It Bites record Once Around The World

[alembicbassguy]

I remember watching this show when it was first screened - this was a great album. Far too quiet though!

[promotah17]

I understand that the engineer on this session made enough pounds to buy pants after this was completed.

[domsdos]

i couldn't do that on that one......well i could.... LOL! Francis rocks!

[gazbert88]

It's fukin Terry Nutkins lol

[zillionairemark]

Crikey,that really is a posh recording studio..they've got Mick Fleetwood as groundsman.

[reoreason]

I recorded an album here in 1984,what a studio.Godfather bedroom.The dining room table was made from an old long tree trunk.

[johnnythelowery]

@reoreason

What album was that? What did you do? How far from Headington is this place???

[reoreason]

@johnnythelowery Headington? this place is in kidlington just outside Oxford.We arrived just after the band Rush left.Richard Branson is ok he invited us all to watch the F.A cup final in his house[Liverpool v Everton]

I was in a Band called Keep it Dark then unfortunatly we split up during the first album release after supporting Genesis [You know what bands are like there`s always a greedy one].

[johnnythelowery]

@reoreason

Dunnery told me and my guestsy that they really pissed off Branson when they were there by getting the key to his wine collection and doing some serious damage!! Strange place for Branson to set up at--Kidlington: has the little airfield but he's a Surry boy and you'd think some where near Gatwick would suit him better. DUnnery did a house concert in Oxford last year, Did you go? Although, i suppose, you are not in the area now. Keep it dark... any good??

[Jack4Blogging]

Dunnery = Guitar God

[JimCaleyJag]

For anyone interested, the climbing riff at 4:28 is, starting at the G string 4th fret, B D F# E.....B E A G#.....E G# C# B. It does sound cool with some distortion. Don't know about the legato stuff on the end of that riff yet though.

[MovingToMontana]

I remember watching this programme over and over and over again drooling at the high tech gear on display. I was probably 5 years old. It Bites were an amazing band.

[kirk193]

Hey guys, this is Terry Nutkins. It's me cutting the grass. Although I presented the 'Really Wild show' , I cant stand 'Really Wild' grass.

[johnnythelowery]

So ThATS who nicked Frank's guitar. It was Dave WALkER! There it is!

[reoreason]

I recorded there in1984 brilliant studio.The Godfather bedroom was great.

[spamystyle]

when he said 100 pound guitar, at first... I thought he meant the weight!  HA!

[monstersince]

this is Fish from Marrilion, & credit where it's due; i cut the grass that day.

[freakunt]

...just found this on youtube-priceless!Frank Dunnery played round my house a few years ago-great player and a sweary fucker too -a right laugh!! check out the engineers disturbing shorts!!....oh the 80,s!!

[Oricus7]

Reckon it's Peter Gabriel on the lawnmower. You can tell by the way he walks.

[alembicbassguy]

Actually on watching this Frank's playing is almost Holdsworthesqe!

[alembicbassguy]

Freaking great, met the band after they played the rooftops gig in Glasgow on this tour....magnifico!

[PeaveyPV20]

if only there were programmes like this on tv instead of crap reality shows about dancing n all that

[johnnythelowery]

Definately Noddy Holder on Lawn Mower!

[Harani66]

Saw Francis play South Shields last night

He recreated this sequence (the bit comparing the Fender to the Squier ) onstage word for word and note for note.

For, as he said, the people who were coming to the shows and getting very upset that he wasn't playing stuff like he did "back in the 80's"." hahaha

it was genius !

[giginervoso]

FRANK IS THE BEST!!!

Without Dunnery, It Bites are nothing ... No feeling with vocalist/g.player of KINO.

Thank you and goodnight.

[fireandrain1]

Yeah Frank was without doubt a fantastic musician...but so were/are the rest of the band.

Saw them in Glasgow last year with the new guy and it was better than I expected.

Couldn't have been too bad as I'll be going again in March.

[ashatan69]

I was in Egremount today so i had to look up some Francis Dunnery.I remember watching this on CH4 all those years ago. His fingers still look pretty nimble.

[BaddaBigBoom]

Am I the only one who thinks that Andy Summers' mid-Atlantic accent sounds really affected?

[Rikk303]

Nope. I do too. In fact him and Joan Collins' sister (can't remember her name, just remember to turn her off everytime she shows her face) sound spookily alike. This strand could be the groundwork for a massive debate and census on irritating affected accents!!!

[BaddaBigBoom]

Since I first saw this (when it was first aired) I've got so used to the finished piece it's pretty surreal hearing this "karaoki" version. I was going "crack the champagne, what's the year, sounds like 1924 down here" in my mind at the last part of this clip! Thanks a million Lonegroover for posting this.

[bassthing26]

Did Dave Walker ever get one?

[bassthing26]

No.

[Rikk303]

Watched this clip so many times but it just dawned on me that the guy doing the narration sounds like the bloke telling you where to hide in case of a nuclear holocaust...a la Frankie Goes to Oblivion! Also the producer is in his pants. Only in his pants apart from a skimpy top. If you pause at 7'31", he looks like a cross between Neil Morrissey and Richard Beckinsale.

[BaddaBigBoom]

LOL...he also looks -and sounds- like Ray (the gym guy) from Nuts In May !

[dropehe]

fuck me was this a one off!!!! bob really nailed that kit.

[Culpano]

This band should have ruled the world.

[XMerlyn03]

I agree, "Once around the World" was a fantastic album, such a shame they only lasted or one more album with this line up. Although, the newly resurrected "It Bites" is very good too fronted by John Mitchell in Franks place, their new album is certainly a throwback to this era and is definitely worth a spin.

[extemeski]

Brilliant! Thanks for posting this! The band I was in at the time it came out used to watch this over and over again (and the tempo is much quicker than on the final album cut-shame they didn't keep it the same as this version). I did roll around laughing when I saw how short the soundman's pants were....

[johnnythelowery]

Cheers Lonegroover. Better than the other

one. I think that is Noddy Holder in the garden doing the mowing! Have you posted Andy Summer's?

[lonegroover]

Hi,

Done, although it was already there as it turned out. Search for Andy Summers 1987 or look in my videos. Cheers.

[johnnythelowery]

Lonegroover: You make it to the CKDCF or to the new progressive tour stuff recently??