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BtP's '39 Steps' Summer Puzzle

Here are the answers, and the winners, from our 39 Steps Summer Puzzle, in which we asked you to identify a track-a-day from the Palers' Project 2CD album, From Shadow to Shadow by answering the following, simple questions. The only resources you really needed were the pages for the songs (index here) and for the players (see here)

The drummer on this track has played on several Robin Trower albums	Whisky Train
The drumming of BJ Wilson is heard on this track	Lime Street Blues
The bass-player on this track has recorded with Mickey Jupp	A Robe of Silk
The arranger of this track has toured with Leonard Bernstein	The Emperor's New Clothes
This track is sung by a descendant of the person who put the words together	Hulluuteni Syksy
This song is played by a songwriter who's been recorded by the Carpenters	She Makes Me Feel
Gary Brooker's voice is heard on this track	So Far Behind
The singer of this track played with Mungo Jerry	A Salty Dog
The synth on this track was programmed (a long time ago!) by an erstwhile member of Fairport Convention	Long Gone Geek
This track was recorded live in 1977	Memorial Drive
Mixed by the legendary Larry Hirsch, this track was described by Chris Copping as being 'better than any of the Procol versions'	Conquistador
This track includes a quotation from the first King Crimson album	Something Following Me
This song was written by Robin Trower and Gary Brooker ... no Keith Reid	Don't Ya Like My Love?
This track is named after a street in England	Cold Harbour Lane
You'll hear a 12-string bass on this track	Fellow Travellers
On this track the percussion parts were dictated by 'phone across the Atlantic ocean	The Pursuit of Happiness
The man who recorded this track looks after 400 nurses in his day job	Repent Walpurgis
On this track you may hear two non-human participants	Glimpses of Nirvana
A track recorded at Clearcut Studios	The Final Thrust
The name of the duo playing this track is taken from the words of 'Monsieur R Monde'	Juicy John Pink
This song is presented in an arrangement based on something played by the Palers' Band in Manchester	Wish me Well
This track features two brothers – no-one else	TV Ceasar
The track quotes Popeye the Sailor Man	Wreck of the Hesperus
The artist here recorded A Christmas Camel and Shine on Brightly on the previous Palers' Project album	Whisky Train
The band track on this recording consists of four nylon-string guitars	Rambling On
On this track the piano is a Story & Clark and the organ is a B4	Pilgrim's Progress
Four people sing on this track, all with the same surname	Grand Finale
This track is sung by an academic currently at Bournemouth University in the UK	Look to your Soul
The singer on this piece also delivers a spoken recital on another track	'Twas Teatime at the Circus
This song is sung by a female vocalist; the same title was sung by a female vocalist on the first Palers' Project album too	Too Much Between Us
This track was recorded in 40 minutes flat	Gone Too Far
On this track you hear a Hammond dated c. 1915 (not a typo!)	Typewriter Torment
This track was recorded in the rain outside a Gaolhouse.	A Souvenir of London
This track quotes the theme music from a famous TV comedy series	SS Blues
This track was recorded in Sao Paolo	Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone)
This is a track recorded by three musicians whose forenames all start with the letter 'A'	The Idol
The players on this song were born as far apart as Nottingham and Sydney	The Angler
The name of the singer here is an anagram of 'Lazy ribbon sheet'	Toujours l'Amour
On this track you hear a painter from Leeds, not playing an instrument or singing	Your Own Choice

So the only track – from From Shadow to Shadow – that is not listed above is George Bertok’s excellent The Worm and the Tree ... we asked you for the 39^th word from the end of this text, in its original version, and the answer (see here) is therefore simply 'great'. Habitual users of BtP puzzles will not have been surprised to find that that word was uncharacteristically peppered throughout the instructions, in order to allay any doubts …

So ... thanks to everyone who took part and sent in their answers … sorry there cannot be a prize for everyone of course … but congratulations go out to Jill McMahon in LA, to whom Eagle will send the US version of Live at Union Chapel on Monday morning (thanks, Eagle!); and Beverly Peyton in Ft Lauderdale: Beverly, who already has a copy of the runner-up prize, has very kindly suggested that her second From Shadow to Shadow be sent to Procol promoter Mark Lundquist ... which is very timely, since Gary Brooker has just played the album to him, and Mark immediately requested a copy. Shine on Generous Palers!

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BtP's '39 Steps' Summer Puzzle

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