And what a journey it has been.....

We started writing / recording material in March 2007, had two intensive weeks recording Steve Anscombe's guitar contributions in June and August, then visited Nigel Rippon's home studio to add Electric Cello contributions.  We even visited the place we reheased our 1982 album (Little Hayes, West Wittering) to record the very last guitar part - it just seemed right to pay tribute to the venue in this way. 

So, we're exhausted but happy.  Finally, we have the sound we want.  It just took an extra 25 years!

The album features both old and new material, combining, for example, a 1978 version of Outcry with material from Rory's solo album http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/roryridleyduff1 - Passing Decades and new material composed throughout 2007.  Already called 'the most emotional and erotic track I've listened to for years' by an early listener, Outcry stands as the centrepiece of the album.  It is Steve's favourite track.  As for me, I have a soft spot for The Rally.  This was a particularly challenging track to play live (see http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/protos2 - Into the Mouth of the Tiger ).  On this album release, we've dropped the less inventive material and replaced it with virtuoso stuff that was written and rehearsed in the early 1980s.  It's release is long overdue.  Lastly, there are tracks like The Final Dawn, based on a piano piece that spawed The Fugitive (released on One Day a New Horizon).  We've not only done a restoration job by returning it to its original form, but also rearranged it for piano, guitar, flute, saxophone, percussion and strings.  We experience it as a delightful melodic reprise between two 10-minutes rock epics described above.

This is an album to enjoy!

All the best
Rory