Was it the case with Chiff-Chaffs & Willow Warblers, and how do you think the album has aged?
Funnily enough, no, most of Chiff-Chaffs was written in the same time period, after the Motoring Britain EP was released. My earlier material made up the first two EPs (and some of the other tracks that were on the Rinse compilation). I didn’t listen to Chiff-Chaffs for ages until quite recently, and I was surprised at how little of it made me cringe. Some of it is ropey, and some of the tracks go down routes that I wouldn’t take nowadays, but on the whole I think it stands up. Some of the tracks seem a bit naive, but I think that’s its charm. Then again, I would say that. If you had to take just one record with you and live with it for the rest of your life, which one would it be and why? Ooof. That’s tricky. I’d have to say Steve Reich’s Music For Eighteen Musicians. Purely because I hear different bits each time I listen to it and I can either focus on the separate sections in detail or listen to the process as a whole. I don’t think I’d tire of it for a while. I first heard it in t
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