We did this years ago. Norbert, Parsley and I decided (democratically, as we were the core of The Satanic Nurses) to venture forth into a recording studio somewhere in Norf London (Tottenham way, I think). The idea was to record and mix three songs over a period of two days. The songs were that simple in their compositional make up, that even a toddler would be able to recite them. The name of the studio was DeBretts. If that's a name you recognise, then it's probably because of DeBrett's Peerage. The owner, engineer and proprietor of the studio was John DeBrett. He proved to be a very knowledgable and tolerant chap (tolerant, what with all the racket we were making...) and his patience was second to none.
After all these years later, I don't really remember too much about the session (I wasn't driving), but I do recall the studio telephone ringing loudly once. As John was momentarily indisposed in the middle of setting up some equipment, Parsley took it on himself to answer the phone. A brief pause came and quickly went, followed by Parsley handing the receiver over to John whilst at the same time informing him that "it's your famous mum...". None other than Tona de Brett.
The VT footage below comes from that weekend but it's also mixed with some concert tape taken at Birkbeck college (anti-poll tax gig) where some of the more eagle eyed amongst you might notice the presence of talented cartoonist Tony Reeve standing in on bass duties whilst Parsley tinkled the pearlies (you didn't expect me to say "ivories" now did you?). Apologies for the poor quality of the picture, we only had VHS (no SMPTE to help us on our way either) for our consumer cams in those days and we had to rent them from Rumbelows.
Nice mullet, you homo...
Enjoy your weekend folks.
THE SATANIC NURSES "Trans Romanian Railway"
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