Re-Release of my old band "VISITOR 2035".....From the 1970's jazz rock fusion era.

[mybass]

Yes! Percy Verence won in the end. Thanks for supporting John.

Tanya sent your correspondence to me to show distribution was now going though whatever Proper will be like will be another matter. Hope you enjoy, tell the world even 😃

[NukeBass]

I’ve just purchased a CD copy from Amazon having only just discovered its existence. 
I first became aware of the band back in the 70s via an article in an ‘underground ‘zine’ (probably Psychedelia In The UK or O.D.) and soon after, found a copy of the record in the bargain bin at Notting Hill Record & Tape Exchange - it’s been a firm favourite of mine ever since and was hugely influential for my own band <NUKLI>!

How cool to at long last have the album available on CD!

[SpondonBassed]

On 15/04/2025 at 17:43, mybass said:

tell the world

 

I have mentioned it a couple of times to others.  I posted about it here a long time ago with a link to the YoofBube copy.  It got favourable comments but was not available for sale then.

 

If I tell the world I shall need travel expenses!

 

Joking aside, is it selling now that it's back on the distributor's catalogue?

[mybass]

😆. Thanks for the message….as far as I know the CD is once again available but more than likely by ordering from a record shop…. As it’s through Proper Music, they may do what amp companies do and ‘ask’ the shop to order a minimum amount! I’m not sure if anyone can order direct from Proper… I might look that up but I’m in Canada Ay the mo so might be a tad difficult.

[mybass]

Available direct from Proper Music UK ……I hope the link works

https://propermusic.com/products/visitor2035-visitor2035?_pos=1&_sid=16c45bc39&_ss=r

[mybass]

I just found this, the link may work …

https://propermusic.com/products/visitor2035-visitor2035?_pos=1&_sid=16c45bc39&_ss=r

[lowdown]

Sorry to gate crash this thread. @mybass, are you the same Pete(r) Stroud who played Bass in the Sprinkler band with Gary Deans?

I'm just curious.

Edited June 10 by lowdown

[prowla]

That's rather good!

[Beedster]

Now this is a review 👍

 

[mybass]

5 hours ago, lowdown said:

Sorry to gate crash this thread. @mybass, are you the same Pete(r) Stroud who played Bass in the Sprinkler band with Gary Deans?

I'm just curious.

I don’t know a Gary Deans…?

[SpondonBassed]

7 hours ago, mybass said:

I’m not sure if anyone can order direct from Proper… I might look that up but I’m in Canada Ay the mo so might be a tad difficult.

 

I asked them about that.  They said no at the time.  It wasn't until Tanja from MIG got involved that it came through to Rough Trade, via Proper.

 

Mind you don't get annexed in Canada.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 10 by SpondonBassed

[lowdown]

10 hours ago, mybass said:

I don’t know a Gary Deans…?

 

Ah, okay. Not the same Peter Stroud then. 

👍

[mybass]

On 11/06/2025 at 00:42, lowdown said:

 

Ah, okay. Not the same Peter Stroud then. 

👍

Sprinkler Band doesn’t ring a bell either.

[SpondonBassed]

I'm bumping this thread because I'm a fan of this album.  It turned on lots of my, previously unused, musical taste buds as a teen.  It certainly had influenced me when I chose bass as an instrument a couple of years later.

 

As mentioned above, I bought the original release on vinyl.  During a house move I recorded a lot of my vinyl onto good quality four track cassette.  The tape is now quite audibly degraded.  I was delighted to see that the band had re-released their album on CD.  I had quite a little adventure getting a hold of a legitimate copy, heeheehee.

 

There's a bit of speech on there that felt a kinda scifi to my young ears but it was backwards.  On the vinyl version you could reverse spin it to understand the opening to track 2 - At the Gates.  It's not something that you'd normally be able to do on a disc player however.  I thought I'd just drop this here for laughs.