsals and concert outtakes and all about Dandelion studios Rochdale and Tractor sound studios...." More on 'pre-order'. Released November 17th

Intro incl John Peel :12 minutes
Kevin Coyne and Siren 1:08
Dave Clague talks on Kevin Coyne and Siren :38 mins
Med Head/ John fiddler 1 36
Gene Vincent :4 mins
Stack Waddy playing and talking incl Sheila Ravenscroft:30 mins
Bridget St John interview and gig excerpt :30 mins
Tractor :50 mins
Tractor interview and Dandelion and Tractor studios :23 mins
Principle Edwards :5 mins
Bill Oddie 6 mins

around 6 hours long includes 16 page dvd book on Dandelion Records artists in this dvd

Dandelion Gig in London - 10/11/2007

2007-08-02T03:49:00.000+01:00

Tractor will be playing a gig with Stack Waddy on the 10th of November in London later on this year. More details will be posted here and on the Stack Waddy Website soon.

Western Warrior - Indian Summer - 22/09/2007

2007-08-02T03:22:00.000+01:00

The festival will be running September the 21st and the 22nd this year. Tractor will be playing on the 22nd. For more information check out the Penmaenau Events Website.

Tickets will be £7 per night pre-booked and £8 per night on site. 12-16 year olds £3 a day, under 12s come FREE (Please send a S.A.E to M.R.A, Box 21, Coventry, CV2 4DT)

Smokers can access almost all areas without breaking laws and disturbing non-smokers new rights. All this with careful site layout at some expense.

Running order of bands.
September 21st - Friday

6pm - Egypt (Old style Rhythm and Blues band with slide guitar, all ex members of the Groundhogs.)
8pm - Earthling Society (Can, Hawkwind, Ashrah Temple, Faust, 60's USA West Coast inc. Grateful Dead.)
10pm - Motorkill (Motorhead tribute)
12pm-1.30 - Betty Swallocks (Clash, Sex Pistols, Greenday)

September 22nd - Saturday

10am - Riff Raff (Thin Lizzy, Guns and Roses, Neil Yound, T.Rex)
12pm - Nightflys (from Canvey Island, Dr Feelgood style fast old style Rhythm and Blues)
2pm - Uniting the Elements (Contemporary rock, punk influences, good melodies.)
4pm - Black Rose (60's and 70's classics inc. Wasp, Motley Crue, Motorhead, Saxon.)
6pm - Tractor (One of John Peel's favourite bands.)
8pm - Hogwash (Glam rock inc. Showaddywaddy, Mud, T.Rex, Salde, A.C-D.C, Thin Lizzy)
10pm - Divided by Zero (Harvey Bainbridge ex Hawkwind and John Bootle ex Stray a volcanic eruption of sound)
12pm-1.30 - V.8 (A classic party and get up and dance, rock band, chosen to rock the night away in style)

Tractor the Band.com is now online!

2006-06-09T11:16:00.000+01:00

We are starting to move all of the Tractor related stuff from http://www.tractor-ozit.com/ to this new site. If you have anything you would like to contribute to this site about Tractor or The way we live then please email ozitrecords@which.net.

Deeply Vale 5CD Boxed set

2006-03-18T11:46:00.000Z

The Deeply Vale Festivals of the 1970s 5CD box set

Until we bring you Deeply Vale Festival - Summer 2007 - don’t despair because for a few years we have been working on The Deeply Vale of the 1970s 5CD box set!

Featuring tracks from as many musicians as possible associated with Deeply Vale Festivals in the 1970s and including some real gems - remember the Steve Hillage Live at Deeply Vale and The Fall Live at Deeply Vale CDs – well, two tracks each from Steve Hillage and The Fall [with end of set outro by compere Tony Wilson] were held back from the albums in order for them to go on this 5CD set; check out the list below. Blind Rochdale guitarist Tony Crabtree, who passed away last year, has some rare acoustic stuff in his memory on this album set. Amazing full set from Wilful Damage and several great tracks from Graham Massey and Co. in Danny and the Dressmakers [Deeply Vale 1978]. Fast Cars, The Tunes, Accident on the East Lancs, Body, Visitor 2035, Tractor, Howard The Duck, Durutti Column - their fourth ever performance live at Deeply Vale 1978, The Ruts, the joint rolling contest compered by Eddie Kledjys - it’s all here!

We are just getting the artwork and packaging together if any other musicians who were there or who want to be involved in donating a track or two to this boxed set, please email ozitrecords@which.net

Bring What You Expect To Find - The Deeply Vale Festivals of the 1970s
Disk 1:

Killer Man Giro - Deeply Vale (Music by Foggy/Words by Hovis B. Reading)
The Joint Rolling Contest (Featuring Eddie Kledjys)
Murmo Schulze - Our First Number
The Tunes - In The Car
Ruts - It Was Cold
Moodswings - Skinthieves
Body - Andromeda
Fast Cars - Images
Tractor - Roll The Dice
The Fall – Bingo Master’s Break Out
Tony Crabtree - The Banks Of Pontrathrain

Disk 2: Danny & The Dressmakers - Full Set From 24th July 1978 Featuring:

Danny & The Dressmakers - Ernie Bishops Dead Body
Danny & The Dressmakers - What Are We Doing On At A Rock Festival?
Danny & The Dressmakers - How Hot Is A Match?
Danny & The Dressmakers - Johnny Be Really Fucking Good
Here & Now - Strawberry
Accident On The East Lancs - Fuck The Society
Elti-fits - Untitled
Piccadilly Radio Interview Part 1
Steve Hillage – Getting Better
The David Bacha Band - What You See Is What You Get (Foggy's Beautiful Friday Night Remix)
Pete Farrow - Candy Man
Trevor Hyett - You Just Can't Make It
Howard The Duck - Untitled
Aspull - Raspberry

Disk 3:

Visitor 2035 - Untitled
Durutti Column - Halitosis
Tony Crabtree - Little Wing
Rivington Spike [Poet] - Untitled
No Change - Ruin
Here & Now - My Band’s Better Than Your Bong
Nik Turner's Sphinx - The Awakening - Pyramid Spell
Body - Untitled
Foggy & The Mental Asylum Seekers - Michael Howard, Fuck Off
Moodswings - Hairy Piano
Pete Farrow - Daydreamer
John Keegan - Yearning For The Human Race To Run
The Fall – Brand New Cadillac
No Change - Lament

Disk 4:

Danny & The Dressmakers - Dynamite
Murmo Schulze - The Death Pulse
Accident On The East Lancs - Help Me Mary
John Keegan - Me & The Green Machine
Piccadilly Radio Interview Part 2
Ruts - SUS
Elti-fits - Letterbox
Fast Cars - Who Loves Jimmy Anderton
Howard The Duck - You Know Me
Durutti Column - Boxes
Aspull - Damson
The Tunes - Untitled
Body - Tales Of The Riverbank
Visitor 2035 - Topa
Here & Now - Hairy Barber

Disk 5:

Tractor - Lost On The Ocean
Pete Farrow - Underwater Guitarist
Elti-fits - Tony Wilson
Trevor Hyett - There's No Such Thing As Too Much Fun
Steve Hillage – U.F.B
Dr. Fogg’s Mistik Misfits - Valley Of Dreams (Improvisation)
Ruts - Jah Wars
Fast Cars - Tameside Girls
Nik Turner's Sphinx - God RockWilful Damage - Full Set From 25th July 1978 Featuring:
Wilful Damage - Living In A Prison
Wilful Damage - Proton Neutraliser
Wilful Damage - I'm Scared
Wilful Damage - Peace & Life
Wilful Damage - Vandals
Wilful Damage - Encore (Featuring Eddie Kledjys)
Bill Normal - My Fathers Woolly

Karl 'Foggy' Forshaw: Digital Restoration & Remastering, Live & Studio Engineering, Studio Production & Mastering

Thomas Hewitt: Additional Engineering

Chris Hewitt: Concept & Executive Producer

Killer Man Giro Are:

Hovis B. Reading - Poet & Surrealist
Foggy - Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Programmer, Composer, Engineer, Producer & Idealist

Foggy & The Mental Asylum Seekers Were:

Foggy - Guitar & Sound Generation
Tyrion Moses - Drums
Tom Fool - Saxophophone
Scotty - Bass
Darryl - Vocalisation & Face Paint
Sooty - Plastic Drainpipe & Fire Breathing
Emma Pyromaniac - Metal Objects

Dr. Fogg’s Mistik Misfits Were:

Foggy - Guitar, Sequencing & Sound Generation
Blacky - Drums
Mark - Keyboards
Gary - Bass