The recordings
Music
Rehearsal tapes, a pub residency recorded on two microphones, one proper studio session in London, and a reunion thirty years later.
Buy the tracks on Bandcamp →
Doug's Bandcamp album has a slightly different line-up of songs from the
"Pour It Out" tape. Most of the videos below are on
his YouTube channel.
Their own songs
Panache wrote and played originals from the start. These are the ones that have made it off tape so far.
- We Gotta Make It
A Greenock rehearsal, captured on the old Akai ghetto blaster.
- Getting Closer
Recorded at the band’s publisher’s studio in London — Alastair Sinclair on keyboards and Derek Taylor on drums, with Pat, Alan and Dougie.
- Burn It Up
Rehearsing at the Red Dragon in Greenock. One take, totally live. Dougie’s song about violent extremism and the madness of crowds.
- Cold Night (jam)
Possibly Auchmountain Halls. A reggae version of a song they otherwise played straight.
- You Can’t Do That
Another rehearsal rescued from the vaults, never played live as far as anyone remembers.
- In and Out of Love
- Say You Will
A Dougie Campbell song — funky fusion yacht rock, from an early Greenock rehearsal, rescued from an old cassette.
- Give It All You’ve Got
- Try
A mid-70s Greenock rehearsal, rescued from the vaults. Not thought to have ever been played live.
- Party Feeling / Keep Talking
- Too Much Too Soon
- Sweet Lady — Reimagined
A saxier new version of Dougie’s song, built around Pat Hamill’s original vocal. Fifty years on.
- Spyrock
- Out In The Cold
Live at the Victorian Carriage
Recorded on two microphones into Dougie's old Revox, with the line-up of Robert, Alan, Pat, George and Dougie. In Dougie's words: these songs will sound best with a pint of lager in one hand and a packet of crisps in the other.
- Eleanor Rigby
Live at the Victorian Carriage. Left to right: Robert Williams, Alan Mackie, Pat Hamill, George McClarkin, Dougie Campbell. The Beatles tune taken at a fast pace with a few jazzy chords.
- Ain’t It Strange
A beautiful ballad written by John Cooper, a friend of ours from Irvine — whose song “One of the Few” was recorded by none other than Jimmy Webb. Live at a busy Victorian Carriage: even with all the chatter going on, Pat’s soulful voice shines through.
- Look For My Light
We used to call it “Sentimental Lady”! I think they were Joan Armatrading’s backing band back in the day. Live at the Victorian Carriage, restored from the original tape.
The reunion, 2009
Filmed by Gerry, with sound by Hugh, at the Greenock shows in July 2009.
- Haitian Divorce
I do my best to do the voicebox thing with a wah-wah pedal!
- Kid Charlemagne
- Kerry
We added a little bit of “Panache” at the end!
- Sweet Lady
- Do What I Wanna Do
- Getting Closer
- Enough To Make You Mine
Pour it out — the fifteen originals
This is the track list from the band's own website, where you could once play all fifteen. Those files are gone from the web; 10 of the fifteen have no recording online today. If you have any of them on tape, please get in touch. Doug's Bandcamp album has more.
- 01 Why Don’t You Write
- 02 Sweet Lady
- 03 Do What I Wanna Do
- 04 Trudi
- 05 Don’t Leave It Up To Me
- 06 To The Full
- 07 Getting Closer
- 08 I’ll Be Around
- 09 All That I Need
- 10 Water Baby
- 11 Let’s Have A Beautiful Night
- 12 Real Nice Girl
- 13 Too Much Too Soon
- 14 Feelings
- 15 Burn It Up