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I Don't Want Control Of You

from Leftovers by Michael Shelley

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I Don’t Want Control Of You was written by Norman Blake


There were TWO Teenage Fanclub tribute albums in the same year (!) and they both asked me to take part – and they weren’t aware of each other till I clued them in.

This song employs an odd guitar tuning. I called Francis Macdonald, he called Norman Blake on his cell – Norman was in a restaurant – and Norman told Francis & Francis told me how to tune/play it.

The drums and most of the guitars here were recorded by Don Fleming (who produced Teenage Fanclub’s first lp!) in Dennis Diken’s basement studio, where Dennis played the drums. Overdubs & mixing were done at Ron Zabroki’s.

I was quite pleased with the guitar solo.

Originally appeared on “Is This Music", a Teenage Fanclub tribute was released December 23, 2002 by Painted Sky Discs in Japan.


Produced by Don Fleming & Michael Shelley

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from Leftovers, released March 15, 2015

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The Onion: "Shelley finds common ground between teen angst and grown-up heartbreak." No Depression: "Proving wisdom and whimsy can coexist in the same two-and-a-half-minute-roots-pop excursion, Shelley's writing strikes the correct balance between conversational and clever. His adventures feel like your adventures presuming that you've survived first loves, sunburns and faulty relationships." ... more

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