- The First Tape Album
Infobox Album
Name = The First Tape Album
Type = Studio
Artist = Twelfth Night
Released =
Recorded = December 1979-April 1980
Genre =Neo-progressive
Length = 38:18
Label = Twelfth Night
Producer = Twelfth Night
Last album = "Skan"
This album = "The First Tape Album"
Next album = "Early Material"The First Tape Album" is a part-studio, part-live cassette-only album released by
UK neo-progressive band Twelfth Night in 1980.Details
Th First Tape Album marks the debut of classically trained keyboard Rick Battersby, who was an old friend of the band (he had helped them with dry ice for their first band contest appearance). Twelfth Night was the first band he joined. His inclusion made the music more full, and more adventurous.
The studio tracks (Freddie Hepburn and Sequences) were recorded at Multium Studios, Wokingham, England, UK, in December 1979. The live tracks (Encore Une Fois and Fur Helene Part 1) were recorded live in concert at Reading University, Reading, 13 November 1979 (Für Helene Part I) and The Bridge House, Bracknell, 12 April 1980 (Encore Une Fois).
The album has been reissued twice, in the 1980s with three extra (and exclusive) tracks, and again in the 1990s with two tracks from the "Skan" demos.
The Cyclops re-issue of
Live At The Target contains Encore Une Fois and Freddie Hepburn from this album.Track listing
All songs written by Twelfth Night.
# (Hats Off To) Freddie Hepburn (8:54)
# Encore Une Fois (6:28)
# Sequences (17:40)
# Für Helene Part I (5:14)"The First Tape Album Plus"rereleased c. 1983 with the following tracks
# Für Helene Part I (5:14) as above
# Encore Une Fois (6:28) as above
# (Hats Off To) Freddie Hepburn (8:54) as above
# Für Helene Part II (3:46) ... The Bridge House, Bracknell, 12 April 1980
# Encore Une Fois / World Without End (6:55) ... The Target, Reading, 21 November 1980
# The Cunning Man (6:13) ... Reading University, 27 June 1980
# Sequences (17:40) as above"The First Tape Album Plus" rereleased c. 1993 with the following tracks
# (Hats Off To) Freddie Hepburn (8:54) as above
# Encore Une Fois (6:28) as above
# Sequences (17:40) as above
# Für Helene Part I (5:14) as above
# Four And Three (5:30) ... Reading University, Reading, March 1979
# Für Helene Part I (14:00) ... Reading University, Reading, March 1979Personnel
*
Brian Devoil drums, percussion
*Clive Mitten bass, keyboards, classical guitar
*Andy Revell electric and acoustic guitar
*Rick Battersby keyboards
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