Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm?

from ZOZOBRA by Chris Rainier

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A special ultra limited 180 gram clear lathe cut vinyl record [12", but PLEASE NOTE it's 45rpm!] - only fifty [50] copies will be available. Each copy is assembled by hand, with individually stamped centre labels. I will also sign and number each record in the bottom right hand corner.

Side A contains the first and last tracks of ZOZOBRA's original digital track sequence - "Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm?" and "Poor Me". These are juxtaposed on Side B with what were originally considered two 'bonus' tracks on the album - "Flavor Bud Living" and "Palmyra Pacifica" - both recorded at the same sessions as the two tracks on Side A of the record.

All four tracks have been especially remastered for this vinyl release.

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Chris Rainier:
Vocals, Adapted Guitar 1, pump organ

Nat Grant:
Adapted drum kit

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Who put Bella in the wych elm?
Who shook the hand of glory?
Who tore a hole in purpura?
Can four boys tell one story?

Now Jack he dreams of hair and teeth
A wedding ring, a skull in a tree
Did he? Dead he?

Who put Bella in the wych elm?
When war is a cloak for a killer
Who sinks a ship as a whisperer?
Was she a spy or a singer?

Now Joe he dreams of hair and teeth
A wedding ring, a skull in a tree
Did he? Dead he?
Who put Bella in the wych elm?

Black car, asleep in a wood
In a field where a ghost once stood

Who put Bella in the wych elm?
Is he beyond the jury?
Who put Bella in the wych elm?
Where is the court of the earthly?

Who put Bella in the wych elm?
Who died last in the Tower?
Who put Bella in the wych elm?
She fell from the sky like a flower

Now Tom he dreams of hair and teeth
A wedding ring, a skull in a tree
Did he? Dead he?

Black car, asleep in a wood
In a field where a ghost once stood
Who?

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from ZOZOBRA, released April 30, 2018

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Chris Rainier London, UK

some kind of folk music. various microtonal guitars, weissenborn [a hollowneck lap steel, often with preparations]…also occasional singing, and other instrumental odds and ends.

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