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CDs still available…

There are still a few copies of ‘This Sampler’ available

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We have a few left in stock if you would like a copy for £5.00
The limited release of 100 CD’s of The Sampler #05 was originally released as an exhibition promo giveaway in September 2007. The discs are numbered and have the exhibition stamp. The limited release of 100 CD’s of This Sampler was originally released as an exhibition promo giveaway in September 2007. The discs are numbered and have the exhibition stamp.

 


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This Window – Cassette Culture – Mail Art

The official music downloads, mail art and cassette culture contributions of the artist known as ‘This Window’

Various Artists – Notre Dame 7 ET18 – This Window – Poultry / Chow

 This Window – Poultry / Chow

I discovered this video on Facebook. It is always flattering to find a track taking on a new life in a different format. Originally this was released on a cassette compilation in 1994 (see below).
Various Artists – Notre Dame 7  ET18
Released: 1994
Genre: Electronic
Style: Experimental, Ambient, Drone, Minimal
Label: EE Tapes  – Belgian label, founded in 1987 by Eriek Van Havere, specialising in experimental, ambient and noise music.

A place for electronic, ambient and adventurous music. Since 1987. Where legends feel at home… EE Tapes


2009 remix of ‘Extraction’ by Jake Bright.

Originally released by EE Tapes in 1989, Extraction was conceived to be heard in two parts, side A and side B. This download mix is a lot softer and feels a lot different from the original cassette release as the tracks are broken down into single files.

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This Window - Cassette Culture 1989 - 2009 - Extraction Pt. 1

Notes on original cassette version: The tracks on this release merge so individual track timings are difficult to work out. Side A is 19:45 and Side B is 19:40. ‘Extraction’ was recorded for EE-Tapes of Belgium in 1989. Part of this recording was made in a bathroom and features Nicola Mumford the vocalist from Finish The Story.

“Extraction” proves conclusively that This Window are no mere flash in the pan,with ‘songs’ that sting in the face and playing that flays the senses raw. I clearly prefer This Window to any other current state of the artmixers that are presently popular.

review: SIIYE

Reviews: Gajoob Stick It In Your Ear …. Vital Magazine


Fender Squire rebuilt 2016 – 1999 Fender body, 2004 Squire neck

Delighted with my latest rebuild

1999 Fender (body) with a 2004 Fender Squire neck.

All bits fitted together like they were made for each other. Just waiting for the correct 8 hole scratch plate. Very low action and sounds like a ‘strat’ should.

Custer’s Last Stand

Free download of a track recorded by This Window featuring Jake Bright on guitar. The lyrics to this song were written in 1979 and was a song performed by T34. This is a totally different version to the original.

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In 1982, the Squier brand was reactivated by Fender to become its brand for lower priced versions of Fender guitars. Squier guitars have been manufactured in Japan, Korea, Mexico, India, Indonesia, China, and the United States.In the late 1970s and early 1980s Fender was facing competition from lower priced Japanese made guitars. The higher priced Fender guitars were made in the United States and could not compete with the lower prices of Japanese made Fender copies. In the early 1980s, Japanese labour and production costs were much lower than in America and to compete with the Japanese made guitars, Fender moved the lower priced Fender guitar production from America to Japan.

Fender was also losing sales in Japan to Japanese guitar brands such as Tōkai, Greco and Fernandes and the establishment of Fender Japan would benefit Fender sales in Japan, as well as overseas. Fender began negotiations with several Japanese musical instrument distributors and reached an agreement with Yamano Gakki and Kanda Shokai to establish Fender Japan.

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‘The Search Begins’ 1981 – recorded on a Tascam 144 Portastudio

PURE AUDIO AND VISUAL MAYHEM!

Published on 28 Sep 2016

The good ol’ days of home recording in anolog . 4 track recording with early VHS video. It is meant to look like this and the intro is meant to be pure audio and visual noise!!!!

From Garry Smout‘s Facebook Page

Peter Bright (AKA This Window) recorded the music on a Tascam 4 track cassette in 1981 and I crash edited the video between two VHS machines and a titler around 1982 or 83. Early home recording all round! It ‘won’ me three silk handkerchiefs at the Tokyo Film Festival (they even sent the VHS back!) and totally baffled the BBC on how it was made. Which was odd as it was the early intro to the BBC’s Doctor Who that is the inspiration! And yes, that is Gene Kelly at the beginning but the fine, thin figure with the long ponytail (OK, mullet) is me running in my Bristol living room. Blistering track from Peter and yes, it is meant to look like that. Only 2016 addition is a credit/copyright at the end and I sharpened the image a little.