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Fond Reflections
ReleaseProduct
Fond Reflections
Artist
Display Artist
Rema-Rema
Label
4AD
Catalogue Number
4AD0069DA
Release Date
March 1, 2019

“An intriguingly overlooked piece of the 80s underground rock puzzle, fitting somewhere between British post-punk and American noise-rock, yet with an atmospheric slant that’s largely their own.” - Tiny Mix Tapes

40 years after disbanding comes Fond Reflections, the debut album that never was from cult 4AD band Rema-Rema.

Rema-Rema featured former members of The Models and Siouxsie and The Banshees, and their much-loved Wheel in the Roses EP (1980) was among the first records to be released on 4AD. Their only contribution to the label’s storied history, they split-up before its release, going on to form or join bands as diverse as Renegade Soundwave, The Wolfgang Press, Mass, and Adam and the Ants.

The debut album that never was, Fond Reflections, comes almost forty years after their debut EP and has been culled from the band’s rich archive of reel-to-reel and cassette recordings, with member Gary Asquith and mixing engineer Takatsuna Mukai painstakingly working on them to make this collection as cohesive as possible. The ten tracks pretty much reflect the band’s live set and is the closest to what their debut album could have sounded like. Worth noting too that although all their 1980 EP tracks are present on this album, they are different recordings.

The CD edition comes with a second disc entitled Extended Wheel in the Roses. As its title suggests, it’s the four EP tracks as they were plus ‘Entry’ (taken from the same studio session as the EP’s A-side of ‘Feedback Song’ and ‘Rema-Rema’) and ‘No Applause’ and ‘Murdermuzic’, two more tracks recorded at the same Albany Empire, London show in 1979 as the EP’s B-side, ‘Instrumental’ and ‘Fond Affections’.

Digital Tracklist

Disc 1

  1. 1 Feedback Song (Halligans Live Rehearsal Version) 7:35 Buy

    Feedback Song (Halligans Live Rehearsal Version)

  2. 2 Rema-Rema (Halligans Live Rehearsal Version) 4:25 Buy

    Rema-Rema (Halligans Live Rehearsal Version)

  3. 3 Gallery / Oh Rock 'n' Roll 6:39 Buy

    Gallery / Oh Rock 'n' Roll

  4. 4 Lost My Way 4:28 Buy

    Lost My Way

  5. 5 Short Stories 1:59 Buy

    Short Stories

  6. 6 International Scale 3:42 Buy

    International Scale

  7. 7 Fond Affections (Portobello Road Version) 3:44 Buy

    Fond Affections (Portobello Road Version)

  8. 8 Why Ask Why 6:24 Buy

    Why Ask Why

  9. 9 Instrumental (Halligans Live Rehearsal Version) 4:52 Buy

    Instrumental (Halligans Live Rehearsal Version)

  10. 10 Entry (Halligans Live Rehearsal Version) 5:57 Buy

    Entry (Halligans Live Rehearsal Version)

Disc 2

  1. 1 Feedback Song (Remastered) 6:31 Buy

    Feedback Song (Remastered)

  2. 2 Rema-Rema (Remastered) 4:33 Buy

    Rema-Rema (Remastered)

  3. 3 Entry (Remastered) 6:02 Buy

    Entry (Remastered)

  4. 4 Instrumental (Remastered) 4:01 Buy

    Instrumental (Remastered)

  5. 5 Fond Affections (Remastered) 4:00 Buy

    Fond Affections (Remastered)

  6. 6 No Applause 4:29 Buy

    No Applause

  7. 7 Murdermuzic 4:21 Buy

    Murdermuzic

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