Track listing

1. Rakin 'Em Down - 0.19
2. The Taker (2nd take) – 2:57
3. The Cowboy And His Wife – 3:11
4. Precious Love
   Precious Love (The Onset song)
   "The Onset were formed in 1987 by Mike Badger and guitarist Danny Dean, who had met the previous yearon a short lived scheme for unemployed musicians. Precious Love was first played to three people at The Pink Parrot in Liverpool, though this unashamed ode to love eventually reached as far as...
   
    – 2:33
5. Talkin' Space Travel Blues – 1:32
6. Too Proud To Start – 2:38
7. Trees And Plants – 2:16
8. Glad Rags – 1:30
9. Mansion On The Hill – 2:36
10. The Pool Of Life – 1:30
11. For You – 3:18
12. Two Times Forgotten Man – 2:42
13. Poor And Lonely Girl – 2:56
14. Starlight Tuneful 9 – 1:51
15. Another Man's Crime – 3:35
16. Let's Go Home – 3:05

Tracks 3, 12 and 13 by Mike Badger/Danny Dean

Track 1 by Mike Badger/Roger Llewellyn

Track 9 by Williams/Rose arr. Danny Dean

Production and recording

• Produced by Bald Brothers and The Onset
  The Onset
  The Onset were formed in 1987 by Mike Badger after he left his former band The La's. Mike teamed up with local Liverpool legend Danny Dean on guitar, Hamish Cameron on Piano and Colin Becket on Drums. The first demo "Let's Go Home" can be found on the 2006 compilation CD, Lo Fi Electric...
  
  
• Engineered by Colin McKay and Mike Harvey

• Tracks 1,4,5,6,9,10,11,16 recorded May 1988 at Ameritz (Birkenhead)
• Tracks 2,3,7,12,13,15 recorded October 1993 at The Bus Stop (Leigh)
• Tracks 8,14 recorded February 1994 at Ian Broudie's (Liverpool)

Musicians

• Mike Badger
  Mike Badger
  Michael Clifford "Mike" Badger is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist and sculptor from Liverpool, England. He was co-founder of The La's and went on to form alternative country/roots rockabilly band The Onset in 1988 and The Kachinas in 1996...
  
   - vocals, guitar, jaw harp
• Danny Dean - lead guitar on tracks 2,3,4,6,7,9,11,12,13,14,15,16
• Tony Russell - drums on tracks (2,3,4,6,7,9,11,12,13,16); percussion on track 11
• Simon Cousins
  Simon Cousins
  Simon Cousins is an English singer-songwriter and musician, who was a member of Liverpool indie country rock band The Onset and folk rockers Ophiuchus. He studied music at the Liverpool Music College and has a degree in philosophy from Liverpool University...
  
   - backing vocals on tracks 1,9,11,16; bass on tracks 4,6,9,10,11,16; whistle on track 9
• Paul Hemmings
  Paul Hemmings
  Paul Hemmings is a Liverpool based musician and photographer. He played with The La's, Mike Badger and The Onset and Ian Broudie and the Lightning Seeds...
  
  - slide guitar on tracks 5,9,12; mandolin on track 13
• Roger Llewellyn - backing vocals on tracks 2,3,13,15; banjo on tracks 1,3,6,7,9,13,16; harmonica on tracks 14,15; fiddle on tracks 2,12,15; melodica on track 4
• Sue Dring - backing vocals on tracks 9,16
• Bernard Nolan - fiddle on tracks 4,9,11,16; bass on tracks 2,3,7,12,13,15
• Nick Hrydowy - mandolin on tracks 6,11
• Brian Morrow - percussion on tracks 2,3,7,13
• Shelia Seal - backing vocals on tracks 7,12,13

Reviews

"Unlike most Country/Rockabilly, you think you've heard a million times before, the Onsets' humour and deep heart felt compassion creates an original vibe anointing whosoever feels utterly languid with a new knowledge."

"The album oozes with a mixture of styles and textures to appeal to all emotions;
guaranteed to make you want to stomp your feet, slap your thighs, smile and sigh all at the same time. For Blues and Country freaks it's an absolute must-For any other freaks… you'd probably enjoy it too!"