In July 1977, Norman Jon Kissoon and I discussed the technical
possibilities of making a recording to incorporate the music and
ideas of all the people who had been involved.
The first session took place at Farnborough, Hampshire on 30 and 31
July. We were unable to get all the music on to tape that weekend.
Three weeks later, on Saturday 20 August, we completed the remaining
tracks at Merrow near Guildford, Surrey. |
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By the end of August we had the design for the cover (three trees
near Glastonbury Tor), sleeve notes, and the running order/splicing
of the quarter-inch reel-to-reel master tape completed. The first
cassettes were ready for distribution early in October 1977.
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In all, 60 copies were produced - spreading
as far as USA, France, South Africa, Papua New Guinea and Australia.
The final event was a gig at the Bellerby Theatre,
Guildford in November 1978, 'An Evening with Earthforce'. On the
bill were John Lathey, Simon Rowan, Savourna Stevenson (on Celtic
harp), myself on sitar with John Bland on tabla, and the electric
band - blurring the Oa Band into Earthforce with the Oa line-up
plus Nic Griffiths on saxophone. |
