-------------------------- The first two releases in the ‘Time Capsule’ series from Imprint Of Quality, are the fledgling recordings of Myself & Mick’s formative bands. These are limited editions of 100 copies available from www.universalshoesproductions.co.uk. Both cd’s contain previously unheard tracks as well as previously unseen photos from my archive. Mick has always been proud of what we set out to achive with both bands, even so far as trying to record Egypt For Now’s ‘Soldiers’ for ‘…on the corner of Miles & Gil’
Yorkie -------------------------- http://www.universalshoesproductions.co.uk/LightNEasy.php?page=merchandise -------------------------- ■DEMOS 1979 - 1980 by THE DANCE PARTY -------------------------- To commemorate YORKIE's 30th anniversary in the music industry, IMPRINT OF QUALITY are releasing a series of limited edition 'Time Capsule' CDs. First up is the band he formed in 1979 with Michael Head (Pale Fountains/Shack). This CD represents the full recordings the band made, with audio restoration supervised by YORKIE himself. Comes with booklet containing sleevenotes and never before seen photos.
Track Listing: 1. Notice 2. Today's Mystery Is... 3. Not You (To Old Friends) 4. Days On Edge 5. Photograph 6. New Commands 7. Where I've Been
Price: £10.00 -------------------------- ■DEMOS 1980 by EGYPT FOR NOW -------------------------- The second in the 'Time Capsule' series sees the release of YORKIE & Michael Head's second band: EGYPT FOR NOW. A much darker outfit, who's 'Soldiers' appeared on the second volume of the legendary 'Street To Street' compilations. This collection contains all of the bands recordings with audio restoration supervised by YORKIE himself. Comes with booklet containing sleevenotes and never before seen photos.
Track Listing: 1. The Voodoo Dance 2. Days On Edge 3. The Man In Your Mind 4. She Comes In Colours 5. Soldiers 6. Egypt For Now
Vocals/Synth - Michael head Bass - Yorkie Guitar - Rod Bennett Drums - Roy White
Recorded at the MVCU (Open Eye Gallery), Liverpool. 1st November 1979.
THE DANCE PARTY was my first band. After mucking about in my Mum’s cellar with various friends on various musical experiments, I was introduced by Paul Simpson (The Teardrop Explodes) to Michael Head (later of The Pale Fountains & Shack). We would utilise the cellar full of equipment we had to hand (both The Teardrop Explodes and Echo & The Bunnymen rehearsed there) and take our first tentative steps into songwriting. When we aquired a guitarist, Rod Bennett, on recommendation of Mick Finkler (also The Teardrop Explodes), we started taking ourselves a bit more seriously. This track was one of the three songs we recorded for our first demo. It was the first track we layed down and I remember we had to stop after I hit the first note, as my nose started streaming blood. We were young, very young, and I think the excitement and stress got the better of me. I gave Mike the title (which I thought was pretty cool) and he came in with a set of lyrics that reflected the fear people felt about the ’serial killer on the loose’: Peter Sutcliffe (The infamous ‘Yorkshire Ripper’). We used to rehearse with the Bunnymen’s drum machine ‘Echo’, but for this recording the engineer of the session, Roy White (of Roy White & Steve Torch) kindly sat in the drum seat.
------------ The Dance Party & Egypt For Now, Historical Recordings
The first two releases in the ‘Time Capsule’ series from Imprint Of Quality, are the fledgling recordings of Myself & Mick’s formative bands. These are limited editions of 100 copies available from www.universalshoesproductions.co.uk. Both cd’s contain previously unheard tracks as well as previously unseen photos from my archive. Mick has always been proud of what we set out to achive with both bands, even so far as trying to record Egypt For Now’s ‘Soldiers’ for ‘…on the corner of Miles & Gil’ ------------ Street to Street (1981) – A Liverpool Album. Vol. 2
The second volume of the compilation offers interesting insights of the musical experimentation of an already ‘second’ generation of Liverpool bands. Possibly less inventive and original than the bands featured on Volume 1 (but that’s purely personal), surely fewer (only five bands here) and more obscure, here are some pieces of information about them:
Egypt For Now: The band was formed in 1980 by former Dance Part members Yorkie (aka David Tracey Palmer, ex Teardrop Explodes’ roadie and friend, later Balcony, Space), and Mike Head (later Pale Fountains, Shack). Also member of the band was Paul Codman on drums. The music is deeply influenced by US psychedelia, and infatuation that Yorkie shared with friends Julian Cope (Teardrop Explodes) and Ian McCulloch (Echo & the Bunnymen). The only band releases are the two songs on this compilation. Yorkie features in the Teardrop Explodes’ video Reward together with other friends of Cope’s (left in the colour picture, with Paul Simpson and Ged Quinn of the Wild Swans). Among other curiosities, another temporary member of the pre-Egypt act, the Dance Party, was Jeremy Kelly, after his experiences in a post-punk industrial outfit called Psychamesh (aka Psycamesh), which folded in 1979. Kelly then joined the Systems (also featured on this album, before forming the Wild Swans).
Dance Party – band 1979-80 by Yorkie (later of Egypt For Now, Balcony, Space) & Mike Head (later of Egypt For Now, Pale Fountains, Shack), played their 1st gig at Wah! Heat’s debut at The Everyman Bistro. Sounded a little like early Teardrop Explodes, but with a more overtly psychedelic edge. Rel ‘Where You’ve Been’ - Unearthed Volume One comp. ------------