More Places Forever

• Through the Magnifying Glass
• Enthusiastic
• Whale Head King
• Song of the Bailing Man
• Big Breezy Day
• The Farmer's Wife
• New Broom
• About True Friends

David Thomas and the pedestrians
More Places Forever

Produced by David Thomas.

Released May 1985.
Out of print.

Available as a high quality audio download from our own Audio Downloads Page. Lyrics are embedded. A PDF of Liner Notes is included.

Release Notes

The audio download is the second revision of the original 1985 release. The original mix for vinyl release in 1985 suffered from lack of time and distractions. It was remixed at Suma in 1996 with the radical approach that David Thomas had originally planned for. A less than good post-production process, hurried again, caused Thomas to re-visit the various mixes in April 2014. All mixes were examined and, in some cases, edits were made or alternate mixes chosen. The audio was re-EQed by Paul Hamann and attention given to the post-production processing. This is the way it was supposed to sound.

Production Notes

Produced by David Thomas.
Recorded by Paul Hamann at Suma, July to September 1984.
Remixed by David Thomas and Paul Hamann at Suma, October 16-18, 1996. Digitally transferred and eq'ed by David Thomas and Paul Hamann at Suma, October 1996.
Original mixes and out-takes re-examined, some edits and re-mastered in April 2014 at Suma.

Cover art by Mary Thomas.

Musicians

David Thomas - vocals
Lindsay Cooper - bassoon, sopranino, tuba, oboe, alto sax, piano, organ
Tony Maimone - bass, piano
Chris Cutler - drums, percussion

All songs written by Cooper - Cutler - Maimone - Thomas and published by Hearpen Music / Arcades Music, except 'About True Friends' which was written by Cooper - Cutler - Monck - Thomas and published by Hearpen Music / Arcades Music.

Through The Magnifying Glass
David Thomas vocals
Lindsay Cooper bassoon, tuba
Tony Maimone bass
Chris Cutler drums

Enthusiastic
David Thomas vocals
Lindsay Cooper bassoon, sopranino, oboe
Tony Maimone bass
Chris Cutler drums

Whale Head King
David Thomas vocals
Lindsay Cooper alto sax, bassoon, piano
Tony Maimone bass
Chris Cutler drums

Song of The Bailing Man
David Thomas vocals
Lindsay Cooper alto sax sopranino, bassoon, oboe, piano, organ
Tony Maimone bass
Chris Cutler drums

Big Breezy Day
David Thomas vocals
Lindsay Cooper alto sax, sopranino, oboe
Tony Maimone bass
Chris Cutler drums

The Farmer's Wife
David Thomas vocals
Lindsay Cooper alto sax, bassoon
Tony Maimone bass, piano
Chris Cutler drums

New Broom
David Thomas vocals
Lindsay Cooper bassoon, sopranino
Tony Maimone bass
Chris Cutler drums

About True Friends
David Thomas vocals
Lindsay Cooper alto sax, sopranino
Tony Maimone bass
Chris Cutler drums

Release History

• Rough Trade Rough 80 (UK) May 1985 lp.
• Twin Tone Records TTR8551 (US) 1985 lp.
• Megadisc Records MD 7992 (Benelux) lp.
• Rough Trade Deutschland RTDL 1-105 (D) lp.
• Original mix included in the David Thomas, Monster cd box set.