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This song was recorded at Audio Recording, Inc. in Seattle by legendary engineer, Kearney Barton (who recorded The Kingsmen “Jolly Green Giant” of “Louie, Louie” fame, The Sonics “Psycho”, The Frantics “Werewolf”, and many others.) It was an 8 track analog studio, recorded onto 1 inch reel tape.
I went in and recorded this one tune on acoustic guitar and lead vocal. I overdubbed a couple of instruments, like the whistle and other odd sounding things. It was pretty bare bones basic. Several years later on the Audacity program in my home studio, I overdubbed the bass and several percussive instruments to fill in the gaps that were missing in the song. It's not much of a tune, but it's done nonetheless.
To finish off this particular mix, I had to convert it from a cassette format onto the Audacity program on my computer with a JVC TD-W254 Double Cassette Deck 3 motor Silent Mechanism.

This is song #258 on my list. It's pretty much a kid's song that I was trying to write without it being too nasty. It's still a bit nasty, though, when you think about it. Not sure why I recorded it, but I guess I just had that urge. There's probably a reason I shouldn't write comedy. I was thinking about my nephew Drew, at the time—wanting to write a silly kids song for him. I literally wrote this a minute after I finished writing, “Purple Mountains, Purple Skies.”

Recorded at Audio Recording, Inc. in Seattle, WA.

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[Kearney Barton introduces the song, then]--

I LIKE TO SING A SONG THAT IS A TRUE STORY. IT'S ABOUT MY PIG AND IT GOES LIKE THIS:
ALFRED THE PIG IS THE PIG OF ALL THEM PIGS.
ALFRED THE PIG WON'T GO.
ALFRED THE PIG IS THE KING OF ALL THOSE PIGS.
ALFRED THE PIG WE ALL KNOW.

ALFRED THE PIG IS THE LEADER OF THEM PIGS.
ALFRED THE PIG FELL IN LOVE.
ALFRED THE PIG IS THE SMELLIEST OF THEM PIGS.
ALFRED'S THE PIG WE ALL LOVE.

ALFRED YOU'RE SUCH A NAUGHTY BOY.
ALFRED, YOU'RE SUCH A KID.
ALFRED, YOU'LL NEVER GET AWAY WITH IT
BECAUSE YOUR MOTHER IS AFTER YOU AGAIN.
(SOLO)
ALFRED THE PIG IS THE LEADER OF THEM PIGS.
ALFRED THE PIG WON'T LEAVE.
ALFRED THE PIG FELL IN LOVE WITH ANOTHER PIG.
ALFRED'S SO UGLY I BELIEVE.
ALFRED IS SO UGLY.
ALFRED IS SO DARN UGLY. (HONK HONK.)
SORRY ALFRED!

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from ANIMAL INSTINCTS [Digitally Remastered], released September 18, 2014
Wayde K. Brown

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I am a musician, singer, and songwriter doing this part-time but have been doing it all my life. I started singing before I could talk at the age of one, and wrote my first real song at 15 years of age. (If you count avant-garde as a song, then the age would be 7.) I currently own my own recording studio; and I write, perform, and record my own music (and other's from time to time.) I am Santairs. ... more

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