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The Cinema Clock : (Brighton/Welbourn) Recorded on 8-track at Studio Playground, Wragby, Lincolnshire spring 1980. Produced by The Sinking Ships. Engineered by Rick Woolgar and Andy Dransfield. Released as double-A-sided 7” single November 1980 on Dead Good Records/Stark Products (Dead14/Stark2). Published by Dead Good Tunes/Street Corner Music. Personnel: Simon Brighton – Guitar & Backing Vocals/Nick Green – Drums/Terry Welbourn – Bass & Vocals. Known airplay: The John Peel Show, BBC Radio One – 24 November 1980.

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The Cinema Clock

Stops for a short while, on a steep hill incline.
He runs from time to time, treading out a pace, a path that will be so hard to follow.

Back-breaking precision, breath-taking speed.
If he tries his luck he will succeed.

Watches set at Greenwich Time, the watch he keeps, he cannot sleep.
Sees the ships out in the night, he hears them call, he sees their lights.
This time, he’s out on his own for the first time, he’s out on his own till the next time.

He’s out on his own.

Lyrics by Terry Welbourn © 1980 : Dead Good Tunes/Street Corner Music Ltd.

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from The Cinema Clock and Other Stories​…​., released January 18, 2021
A Brighton/Welbourn composition. All tracks digitised by Neal Quincey and re-mastered by Steve Orient Summer 2020.

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Sinking Ships 1980 Lincoln, UK

Terry Welbourn and Simon Brighton formed Sinking Ships in 1979 with Colin Hopkirk and Nick Green. In 1980, the band recorded: I Start, Smiles and Guns, A Sinking Ship, Third World and Weight Loss. After Colin left they recorded, The Cinema Clock and Strangers, released as a single in the autumn of 1980. Tracey Horseman, Steve Orient and Charlie Anderson then joined for the single Dream in 1981. ... more

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