We recorded it at his place in Surrey (the only Violet Trade song were recorded 3 times!) but the deal fell through. I don’t like the keyboards on the Flat version, far too jazzy and trying to show off. Stick with the earlier demo’s for the intended vibe! ++ The last collection...
From Purley in Surrey came The Bedbugs. I think they are as obscure as it gets. But hey, I should try to find information about them, maybe even I will find a copy of their one and only 7″. That’s what I would call a success! Purley is a town in South London within the Lon...
We did some more recording for Notown at Union Studios, but then Roger the Notown man disappeared off to Italy. We eventually released three of those songs on that green cassette – just on sale in local shops and at gigs. Meanwhile we appeared on an Oxford compilation album,The Jericho ...
Oh for me tartan / antique shirts were de rigeur, I used to get mine from charity shops or from Flip in Queen Street (Glasgow) which at that time was an absolute goldmine for loads of second hand American/foreign stuff. Tartan shirt, maybe a bootlace tie, old suit trousers – all seco...