Dandelion Gig in London - 10/11/2007

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

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!

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

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:

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

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

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

Disk 3:

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

Disk 4:

1. Danny & The Dressmakers - Dynamite
2. Murmo Schulze - The Death Pulse
3. Accident On The East Lancs - Help Me Mary
4. John Keegan - Me & The Green Machine
5. Piccadilly Radio Interview Part 2
6. Ruts - SUS
7. Elti-fits - Letterbox
8. Fast Cars - Who Loves Jimmy Anderton
9. Howard The Duck - You Know Me
10. Durutti Column - Boxes
11. Aspull - Damson
12. The Tunes - Untitled
13. Body - Tales Of The Riverbank
14. Visitor 2035 - Topa
15. Here & Now - Hairy Barber

Disk 5:

1. Tractor - Lost On The Ocean
2. Pete Farrow - Underwater Guitarist
3. Elti-fits - Tony Wilson
4. Trevor Hyett - There's No Such Thing As Too Much Fun
5. Steve Hillage – U.F.B
6. Dr. Fogg’s Mistik Misfits - Valley Of Dreams (Improvisation)
7. Ruts - Jah Wars
8. Fast Cars - Tameside Girls
9. Nik Turner's Sphinx - God RockWilful Damage - Full Set From 25th July 1978 Featuring:
10. Wilful Damage - Living In A Prison
11. Wilful Damage - Proton Neutraliser
12. Wilful Damage - I'm Scared
13. Wilful Damage - Peace & Life
14. Wilful Damage - Vandals
15. Wilful Damage - Encore (Featuring Eddie Kledjys)
16. 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