Red Shift ('68/'73)



Written by Peter Hammill: Manchester 1968 and Sussex 1973.

Recordings:

1973 Notting Hill Gate April 1973 (Island Studios) for The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage.
1974 Studio T1, Kensington House, Shepherd's Bush February 18, 1974. Broadcast: March 05, 1974 on BBC Sounds of the Seventies (Peter Hammill, David Jackson)

Releases:

1973 7" inch 45 rpm Picture sleeve single, released in Italy with Hugh Banton, Guy Evans, David Jackson, and the 'galactic' guitar of Randy California (Different version from the LP).
1974 "The Silent Corner and The Empty Stage" LP (Famous Charisma) (Feb '74)
1997 Included on the Union Chapel CD with Guy Evans.
2006 "The Silent Corner and The Empty Stage" CD
2006 John Peel Session recording Feb 18, 1974 (broadcast March 05,1974; Included as a bonus track on "The Silent Corner" Remastered cd.
2009 Refugees: A Charisma Records Anthology 1969-1978

In Concert:

1974 London (Peter Hammill/Hugh Banton/David Jackson)
1996 Union Chapel Concert London w/Guy Evans Guests Nov 3 1996 (Possibly other '96 shows w/Guy Evans)
2018 Solo: Tokyo

Peter Hammill from Record Collector Magazine May 2001:

"Randy California played on "Red Shift" in a studio in Nottinghill gate; I met Randy though a friend of a friend;
great player a really nice bloke."

Randy California
(Randy Craig Wolfe, February 20, 1951 - January 2, 1997)
Guitarist, singer and songwriter and original member of the rock group Spirit, formed in 1967.