To order

The Simon Hopper Band's cds (A Land for the Many) are distributed by Proper Music Distribution and can be ordered from any high-street record store - or online from Amazon.

Earlier cds can be obtained by dropping us an email. Tell us which cd you would like and we'll reply with the info you'll need to obtain it. Cheers!

A LAND FOR THE MANY (2006) (CSM-CD02) 12.50 pounds

Available for the first time in November 2006, this is the first recording of TSHB proper. Featuring good singing from Simon - amongst his best, he feels - great playing from a great band and lovely four-part harmony vocals, it represents the best in contemporary folk music. Andee's mandolin is an important ingredient in the character of the album and along with Leigh's thoughtful guitar embellishments and John's sensitive percussion creates a sympathetic setting for Simon's songs.

TRACKS: A Land for the Many : A Body Needs a Body to Hold : Bodies in the Way : When You Fall Out of Love : The Waters Run Fresh : Trevor Square : I Fell by the River : Jeffrey and Robert and I : Six People in the Room : The Ballad of Verity Childe : Gewgaw

WHAT'S A BOY TO DO? (2005) (CSM-CD01) 11.00 pounds

Having played together for two years as a duo, Simon and Leigh felt they should commit their work to cd. These songs represent the best of their sets over that time. They called in friends and friends of friends to sit in on the recording - amongst them Fran Newberry on cello, Rich Ansell on keyboards, Ian MacNorton on bass and Simon's daughter Kate on backing vocals. Significantly, a friend of Rich's, John Fisher, a hugely experienced percussionist, agreed to play on the recording. He later proposed the permanent line-up that became TSHB. Revealing the rock/pop side of Simon's writing, the cd, however, features Sight and Feeling, a staple of the current band's set.

TRACKS: Betrayal : Oftentimes : Too Much a Woman : The Permanent One : Goodbye Andy : Eucharia : The Crop Circles Song
Sight and Feeling : When this Love is Through : Sweet and Heady : Peace is Coming

ANOTHER CLUE (2002) (JFDI-CD02) 10.00 pounds

Recorded in just three days, this is a stripped-down set of songs - mostly played 'as live' - on which Simon is accompanied by one other musician; his son Joe. Joe's guitarwork beautifully augments these intimate songs of love and loss. Escaping to Boscastle and Maria's Kisses, amongst others, still feature in the band's live sets.

TRACKS: In Sympathy : Another Clue : Serendipity : Escaping to Boscastle : Move Gracefully : Maria's Kisses : The Bridges on the Tyne : To Gin Pit Village : The Grain is in the Wood : Songwriting/A Philosphy : These Five Sense : When I was Still a Child

DAFFODILS (2000) (JFDI-CD01) 10.00 pounds

Simon's first cd was a solo affair, but one on which many of his musical friends from over the years joined him. Rich Ansell, long-time collaborator played keys and synths, Russian neurosurgeon Eric Lee contributed electric guitar, Derek (The Amazing Mr.) Smith played acoustic guitar, Gill Redmond, Cello and Chris Evans melodeon. Simon sometimes refers to this as his 'White Album', but the overall effect points the way to his current work. Jeffrey and Robert and I has been reprised on the latest cd and you'll hear One Day, One Day if you catch the band in a club or at a festival.

TRACKS: Forgive the Child : Little Metka : It's Lovely : Daffodils : Andrea : I Love You(#1) : The Thrill it Gave : From Time to Time
Coming Apart at the Seams : No Sympathy : The Way : Jeffrey and Robert and I : What Have You Done? : Photograph : One Day, One Day : Memories : Forbidden Fruit : Listen to This : I Love You(#2) : A Lovely Thing to Do