Early Material is a studio album released by UK neo-progressive band Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night (band)

Twelfth Night are an English neo-progressive rock band of the 1980s, reformed in 2007.-Formation:The seeds of Twelfth Night were sown when guitarist Andy Revell and drummer Brian Devoil joined forces on 23 February 1978 to win a talent competition at Reading University. The road crew included Geoff...

 in 1980.

Details

This tape was recorded at Arny's Shack, Bournemouth in Summer 1980, during the short-lived Twelfth Night line-up that included female singer Electra McLeod. Electra wrote lyrics to a number of band instrumentals: Cunning Man, Abacus and Keep The Aspidistra Flying were recorded along with the instrumental Afghan Red.

During the recording sessions, a short version of Für Helene Part I (the rhythm section) was also recorded, which was used as the B-side to The Cunning Man on The First 7" Album.

All songs from this tape are available on CD: Electra's contributions are on Voices In The Night

Voices in the Night

Voices in the Night is a compilation album released by UK neo-progressive band Twelfth Night in 2007.-Details:Voices in the Night is a 2 CD set of unreleased recordings from all the vocalists associated with Twelfth Night....

 and Afghan Red is on the reissue of Live At The Target

Live at the Target

Live At The Target is a live album released by UK neo-progressive band Twelfth Night in 1981.-Details:Shortly after the release of Early Material singer Electra McLeod left Twelfth Night , leaving the band with a new release featuring a vocalist, but without a vocalist for concerts...

Track listing

All songs written by Twelfth Night.

1. "The Cunning Man" – 5:43
2. "Afghan Red" – 11:23
3. "Abacus" – 7:20
4. "Keep the Aspidistra Flying" – 7:35

Personnel

• Brian Devoil
  Brian Devoil
  Brian Ronald Devoil is a British musician and a founding member of the band Twelfth Night.-References:...
  
   – drums, percussion
• Clive Mitten
  Clive Mitten
  Clive Richard Mitten is a British musician and is a member of the band Twelfth Night, both between November 1978 and December 1986 and again since the band reformed in June 2007.- References :...
  
   – bass, keyboards, classical guitar
• Andy Revell
  Andy Revell
  Andy "Rev" Revell is a British businessman, scientist and musician. He was founding member of the band Twelfth Night in 1978.He first started playing guitar after seeing Led Zeppelin in December 1971...
  
   – electric and acoustic guitar
• Rick Battersby – keyboards
• Electra McLeod – vocals