RELEASED 28.2.2013
NEWLY REMASTERED EDITION OF THE RARE 1978 ALBUM BY CANADIAN PROGRESSIVE ROCK BAND FM BOOKLET WITH FULLY RESTORED ARTWORK & ESSAY Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of a remastered edition of the 1978 mini-album by the Canadian Progressive Rock group FM, "Direct to Disc”. The band began life in 1976 with CAMERON HAWKINS (Synthesisers, Bass, Vocals) and NASH THE SLASH (Jeff Plewman) (Electric Violin, Mandolin, Vocals) coming together as a duo, making an appearance on national TV in Canada in the Summer of 1976. By March 1977 FM became a trio with the addition of MARTIN DELLER on Drums. The Canadian Broadcasting Company offered to release the band’s debut album, "Black Noise” on the CBC label later that year. By the end of the year Nash the Slash had been replaced by BEN MINK on Electric Violin and Mandolin in time for the sessions for "Direct to Disc”, an album that featured one track per side and was recorded directly to a master disc from which records were pressed, rather than from a master tape. This mid-priced Esoteric Recordings release is the first time "Direct to Disc” has been issued in Europe and has been newly remastered and includes an illustrated booklet and a new essay.
1. HEADROOM i. TYRA ii. REFLECTIONS ONE iii. REFLECTIONS TWO iv. REAL TIME v. SCARBERIA 2. BORDER CROSSING i. FIRST MOVEMENT ii. SECOND MOVEMENT iii. THIRD MOVEMENT iv. FOURTH MOVEMENT