Holland in Not was the first Surplus Stock LP. Robert Giddens produced the first DAF recordings at Cargo Studio in Rochdale. The recordings for Holland In Not took place there in April 1980. Now 43 years later, it’s available on all streaming services. Available on September 1, 2023.
Surplus Stock are from Artland in Germany. Robert is English, from London. He produced DAF and recorded their first single in Rochdale. Before that, Giddens had written about German bands for the English music mag Zig Zag. Surplus Stock’s best track may be „Let’s Kill Each Other“ from the German compilation „Fix Planet“. Maybe they are the inventors of the term „Minimal“ for this kind of music.
Tracklisting:
- SPIV 2:58
- TRICK CYCLIST COMETH 3:49
- RHYME DICTATES 2:25
- TARZAN’S TAKEAWAY 4:03
- SONG FOR 9 TO 5 3:47
- DETENTE 3:37
- SEQUENCER 2 – SLIDE GUITAR 1:23
- ANECDOTE 3:39
- SEQUENCER 3 – TELEPHONE 1:21
- METALL MACHT KRANK 3:32
- B/M/E
Robert Giddens: Synthesiser and Vocals
Phil Renshaw: Guitar
Josef Schenk: Drums
Robert Clarke: AWOL
The Stockettes (Gary Giddens, Ian Derbyshire, Rob Risko, Phil Falsetto): Backing Vocals
Engineered by John Brierley
Produced by John Brierley and Robert Giddens (April 16-19, 1980)
Recorded at the very wonderful Cargo Studios in Rochdale, UK
Cover by Ilse Hudepohl and Surplus Stock
Remastered in August 2023 by Marcus Praed in the Mühle der Freundschaft Studio in Bad Iburg, Germany.
Available from 01. September 2023 on all streaming services: LINK: https://tinyurl.com/5cu7xxde
