Real by Reel
(Partridge)
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Album version, 3'47.
Released on Drums and Wires.
BBC version (Peel Session), 3'48.
Recorded 8 October 1979 at BBC Studio Maida Vale 4.
Produced by Tony Wilson. Engineered by Dave Dade.
First broadcast 15 October 1979 on the John Peel Show, BBC Radio 1.
Released on 5 October 1994 on Drums and
Wireless in the U.K.
Also available on Transistor
Blast.
Andy Partridge - vocals, guitars and keyboard
Colin Moulding - vocals and bass guitar
Dave Gregory - guitars
Terry Chambers - drums
Andy: “Live in the studio with cranked-up guitars and lots of stomping along. We used to open our live set with this, because if you could get past that little guitar part with shaking hands, you could get through the rest of the set pretty good.”
Single version, unused.
Recorded at Townhouse Studios and DJM Studios, London, in June 1979.
Produced by Steve Lillywhite. Engineered by Hugh Padgham.
Intended for release as a single, but shelved.
Released on 25 March 2002 on Coat of
Many Cupboards in the U.K.
Andy Partridge - Guitar, Keyboard and Vocals
Colin Moulding - Bass and Vocals
Dave Gregory - Guitar, Keyboards and Vocals
Terry Chambers - Drums
Andy: “By now, ‘Nigel’ had been a reasonable hit and we needed a follow up. Perhaps there were some songs on Drums And Wires we'd overlooked, so before that Japanese/Australian tour (see tracks 1 [‘Meccanik Dancing’] & 2 [‘Into the Atom Age’]) we had a rapid shufty. Quickly, with Steve and Hugh at the controls, we bundled into Beatle publisher Dick James' DJM Studios to rummage around with the next three tracks. Keeping the bass and drums, but re-recording the vocals, some of the guitars and adding extra percussion, had we found a successor? Well the answer is a two letter word beginning with N and ending with O. But, I have to say, I think these are much better than the versions that were on Drums And Wires. More spunk, more punk, more funk, more chunk.”
Go Home Productions remix dub.
Remixed by Mark Vidler.
Released on 21 September 2007 on Go Home
Productions: GHP Complete CD11 ‘Unofficial Remixes 2’ in
the U.K.
[Thanks to R. Stevie Moore]
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In this secret time, invading on our privacy
Unknowing we mime, we play for the ministry
They can film you in bed
Or when you take a bath
They can tape every cry
They can tape every laugh
They can turn you around so you won't know what's
Real by reel
Busy little bees recording everything you feel
On real by reel
Documented down like rats
They're catching up on every squeal
On real by reel
Real by reel by real by
In this hidden time, ignorance may help you to cope
Rehearsing for crimes, in government cinemascope
They can film you at work
Or when they let you play
They can tape what you think
They can tape what you say
They can blur your I.D. so you won't know what's
Now I lay me down to sleep
Knowing that your lenses peep
Now I eat my daily bread
And into the tape spool I'll be fed
© 1979 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 03:04:23 -0500
From: "Jason Legacy" <jasonlegacy (at) hotmail dot com>
Subject: Real by Reel tab
Message-ID: <F6I8fO50sQB7H1ESCs00000d841 (at) hotmail dot com>
I noticed there was no tab for this...
Intro (both bass and guitar):
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--4--44-2-0-----0--------2-22-0------------
------------3-2-----------------3-1-0-3----
------------------3---------------------1--
Main riff (lead guitar):
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-------9-8-------------------9-8-----------
--10-8-8-7-10-----------10-8-8-7-10-8-7-5--
--10-8-----10-----------10-8-----10-8-7-5--
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The only unorthodox chords are the way Andy shapes the rhythm guitar chords
during the pre-chorus, mainly the 'F#' and 'G'.
The 'F#' is: 6 and the 'G' is just: 7
7 8
6 7
x x
x x
x x
The lyrics are already posted, and none of this is very difficult, so I'll
just state the chords for each part of the song.
verse: 'C' and 'F'(I only hear the lead riff, actually)
pre-chorus: 'D', 'F#', 'G', 'C'(x3)(played ska-like)
chorus: 'F','A#','F','A#','F','C','D#','A#'(x2)
'F','A#','F',"oh!" (x2)
bridge: this part is centered around a 'D'chord. I'm not sure if
what I've got is correct. I started to get a real headache
figuring this out so I had to stop! Whenever you play the
9th fret, the string should be bent 1/2:
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----10--------------10-----------------------------------
-------7-9--------7----9----------7-9----------7-9-------
--7-------------7---------------7------------9-----------
------------------------------8------------8-------------
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