| "Precious Love" | |
|---|---|
| Song by The Onset | |
| Genre | Indie |
| Length | 2.32 |
| Label | Probe Plus The Viper Label |
| Composer | Mike Badger |
| Producer | Bald Brothers |
"The Onset were formed in 1987 by Mike Badger and guitarist Danny Dean, who had met the previous yearon a short lived scheme for unemployed musicians. Precious Love was first played to three people at The Pink Parrot in Liverpool, though this unashamed ode to love eventually reached as far as Berlin".[1]
The Onset recorded Precious Love twice during their career. The first version was for their debut LP The Pool Of Life (Probe 19) and recorded at Ameritz Studios, Oxton, Wirral, UK, in 1988. The second version was recorded at The Pink Studios, Lark Lane, Liverpool, in 1989 during the demos for the What Say You EP. Nevertheless, this second version was not included on the EP, being replaced by the track "Sun and Moon". It remains unreleased to this day.
In addition to its appearance on The Pool Of Life, the first version of Precious Love can also be found on two further releases; The Pool Of Life Revisited (Probe 40) by The Onset in 1994, and the Liverpool Cult Classics Unearthed - Volume Two (Viper 009) compilation CD from The Viper Label in 2001.
A video for Precious Love was recorded by the Onset in 1989. It was filmed at the Liverpool Sculpture College. The band gathered together sculpture from different students to appear in the shoot. The Precious Love video was broadcast on the Music Box Satellite Channel during 1990. The video can be seen on Youtube.