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Prevention - Demonstration Recordings and Out​-​Takes

by De Rosa

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  • DOWNLOAD + PREVENTION ORIGINAL CD IN CARD WALLET (100 LIMITED SIGNED)
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    1x 12 track digital download of Prevention - Demonstration Recordings and Out-Takes (previously unreleased, 2019)

    1x Signed original card wallet Prevention (2009) CD with liner lyrics, inner wallet and artwork by Alasdair Gray. THESE ARE THE LAST 100 COPIES FROM THE ORIGINAL PRESSING - ALL SIGNED.

    These CDs are the ORIGINAL PREVENTION STUDIO VERSIONS - not the DEMONSTRATION RECORDINGS as included with the download you get with this package.

    If you'd like the CD signed message made out to a name other than that of the person ordering, please include a message (or contact derosaband@gmail.com).

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Pest (demo) 04:56
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Swell (demo) 04:12
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Tinto (demo) 03:57
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Postlude I 02:17
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Postlude II 02:19

about

My name is Martin John Henry and I sing in De Rosa.

This digital only release consists of the original demos I made in preparation for the recording of our second album, 'Prevention' (Chemikal Underground, 2009), plus out-takes from the studio sessions for the album proper.

In late 2006 I found myself relocating from my post art school life in Glasgow tenements back to my parent's house in Bellshill in Lanarkshire. I had just split with a girlfriend I had lived with for a few years but for whom I had slowly become too much of a pain in the arse to tolerate. So I did the thing that many, many, many, wounded, mid-twenties musicians have done before me - I wrote a break-up album in my childhood bedroom. The tunes came quickly and after development with the band Prevention was ready to record by about mid-2007. We worked on the album until early 2008, and it was then scheduled in for release by Chemikal Underground Records (under licence from Gargleblast Records) on 2nd March 2009.

These bedroom tapes were never intended to be released. They were a sketchbook to be used as a resource for the band in the recording studio. I expected to be embarrassed on compiling this release but I’ve enjoyed hearing my younger self at play while trying to sort out a bit of a broken heart. I’ve never kept a diary or anything like that so my wee musical sketches are actually a really important part of how I understand myself and the creative things I've done. You’ve got to be kind to yourself, especially your younger self. Please also listen with similar kindness.

I hope you enjoy hearing 'Prevention' in its crude form. I also hope you learn a bit more about me and our band. Most of all I hope it clearly shows how much my bandmates enriched and improved on these ideas to make the final LP.

Long live Prevention.

The very best wishes to you, Martin xx

p.s. Postludes I and II are both instrumental improvisations - De Rosa at play while in the studio during the Prevention sessions. We had a little riff and producer Andy Miller left the machine recording while we messed around with it.

Mx

credits

released March 1, 2019

Tracks 1-10 written, performed and recorded by Martin John Henry.
Glockenspiel on 'Flight Recorder' by Neil Woodside.

Tracks 11 and 12 written and performed by De Rosa:

Andrew Bush
Chris Connick
Martin John Henry
James Woodside
Neil Woodside

Recorded and mixed by Andy Miller at Chem19, Blantyre, UK.

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De Rosa Glasgow, UK

De Rosa are a Scottish rock band from Bellshill. It consists of Martin Henry (vocals, guitar), James Woodside (bass) and Neil Woodside (drums). The band have released three studio albums—Mend, Prevention, and Weem.

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