Saturday, 27 November 2010

Here & Now - Fantasy Shift

Here's another album from Here & Now. This was requested after I posted the live show so here's Fantasy Shift which was released in 1980. Here & Now are an English space rock band formed in early 1974. They have close connections with the band Gong & in 1977/1978 worked with Gong's Daevid Allen & Gilli Smyth under the name Planet Gong.


The lineup for this release is...
Keith The Bass - Bass Guitar/Vocals
Gavin DaBlitz - Synthesizers/Vocals
Dino Ferrari - Guitars/Vocals
Rob Peters - Drums/Percussion

DOWNLOAD FANTASY SHIFT

Here's the tracklisting (320kbps)...
01) Telly Song
02) Ludwig
03) Jacques Cousteau Loves Anchovies
04) Fantasy Shift
05) The Mega Number
06) Glad You're Here
07) Secrets
08) The Man Who Sold The World
09) Ways To Be Free

DOWNLOAD FANTASY SHIFT

[29 DEC 2010] UPDATE: There is a 'mega-post' for the Here & Now band at the excellent knowyourconjurer.blogspot.com site (Big thanks to Dave Sez & pinkpressthreat).

Note: If the above links don't work try the following from rapidshare...
DOWNLOAD FANTASY SHIFT [RAPIDSHARE]
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32 comments:

  1. Darren28 November 2010 at 11:07

    Oh WOW!! So many thanks for this! I've never met you but i love you! It's great to listen to it again...Now all i need is All Over The Show...

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  2. Unknown29 November 2010 at 10:05

    LOL glad to be of service :) Unfortunately I can't help with 'All Over The Show' but I'll see if I can find it.

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  3. Chris1 December 2010 at 16:19

    Your posting some fantastic stuff on here.....its much appreciated ! Thanks

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  4. Tilly7 December 2010 at 09:06

    Cheers very muchly indeed.I built a 'Frankencopy' of this out of battered old youtube clips, soulseek partials and some chewy stuff from behind the fridge.Just seen it on Amazon so I'll buy it anyway along with 'All Over The Show' and 'UFOasis'.Then my collection will be complete and with just a mere set of Here and Now CDs (and some Ullulators tapes of course) I'll destroy the corporate world forever...Muhaaaahhhaaaaahhhhhaaa

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  5. Unknown8 December 2010 at 11:03

    mmmmm... chewy stuff behind the fridge ;)

    nice work on getting the full collection... the corporate world must die !!!

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  6. Anonymous13 December 2010 at 09:53

    WOW! Like Darenn, I've been searching for this one for ages - I rushed out and got one of the very rare vinyls when it came out, but haven't been able to play it for years. A little information and a correction: "They finally released “Fantasy Shift” in April 1983 [Dino Ferrari had replaced Steffie in 1981] on Chick Records, a label run by the owner of the studios where the album was recorded. With a tour lined up to coincide with the release, the first pressing of 3,000 records soon sold out. However, the label refused to run a second pressing as they felt it would be too risky."

    So thanks for this, best Christmas present in years! Such kindness should be rewarded. Someone asked for "All Over The Show", which Penguin has been kind enough to up as a vinyl rip here:

    http://killyourpetpuppy.co.uk/news/?p=4866

    I have included in the comments to Penguin's post Here & Now's 1978 Peel session which features two unreleased improvisations.

    Amnd to complete the Here & Now collections, we only need the 1978 live LP by Alternative TV/Here & Now "What You See Is What You Are", which roy has been kind enough to up as a vinyl rip @ 320 here:

    http://rocketremnants.blogspot.com/2010/03/peace-anarchy-lemons.html

    "All Over The Show" and "Give And Take" have just been remastered and re-released -

    http://www.cherryred.co.uk/esoteric/artists/herenow.php

    Many thanks again, cheers Dave Sez.

    My posts here: http://knowyourconjurer.blogspot.com/search/label/Dave%20Sez

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  7. Anonymous13 December 2010 at 13:46

    Oops, I forgot to mention a 3-CD live bootleg of Daevid Allen's first gig with H&N and a later Planet Gong gig, get it here:

    Here & Now + guest Daevid Allen, Oxford Polytechnic 02 February 1977; Planet Gong, Huddersfield 12 November 1977

    http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f90/planet-gong-with-here-amp-now-daevid-allen-live-1977-2-shows-3-cds-76223.html

    Cheers, Dave Sez.

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  8. Unknown13 December 2010 at 14:39

    Nice one, thanks man :)

    ... and glad to help with the Fantasy Shift album

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  9. dee_seejay 13 December 2010 at 14:40

    Thanks a trillion for this-my vinyl copy was "borrowed" sometime back in the eighties and i never saw it again! Thanks to Dave Sez too for all his help and advice :)

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  10. dee_seejay 14 December 2010 at 05:45

    Oh my Lord,hearing this album again for the first time in a long while it's even more obvious to me that this is as near perfect an album as they could've made;I was about to say that if they hadn't operated outside the mainstream and instead "played the game",this album would've made them huge,but if they had gone down that route they would never have written "Fantasy Shift".And anyway they are "huge",for want of a less naff phrase.And they may release new material yet.Lets hope so.

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  11. bren11 January 2011 at 22:32

    this was a favorite for me and my mates in our younger days thanks for the post

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  12. Anonymous26 March 2011 at 00:06

    Thanks so much for puttig this up. I have been searching for literally years. I "taped" it from a friend who had the vinyl back in the early 90's, and lost the tape years ago. Awesome dude, i am so happy!

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  13. Unknown26 March 2011 at 01:19

    Glad to be of service :)

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  14. Anonymous21 May 2011 at 13:31

    Thank you very much, where did you get it? Wish they would remaster this one as well as "Theatre", if you ever get a "Theatre" let me know at marvityn@yahoo.co.uk , a true gem of an album, now I can relive all those memories, and have a "Fantasy Shift", thanks again, respect, MARViTYN A*TASHE~DEMOON.

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  15. Anonymous3 July 2011 at 20:33

    You can find all over the show on spotify but its a re issue with a few tracks from give and take

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  16. Unknown5 July 2011 at 09:45

    Thanks for the info :)

    Check out the Here & Now megapost by Dave Sez at
    http://knowyourconjurer.blogspot.com/2010/12/here-now-megapost-by-dave-sez-go-get.html

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  17. Val14 February 2012 at 19:59

    Thanks for this! I own Fantasy Shift on vinyl LP but have no record record player anymore, so this is so great!! --Val

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  18. tcarted16 February 2012 at 18:40

    Live show - Fantasy Shift Tour.
    Find it here:

    http://www.mediafire.com/?y9j7ytccmq5qdi9

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  19. Unknown17 February 2012 at 11:24

    @Val: Glad you like it :)

    @tcarted: Thanks man, I'll grab myself a copy of that.

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    1. Anonymous18 March 2012 at 18:24

      Know your Conjurer has been killed by the man as has Megaupload. Please does anyone have the Planet Gong gig from Guitars 101?

      Cheers

      Dave

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  20. Unknown19 March 2012 at 13:02

    damn, another one bites the dust.

    I don't know about the 'Guitars 101' gig so I don't think I can help. Sorry.

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  21. Anonymous23 March 2012 at 11:12

    Thank you very much for the H&N. Very much appreciated.
    There is only you and KYPP with H&N, Sugar Megs is back with a good selection of WMA files.
    What torrents there were with H&N seem to have died as well.
    Very sad really.

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  22. Unknown27 March 2012 at 15:44

    Glad to help. Not sure where else to go for H&N... especially since Dave-Sez's mega-post has gone :(

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  23. Unknown25 December 2012 at 12:31

    Hi, I`ve just read Your info about new file hosting. Can You upload it there?

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  24. Unknown11 January 2013 at 17:03

    Hi Pawel, Sorry for the delay in responding but I'll do this as soon as possible.

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  25. Anonymous15 May 2013 at 22:31

    Hi there. Anyone still have a copy of the 1978 Peel session that was re-broadcast on BBC Music (The Live Music Hour Broadcast Sun 5 Dec 2010 04:00). If so, a link would be appreciated. Thanks, Kevin.

    Saw Here & Now at Alchemy Festvals 2011 & 2012 and they were amazing!

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  26. Flippopotamus15 June 2013 at 14:25

    Thank you so much! I only have this on worn out tape, and have been after a download for years - it's a real reminder of my student daze in the 80's! :)

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  27. Anonymous14 April 2014 at 13:46

    Thanks so much for this - I've been searching on and off for a while . This album takes me back a little bit!

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  28. Chris H30 May 2015 at 13:15

    Any chance you put put a link up to download :-)
    Cheers
    Chris

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  29. Shazbo198 September 2016 at 00:24

    None of the links work to download...

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  30. Anonymous3 October 2018 at 21:40

    Album now available via torrent (PirateBay for example).

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