EDWARD KA-SPEL
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Release date and tracklist
1984
UK 12″ In Phaze HAZ 6
side a
- Moments [MP3]
side b
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October 29, 2020 (Remaster)
MP3 NL self-released on Edward Ka-Spel’s Bandcamp
- Moments
- Even Now
- Dance Of The China Dolls
Credits
- Edward Ka-Spel – vox, keyboards, percussion, attempted violin
- Lilly Ak – lady voice
- Pat Bermingham – engineering
Notes
Limited to 2000 copies, some with a promotional interview sheet. The songs here also appeared in “Laugh China Doll” and other later releases.
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2020 Remaster on Bandcamp:
1984. A perfect number for a personal crisis. It’s the year when I felt the ideas I had for The Dots were being tossed aside but, upon reflection, I was probably just being a bit of a prima donna. Even so, the situation led to this first collection of songs under my name. Recorded in 3 days, mixed in less than that, with wonderful vocal contributions from Lily Ak (who still sings like an angel). 1984. When the end of the year came, I moved to The Netherlands.
Thank you to Lily Ak for the lovely voice, Pat Birmingham who mixed, Mick Marshall who lent me his DX9 and Sally who provided the doll seen on the cover.
Lyrics
Moments
Watching stormclouds gather, from the beach – hands clutched tight together. Hear the siren howl for the last retreat to caverns underground. Bolt the doors ; Keep the sound away with pillows. Swallow pills. Heads are clutched between the knees. It only lasts a moment… Shall we do it here? Leave our clothes, tiptoe down the pier. And just the butler’s peering, but he won’t say what he saw. No-one’s paying anymore, only us – we’ll use our change. We’ll play the rifle range, the space invaders. We’ll steal a lemonade and sip it for just a moment. If it’s really finished ; if the horror story is true and distant figures play with buttons …well, I still have you. We’ll lie her til the end. Let them send what they like. I have a feeling we’ll survive for more than just a moment. For eternity. Our love can move a mountain, turn the ocean into wine, turn the sky into kaleidoscopes ; twist time. Going backwards ’til the first time. Let’s live it once again -for more than just a moment…For eternity
Even Now
Mistakes were made and prices paid – The scars across your wrists. The twist inside – I know you’re hiding. Even now. Have you changed? Do you forget? you still regret the day you met me – even now? You feel the bandage itching as you’re sweating in the white light – feel the tethescope press down, even now? (Don’t you think I feel it too, even now?) It had to be, and now I’m missing you and want to start again – we’ll start with flowers and a row, even now! We’ll never settle down… No never… even now…But still the fire’s burning. It’s burning just for you. Is it burning for me too, even now? We’re locked-up for eternity.. locked together, even now…
