History
As with Barrett's solo album Call of the Wild and single "A Shot of Red Eye",the album was recorded at Barrett's Place;a farm at Gawcott,just off Aylesbury.
The intro of DK 50/80 is a sample of two girls from a band called Sausage singing "K.D. 80/50 / You’re so nifty / K.D. 80/50 / You’re so nifty / Tie her up / Tie her down / Turn her over / Turn her ‘round." reversed. [3] Sausage was headed by Ken Liversausage,a collaborator of Barrett's;both of them appeared on the Aylesbury Goes Flaccid compilation. "DK 50/80" was created in the studio in such a way that it cannot be performed live easily. Otway sang into a microphone wired up to a delay unit synced up to the bass-drum synth,thus when he sang "Did you...",the unit would output that line directly after. However,during the 'Tent Tour' Barrett would sing the lyrics backwards.
The Chinese text which appears on the front cover of the DK 50/80 single reads "界色" or roughly translated in English as "Boundary Colour".
Way &Hal demos
During April 1979 Otway and guitarist Ollie Halsall (guitar,bass,drums and vocals) recorded some of the songs featured on the album. Halsall's original version of "Traveling Show" was released on his posthumous album Caves. Halsall also played guitar on Otway's previous solo album Where Did I Go Right? and was a collaborator with its producer,Neil Innes,in The Rutles.
Songs recorded:
- Cry Cry
- Body Talk
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
- When Love's In Bloom
- Day After Day / 21 Days
- Traveling Show
- Natasha
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