The Waterboys (album)
Production history
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==Production history== |
==Production history== |
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In 1981 Mike Scott was working in the [[punk rock]] band Funhouse, who had recently changed their name from Another Pretty Face. Signed to the [[record label]] [[Ensign Records]], the group had moved to [[London]] to record their music. Scott had been unsatisfied with the group's sound, which he described as "similar to a jumbo jet flying on one engine".{{cite web | author=Peter Anderson | title=Mike Scott/Waterboys biography | work=Record Collector magazine | url=http://www.phpwebspace.net/waterboys/biog/pageone.htm | accessdate=March 25, 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060408073321/http://www.phpwebspace.net/waterboys/biog/pageone.htm |archivedate = April 8, 2006}} In December 1981 decided to use Redshop Studio to record some of his own songs, after prompting from Ensign Records to consider a solo career. The demos resulted in five songs where Scott sang, played the [[piano]] and [[guitar]], and used a [[drum machine]]. Two recordings from this studio demo session would eventually make their way onto the first Waterboys album, "[[December (The Waterboys song)|December]]" and "The Three Day Man". The quality of the session convinced Scott to leave Funhouse. Scott made further series' of recordings on his own at Redshop in February, April and August 1982, which yielded the following tracks: "Savage Earth Heart", "It Should Have Been You", "Gala" and "Where Are You Now When I Need You?". |
In 1981 Mike Scott was working in the [[punk rock]] band Funhouse, who had recently changed their name from Another Pretty Face. Signed to the [[record label]] [[Ensign Records]], the group had moved to [[London]] to record their music. Scott had been unsatisfied with the group's sound, which he described as "similar to a jumbo jet flying on one engine".{{cite web | author=Peter Anderson | title=Mike Scott/Waterboys biography | work=Record Collector magazine | url=http://www.phpwebspace.net/waterboys/biog/pageone.htm | accessdate=March 25, 2007 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060408073321/http://www.phpwebspace.net/waterboys/biog/pageone.htm |archivedate = April 8, 2006}} In December 1981 he decided to use Redshop Studio to record some of his own songs, after prompting from Ensign Records to consider a solo career. The demos resulted in five songs where Scott sang, played the [[piano]] and [[guitar]], and used a [[drum machine]]. Two recordings from this studio demo session would eventually make their way onto the first Waterboys album, "[[December (The Waterboys song)|December]]" and "The Three Day Man". The quality of the session convinced Scott to leave Funhouse. Scott made further series' of recordings on his own at Redshop in February, April and August 1982, which yielded the following tracks: "Savage Earth Heart", "It Should Have Been You", "Gala" and "Where Are You Now When I Need You?". |
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In spite of his label's advice, Scott instead began forming a new band to work with. In early 1982 he recruited saxophonist [[Anthony Thistlethwaite]] for the new project, which became the Waterboys. Scott first heard Thistlethwaite on a [[Nikki Sudden]] album. Thistlethwaite recruited his friend drummer [[Kevin Wilkinson]]. Sudden describes the events as Scott "stealing" the two musicians, but he also notes that Scott could afford to pay Thistlethwaite and Wilkinson, whereas Sudden could not.{{cite web | author=Nikki Sudden | title=A Few Mike Scott stories | work=Excerpts from Nikki Sudden's Autobiography | url=http://nikkisudden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=269&sid=1f7d8f9c17dfc788833f6176b2c1c69e | accessdate=October 23, 2005 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195702/http://nikkisudden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=269&sid=1f7d8f9c17dfc788833f6176b2c1c69e | archivedate=September 27, 2007 }} Scott and Thistlethwaite recorded "[[A Girl Called Johnny]]" in Spring of 1982, and with Wilkinson and bassist Nick Linden they recorded further new tracks in November 1982 at Redshop Studio, Islington, of which one, "I Will Not Follow", appears on this album. |
In spite of his label's advice, Scott instead began forming a new band to work with. In early 1982 he recruited saxophonist [[Anthony Thistlethwaite]] for the new project, which became the Waterboys. Scott first heard Thistlethwaite on a [[Nikki Sudden]] album. Thistlethwaite recruited his friend drummer [[Kevin Wilkinson]]. Sudden describes the events as Scott "stealing" the two musicians, but he also notes that Scott could afford to pay Thistlethwaite and Wilkinson, whereas Sudden could not.{{cite web | author=Nikki Sudden | title=A Few Mike Scott stories | work=Excerpts from Nikki Sudden's Autobiography | url=http://nikkisudden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=269&sid=1f7d8f9c17dfc788833f6176b2c1c69e | accessdate=October 23, 2005 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195702/http://nikkisudden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=269&sid=1f7d8f9c17dfc788833f6176b2c1c69e | archivedate=September 27, 2007 }} Scott and Thistlethwaite recorded "[[A Girl Called Johnny]]" in Spring of 1982, and with Wilkinson and bassist Nick Linden they recorded further new tracks in November 1982 at Redshop Studio, Islington, of which one, "I Will Not Follow", appears on this album. |
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