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My First Reel to Reel recording 1981

Posted on 18th March 202411th June 2024 by Shaun Belcher

Skeletons on the Roundabout by The Skylarks Inspired by Hornsey art college and unemployed then working in a nuclear reactor (true)I turned to music. In 1981 I filled my parent’s bedroom with…

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TAPE HEAVEN: My adventures with analogue tape-recording

Posted on 13th December 202315th December 2023 by Shaun Belcher

I started recording to tape back in the early 1980s. In fact my friend Stephe still has an ancient reel to reel that when we tried to get working still had a…

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Gold Cadillac – West Kensington Dreams 1994

Posted on 6th September 20236th September 2023 by Shaun Belcher

From the mid 1980s I recorded a lot on fostex X-15 4-track with one broken channel so effectively 3 Track. I have never been able to use those tapes since Fostex finally…

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Social Media Meme – Best Gig

Posted on 20th February 202321st November 2024 by Shaun Belcher

This is a current cultural meme…therefore I am conforming to social stereotypes ….and also sharing it so you can conform too.. 01. First concert Be Bop Deluxe – Oxford New Theatre January…

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New recordings of Americana

Posted on 16th September 202211th June 2024 by Shaun Belcher

Just in case you thought I’d sold my soul to pop music here is the latest installment in my sad americana odyssey that began with Floodplain demos back in 2000.   So…

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