Nadir's Big Chance ('74)



Recordings:

1974 December 1–7 December at Rockfield Studios, Wales

1978 January Marquee Club Released on "Vital"

Releases:

1975 Nadir's Big Chance lp (Charisma Records) February
1975 Nadir's Big Chance cassette (Charisma/CHCMC 19 United Kingdom)
1978 "Vision" LP (Compilation)
1989 Nadir's Bg Chance cd (CD Virgin Records Ltd. CASCD 1099 (UK)
1993 "The Storm Before The Calm" cd (Compilation)
2005 The Roots of the Sex Pistols 15 Tracks that Inspired A Revolution (Mojo records)
2007 Nadir's Big Chance Remastered cd July. (Virgin Records Ltd / EMI CASCDR 1099)
2009 Refugees: A Charisma Records Anthology (Compilation)1969-1978

In Concert:

1975 Van der Graaf Generator Instrumental with the then unreleased song "Urban" in May.
1978 Van der Graaf Marquee Club London (Released on the live lp "Vital") January 16, 1978.
1979 Duo with Graham Smith in Detroit (Audience request) ph piano. graham smith violin February 24, 1979. Audio
2018 Solo Rakuya, Jinbo-cho, Tokyo November 17th.



"I had a long wink in the mirror when the sex pistols came out" ph from a trouser press magazine interview '78.

From the back of the lp

"...then, my alter ego, Nadir, took me over. So that I was both him in body and myself in observation. ....Nadir crashing his way through three-chord wonders. The anarchic presence of Nadir - this loud aggressive perpetual sixteen * year - old has temporary, though complete dominion and I can only submit, gladly, and play his music - the beefy punk songs, the weepy ballads, the soul struts.

"My first three chord trick. I recall driving everyone out of the control room with the SHEER VOLUME of the (neo) solo, played on a cheap and wonky lap steel guitar. The tune was written when I was sixteen. These lyrics came later!"

Peter from "The Storm Before The Calm cd"