RAPIERS ARE GO!

The Sound of a Hurricane

Singer Wreckless Eric has today's opening notes, to accompany the UK opening of the film Telstar:

On the second floor of number 304
Above a handbag store and the heavy roar
Of traffic rolling down the Holloway Road
A one time bedroom housed the studio of Joe Meek

Where he conjured with the sound of another world
That Tin Pan Alley thought was too absurd
But miles of wire and recording tape
Brought fortune fame and no escape for Joe Meek

As he stirred up the sound of a hurricane
Joe Meek
Called upon forces from beyond the grave
Joe Meek
Suffered alone for his madness and pain
These were the only rewards that the hit parade
Held in store for Joe Meek

We Remember Wayne Nicholls, 1967-2005

FLASH and TWANG: Rapiers Recording at Toe-Rag!

I can't think of better mid-week news from Rapiersland: visual confirmation The Rapiers are at long last esconced inside the analogically superior recording confines of genius producer Liam Watson's Toe-Rag Studios in East London, working on new waxings, their first since the turn of the century (You're Never Alone With CD, 2000; Buckleshoe Stomp 45, 2001).

Nathan J. Hulse posted these instrumental images to his Facebook profile and I'm chuffed he did.