Containing a selection of 12 home and studio recordings from 1981 to 2019, Dave Sinclair's 2021 studio release Hook-Line & Sinclair features performances from former Caravan and Matching Mole colleagues including Richard Sinclair, Robert Wyatt, Pye Hastings, Jimmy Hastings, Richard Coughlan and Doug Boyle.
Highlights include the wistful Always There - with Richard Sinclair, Robert Wyatt, Jimmy Hastings, Biliie Bottle and the Derby Cathedral Choir - and the knotty Makinations.
CD in digipak. Signed by Dave Sinclair.
Dave Sinclair - Keyboards, Lead vocals (Tracks 1, 2, 4-10), Backing vocals Yammy - Lead vocal, Backing vocal (Track 1) Larry Fujimoto - Electric bass guitar, Percussion (Track 1) Roxane Jobling - Lead vocal (Track 3) John Murphy - Lead vocal, Backing vocals, Lyrics (Track 11) Richard Sinclair - Lead vocal (Track 8), Bass guitar (Track 11) Robert Wyatt - Lead vocal (Track 8) Pye Hastings - Guitar (Track 11) Jimmy Hastings - Flute (Track 8) Doug Boyle - Electric & acoustic guitar (Track 3) Richard Coughlan - Drums (Track 11) Rod Brown - Drums (Track 3) Akira Nomoto - Drum (Track 1, Conga & percussion (Tracks 1, 4, 6, 12) Hideyuki Shima - Bass guitar, Programming (Track 2) Billie Bottle - Bass guitar, Programming (Track 8) Derby Cathedral Choir (Track 8) - Conducted by Tom Corfield Music and words – Dave Sinclair Producer – Dave Sinclair Co-producer – Larry Fujimoto Editing, Mixing & Mastering – Tomihito Nomura [Mothership Studio, Kyoto] Artwork By – Ari Morisaki Special thanks to: Hajime & Junko Shimizu / Mika Sinclair / Nick Sinclair / Makoto Toya Graphic Design, Layout – Yosuke Ito Digital booklet co-ordination: Nic Sinclair

