The First Tape Album is a part-studio, part-live cassette-only 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

Th First Tape Album marks the debut of classically trained keyboard Rick Battersby, who was an old friend of the band (he had helped them with dry ice for their first band contest appearance). Twelfth Night was the first band he joined. His inclusion made the music more full, and more adventurous.

The studio tracks (Freddie Hepburn and Sequences) were recorded at Multium Studios, Wokingham, England, UK, in December 1979. The live tracks (Encore Une Fois and Fur Helene Part 1) were recorded live in concert at Reading University, Reading, 13 November 1979 (Für Helene Part I) and The Bridge House, Bracknell, 12 April 1980 (Encore Une Fois).

The album has been reissued twice, in the 1980s with three extra (and exclusive) tracks, and again in the 1990s with two tracks from the Skan

Skan (album)

Skan is an album by UK neo-progressive band Twelfth Night. Recorded in 1979, it was never released, though copies of the tape have circulated among music fans.-Production:...

demos.

The Cyclops re-issue 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...

 contains Encore Une Fois and Freddie Hepburn from this album.

Track listing

All songs written by Twelfth Night.

1. (Hats Off To) Freddie Hepburn (8:54)
2. Encore Une Fois (6:28)
3. Sequences (17:40)
4. Für Helene Part I (5:14)

The First Tape Album Plus
rereleased c. 1983 with the following tracks

1. Für Helene Part I (5:14) as above
2. Encore Une Fois (6:28) as above
3. (Hats Off To) Freddie Hepburn (8:54) as above
4. Für Helene Part II (3:46) ... The Bridge House, Bracknell, 12 April 1980
5. Encore Une Fois / World Without End (6:55) ... The Target, Reading, 21 November 1980
6. The Cunning Man (6:13) ... Reading University, 27 June 1980
7. Sequences (17:40) as above

The First Tape Album Plus
rereleased c. 1993 with the following tracks

1. (Hats Off To) Freddie Hepburn (8:54) as above
2. Encore Une Fois (6:28) as above
3. Sequences (17:40) as above
4. Für Helene Part I (5:14) as above
5. Four And Three (5:30) ... Reading University, Reading, March 1979
6. Für Helene Part I (14:00) ... Reading University, Reading, March 1979

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