Hydra

'Hydra' Movietone Peel Sessions 1994-1997. Super 8 film features Movietone tour footage from Paris, Sweden, Norway and Holland 1997/98 and the beach on the Lizard in Cornwall which the song is about. This is a very early version of the song 'hydra' released on the album 'the blossom filled streets' by Domino Records/Drag City in 2000. It has Matt Elliott playing piano instead of Sam Jones playing guitar. Song was recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios on 31/08/1997. broadcast on The John Peel Show, BBC Radio 1, 30/09/1997. Kate Wright - bass, vocals. Rachel Coe - Clarinet. Matt Elliott - piano. Matt Jones - drums. Florence Lovegrove - viola, finger clicks.