Hey Petrunko is the second album by Ooberman

Ooberman

Ooberman are a band with strong indie, folk and progressive influences first formed in 1997. They split up in 2003, shortly after the release of their second album Hey Petrunko, but announced their reformation in April 2006 and began releasing music again soon thereafter.-Early years:Ooberman...

, released in March 2003 on the band's own Rotodisc

Rotodisc

Rotodisc is a record label started by Ooberman frontman Dan Popplewell in 2001. It serves primarily to release recordings by Ooberman and related projects.-Releases:* Ooberman - Running Girl 7" * Ooberman - Running Girl mini-album...

 label. It was recorded and produced by the band.

Three singles were released in support of the album - Running Girl, Beany Bean (not featured on the album itself) and First Day of The Holidays. In addition, a mini-album with Running Girl as the lead track, and an EP centering around Bluebell Morning were released. Where Did I Go Wrong? was issued as a single under the pseudonym The Sentinels, retitled Memoirs of a Cunt.

Track listing

1. "Hatch Opens" (Popplewell)
2. "Bluebell Morning
   Bluebell Morning
   Bluebell Morning is an EP by Ooberman, released in May 2002 on the band's own Rotodisc label. The title track and "SnakeDance" were reworked and featured on the band's 2003 album Hey Petrunko.-Track listing:# "Bluebell Morning"...
   
   " (Popplewell/Flett)
3. "Running Girl
   Running Girl
   Running Girl is a mini-album by Ooberman, released in October 2001 on the band's own Rotodisc label. A single of the title track was released in November 2001...
   
   " (Popplewell)
4. "Dreams In The Air" (Popplewell)
5. "Where Did I Go Wrong?" (Popplewell)
6. "Hand That Gets Burnt" (Flett)
7. "SnakeDance" (Popplewell)
8. "Open The Hatch" (Popplewell)
9. "Cities That Fall" (Flett)
10. "Abstract Sky" (Popplewell)
11. "Petrunka's Dream" (Popplewell/Churney)
12. "First Day of the Holidays" (Popplewell)
13. "Secret World" (Popplewell)
14. "The Clearing" (Popplewell)
15. "Summer Nights In June" (Flett)

Ooberman

• Sophia Churney - vocals
• Andy Flett - guitars
• Steve Flett - bass guitar
• Jaymie Ireland - drums
• Dan Popplewell - drums, vocals, guitars, violin, piano, keyboards, programming, recorder and Irish whistle

Additional players

• Andrew Carpenter - violin and viola
• Geoff Churney - voiceover
• Liz McIlwaine - cello
• Paul Walsham - drums

Recording

Engineered, produced, arranged, mixed and mastered by Dan Popplewell. Drums recorded at Elevator Studios by Tim Speed, and at Great Northern Studios by Rob Ferrier. Everything else recorded at Ooberman HQ, Liverpool between December 1999 and October 2002.

Equipment

Hey Petrunko was created on the following instruments:

• Tacoma
  Tacoma Guitars
  Tacoma Guitars is a line of musical instruments from Fender Musical Instruments Corporation. Tacoma brand guitars were originally manufactured in Tacoma, Washington.-History:...
  
   acoustic [guitar]
• Mexican Telecaster
• Liz McIlwaine's cello
• Canon BJC 80 Printer Beep
• Gibson Les Paul
  Gibson Les Paul
  The Gibson Les Paul was the result of a design collaboration between Gibson Guitar Corporation and the late jazz guitarist and electronics inventor Les Paul. In 1950, with the introduction of the Fender Telecaster to the musical market, electric guitars became a public craze. In reaction, Gibson...
  
  
• Fender Jazz Bass
  Fender Jazz Bass
  The Jazz Bass was the second model of electric bass created by Leo Fender. The bass is distinct from the Precision Bass in that its tone is brighter and richer in the midrange and treble with less emphasis on the fundamental harmonic...
  
  
• £20 Chinese violin
• Andrew Carpenter's 1899 Strad
  Stradivarius
  The name Stradivarius is associated with violins built by members of the Stradivari family, particularly Antonio Stradivari. According to their reputation, the quality of their sound has defied attempts to explain or reproduce, though this belief is controversial...
  
   copy
• Andrew Carpenter's Gresswell Viola
• Alan Kelly's Yellow Tambourine
  Tambourine
  The tambourine or marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all....
  
  
• Skinnie's Fender Precision Bass
  Fender Precision Bass
  The Fender Precision Bass is an electric bass.Designed by Leo Fender as a prototype in 1950 and brought to market in 1951, the Precision was the first electric bass to earn widespread attention and use. A revolutionary instrument for the time, the Precision Bass has made an immeasurable impact on...
  
  
• Roland VS-1680 (on every track)
• Mike Doyle's Prophet 5
• Tim Speed's Juno 106
• Geoff Churney's Bechstein
  C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik
  C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik AG is a German manufacturer of pianos, established in 1853 by Carl Bechstein.-Before Bechstein:...
  
   Grand [piano]
• Mike Doyle's Hammond B4
  Hammond organ
  The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...
  
  
• Blind School Piano
• Irish Whistle
  Tin whistle
  The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, English Flageolet, Scottish penny whistle, Tin Flageolet, Irish whistle and Clarke London Flageolet is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is an end blown fipple flute, putting it in the same category as the recorder, American Indian flute, and...
  
  
• Dictaphone
  Dictaphone
  Dictaphone was an American company, a producer of dictation machines—sound recording devices most commonly used to record speech for later playback or to be typed into print. The name "Dictaphone" is a trademark, but in some places it has also become a common way to refer to all such devices, and...
  
  
• Ludwig
  Ludwig-Musser
  Ludwig-Musser is a drum and percussion instrument manufacturer that is part of the Conn-Selmer division of Steinway Musical Instruments.The first product made by the Ludwig brothers, William and Theobaldner , was a bass drum pedal capable of playing faster beats than was typical of products of the...
  
   Super Classic 1971 Kit
• Pearl
  Pearl Drums
  Founded in 1952, the is a multinational corporation based in Japan with a wide range of products, predominately percussion instruments.-History:Pearl was founded by Katsumi Yanagisawa, who began manufacturing music stands in Sumida, Tokyo on April 2, 1946...
  
   Masters Kit
• Paul Walsham's Yamaha
  Yamaha
  Yamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...
  
   Studio Kit

Hey Petrunko plus...

A different version of the album, entitled Hey Petrunko plus..., was released in Japan on 4 May 2003 by Art Union, featuring ten tracks from the UK version of the album, six previously-released non-album tracks and two new recordings, including new song Falling Down (which later appeared on the UK release of the Carried Away album)

1. "Hatch Opens" (Popplewell)
2. "First Day Of The Holidays" (Popplewell)
3. "Falling Down" (Popplewell)
4. "Heavy Duty (New Recording)" (Flett)
5. "Beany Bean" (Popplewell)
6. "Hand That Gets Burnt" (Flett)
7. "Heroes And Villains" (Popplewell)
8. "Summer Nights In June" (Flett)
9. "Car Song" (Flett)
10. "Bluebell Morning" (Popplewell/Flett)
11. "Running Girl" (Popplewell)
12. "Why Did My Igloo Collapse?" (Popplewell)
13. "Dolphin Blue
    Dolphin Blue
    "Dolphin Blue" is a song by Ooberman, released as their first single after being dropped by Independiente earlier in the year. It charted at #83 on the UK Singles Chart....
    
    " (Popplewell)
14. "Live Again (Don't Die Father)" (Flett)
15. "SnakeDance" (Popplewell)
16. "Cities That Fall" (Flett)
17. "Dreams In The Air" (Popplewell)
18. "Secret World" (Popplewell)

External links

• The Magic Treehouse – Ooberman fansite