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Tough Old Birds

from The Circle by Jim Shepherd (Jasmine Minks)

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  • The Circle LP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    The album’s 12 brand new songs prove that Shepherd’s songwriting is
    still on fire, with a fantastic production by Dave Morgan, strings, and
    stunning Beach Boys/Byrds-style harmony vocals. Many moods and
    styles are captured: it’s a real journey....maan! Dig it!

    Creation Records diehards who swooned over The Jasmine Minks’
    wonderful Cold Heart, got their Mod kicks to the band’s Where the
    Traffic Goes, shook their stuff to Dave Morgan’s drumming on Primal
    Scream’s debut album Sonic Flower Groove or the Weather Prophets’
    Almost Prayed ain’t going to be disappointed with anything here.
    And you don’t need to be a fan of the aforementioned or even know
    anything about that whole scene to dig this album. It’s rock & roll, it’s
    soul, it’s psychedelic, it’s spiritual and it’s good for ya!

    The fifty-first release on Spinout Nuggets, this record will be available
    via the label, the band and all very good record outlets.

    Catch Jim and The Pillars Of Creation perform the album live at The
    Lexington, London on Sunday April the 17th.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Circle via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.     ... more

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  • Limited Edition CD
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Digipak version of the album with artwork by Les Clark

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lyrics

Tough old birds from a time long gone
Doesn’t seem that way today
The differences then were so clear
From the music that we listened to and the attitudes that came from that

And now all that splits us
Is the desire to be better than each other
I don’t care if you live or if you die

Tough old birds like you and me
We survive like people who built the ark
I’ve held every job there is to hold in this town
I know everything there is to know about you

So why when the gossip is riding high
Am I the one who gets the look of the eye
Obliged me - ooh ooh

Kiss me once again like you used to
When you weren’t afraid to be yourself
When the pain of your life was diverted
For that short time in your youth

Show to me that you have desire
You really can think for yourself
When the thoughts of the nation have gone
When the thoughts of the nation have gone

credits

from The Circle, released March 25, 2022
Jim - vocals, guitars, electric piano
Dave Morgan - drums
Arash Torabi - bass guitar

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Jim Shepherd (Jasmine Minks) Scotland, UK

Member of The Jasmine Minks, who released albums on Creation Records and Esurient from 1984-89 and then with Poptones, Bus Stop and Cherry Red Records since. I release occasional records on my own label, Oatcake Records, and have collaborated with others such as APB, Sleepyard and The Beat Hotel. My first solo LP/CD is out now. I also still play and record with The Jasmine Minks... ... more

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