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Casper The Friendly Ghost (BBC Radio 1 Session)

from Casper The Friendly Ghost (BBC Radio 1 Session) by Daniel Dale Johnston

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  • Limited Edition Numbered Flexi Disc (250 Copies)
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Taken from the 'Love Lives Forever (BBC Sessions 2003-11)' double album due out now. Recorded live at BBC Maida Vale for Rob da Bank's show for BBC Radio 1 on 26th July 2008 and first broadcast on 18th August 2008.

    'Casper The Friendly Ghost (BBC Radio 1 Session)' is released as a numbered (250) limited edition white flexi disc + download with a picture sleeve featuring one of Daniel's illustrations.

    Written by Daniel Johnston

    Vocals - Daniel Johnston
    Bass - James McNew
    Guitar/BVs - Emma Niblett
    Keyboard - Mark Linkous
    Drums - Kristian Goddard
    Percussion - Jad Fair

    Profits from the album will be donated to the Hi, How Are You Project an Austin, TX based non-profit organisation with the mission to remove the stigma around mental health, one conversation at a time.

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Taken from the forthcoming 'Love Lives Forever (BBC Sessions 2003-11)' double album due out in January 2023. Recorded live at BBC Maida Vale for Rob da Bank's show for BBC Radio 1 on 26th July 2008 and first broadcast on 18th August 2008.

'Casper The Friendly Ghost (BBC Radio 1 Session)' will be released as a numbered (250) limited edition flexi disc + download with a picture sleeve in August 2023.

Written by Daniel Johnston

Vocals - Daniel Johnston
Bass - James McNew
Guitar/BVs - Emma Niblett
Keyboard - Mark Linkous
Drums - Kristian Goddard
Percussion - Jad Fair

lyrics

He was smiling through his own personal hell
Dropped his last dime in a wishing well
But he was hoping too close and then he fell
Now he's Casper, the friendly ghost

He was always polite to the people who'd tell him
That he was nothing but a lazy bum
But goodbye to them he had to go
Now he's Casper, the friendly ghost

Nobody treated him nice while he was alive
You can't buy no respect like the librarian said
But everybody respects the dead
They love the friendly ghost

And now they say we'll never forget
What he learned us
We were mean to him
But he never burnt us
And love lives forever
Thank you – the friendly ghost
Thank you – the friendly ghost

credits

from Casper The Friendly Ghost (BBC Radio 1 Session), released September 2, 2022
Written by Daniel Johnston

Vocals - Daniel Johnston
Bass - James McNew
Guitar/BVs - Emma Niblett
Keyboard - Mark Linkous
Drums - Kristian Goddard
Percussion - Jad Fair

Recorded for the Rob Da Bank show on BBC Radio 1
Produced by Simon Askew
Mastered by Frank Arkwright / Abbey Road Studios, London

(P) 2022 BBC
(C) 2022 Trussed Recordings
Published by Eternal Yip Eye Music / BMG Rights
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