Various Rehearsals, by Hatfield and The North

Various Rehearsals

by Hatfield and The North

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	1.	Share It (pre-lyrics demo) 03:58
	2.	Didn't Matter Anyway (pre-lyrics demo) 02:15
	3.	unknown acoustic guitar song 01:50
	4.	Lounging There Trying (electric guitar & bass) 03:24
	5.	unknown organ piece 04:28
	6.	Fitter Stoke Has A Bath - end section (bass, guitar & clapping) 03:26
	7.	"unknown organ piece" with drums 00:38
	8.	"unknown organ piece" with drums 05:48
	9.	Let's Eat (Real Soon) (pre-lyrics demo) 05:56
	10.	Let's Eat (Real Soon) (acoustic guitar demo & a phone call!) 03:05
	11.	Let's Eat (Real Soon) (guide vocal demo) 03:57
	12.	Let's Eat (Real Soon) (guide vocal demo) 03:59
	13.	Lounging There Trying (full band) 03:56
	14.	Share It (instrumental - full band) 02:55
	15.	unknown acoustic guitar song 05:07
	16.	O What A Lonely Lifetime (fuzz bass & acoustic guitar demo) 04:38
	17.	O What A Lonely Lifetime (fuzz bass demo + lyrics demo) 03:16
	18.	O What A Lonely Lifetime (fuzz bass & lyrics demo) 01:34
	19.	O What A Lonely Lifetime (fuzz bass demo) 11:02
	20.	O What A Lonely Lifetime (fuzz bass & lyrics demo) 01:17
	21.	O What A Lonely Lifetime (fuzz bass & guide vocal demo) 01:33
	22.	Christmas Song / Baa Baa Black Sheep (Sam Wyatt, Richard Sinclair & Alice Pyle) 05:17
	23.	unknown Rhodes / guitar / bass song 02:52

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Here's a seldom-seen bootleg of demos and rehearsals, listed as '74/'75－but it could be even earlier. One reason to think so is Sam Ellidge, Robert Wyatt's son & Pip Pyle's godson, was born 23 May 1966 and sounds maybe a year or two younger here than on the 1975 Rainbow Theatre recording.
richardsinclairsongs.bandcamp.com/album/cheap-philosophy.
Another reason is that "Let's Eat (Real Soon)" is still being demoed (without lyrics), and it was finalized in Worthing Studios in October '73.
richardsinclairsongs.bandcamp.com/album/lets-eat-real-soon-fitter-stoke-has-a-bath-single
The third reason is that Dave Stewart bought his Rhodes (heard here) in August '73 (according to Calyx).
www.calyx-canterbury.fr/hatfield/chrono.html
Finally, by Spring of '75 Hatfield was already rehearsing what would become National Health numbers.
richardsinclairsongs.bandcamp.com/album/rehearsals-for-h-tn-iii
Hatfield was in Belgium on August 4, 1973 and in Frankfurt on the 17th & 18th, and toured France in September. They recorded their single at Manor Studios in October. Therefore these MAY be home recordings (at Pip's house, from the sound of the children playing in the background) from late August? Of course this makes the Christmas song a total non sequitur. 🙁 And they didn't play either "Let's Eat" or "Fitter Stoke" in Paris in September (or anything else from these rehearsals).
richardsinclairsongs.bandcamp.com/album/ch-teau-dh-rouville
If nothing else this set demonstrates how much work goes into making the music sound effortless.

This set is never going to sound pristine, but I did a little click & hum reduction on it. The cassette recorder used here sounds like the type that turns off-and-on with a switch on the mic, so I elected to leave in those noises (for authenticity).
- RC

The Digital_Man says:
"I have more questions than I do have answers about this interesting Canterbury recording, and I fully realize that there are people out there who can probably interpret it better than I can. But here's the story: I obtained this back in my tape trading days and I'm pretty sure that I got it in the summer of 1993. The insert on the tape says exactly this:

"Hatfield + the North - Various rehearsals
Side 2 includes segment with Sam Wyatt!"

To my ears, it does indeed sound like Hatfield and the North rehearsals, but from when? Prior to 1993 obviously, but it sounds like it could be much older - possibly even "Rotter's Club" writing/rehearsal sessions? Rehearsal for a tour? I think it seems to be Richard Sinclair who is most prominently featured - perhaps this is his rehearsal tape? I would greatly appreciate any insight that others could share on this recording down in the comments.

In digitizing the recording, I kept everything. Every click when Richard (or whomever) presses start or stop on the tape recorder is included. When there were gaps of more than a few seconds of dead air, I would cut it or occasionally fade out and then back in. But every single sound on the tape is included in this torrent. Even when Richard(?) gets a phone call, you can hear him talking faintly in the other room.

You'll notice that the first track has many frustrating clicks and "pops" in it. I tried cleaning it up, but then it was riddled with little digital artifacts instead of analog ones, so I just decided to leave it (and the recording) as it is. [I removed them manually - RC]

I eagerly hope that people who download these files will be able to contribute more information about them (a more precise tracklist would be great).

I think the quality is B+/A-, but it varies a lot.

Lineage:
Maxell XLII> Pioneer CT-W53OR> Audacity 1.2.6> wave> FLACFrontend> flac

Brought to you by the Digital_Man" (on Dime presumably)

planetgong.altervista.org/hatfield/hatn1974-1975.htm
halsprogressiverockblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Hatfield%20And%20The%20North
sharebee.com/3a02c9d8

credits

released March 2, 2024

Richard Sinclair - acoustic guitar, bass & vocals
Phil Miller - electric guitar
Dave Stewart - organ & Rhodes piano
Pip Pyle - drums

with:
Sam Ellidge Wyatt - vocals (track 22)
Alice Pyle - voice (track 22)

Thanks to Joerg (Propylaen2001) for the tapes

This is a "recording of indeterminate origin," i.e. a bootleg. If you buy it from me it'll be the first time anyone in the band has seen a quid from it.

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The leading voice of the Canterbury Scene. Beginning with the Wilde Flowers, on to Caravan, Hatfield & the North, Camel and all his recent group efforts, Richard Sinclair's singing and bass playing have been a constant source of delight for lovers of Canterbury music. A deep, low voice, a talent for memorable melodies few can match, plus an imaginative and fluid technique on the bass and guitar. ... more

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