Here, at Boat Band Myspace are two versions I am quite pleased with The one labelled "brass" is the brass part of an extended version the Boat Band did twenty years ago,and the one labelled "Rap Shallow Brown" is a rough recording done a week ago when we were working out some ideas with Rhythm'n'Grime. They are a group of Manchester rap/hip hop/drum'n'bass people (I am never too sure of the terminology). Anyway, we were playing around with some old songs and tunes and adding a young/black viewpoint to the mix, and the youngsters were very taken with the song. I-Deal started singing along, so I stretched out the song a bit to leave some space for MC Meistro to fit in a rap bit in each verse, and it came out pretty well.
We are also working on much more electronic mix of this (and some Manchester Hornpipe type tunes, see an acoustic "Rap Manchester Hornpipe") and in due course they will doubtless find their way onto CD.
We should acknowledge the help of property developers Urban Splash in funding this collaboration. The link will take to a a bit of a blog about the project, as well as the recordings.