NARVEL FELTS GOES TO TOWN

In a cart with well worn wheels

drawn by horse in true tradition,

A man with sideburns and a voice like gravel,

and an instinctive urge to travel.

Singing as he rolls along

I'm Narvel Felts and this is my song.

Narvel Felts goes to town.

He loves the neon lights, he runs around,

He picks fights and never goes down.

Narvel Felts, Narvel Felts,

Big boots and studded belts,

Narvel Felts goes to town.

Narvel Felts, felts of the navel

digs in his belly button, and sits at the table,

eats of his naval, eats of his felts

lurking in the black hole, beneath his belt,

Neon lights and tartan kilts,

Narvel Felts goes to town.

With his trousers down; bit city, bright lights,

Narvel Felts is alive and late tonight.

What moves him, makes him sing,

the win in his country and western willows,

or the deathly pallor of his skin.

by The Lighthouse Keepers 1983

Exploding Lighthouse Keepers

12" EP 1983

Guthega Pipeline Records

GPR 004

Released in hand coloured wrap-around sleeve with lyric insert

Springtime

Again

The Beat

Bad Mood

Narvel Felts Goes to Town

Whiskey & Gin

Produced at Dream Studios by Keith and The Lighthouse Keepers.

Thanks: Peter (engineering), Alex (trumpet), Richard (printing), and Fabian (artist).

Guthugga Pipeline Records,

P.O. Box 996 Darlinghurst,

N.S.W. 2010. Australia.

Contact:

The Lighthouse Keepers

(02) 698-7524

All songs by G. Appel

Copyright 1983 *

Except "Whisky & Gin" (Bo Carter).

Mastered by Don Bartley (Studios 301).

FAN CLUB:

P.O. Box 996, Darlinghurst, N.S.W. 2010. Australia.

Liner notes:

Dear consumer of indisputable good taste, Our second offering to your ears carriesforward the great tradition of independent recording founded by The Lighthouse Keepers' first release, Gargoyle.

On this mini L.P. we have added to the band line up of January '83 when Gargoyle was recorded. Steven Williams provides excellent drumming and percussion. Stephen O'Neil, our former drummer, moves onto bass, rhythm and lead guitar and saxophone.

Greg Appel now plays keyboards as well as bass and fantastic all-purpose 12 string and 6 string guitar. (+ vocals and sorts(ed)).

Juliet Ward has added bass, keyboards and percussion to her vocals. This has given the band an ability to dramatically change its on stage sound during a set. We hope this comes through on this record, even though some recorded versions differ in personnel to the stage version. "MICHAEL" BLUE DALTON: SLIDE, HARMONICA AND BASS WEEKLY.

Rivetting suspense. You will not be able to put it down, till you discover, the final dramatic climax. - JULIET WARD: PERTH MORNING HERALD.

"The Exploding Lighthouse Keepers" is certainly an appropriate title for this decade's greatest, most worthwhile offering to life on our planet. Words certainly do not suffice ... an awesome commitment to vinyl ... It would take till eternity to choose my favourite, out of this rich, effervescent, tapestry of song. - GREG APPEL, NEW ZEALAND TRUTH.

The "Exploding" Lighthouse Keepers, not just another 12" "Gimmick" "Independent" fleeting attempt at "Street Level Credibility by one of Sydney's most "Well Revered" "Inner City" "Up and Comings". But a complete visual and soulful experience- to borrow from Karen Bayly a close personal friend of not only myself but also the keepers of the light. " The power and honesty are beautiful. The beauty of simplicity." - S. O'NEIL: GUTHUGGA OBSERVER.