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Thomas Leer
Private Plane/International
Order-Nr.: DE-088

nur 15.50 EURO
(incl. 19% Mwst.)

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12inch / Dark Entries Records / 2015 (1978)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sehOKE4vNGE


Each copy includes a two­-sided newsprint insert with
never­-before­-seen photos, an interview, and liner notes by Professor
Keith R. Laws.


Thomas Leer is an innovative electronic musician who was born in Port
Glasgow, Scotland. He began singing for a local band at age 13, and was
writing his own music by 18. By 1977, he had moved to London, where he
fronted Pressure, a Clash­-esque punk group with fellow experimental
Scottish musician Robert Rental. After hearing Kraftwerk, Leer became
interested in synthesizers – not long after, he was exploring the
experimental techniques of Eno, Zappa, Beefheart, Faust, and Can.


In 1978, Thomas released his first single, “Private
Plane”/“International”, on his own Oblique Records. Both songs were
recorded in his small Finsbury Park flat over three days, using a TEAC
A3440 4-­track recorder and an ALICE mixing board. The only effects used
were a Watkins Copicat tape echo unit, Electo Harmonix DrQ filter, an
old Roland drum machine, and a Stylophone. So as to not wake his
sleeping girlfriend, Leer’s vocals were nearly whispered, which lends
them a textural, psychedelic quality. NME named “Private Plane” Single
of the Week, and the hand-stamped first edition of 650 promptly sold
out. For this expanded reissue, we’ve added 2 bonus tracks. “Kings of
Sham”, from the 1981 Cherry Red Records sampler “Business As Usual”, is
perfect motorik trance, echoing Conny Plank’s 1970′s productions.
“Saving Grace” is the extended instrumental version of Leer’s second
single “All About You” from 1982, a slow­-burning cosmic work-out
chock-full of anthemic synth riffs.


All songs have been remastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy
Studios in Berkeley. The jacket is an exact replica of the 1978 handmade
edition enlarged for the 12” format, featuring a cut and paste collage
by Thomas. Each copy includes a two­-sided newsprint insert with
never­-before­-seen photos, an interview, and liner notes by Professor
Keith R. Laws. 37 years later this is fresh UK D.I.Y. post­-punk,
compelling pop with a dark heart, vacillating between the pretty
disturbing and the disturbingly pretty.