Dave's railway songs are unique in the working detail and social insight that only a man who worked his time on the footplate could give. And unlike the attempts of many others the technical detail doesn't jar - the whole thing works as a record of railway history, social history and wonderfully executed song

The long narrow shovel, the lengthman, the pockets full of coal, the sheep with the smouldering back, the detonators banging on the line. Not from Dave bland lines of 'freight train freight train going so fast' or 'the rock island line is a mighty fine line'

Ewan McColl tried and failed to entwine railway operation with song in his railway ballad for radio. Only Dave Goulder made it work so brilliantly and with footplate humour to boot

Proud to say I have Requiem on vinyl :-) (as well as both railway cds) and I have had over thirty years pleasure from it since I picked it up in Dobells in London

What I would like to know though is how do you get that well connected that you get Maddy Prior to play spoons for you !