I have recorded a very self indulgent comedy album of songs which is called the Rejects of Lord Zarquon which might make you laugh.

Plantagenet Miniatures

 The Sagas of the South West album was released on 19th December 2022

 

Richard the Third Records catalogue number R3SAGASW1

 

1 Cornish Folklore – Tales of King Arthur and lost Atlantis

2 Doctor of Divinity – Alexander Barclay as the chaplain of a church in Ottery St Mary

3 Princess of Aragon – Prince Arthur's bride to be arrives in Plymouth in 1501

4 The Spanish are Coming! – The English fleet leave Plymouth to fight against the Spanish Armada

5 Sir Cloudesley Shovell – Disaster on the rocks and reefs of the Isles of Scilly in October 1707

6 Jack Rattenbury – The story of Jack Rattenbury who was born in Beer in 1778

7 Haytor Granite – A song about the granite tramway of Haytor completed in 1820

8 He Sold his Wife – James Cole sells his wife for a two gallon jar of gin at the New Inn

9 They Kept on Marching! – The Salvation Army in Victorian Torquay

10 Mutiny in Launceston – Racial intolerance in the USA army in England in 1943

11 Jolly Summer Scarecrows –  A summer scarecrow competition in Torquay

12 Jack Rattenbury version two – Bridgit England sings an alternative version of this song

 

All songs composed by Ian Churchward except Jolly Summer Scarecrows composed by Elaine Churchward and Ian Churchward

 

Ian Churchward – Guitars, Mellotron Sounds, Mandola, Mandolin, Bouzouki and Vocals

Lord Zarquon – Keyboards, Mellotron Sounds, Bass Guitar and Drums

Jay Brown – Guitars, Keyboards and Tambourine

Jules Jones – Backing Vocals

Elaine Churchward – Backing Vocals

Ashley Dyer – Trumpet on Princess of Aragon and The Spanish Armada

Martyn Hillstead – Drums on The Spanish are Coming!

Phil Swann – Finger Picked Acoustic Guitar on Jack Rattenbury

Rowan Curle – Backing vocals on Cornish Folklore

 

Recorded in Torbay during 2021 and 2022

 

Album artwork created by Graham Moores

 18th December 2022

My friend John Dike is in the process of selling his house in Coldridge, Devon to move to Somerset and he has been having a bit of a clear out. He has given me three old Torquay bottles that he found in his back garden when he used to live in Torquay. He has also given me an old Kelly's directory of Paignton and Torquay dated 1961. This has given me the idea for a new song called old Torbay Adverts.

 

https://thelegendarytenseconds.bandcamp.com/album/richard-iii 

 CDs of the first Ricardian album that I recorded back in 2013 are now available via Bandcamp

https://thelegendarytenseconds.bandcamp.com/album/loyault-me-lie

6^th November 2022

The music of the Legendary Ten Seconds continues to be used as the introductions for some of the Mortimer History Society lectures on you tube. 

This lecture is about the reconstruction of Holt castle in Denbighshire:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62b5tbZ5P7A&t=91s

This one is about Raglan castle:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FPV0MwSegQ&t=32s