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LOW STOCK LEVEL
1-2 Weeks
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ARTIST
TITLE
OUT
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
CATALOG #
DC 792LP
DC 792LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
10/21/2022
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2020 reissue. Originally released in 1976. "'Rock and roll was a relief after the rigor of Henry Cow.' That was one of the thoughts in Anthony Moore's brain in the late summer of 1975. Of course, leaving Henry Cow had meant the dissolution of the band he'd founded, Slapp Happy, as the two groups had essentially merged over the previous year. Still, there was plenty yet to do with music, and based on Anthony's propensity for odd left turns, a solo career in the pop world seemed like a fine way to follow up his prior excursions in tape-based modern composition, writing soundtracks for experimental films, avant-pop and experimental rock. Managed and published by Blackhill Enterprises, Anthony signed a solo deal with Virgin -- and while the music he recorded for OUT didn't see release upon completion in 1976 (and wasn't released at all until a CD issue of the late 1990s), we're finally getting those historic recordings for OUT on vinyl after all these years, with the long-lost original artwork restored. It is worth the wait -- an absolute lost chapter from mid-70s, proto-new wave Britain, bringing to mind the bright and subversive sounds of Eno, Wyatt, Ayers, Cale and so many other trail-blazers from that time. A fantastic joy to the ears! The original quality of OUT according to Anthony: folk-rock with weird time signatures. It made sense -- odd bar numbers drifting in and out of sync were a driving aspect of the minimalist records he made for Polydor in '71 and '72, and now, played on piano, they sounded like the beginning of potentially radio-worthy songs. Music was still growing within him -- it had first exploded in a weird, psychic shock that hit around the age of 18, comprised of equal parts youthful heartbreak, drugs and a recognition of the late 60s' decaying zeitgeist. This was the start of a career-long pendulum-swing between opposite poles: experimental and popular music. Never happier than when working with machines and processes, Anthony hadn't really allowed his pure musician self free reign until OUT. For 'the troubadour with Revoxes,' this venture into playing guitar and singing in a professional context was a new thing. But it developed quickly and with the help of a bunch of like-minded studio folk and a hive of artists, writers and friends who revolved around an apartment in West London, the work progressed steadily. From the summer of '75 to spring '76, Anthony was in and out of the studios, along with producer Peter Jenner from Blackhill, working with a cross-section of Britain's finest musicians and engineers at legendary facilities like Abbey Road, Air, and Richard Branson's Oxfordshire getaway, The Manor, to produce the eleven tracks that make up OUT..."
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