macspages: Ian 'Mac' McLagan and the Bump Band's CDs

Updated 4/20/05

I've remastered and released 'Bump In The Night' on CD for the first time, and you can hear it here

The cover painting and comic strip inside were painted and inked by Gary Panter, and I'd send him
a copy in a New York minute but I don't have his address. He should see his brilliant artwork again!

I'm very proud of this album, and I think it sounds fantastic
Judge for yourself by clicking on the cover shot to hear some of the tracks

This was the original Bump Band, and featured Johnny Lee Schell on guitar, Ricky Fataar on drums
Ray Ohara on bass and Lord Hounslow on guitar and keyboards, AND Ronnie Wood on bass & guitar
on 'Little Girl', Bobby Keys on tenor on 'Not Running Away' and Renee Geyer on 'Boy's Gonna Get It'
We had more fun than should legally be allowed.
For all the 'Wham bam thank you Ma'am' hit this

Autographed copies are available on the Merchandise page below
or you can go straight there by clicking on 'add to cart'

Product ID# CDBITNIMUSA
$18 inc shipping & handling

Product ID# CDBITNIMREST
$22 inc shipping & handling

Here's a taste of one track because you've been so nice, but there's more on the Nice noises page below

This is not a 'Best Of' album and it's not a British CD, as it was recorded in Texas
where I live, and anyway the title refers to my Dad, a British skating champion of
the 1920's. He really was the best. That's him at the starting line in the photograph.

I recorded it with Don Harvey, 'Scrappy' Jud Newcomb and Sarah Brown,
the BUMP BAND members I had been playing with since I moved to Austin,
Texas in 1994. It was produced by Gurf Morlix and he turned out to be the
missing ingredient. Ronnie Wood and Billy Bragg joined the party late in the
session, and as they brought their own beer, we welcomed them aboard and
drank ourselves into quiet corners, where things went all soft and dark.... zzzzz

As I mentioned above the album title refers to my Dad, Alec McLagan, who as
British speed skating champion in 1928 was quite literally the 'Best of British'.
That's him in leather boots and wooden wheels in the picture. The stupendous
MANIAC Records released it in the UK in February, 2000, and GADFLY Records
released it in the USA and Canada, and we sold a few copies hither and thither

HYPERTENSION naughtily changed the title to 'TURN FACES' when they put it
in stores in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Holland. Well, it's the same music
anyway, and hopefully it turned heads, though what they intended is anybody's
guess. It also features psychedelic cover art. Now that's scary!

Did your head turn? No, nor did mine. It's an awful cover

DREAMSVILLE Records put out a special version in Japan with an additional
track 'LAST CHANCE TO DANCE'. This is not the same recording that's on my
1985 EP of the same name that disappeared off the face of the earth. No, this
features a blistering solo from 'SCRUMPY' JUD NEWCOMB the man himself.

As I said before, autographed copies are available on the Merch page below
or you can go straight there by clicking on 'add to cart'

Product ID# CDBOBIMUSA
$18 inc shipping & handling

Product ID# CDBOBIMREST
$22 inc shipping & handling

But here's a little taste of 'Warm Rain' to whet your appetite

AND... there's Best of British t-shirts, my book, Small Faces CDs and a talking donkey.
OK, there's no donkey, but there is a funny smell in the back yard and no one's owning up!

Anyway, why not settle back, pour yourself a swift one and listen to some of the tracks.
Just go to Nice noises below and check them out. That's Billy Bragg and me singing to
my son Lee on the title track of Best of British, and Ronnie Wood and me singing to our
old mate Ronnie Lane on 'Hello Old Friend'. If you click on Majestic Modelling below, you
can buy any of the CDs or a 10% share in a talking donkey... Alright, there is no
donkey, but something around here don't half pong, and I'm not talking ping pong here!

All the best,

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