HERE & NOW Fantasy Shift LP Punk Reggae PLANET GONG 83

	£		31
	$		41

You're bidding on :

HERE AND NOW "Fantasy Shift" vinyl album.

Year : 1983

Format : Original vinyl album

Label : Chick Records, UK (CHRL003)

Tracks no : 9

Condition (cover/vinyl) : EX/NM 

Tracklisting:

1. Telly Song
2. Ludwig
3. Jacques Cousteau Loves Anchovies
4. Fantasy Shift
5. The Mega Number
6. Glad You're Here
7. Secrets
8. The Man Who Sold The World (David Bowie)
9. Ways To Be Free

Produced and arranged by Trevor Evan Jones.

Here & Now are:

Keith The Bass - bass/vocals
Gavin Da Blitz - synths/vocals
Rob Peters (ex Dangerous Girls) - drums/percussion
Dino Ferrari - guitar/vocals

Hard to find early 80s album with a strong reggae / punk influence (The Ruts).

Here & Now were the archetypical hippie/punk crossover band and stalwarts of the 70s free festival scene. Although originally formed in 1974 it was at the Watchfield Free Festival of August 1975 where the Here & Now band truly came into being. They regrouped in March of the following year and re-captured the spirit of their first encounter as the "Primal Tapes". The summer of '76 was spent touring as many free festivals as possible in the UK before heading off to tour France. At the beginning of 1977 and the end of this first French tour the band recorded a studio and live session for Radio France, and a track from this also appears on "Gospel Of Free".

The news that Daevid Allen of Gong had been inspired to track down Here & Now after reading a review in the N.M.E. prompted the band to regroup again in the Summer of 1977, playing street parties in 'celebration' of the Queen's Silver Jubilee (see picture below) and, naturally, more free festivals. At this point Twink, the original keyboard player left the band and was replaced by roadie Gavin Da Blitz.

Here & Now teamed up with Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth of Gong in 1977 to form Planet Gong. With a political agenda based around 'floating anarchy', Planet Gong combined the improvisational style of the early Here & Now with the quirky nature of Gong. The first 'Floating Anarchy' tour saw the band playing a mix of revamped Here & Now compositions plus Gong and Daevid Allen songs. But shortly before the start of the second 'Floating Anarchy Free Tour' in the Spring of 1978 Allen quit and Planet Gong reverted back to the Here & Now band. The fruits of Allen's work with Here & Now were released as the "Live Floating Anarchy 1977" album plus a single, "Opium For the People".

"Fantasy Shift" in April 1983 on Chick Records, a label run by the owner of the studios where the album was recorded. With a tour lined up to coincide with the release, the first pressing of 3,000 records soon sold out. However, the label refused to run a second pressing as they felt it would be too risky.

They certainly influenced a whole generation of post-punk free festival heads, including Ozric Tentacles and The Cardiacs

For more info check : http://www.planetgong.co.uk/maze/maps/hn9.html

http://www.wellers.demon.co.uk/Here%20&%20Now.htm

POSTAGE & HANDLING :

ITALY : Raccomandata €.7,35 (£.6,50 GBP)

EUROPE (UK included) : Priority Mail £.4.80 GBP  

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZELAND : Priority Mail £.10.00 GBP

REST OF THE WORLD : Priority Mail £.7.70 GBP

No extra postage for each additional 12"/LP up to 1000 g. parcel's weight.

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VINYL GRADING :

• Mint (M) record new and/or unplayed.
• NearMint (NM) record in beautiful shape.
• Excellent (EX) if there's a flaw on the sleeve or vinyl, it's very minor and is still a great copy.
• Very Good (VG) the sleeve has minor shop wear, is creased and/or shows a ring impression; while the vinyl shows some signs of handling.
• Good (G) the record is used but not abused.The sleeve shows multiple flaws (seam split, ring wear), while the vinyl may have some surface noise (no skips or pops) and shows small scratches that don't affect the sound.
• Fair (F) the sleeve shows a lot of flaws(seam splits, ring wears), while the vinyl shows loads of surface noise and scratches or other defects.

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