Eden's Exiles
I was slightly reluctant to include this, because I have lost contact with the lyricist, Mike Fearon. However, I've noticed that there is now a Discography entry for it, much to my astonishment. I've no idea who managed to not only find out about such an obscure project, but also to find details of the tracks and the musicians involved. Because of this, I've decided to include it, but only with instrumental versions of any tracks.
I regard this entire project as something of an old shame for me, for multiple reasons. First, I think I was a bit of a jerk and generally difficult to work with (my apologies to all those involved -- I promise that I've improved). Secondly, you will notice a certain religious theme: this was in fact a Christian rock musical, and I was at the time a rather fervent Christian -- something that I have long since left behind (in fact, I walked away from it not long after my involvement with Eden's Exiles, though I don't think there was a connection!). Thirdly, this was one of the first large-scale projects that I worked on, and I was still rather uneven in my writing, so the music is not of my best, although I still like some of it.
Some additional random notes
The album cover on the Discography page is a photo of the cassette (!) cover. I have my own copy of this, along with an earlier cassette that contained less than a handful of tracks. Not currently owning a cassette-player, I don't know how many of the songs are actually included. The Discography entry implies that they all are, but I am dubious about that.
Yes, the show was actually performed, at various venues in and around London (usually churches or church halls, for obvious reasons). The cassette shown on the Discography page was taken from a live recording of one of the performances.
Original Musicians
- Jeremy ? : keyboard
- Janey Hallet : vocals
- Dave Barton : bass guitar, acoustic guitar
- Martin Neil : drums
- Glynis Ansell : vocals, guitar
- Kate Hacker : vocals, keyboard
- Douglas ? : vocals
- Paul Heyman : violin
Sample Tracks (instrumental only)
Although these are three separate tracks, the first two are intended to be played as one, with no gap between them. Yes, there are tracks before the Overture!