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The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican's fifth studio album was written between the release of Sat'day Neet Fever in February 2013 and early 2014, and was recorded over a four month period between the relentless run of shows during that time.

It is the first Doonicans album that had been completely 'gigged' prior to recording it, and so we were able to see which songs were 'keepers' from crowd responses to them. We had some special guests returning into the studio: long-time friend of the band, Richard Kitson (who has previously collaborated with the Doonicans) came down and added a jaw-dropping rawk electric guitar solo on Track 6.

Also Delmar Doonican (who played on The Big 7" B-Side 'Ace Of Spades') returned too.

It was the last album to feature the 'Mk. II' band line-up of Scott, Alan #1 and Andy. Alan #1 was to leave in October of 2014 and be replaced by Alan #2, and the line-up was expanded to feature Bjorn Doonicansson (who actually joined just before this album's release, despite not performing on it).

This album comes with a bonus PDF of lyrics and sleeve notes in the form of a 'Listener's Guide' (taken from Scott Doonican's book 'Songs In The Key Of Tarn').

Hailing from Barnsley, The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican are Britain's hardest working comedy band. Having played over 1,350 anarchic live shows to date, they are instantly recognisable for their immaculate hair and their stylish dress-sense. The have been critically acclaimed to be the UK festival scene's undisputed Kings of Parody.

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