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| The First Tape Album | ||||
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| Studio album by Twelfth Night | ||||
| Released |  January 1980 | |||
| Recorded | December 1979-April 1980 | |||
| Genre | Neo-progressive | |||
| Length | 38:18 | |||
| Label | Twelfth Night | |||
| Producer | Twelfth Night | |||
| Twelfth Night chronology | ||||
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The First Tape Album is a part-studio, part-live cassette-only album released by English neo-progressive band Twelfth Night in 1980.
The First Tape Album was the first by the band with the 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 fuller and more adventurous.
The studio tracks ("Freddie Hepburn" and "Sequences") were recorded at Multium Studios, in Wokingham, England, in December 1979. "Fur Helene Part 1" was recorded live in concert at Reading University on 13 November 1979 and "Encore Une Fois" at The Bridge House, Bracknell, on 12 April 1980.
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.
All songs written by Twelfth Night.
The First Tape Album Plus rereleased c. 1983 with the following tracks
The First Tape Album Plus rereleased c. 1993 with the following tracks
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