Words and Music - TV Smith | Tim Cross and TV Smith

Words and Music - TV Smith

by Tim Cross and TV Smith

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From "One Chord Wonders" to Lockdown Holiday, from the Adverts to the Bored Teenagers, TV Smith long ago established himself among the sharpest, and most literate, songwriters and performers of the post-punk era. The first of two volumes examining his almost-fifty year career, Fire In The Darkness is an in-depth study of Smith's music and recordings, including records, demos, live recordings and performances and more. Includes more than seventy photographs and an exclusive memorabilia scrapbook.

Author Dave Thompson ran TV Smith's fan club between 1980-1984.

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1.	Us and Them (instrumental version) 04:28	info	buy track
2.	Television's Over (Tim Cross version 2) 03:38	info	buy track
3.	Last Words of the Great Explorer (instrumental demo) 05:07	info	buy track
4.	The Easy Way (Tim Cross) 03:43	info	buy track
5.	London Beach (demo) 01:38	info	buy track
6.	My Trojan Horse (live, 1984) 05:12	info	buy track
7.	Lucky Us (demo) 03:13	info	buy track
8.	Today (demo) 04:04	info	buy track
9.	The Lion and the Lamb (demo) 04:00	info	buy track
10.	Driver or Passenger (album version) 03:27	info	buy track
11.	Man Down (album version) 03:19	info	buy track
12.	A Trouble To Yourself ("TC's Just For Fun" mix) 03:17	info	buy track
13.	Dangerous Playground (alternate mix) 03:56	info	buy track
14.	Us and Them (alternate mix) 04:23	info	buy track
15.	Bonus track - Shoes (Chelsea Girl in-store jingle) 00:40	info

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Between spring 1979 and his death in July 2012, Tim Cross recorded no less than eight albums alongside TV Smith, together with sufficient additional material to populate almost as many again. This included the singles "Lies," "Coming Round" and "Xmas Bloody Xmas," the EP Dangerous Playground, his production work on 1989's Cheap album, and many of the demos and out-takes that made up TV's Sparkle In The Mud and Lucky Us archive collections.

Words & Music - TV Smith only scratches the surface of this vast corpus. But, with 11 previously unreleased tracks drawn from both TV and TC's archives, it offers a unique glimpse into the inner workings of their collaboration, via live recordings, unheard demos and alternate mixes, and TC's own covers of TV material.

It was a relationship that helped define both musicians' careers - TC was there when TV made the decision to break up the Adverts in 1979, and strike out with a new band, the Explorers; and there, too, when he abandoned band work altogether, to relaunch himself as a solo performer in the early 1990s. In return, TV helped broaden both TC's musical horizons as they developed new working methods and styles.

The results, as fans of both artists will agree, was some of the most unique, and forward-looking music of its era.

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released January 7, 2023

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The Tim Cross Music Project Newark, Delaware

Tim Cross (1955-2012) is best remembered for his pioneering keyboard work with Mike Oldfield, TV Smith, Dana Gillespie, Clair Hamill, Tom Newman and more. He also recorded a vast body of solo material, much of which has remained unreleased until now. The Tim Cross Music Project is dedicated to preserving the memory of this visionary genius. ... more

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