After That

 

After This - Fields [12 OPA 012 UK 1986 24-Bit FLAC]

Surprisingly, Fields is one of the most requested re-ups (I usually delete old links after about a year), so I decided to give the vinyl a good clean and re-rip in a choice of resolutions. This will be the last time I rip this record, it does sound really great and I don't think I will ever be able to improve on this After This.

I can't say that I know much about After This, the sleeve says very little and internet research reveals nothing, except that the songwriting credit goes to Richard Lowe who seems to have been involved with nothing else. This gentle and cheery synthpop single was produced by former Associate and Paul Haig collaborator Alan Rankine, and released on Les Disques du Crepescule's British subsidiary Operation Afterglow. 

Fields evokes good memories of decent Scouse synth acts such as OMD or China Crisis, whereas the more mundane Hollow Hills on the flip-side does lack the sparkle of the A-side. Some may be interested to know that the runout groove is etched with a Crepescule catelogue number TWI 707.

A1   Fields
B1   Hollow Hills

Comments

  1. Blogmeister29 January 2022 at 03:57

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  2. Leper Lord29 January 2022 at 09:11

    This is really good mate

    Cheers

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  3. gnihtytterp29 January 2022 at 12:32

    Many thanks for the upgrade!

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  4. Rob M29 January 2022 at 16:05

    Thanks for the upgrade on this - I discovered this song a year or so ago and adored it (may even have requested it on the board and was directed here). Anyway I asked on Twitter about it and found this blog post which gives some info on Richard's life before and after this record - TL:DR - he went into management and managed Catatonia. Anyway thanks again and here's the link.

    https://www.boredteenagers.co.uk/heretoday.htm

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  5. kookoo29 January 2022 at 16:25

    Thank you sir. Thank you sir.

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  6. Unknown29 January 2022 at 19:43

    What are you using to clean your records? I've started looking at several solutions but would love to know what you're using as you're getting great results

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  7. Blogmeister29 January 2022 at 19:54

    I clean them with a dilution of Tergikleen followed by two separate cleans in a Disco Antistat filled with distilled H2O and a few drops of alcohol.

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  8. senser6429 January 2022 at 22:31

    thnx > Alan Rankin's solo work is very nice, maybe you have some of it?

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