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2025 re-record of The Curator's 1977 debut recordings.
In his own words:
'The songs on this album were first recorded in Basingstoke in February 1977 on a Revox B77 reel-to-reel which allowed for a rudimentary form of multi tracking (in mono). Later in 1977 the band played their one and only gig and broke up.
Over lockdown I used the time to digitise all of my existing recordings. I attempted to demix the mono 1/4 inch tape and remix it but later decided instead to rerecord the five songs from scratch. I contacted the other members of the band.
Mark and I first started playing togther about 50 years ago. We would meet up at my house after school and play songs we knew. Soon after we started writing original material. Ian then joined and for a couple of years we wrote and recorded primitive songs together using the Revox that belonged to Mark's brother.
Not long after the hot summer of 1976 and when we had done our O levels at school we began working on the material that became this album. In late 1976 Mike joined and added a harder edge to the music.
In February 1977 we recorded the five songs and looked to play live. This followed later in the year. Due (mostly) to issues beyong our control (including an inadequte sound sysytem) the gig was close to a total disaster. We managed to play one song through (City 9am) and then the lights and curtain went down forever on the band.
I always felt a sense of unfinished business in relation to these songs. Not only did our falling out at our one and only gig put an end to our aspirations but also the musical changes that were happening at that very moment in 1977 were not, let us say, sympathetic to the cause.
The songs on this album are as they were in 1977, better played, better arranged, better sung, but the same songs. An odd lyric has being changed (occasionally with the benefit of hindsight) and a new ending added here, a section repeated there.
We all agree that our teenage selves would be overjoyed to know that their music has finally been recorded the way they would have wanted.'
The Curator
CD in digipak.
1. TMS
2. Exiled
3. To Break The Sun
4. City 9am
5. City 9pm
