The First Tape Album

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The First Tape Album
Studio album by Twelfth Night
Released UK January 1980
Recorded December 1979-April 1980
Genre Neo-progressive
Length 38:18
Label Twelfth Night
Producer Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night chronology
Skan The First Tape Album Early Material

The First Tape Album is a part-studio, part-live cassette-only album released by UK neo-progressive band Twelfth Night in 1980.

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Th First Tape Album marks the debut of classically trained keyboard Rick Battersby, who was an old friend of the band (he had helped them with dry ice for their first band contest appearance). Twelfth Night was the first band he joined. His inclusion made the music more full, and more adventurous.

The studio tracks (Freddie Hepburn and Sequences) were recorded at Multium Studios, Wokingham, England, UK, in December 1979. The live tracks (Encore Une Fois and Fur Helene Part 1) were recorded live in concert at Reading University, Reading, 13 November 1979 (Für Helene Part I) and The Bridge House, Bracknell, 12 April 1980 (Encore Une Fois).

The album has been reissued twice, in the 1980s with three extra (and exclusive) tracks, and again in the 1990s with two tracks from the Skan demos.

The Cyclops re-issue of Live At The Target contains Encore Une Fois and Freddie Hepburn from this album.

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All songs written by Twelfth Night.

  1. (Hats Off To) Freddie Hepburn (8:54)
  2. Encore Une Fois (6:28)
  3. Sequences (17:40)
  4. Für Helene Part I (5:14)

The First Tape Album Plus rereleased c. 1983 with the following tracks

  1. Für Helene Part I (5:14) as above
  2. Encore Une Fois (6:28) as above
  3. (Hats Off To) Freddie Hepburn (8:54) as above
  4. Für Helene Part II (3:46) ... The Bridge House, Bracknell, 12 April 1980
  5. Encore Une Fois / World Without End (6:55) ... The Target, Reading, 21 November 1980
  6. The Cunning Man (6:13) ... Reading University, 27 June 1980
  7. Sequences (17:40) as above

The First Tape Album Plus rereleased c. 1993 with the following tracks

  1. (Hats Off To) Freddie Hepburn (8:54) as above
  2. Encore Une Fois (6:28) as above
  3. Sequences (17:40) as above
  4. Für Helene Part I (5:14) as above
  5. Four And Three (5:30) ... Reading University, Reading, March 1979
  6. Für Helene Part I (14:00) ... Reading University, Reading, March 1979

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