02 - 44

01 - Thunderball

03 - America

04 - Casio Soul 5ive

05 - The Big Theme

06 - Ice Rink

07 - Tonight

08 - She

09 - NSEW

10 - Skidding Into Love

Not exactly World of Twist, but I recorded this in 1988 as part of a Sound Engineering course, unfortunately by that time I had lost contact with Jim and Gordon, and was unable to finish this newer version. Sorry, no vocals, just the raw backing track - here for prosperity.

11 - America (1988 - Unfinished Version)

World of Twist - 1984/85 - Demos

Long before "Madchester", Sheffield gave birth to The World of Twist. The original line-up consisted of Jim Fry (Vocals, Wasp Synth), Gordon King (Guitar, Casio MT32), Tony Ogden (Drums), Rory Connelly (Saxophone) and Andy Robins (Keyboards & Synthesisers). A later line-up lost Andy Robins but gained Andy Hobson (Bass) and Nick Phillips (Keyboards)... Ah, bass at last!

These 4/8 track demos are a mixed bag from 1984/85, and just before The Sausage/Skidding Into Love and Space Rock-It were recorded (but not released until 1992).

These recording were hoarded away on a TDK C90 Cassette for 28 years. Almost neglected and covered in dust, I was able to find a cassette player capable of playing back Dolby and "Chrome" tapes at some old car boot sale (I was also lucky enough to find a vey useful Pineapple shaped Ice bucket). I've done my best, but please forgive the occasional drop-out.

Enjoy, but please do not expect Quality Street MK1 - W.O.T was a different beast then.

Thank you.

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