A number of rare "unofficial" or pirated recordings of Hugh's songs, mostly
from concerts, have been in circulation over the years. These include:
• The "Pierre le Suit Tape", a concert by Hugh's band Pierre le Suit at Reading University, early 1970s;
• The "Up Club Tape", recorded live at the Up Club, Bangor, North Wales in 1975;
• The "Best Foot Tape", a recording of the 1975 concert by Hugh's band Best Foot
at the Theatre Gwynedd, Bangor, plus some unreleased studio stuff;
• The "Anglesey Tape", recorded live at the Beaumont Arms, Anglesey, Wales in 1979;
• The "Yellow Tape", a demo of 5 songs produced by Gerd Fellner in 1985,
fattened up with a couple of pirated tracks;
• "Gam & Jam", a CD of the same material, but with some extra premixed songs from 1982;
• A lo-fi recording of one of Hugh's concerts with Red Shift in Erfurt, east Germany, winter 1995;
• The "Trans/At Demo", around 50 copies of a rare CD recording of 5 songs,
including two unpublished, with Hugh's band Trans/At;
• "Walls to Fall", a CD recorded live at the "Walls to Fall" event, Allianz Stiftungsforum, Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
in 2014, with 7 tracks by Hugh Featherstone & the FeatherTones, including the Walls to Fall theme song. |
