Global Village Trucking Co. Everybody Needs a Good Friend

A track from the benefit release, Greasy Truckers Live At Dingwalls Dance Hall, released on the Greasy Truckers label in 1973. The Global Trucking Village Company, aka the Globs emerged from the British alternative scene in the early 70 s; the group and all affiliated lived in a commune in an old farmhouse in Sotherton, Suffolk. They were active at free concerts and benefit affairs (this track is from such an event) and released one selftitled album in 1975. This song was recorded as part of a double album from a benefit concert held on October 8th, 1973 at a Greasy Truckers concert at the Dingwall s Dance Hall at Camden Lock in Camden Town, London. There were four bands in attendance: Camel, Henry Cow, Global Village Trucking Company and Gong. Greasy Truckers was a loose organization of individuals whose ideals were based on those of the Diggers in San Francisco, recycling money into worthwhile (Wikipedia. ) All proceeds from the concert and LP sales went to the G