Ditto by Various Artists

To draw a year of tenth birthday celebrations to a close, Dig That Treasure! proudly presents Ditto, a compilation of covers in aid Resonance FM.

At the start of this year, ten artists were tasked with covering ten obscurities that have appeared on Dig That Treasure!'s Resonance FM show over the last decade. The resulting album is an eclectic, adventurous and remarkably coherent journey across time, genre and borders.

Among the obscurities chosen are a song by an iconic street busker; the soundtrack to a Sega grocery store; a Japanese wedding song; the b-side to the only single by Woody Guthrie’s daughter. Closing the record is ‘Dig That Treasure’, the eponymous track from the album that this project is named after.

Ditto itself means many things. As another compilation in the Dig That Treasure! catalogue, it means "the same thing again". As the title of a cover album, it refers to the act of repeating, paying tribute. As a celebration of Dig That Treasure!'s 10th year it can be read as DTT + 10 = D1TT0.

All proceeds go to Resonance FM, London's community arts station, realised by a dedicated community of volunteer engineers and programme-makers. Registered charity no.: 290236.

Tracklist

1.	Aaron Space & His Terrestrial Underlings - The Criminal	5:41

2.	Jerkcurb - Daddy's Little Girl (2015)	4:40

3.	Max Syedtollan - Stevie Storm	2:40

4.	one-four - After Kajyadhi Fu Bushi	6:09

5.	Slow Cooked - I Ain't Missing You	4:31

6.	Wilf Does... - Empty Park	2:24

7.	Pet Grotesque - Tomato Convenience Store	1:09

8.	Eva May - Home Before Dark	3:31

9.	Pop Miri - Synthesize Me	5:45

10.	Sculpture - Dig That Treasure	3:10

Credits

released November 20, 2023

Curation, sequencing and cover artwork by Will M Hall
Mastered by Jan Sobko
Typography and back cover artwork by Hannah Machover

1. 'The Criminal' (originally by Momus)
Keys, vocals, arrangement, mix by Elihu Knowles
Guitar by Dylan Ransley
Alto sax, flute, ocarina, pocket operator by Hayden Dekker
Pedal steel by Jeff Phunmongkol
Written by Nick Currie and John Henriksson

2. 'Daddy's Little Girl' (originally by Warfield Spillers)
Performed by Jacob Read
Written by Warfield Spillers

3. 'Stevie Storm' (originally by Harry Merry)
Performed by Max Syedtollan
Written by Harry Den Hartog

4. 'After Kajyadhi Fu Bushi' (originally by Jun Arasaki & Nine Sheep)
Piano, clarinet, harmonium, production by Joe Bradley Hill
Saxophone, synthesizer, bass guitar by Jonas Anetzberger
Trumpet by Biba Cole
Written by Jun Arasaki & Nine Sheep

5. 'I Ain't Missing You' (originally by Superstar & Star)
Performed by Louie Barby
Written by Neville Lawrence

6. 'Empty Park' (originally by three-weeks-old lovesick puppy)
Performed by Wilfred Cartwright
Written by three-weeks-old lovesick puppy

7. 'Tomato Convenience Store' (originally by Ryuji Iuchi)
Performed by Calum Armstrong
Written by Ryuji Iuchi

8. 'Home Before Dark' (originally by Nora Guthrie)
Piano, percussion, vocals by Eva May
Guitar, bass, percussion by James Bonney
Recorded with Dan Weltman and Jay Pocknell
Written by E. Eisner

9. 'Synthesize Me' (originally by The Space Lady)
Performed by Pop Miri
Engineered, produced, mixed by Cameron J Niven
Written by Joel Dunsany

10. 'Dig That Treasure' (originally by Cryptacize)
Piano, vocals, accordion, bass guitar by Ted Mair
Banjo by Aaron Skates
Cello by Lucy Ludlow
Saxophone, clarinet by James Hurst
Drums by Matt Merriman
Written by Chris Cohen, Nedelle Torrisi, Michael Carreira

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