tirana underground broadcasts 1991-92, by Hoxha

tirana underground broadcasts 1991-92

by Hoxha

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1.	She took me completely by surprise 02:36	info	download
2.	The road turned full circle 03:04	info	download
3.	Like Che Guevara 03:46	info	download
4.	Everybody's child 03:49	info	download
5.	The sea song 06:03	info	download
6.	Big silence 04:21	info	download
7.	Pass me by 03:57	info	download
8.	Critical town 03:44	info	download
9.	Sixteen years 04:48	info	download
10.	Blue as the sea 04:15	info	download

about

Hoxha was assembled in 1990 from the remnants of our student band An Awkward Shape, augmented by a rhythm section comprised of the two Daves, and Rose Hooper on keyboards. We rehearsed, we gigged, we recorded, we got played on local radio, we got interviewed in the local press, we signed a dodgy contract with an even dodgier management company, all the things that bands love to do. This compilation is by no means a complete record or our songs. Since I'm curating this, I've included just those tracks of which I feel the most proud, although I still find my lyrics cringeworthy. Our annus mirabilis was 1991, it was the most creatively productive year, bookended by two recording sessions, from which the bulk of these tracks are taken. I like to think we were a good live band. I once overheard a sound engineer say we were the best live band in Cardiff. You'll have to take my word for it, but you get some sense of our energy from the three live tracks included here. By mid 1992, it was all over for me. A combination of overwork and a chaotic personal life spilled over onto the stage and I left under a cloud, to be replaced by the estimable Roger, after a friendly farewell gig in Leicester.
Nick and I continued to make music sporadically, but the closest we came to working on pop songs again, was in 1995, a taster of which is included here as a postscript. So, here is Hoxha, before we made like a tree. It was immensely fun while it lasted.

In memory of Dave Carter.

credits

released December 31, 1992

Tracks 1 and 2 were recorded and mixed by Ian Wallace at Chariot Studios Cardiff in January 1991.
Tracks 3 to 6 were recorded and mixed by Geraint Evans at Lima Studio Reading in December 1991.
Tracks 7 to 9 were recorded live from the audience by Geraint Evans at the Sir George Robey pub in Finsbury Park London on 16/02/1992.
Track 10 was recorded at Lima Studio Reading in April 1995.

Hoxha were:
Nick Carter guitars and vocals
Chris Sykes guitars
David Llewellyn drums
David Fletcher bass
Rose Hooper keyboards
Richard Harvey vocals and bass on track 10

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Dave Carter trumpet on tracks 3 and 7
Julian Carter sax on track 3
Geraint Evans guitar and keyboards on track 10

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