Back in October 1998 the band spent a weekend at the "House in the Woods" studios in Surrey, recording some of our favourite songs with the idea of releasing an album. Choosing an album worth from a sixty song repertoire was tricky, but in the end we decided on these:

INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOY: Originally recorded by the late great Wilson Pickett, on the album he recorded with Gamble and Huff in Philadelphia.  Then the inevitable MUSTANG SALLY (OK,OK but you have to do it) followed swiftly by Johnny Guitar Watson's REAL MUTHA FOR YA and Sam and Dave's YOU DON'T KNOW LIKE I KNOW.  Next there's the standard (sung most famously by Otis Redding) TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS, which is a bit of a sleeper: starts like a ballad, but by the end, it's ripping your head off, Memphis-style.

The title track, CAN'T SLEEP, was written by our own Norman and his sidekick Professor Badd; it's a moody swayer with a scorching baritone solo from the esteemed Johnny Semprini.

Next up, a country-funker STANDIN' ON SHAKY GROUND. Always a sure-fire crowd pleaser, there's been many versions of this from the Temptations onwards.

A Graveney/Badd P-Funker, BOOTY SPANK, featuring Marcus "Love" Jones on trombone, and Carl's BOTTOM BELE hi-life tour de force make up the other two originals.  The album closes with two rippers: James Brown's SEX MACHINE, and our unofficial theme song, (courtesy of Tower of Power), SOUL WITH A CAPITAL "S".