A PORPOISE WITH A PURPOSE

 An ecological musical about driftnet fishing. At the show, thousands of children wrote messages to the Japanese government and stuck them to a huge net (I’m gonna write me a note). A month or so after the net was delivered to the Japanese Embassy, Japan announced it was no longer going to use driftnet fishing!!

Side one                                                           Side two

1.   Blankets                                                     1.   A porpoise with a purpose

2.  The Dogpaddle                                            2.   Robots

3.   Seabed Shuffle                                           3.   Television People

4.   Someones gotta play the ruby                     4.   I’m Dottie

5.   Wall of Death                                             5.   Rock’n’roll’n’opera

6.   I’m gonna write me a note

All words and music by Arif Usmani

Seabed Shuffle and Robots are also on Cosmic Rock CD

A porpoise with a purpose is also on I smell a rat (and other favourite animal songs) CD

CREDITS FOR “A Porpoise with a purpose”

Madame Salami – sax, tambourine, vocals

Auntie Hugh – clarinet , vocals

Auntie Clockwise – bass, bvocals

Dottie – vocals

Auntie Uncle – keyboards, vocals

Fat Boy – drums

Old Kina – tambourine, vocals

Auntie Jean – tambourine, vocals

Darl – vocals

Ulra-Violet – trumpet, vocals

Richant Ghent – fleugalhorn

Children: Lottie, Emma, David, Adam, Lily

Male chorus on Someone’s gotta play the rugby: Anthony, Malcolm, Paul, Terry, Tim

Produced by Arif Usmani

Recorded at Progressive. Engineer: Steve Garden

Cover painting: Bernard Roundhill