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Track List
Born to PaySituation ComedyYou Can BecomeCrystal Tree, TheIf I Can Chose (Oh Babe)Lover FlowDrama QueenFace I Want to See, TheWhat Goes OnPast & ParcelMetropolisShow MeComediansElliptical OptimismTen to NineAnother TechniqueI Should Have Left HimIt's So Good to Be Alive (Tonight)Lying AgainI Don't RememberWalk AwayLucyI Remember YouAlbum Remarks & Appraisals:
2008 release. The Boutique Label presents the first ever reissues by cult Manchester band Spherical Objects, active between 1978 and 1981 and the core group on the highly collectible Object Music label. Formed by singer, songwriter and DJ Steve Solamar in 1978, Spherical Objects produced a unique brand of what early champion Paul Morley termed `existentialist Psychedelia'. Their first album, Past & Parcel, appeared in August 1978 and predated releases on other Manchester post-punk labels such as Factory. The second album, Elliptical Optimism, was released on Object in October 1979. The band only played occasional live gigs, and preferred instead to concentrate on recording albums, releasing no less than four in as many years. Spherical Objects (and the Object label) ceased operations in 1981, after Steve Solamar resolved a lifelong contradiction by becoming a woman. As part of this process Solamar even destroyed his own mastertapes. LTM.
Album Notes
Personnel: Steve Solamar (vocals, guitar, harmonica); John Bisset Smith (vocals, guitar); Duncan Prestbury (vocals, keyboards); Frederick Burrows (guitar); Roger Hilton (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Pierre Vale.
Recording information: Arrow Sound Studio, Manchester, England (07/10/1978-10/??/1979); Indigo (07/10/1978-10/??/1979); Pluto Studio, Manchester, England (07/10/1978-10/??/1979).
Photographers: Roger Hilton; Kevin Cummins.
