Closing Titles

Single I recorded in 1979 with Kevin Hobbi. Hearing this on John Peel's show was a high point of my life. Synth is a Korg MS20, and the song was recorded at Strawberry Sound in Manchester.

Hobbies of Today – Metal Boys (1979)

First song I recorded on a laptop, using Reason and Power Tools in 2003. Rough demo – I hate the intro and the ending clips off – but one day I'll record this for real.

Your Star Will Always Shine (Bad Ending)

American 432

After Hobbies of Today split I formed a band with Ian Campbell (of Eyes at Risk) and we wrote around 40 songs. This was from a four-track demo cassette, recorded on our trusty RSD Studiomaster Studio 4 cassette desk, with a Roland TR-606 drum machine (modified with individual outputs), Roland MC-202 Microcomposer. Roland Juno 6, Korg MS20 and Moog Prodigy. Analog heaven.
Thinking I might re-record these, using iPad apps to parallel the limitations we worked with 30 years ago.

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