Compilation CD Cherry Red Records 1994 reissued 2008
"Thomas Leer is one of the architects of the electronic revolution of the late 70s, when a cluster of artists on independent labels augmented the DIY metric of punk with newly available synthesizers. Part of that generic instrument’s appeal, of course, was that it gave a voice to those who had previously lacked either the social wherewithal or the instinct to work in a band setting – instead a whole new generation of bedroom mavericks stepped forward, empowered and unshackled by technological advances. Leer, alongside Robert Rental, Daniel Miller (The Normal), Fad Gadget and others, emerged to mine a seam of music that was perpetually challenging but also emotionally resonant".
(Alex Ogg)
"Thomas Leer was the original one-man bedroom band, his pioneering 1978 own-label underground hit Private Plane prefiguring many subsequent developments in synth-pop. Featuring Leer’s haunting, uncertain vocal - recorded quietly, so as not to wake his girlfriend in their bedsit! - crooning over a minimal bass pulse and discreet whines and washes of primitive Wasp synthesiser, it retains its peculiar lo-fi magic three decades on. The rest of this compilation reveals a talent maturing perhaps a little too rapidly for his own good: the spiky, angular guitar and squelchy synth of Dry Land show Leer making tentative incursions into avant-jazz territory. Soul Gypsy, meanwhile, features electronic-soul innovations only now being taken up by the likes of Jamie Lidell. A true original, well worth reassessment".
(Andy Gill, The Independent 2008 review)
ENJOY
Private Plane
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Tracklist:
01 Private Plane
02 International
03 Kings of Sham
04 Dry Land
05 Don't
06 Letter from America
07 Tight as a Drum
08 West End
09 Hear What I Say
10 Mr. Nobody
11 Contradictions
12 Looks That Kill
13 Soul Gypsy
14 Choices
15 Gulf Stream
16 All About You
tracks 01 & 02 from 1978 7" single
track 03 from 1981 compilation
track 04 unreleased
track 05-08 from 1981 12" EP
tracks 09-15 from original 1982 "Contradictions" album
track 16 from 1982 12" single
excellent, thanx!
one of the original synth pioneers so well chuffed with this - had the original Contradictions album on vinyl but this version is truly excellent with all the extra tracks - thanks a lot
I know it's like a year too late but I really enjoy the Thomas Leer album!
thanks a lot for all you've added in this blogspot. of course I do have copies of many of the albums you have added here, but I am way too lazy to do converting myself. Prefer to check internet as google and as I can see an album that I have has never been existing...almost
called "Jericho Go a DB's comp LP"
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