Rare 'Sunny Weston Super Mare!'

In 1988 the Wurzels released ‘Sunny Weston-Super-Mare’ as a vinyl single on the ‘Far End’ record label. The title track was written and arranged by Pete Budd (the rest of the band line up at the time being Tommy Banner, John Morgan and Mike Gwilliam) and it was produced as a promotional item for the Weston-Super-Mare tourist board.

The tune was taken from a German folk song (‘Das Humbta Tatara’) It came in a picture sleeve showing a cartoon seaside scene with donkeys on the beach, sandcastles and the pier. The reverse of the sleeve has the lyrics to the song – allowing fans to sing along as they listened to the instrumental version of the song which appeared on the ‘b' side of the record!

The band re-worked and re-recorded this song on their 2004 ‘Taste of The West’ CD but copies of the original are very hard to come by – so if you find one keep hold of it!
However – even rarer is the cassette version of the single!

Recently a keen Wurzels collector contacted us as he'd found a copy of this long forgotten cassette release – this version sported a photo of the band enjoying a pint of zider outside a local hostelry on the sleeve – and whilst the title track remained the same as the vinyl this release was a double ‘A’ side – the remaining track being a previously unreleased version of ‘All Fall Down’ which had been released in it’s own right two years earlier in 1986.

This later version was slightly faster, lighter and with more emphasis placed on the instruments.

So – if you have copy let us know! How rare is this cassette? And have you got any Wurzel records not listed in our Discography?
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