HOT NEWS: Look Wot They Dun to Me Song Man - a 37 track compilation of stupendous and eccentric cover versions of songs which you may know, out now for the discerning listener x its an early Xmas present x

Priceless music for nowt (almost) - All albums have been given a loving run under the tap and tweaked to perfection.

• Select the icon for the compilation album of your choice
• Enjoy a listen to the songs listed
• Read the enthralling stories behind the album
• Spend One English Penny to obtain your mp3 download version of the album
• Then select another icon and repeat the process

Our current compilation series comprises:

• Advanced State of Refreshment – Our second bespoke volume trampling across the eras and genres
• A Fine Kettle of Fish – Our first volume of music by some crazy mixed up people who are now old enough to know better
• All Together - the Tyneside compilation L.P. from 1977 remastered
• Hart Rock 71 – the fabled e.p. from in the olden days revisited
• The Durham Street Studio compilation series comprising:
  • Beats Hanging Around
  • Codhead Music
  • On Your Pike
  • Now That’s What I Call Codhead
  • The Codhead e.p.
  • Shake Rattle and Roe
  • Cod Pieces
  • Just for the Halibut
• Stockton/Teesbeat Studio compilations comprising: 
  • On a Wing and a Prayer - 1985 compilation recorded at Teesbeat Studios in Stockton on Tees
  • The New Bowery - 1984 compilation recorded at Teesbeat Studios in Stockton on Tees
• Studio 64-Middlesbrough Music Collective compilation series comprising: 
  • Tune In Turn On Dolby Out
  • Aims and Objectives 1
  • Aims and Objectives 2

And finally here is the Durham Street Studios of Hartlepool story:

Today anyone with a musical inclination is likely to have access to technology to turn their ideas into something that can be played and shared. In the olden days however this was not the case as record companies ruled the airwaves and very expensive recordings studios were the only way music could be recorded.

Peter Gowland took his pleasure playing drums in various jazz fusion and rock type ensembles such as Terry and the Dogs, Alien Stains and Lard King. In 1981 he had a proper job developing ‘community projects’ to help the poor unemployed of Hartlepool N E England. He was approached by a bunch of young people with dodgy haircuts seeking help to find somewhere they could make a loud noise to rehearse their music.

At this time Peter was on first names terms with God who advised him to speak to the ladies who ran the United Reformed Church on the Headland in Hartlepool. Peter’s persuasive tongue led to the top floor of the Church hall being made available, first as rehearsal space, then as he secured funds, to create what quite possibly was the World’s First Community Recording Studio.

Soon the facilities were popular with Hartlepool musicians and beyond, and by the mid 80’s similar community facilities existed all round Britain. The facilities evolved into separate '4' track and '16' Track studios, including computer recording, training courses in how to use the equipment, a rehearsal room, concert tours of schools, a weekly 'CodTalk' column in the local paper and a monthly 'DefChew' concert at the Hartlepool Grand Hotel (with the assistance of Satans Slaves).

To promote the local music scene to the wider public The Durham Street Studios (as it was rather unimaginatively called) also released compilations of the music recorded there.