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Topic: Very old tapes of Jadis and Ark

Posted By: Robinlondonuk
Subject: Very old tapes of Jadis and Ark
Date Posted: November 21 2004 at 19:38

Hi, im new to this, so sorry if it takes a while to work it out. But, being an old prog head, and regular gig visitor between 1983-1995, I managed to visit the Marquee and Royal Standard on a number of occasions, and picked up tapes that the young bands were selling. Ark (from Birmingham) who featured a young John Jowitt (now IQ/Jadis), had 2 records (Vinyl) pressed around that time. 'The Dreams Of Mr Jones', and 'New Scientist', plus 2 tapes 'Archives' and 'Stand Alone'. Very dodgy sound on the tapes, but I bought them to familiarise myself with the set. Jadis had 2 tapes, one produced by Steve (Marillion) Rothery. This was pre-Martin Orford line up. G13, Out Of Reach, This Changing Face & Lost for Words.

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Robin x

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Posted By: Robinlondonuk
Date Posted: November 21 2004 at 19:44

Jadis Tape : G13 & Out Of Reach

Blue Cover. Recorded Jan/Feb 1987 Produced by Steve Rothery

Paul Alwin - Drums, Gary Chandler - Guitar and Vocals, Trev Dawkins - Bass, Pete Salmon - Keyboards

Jadis Tape : Lost For Words & This Changing Face

Yellow/cream cover. Engineer Andrew Hope. Produced by Jadis

Mark Law - Drums, Gary Chandler - Guitar and Vocals, Trev Dawkins - Bass, Pete Salmon - Keyboards

Hope this info is of some use

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Robin x

Posted By: Robinlondonuk
Date Posted: November 21 2004 at 19:53

Ark : Stand Alone

Track listing:

The New Way, Stand Alone, Walk All over Me, So You Finally Made It, Season Of The Witch, Speak Your Mind, Let Go!

Ark : Archives

Track listing:

Feed the Fire (originally written by A.Harris, S.Harris, Pete, Ant, D.Robins in 1986)

Change II (as above)

Flagday (originaly a Damascus song about the French Revolution, written by Ant in 1983)

Masquerade (written in 1989) by S.Harris, Ant, Pete, D.Robins, J.Jowitt

Hide and Seek (written in 1990 by S.Harris, Ant, Pete, R.Dean, J.Jowitt)

Heat Of The Morning (as above)

Personel on Archives 1983-90 (and probably Stand Alone)

Ant: Vocals, Flute

John Jowitt : Bass

Pete Wheatley : Lead Guitar

Steve Harris : Guitar Synth

Rich: Drums

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Robin x

Posted By: Robinlondonuk
Date Posted: November 21 2004 at 20:01

While I am at it, and im not sure this is the right area for this info, heres the Ark records:

Dreams Of Mr Jones

Tracks:

1.Gaia

2.Through The Night

3.Kaleidoscope

4.Powder For The Gun

5.Mabeline

6.Nowheres Ark

New Scientist

Tracks

1.Calling You Now

2.8th Deadly Sin

3.New Scientist

4.Boudiccas Chariot

They also produced a CD/single after John Jowitt left for IQ, featuring Cover Me With Rain, Train, Walk All Over Me, Message To The World, and Celebrate, plus extended mixes of 'Rain' and 'Train'

it was produced on the A.M.A Records label in Birmingham, the line up at this time being:

Ant: Vocals, Flute

Pete Wheatley: Lead Guitar

Gel Newey: Bass Guitar

Steve Harris: Guitar Synth

Paul Rogers: Drums

By this time they were also slowly becoming less proggy and more metal.

Hope this helps

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Robin x