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No 1 07:57
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No 2 05:26
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No 4/9 03:51
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No 5 04:51
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No 6 04:43
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No 7 06:08
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No 8 07:37

about

This album marks the first time these tracks have ever been released. The original recordings were made in 1979.
The tracks have been newly edited and mastered from digital transfers of the original stereo reel to reel master tapes.

Some time before 1977, inspired by listening to Hugh Hopper, Miroslav Vitous and Charlie Haden, Jon had bought an second-hand Epiphone Rivoli bass, badgered Ian for a few playing tips and launched himself into playing bass guitar.

Dissatisfied with how things were going in Red Square, and encouraged by Ian and Roger, Jon began to incorporate the bass into the improvisations.

However, nagging doubts about total improvisation and the band's musical isolation remained, combined with a growing interest in the idea of ‘moment capture’ and repeatability. This lead Jon to suggest trying out some compositional sketches he had been working on. If there’s one thing that compositions allow for, it’s repeatability. Collectively, the band worked the sketches up into the pieces you hear on this album. Much of the old freedom was retained, particularly for Ian and Roger, but the band had a compositional framework that made each piece recognisably the same on each outing.

Audiences were much more receptive to the new direction when Red Square Electric began gigging the new material in 1979 as a guitar, bass & drums trio, but the project sadly ended when Ian and his partner, Sue, had to move away from Southend in 1980.

The seven pieces on the album are the only studio recordings made of Red Square Electric. They are ‘test-of-concept’ recordings captured live in Trevor Taylor’s Essex studio during the first few months of the band becoming - somewhat to their surprise - a sort of left-field ‘power trio’.

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released October 22, 2021

Ian Staples - guitar
Jon Seagroatt - bass
Roger Telford - drums

Remixed & remastered by Jon Seagroatt, 2021.
Cover painting and artwork - Jon Seagroatt

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Jon Seagroatt & Ian Staples Banbury, UK

Jon is a current or former member of Comus, Current 93, Red Square & B So glObal and has toured and performed in Britain, Europe and the Far East.
He play variously soprano & tenor saxes, bass clarinet, flute, bass, keyboards, percussion and electronics.
Ian Staples is a former member of B So glObal and Red Square. He plays guitars, bass and electronics.
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