Paul Rooney – ‘Lucy Over Lancashire’ Originally released on 12" red vinyl on SueMi Records, Berlin (Germany), in 2007. Re-issued as a CD June 2014 on Owd Scrat Records, and available as a digital download for the first time. Vinyl and CD available here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lucy-Over-Lancashire-12-VINYL/dp/B000NDDPBU Liverpool (UK) based artist Paul Rooney made the ‘Rooney' (UK band not US one) albums of 1998 to 2000, and a Radio 1FM Peel session was broadcast in October 1999 (see Rooney on CD Baby). ‘Lucy Over Lancashire’ came out in 2007, and was Paul’s first solo record release since Rooney. The 16-minute, single track, ‘B’ side only, red vinyl 45rpm 12” record was specially made to be broadcast in November 2006 via Steve Barker (the dub guru of The Wire magazine) and his ‘On The Wire’ programme on BBC Radio Lancashire. It was subsequently broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and BBC 6 Music amongst many other stations. The 16-minute track consists of industrial strength post-punk dub, with a demonically possessed, but cheerful, single voice Lancastrian monologue over the top of it all. The voice is that of Lucy, an evil ‘spryte of the air’ who says that she is possessing the grooves of the record itself. She relates a tale about the pivotal role that the county of Lancashire, England has in the plans of Satan, ranging from the Pendle witches and the Satanic mills of the Industrial Revolution right up to the dark bile of the Red Rose Radio phone in shows of Allan Beswick (who also appears on the record). Some comments about Lucy: Radio… Where’s the Skill in That “Now a great track called ‘Lucy Over Lancashire’ by the Liverpool based musician and artist Paul Rooney. This was originally made to be broadcast on Steve Barker’s ‘On the Wire’ Radio Lancashire show. Now the Berlin based SueMi Records (great name that, SueMi) have just released it as a 16 minute track on red 12” vinyl…Thoroughly enjoyable piece…” Robert Sandall, Mark Edwards. [‘Where’s the Skill in That’, Resonance FM (UK internet radio broadcast 16/5/07).] Marc Riley's Mint “I’ve got a record in my hand here which is quite intriguing, it’s called ‘Lucy Over Lancashire’ by Paul Rooney on SueMi Records… [After playing record] Love it, absolutely love it – great isn’t it? I told you it was a weird one. So that was Paul Rooney and ‘Lucy Over Lancashire’ …” Marc Riley. [‘Marc Riley's Mint’, BBC 6 Music (UK radio broadcast 25/3/07).] One Music Unsigned Podcast “Well that’s brilliant isn’t it? It’s called ‘Lucy Over Lancashire’ and it’s by a fellow called Paul Rooney, it’s a limited release on a label called SueMi…a scary start to this week’s Unsigned Podcast, that’s ‘Lucy Over Lancashire’.” Huw Stephens. [BBC Radio 1FM radio podcast 13/4/07 to 20/4/07 - www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onemusic/unsigned/).] Huw Stephens “Don’t be scared, even though we in the studio are absolutely petrified after listening to that. ‘Lucy Over Lancashire’, that was part 3, by Paul Rooney, we’ve already played parts 1 and 2 on the show. Parts 4, 5 and 6 coming up over the next three shows…Brilliant stuff from Paul Rooney, one of the most talked about tracks that we’ve played on this show…” Huw Stephens. [‘Huw Stephens’, BBC Radio 1FM (UK radio broadcast 3/5/07).] Other comments… Notes from a Small Curate “Great discovery: a dub delight, Paul Rooney's ‘Lucy Over Lancashire’, on SueMi Records…It's silly and lovely, it's sixteen minutes long and it's an absolute scream.” John Davies [Blog 18/12/06 - www.johndavies.org] Moth Machine and Her Mechanical House Mates “Fenny played an incredible piece on On the Wire last night by Paul Rooney called 'Lucy Over Lancashire'…” [Blog 19/11/06 - www.myspace.com/glasseyeddetectives] Huw Stephens “Hello, this week on the Unsigned Podcast there's music from Nova Robotics, Chris Moss Acid, Stuart James and an ace song by Paul Rooney - 'Lucy over Lancashire' - really spooky and well worth a listen...” Huw Stephens [Blog 13/4/07 - myspace] The Fall web forum “Further to redkah's original thread, Paul Rooney's 'Lucy Over Lancashire' debuted on Radio Lancashire over the weekend, and it's a cracker. Reminds these ears of Backsaturday era Prolapse, but with rather bit more going on. All this and Fall references too!” [Blog 21/11/06 - http://invisionfree.com/forums/thefall]