Fresh Blood [Bonus Track]

Personnel: Steve Swindells (vocals, keyboards); Lloyd Langton, Huw Lloyd-Langton (guitar); Simon King (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Ben Wiseman.
Recording information: Sawmills Studios, Cornwall, England; Wessex Studios, London, England.
Photographer: Bob Carlos Clarke.
An excellent composer and phenomenal lyricist with a flair for vivid imagery, Steve Swindells' FRESH BLOOD heralded the coming rise of the keyboard, while gallantly introducing the immediate musical past--punk and New Wave--to the future. But the future wasn't beckoning him; a tad too ahead of his time for the U.S., and just a step behind the times for the U.K., this fabulous album sunk with little trace and even less interest from his label. Swept in the cross-currents of its time, the set still sounds surprisingly fresh today, and in hindsight even more glorious.