While Anthony Moore‘s work with SLAPP HAPPY, a band he cofounded in 1972, and his contributions to HENRY COW a few years later are highly valued by the Canterbury scene connoisseurs, and the lyrics he wrote for a few latter-day PINK FLOYD songs as well as his co-penning the “Broken China” album with Rick Wright are well-known, the British experimentalist’s solo oeuvre is less celebrated. There have been quite a few records he issued between 1971’s “Pieces From The Cloudland Ballroom” and “Mare’s Tail” which saw the light of day earlier this year, and what doesn’t get proper attention is his archival series, now on its third volume.
Home Of The Demo
If the first two instalments of Anthony’s diaries dealt with his previously unreleased tapes from 1976 and 1979, “Home Of The Demo” that’s to be out on October 25th focuses on Moore’s forays into mainstream in the first half of the ’80s – the forays which didn’t didn’t really happen and remained on the shelf for about forty years. Given the veteran’s limited output in the non-too-experimental decade, hearing these ten cuts should be a treat.
1. The Ballad Of Sarah Bellum
2. One World
3. Me And Neil Diamond
4. A Different Lie
5. Judy, Judy
6. Lucia Still Alive
7. Midnight Sun
8. Coralie
9. Earthbound Misfit
10. Cold Love
