Finally, the book on the TEB I edited three years ago will be printed by Recommended Records with a 6-track CD attached - ALL the tracks the band recorded at the end 1970-beginning 1971 for the never issued third album "The Dragon Wakes" (not included in Cherry Red's reissues).
Known as "the Balham sessions", these tracks were recorded by two different line-ups between Balham and E.M.I. studios; guitar player Denim Bridges took them jealously for years.
Thanks to Denim, we can listen now to these fabulous music played by Sweeney, Minns, Bridges, Buckmaster, House and Coff!
The book collects Glen's poems, manifestos, writings, aphorisms, interviews; memories by Carolyn Looker, Minns, Buckmaster, Bridges, Jenner and many other persons involved; a full audio/videography; a chronology. Lot of rare, unseen picture of Sweeney and the band, posters and documents...
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A departure from the way TEB functioned of course; the song I wrote and I presented the defined melody and chords to the band so that was all set in stone. Its not surprising that all and any takes of the song sound the same although probably, after some run-throughs, there was just the one take. As for the dances, in advance of the recording date, we improvised at the rehearsal studio in Balham until we came up with a framework that fitted the description of the dances. We then went into the studio and, as per usual, improvised the pieces afresh using the framework we had from the rehearsals until we got the best take. So that's what the Trident recordings probably are - us trying different approaches. All three pieces are used in the movie and on the album."
