Label:Dome Records – DOM 33.1
Country:UK
Used LP 1981
Disc:VG+ (good shape overall)
Jacket:VG+ (light wear, not bad condition)
Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis, the key figures behind this work, had launched the Dome label the previous year. It seems they frequently recorded using every available resource in the studio, even without demo material. Guitarist/singer Desmond Simmons, a friend of theirs, was invited to the studio. He brought a demo tape with a psychedelic guitar pop feel. The two took on production duties, abstracting, inverting, and distorting the sound, resulting in the release of this album. As Graham Lewis himself describes, the fragile, mysterious, and melancholic, edgy sound permeates the entire recording. It seems this strangely unique world was created through processes like having Simmons run around and then rush back to the studio to record vocals before catching his breath (!). His enticing vocals are also great.
この作品のKEYとなるBruce GilbertとGraham Lewisは前年にDomeレーベルを立ち上げデモ音源がなくともスタジオ全体のあらゆるものを使いレコーディングを頻繁に行っていたようだ。ギタリスト/シンガーのDesmond Simmonsは彼らの友人でスタジオに招かれサイケデリック・ギター・ポップ的な仕上がりのデモテープを持参したところ、二人がプロデュースに回り抽象化され、反転され、歪んだ音へと変容させ本作がリリースされた。Graham Lewis自らが語る脆く、神秘的で、メランコリックな際どいサウンドが全編に渡り収録されていて、Simmonsを走り回らせ息を整える前にスタジオに駆け戻ってボーカルを録音するよう指示を出す(!)などしながらこの奇妙で独特な世界観を持つ作品が出来上がったよう。全13曲。歌声がまたいいんです。
A2 - To Be Lost
A3 - Beacon Hill Six
A4 - April Waits
A6 - Bing Crosby's Hat
B1 - Man The Lifeboats
B2 - Phone Ringing
B3 - Counterpane
B4 - By Air Or By Sea
B5 - Pathenon
