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Bowes Road Band
The HCA
JAKARTA /- Cat No: JAKARTA185-1
- updated:2023-11-28
Recorded in 1972 by four students at Hornsey College of Art (HCA), the now-defunct London art school, and originally pressed in an edition of just 50 copies, this psychedelic, folky collage art-rock/jazz-rock holy grail was built out of thoughtful experimentation and deliberate rule-breaking by non-musicians. Now remastered and reissued on vinyl LP as a joint release from JAKARTA RECORDS and UNO LOOP RECORDS.
Track List
Bowes Road Band
Dave Pescod - Electric and Acoustic guitars, vocals
Ted Rockley - Alto sax, clarinet, piano, synthesizer
Phil Rawle - Bass guitar, lead guitar, vocals
Alan Lewis - Drums, vocal
Other Musicians
Maurice Cambridge - Flute
John Carrod - Bass guitar
Mick Collins - Trumpet
Eddie Franklin-White - Synthesizer
Jan Hart - Electric Piano
Pat Higgs - Trumpet
Mark Hutchins - Bass clarinet, baritone sax
Dennis Mycroft - Trombone
Dick Pearce - Flugelhorn
Teeve - Bass guitar
Catherine Wilson - Accordion
Brian Wynne - Flute, tenor sax
Rob Wells - Engineer, mixing
Arrangements - Ted Rockley
Sleeve design by Alan Lewis
Front cover photography Michelle Williams
Back cover photography Mick Hudson
Poster design and photography Alan Lewis
Recorded at Waverley House between January and July 1973
Dave Pescod - Electric and Acoustic guitars, vocals
Ted Rockley - Alto sax, clarinet, piano, synthesizer
Phil Rawle - Bass guitar, lead guitar, vocals
Alan Lewis - Drums, vocal
Other Musicians
Maurice Cambridge - Flute
John Carrod - Bass guitar
Mick Collins - Trumpet
Eddie Franklin-White - Synthesizer
Jan Hart - Electric Piano
Pat Higgs - Trumpet
Mark Hutchins - Bass clarinet, baritone sax
Dennis Mycroft - Trombone
Dick Pearce - Flugelhorn
Teeve - Bass guitar
Catherine Wilson - Accordion
Brian Wynne - Flute, tenor sax
Rob Wells - Engineer, mixing
Arrangements - Ted Rockley
Sleeve design by Alan Lewis
Front cover photography Michelle Williams
Back cover photography Mick Hudson
Poster design and photography Alan Lewis
Recorded at Waverley House between January and July 1973
The only album by the Bowes Road Band. Pressed in just 50 copies, this LP was unearthed at a Berlin flea market, which is what led to this reissue. Six tracks in which the fresh, early impulse toward experimental music that runs from The Beatles and Sgt. Pepper's spreads out in folky psychedelia, bittersweet youthful feeling, and an innocent love of music that tugs at the heart.
Includes an 8-page booklet (LP-sized) detailing the band's history and behind-the-scenes stories, along with interviews with the band members. (Original Japanese text by COMPUMA)