Magnetosphere by Laurie Shaw

“I had a dream I was cutting a record called “Magnetosphere”. I was up the mountain and snow was coming down thick and fast. There was nothing else for me to do, it was like power cut territory up there, yet somehow everything I needed studio-wise was working fine. It was just after Christmas and my little room was hot from the blasting radiator. I didn’t really have to concentrate, the songs were making themselves. Snowflakes mushed on the window, somehow late at night but early morning all at the same time. With nothing to compare anything to, just yellowed pages of lyrics. They must have fallen right out of my head. Watching my dad traipse up to the outhouse puffing a train plume of icy breath. In a few hours time, I’d be presented with a glass of wine for my efforts. End of the day work, start of the night work. Where things can loosen right up and you can sit in it. When I woke up, I said, I had a dream I was cutting a record called Magnetosphere. This is that record.”

Tracklist

1.	State Of The Art Space Shuttle Glass	1:24

2.	Please Can You Cut That Out (And Stick It In My Almanac)	2:22

3.	Witness To The Duplicate Age	3:18

4.	Just Buy The Coat	3:41

5.	Aspect Ratio	2:33

6.	Tell Eloise	3:08

7.	The Grip Of It	2:02

8.	Seaplane	1:50

9.	Hat Stand	2:56

10.	Concert Film At Heart	2:41

11.	Morgue File	2:36

12.	I Just Pray You're A Licensed Swindler	3:13

13.	Comedians On The Corner Of Dunbar St.	2:10

14.	Decimal Point	3:08

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