The views expressed are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of the publishers. Throughout the '80s, hardly anyone mentioned the band to me, but then, during the early '90s, when guitar bands like Radiohead, House of Love, Inspiral Carpets and the Stone Roses were coming in, there was clearly a change of climate. "It was a spectacular song, captured for eternity, but it just couldn't get airplay," Mair remarks. They weren't, but Burns knew what he was talking about; not only was the machine expensive, but its head alignment would be thrown out of whack anyway, following a bumpy ride from Kent to London. I can face your threats, stand up straight and tall and shout about it... Space travel's in my blood, and there ain't nothing I can do about it.". What's more, that kit also had the backwards reverb at the start. When the albums were transferred to CD during the 1990s, they were mastered at a really low level, so the whole song is now louder and it just feels right.". Their reunion gig took place at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Minehead on April 27th, 2007; other shows have been lined up, the back catalogue has been remastered, and a new album is now being considered. The Only Ones, reunited in 2007. As it turned out, 'Another Girl, Another Planet' did the see the light of day very quickly, before fading into the dark, along with the album that bore the group's name. The Only Ones were an English rock band formed in London in 1976, whose original band members are Peter Perrett, Alan Mair, John Perry and Mike Kellie, they first disbanded in 1982. "That was created by the band. "I fed the drums back on themselves, routing the toms' signal from the playback head onto the sync head. "Most people think we're a brand-new band, and the outpouring of affection really has taken all of us by surprise," says bass player/producer Alan Mair. Thus the seed was planted in his mind that maybe this was also the time to ask Peter, John and Mike about getting back together. I'm on another planet with you, with you . We would just play until we felt comfortable, and then, without telling the other guys in the band that we were about to record, I would nod at John to kind of say, 'We're going to play for serious now. "It was an old Kent barn, and we had problems with the soundproofing. I don't know where that inspiration came from, because on all of the rehearsal tapes I was playing on the downbeat. After all, once the CBS deal was signed in December 1977, they would have the money to pay for a bigger, better-equipped 24-track facility that, they assumed, would enable them to make a bigger, better-sounding record. "At the end of the day, we probably had three takes to work with, but I remember sitting there, thinking, 'These just don't feel right.' E. You get under my skin. I don't do de. It was like we were going to conquer the world.". Web site designed & maintained by PB Associates & SOS. Then, in August 1976, following a spell away from the business, he joined the Only Ones, having been won over partly by the other band members' passion for their own music, and also by their demo recordings of three Perrett-penned tracks, one of which, 'Out There in the Night', was a love song about his cat. I think I'm on another world with you, with you. Kellie, that was perfect...' and he just went, 'It's okay, I'll do it again.' Another girl, another planet . The Only Ones is the debut studio album by English power pop band The Only Ones, released in 1978 by Columbia Records.It was produced by the Only Ones themselves, with the assistance of Robert Ash and was mixed at Basing St., Escape and CBS. Read 2 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Burns' first full engineering assignment was to record an Italian version of David Bowie's 'Space Oddity', and by 1971 he'd signed a freelance deal with Island Records to work at London's Basing Street (now Sarm West) Studios, while also taking care of other projects. With the royalties I'd earned from Genesis I bought all this equipment second-hand from Steve Marriot and various other places, because I knew exactly what I wanted. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1978 Vinyl release of Another Girl, Another Planet on Discogs. The New Adventures were a spin-off from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. In fact, when I originally mixed it, I started with Pete's guitar quite low, and then it gradually got louder along with the bass, so there was quite an impact when the rest of the band came in, with John playing the solo. "Johnnie had been recommended to us as a really good guy, a great guy and very switched-on," Mair explains, "and since we wanted to record outside of London, Escape seemed a logical place to go. "It was a spectacular song, captured for eternity, but it just couldn't get airplay," Mair remarks. "In terms of the drums, I had different mic techniques," Burns explains. E. I'm on an B other planet with y C♯m ou, A wi E th y B ou. They went, 'Oh, fucking hell, Alan', and I said, 'No, look, this is really important.' Our hearts just sank. I think I'm B on another world with y C♯m ou, A wi E th y B ou. Another girl, another planet Another girl, another planet Space travels in my blood And there ain't nothing I can do about it Long journeys wear me out Oh God we won't live without it Oh no Another girl is loving you now Another planet, forever holding you down Another planet and he said, 'Yeah'. There was no spark. The Only Ones quickly came to appreciate this mindset. A Birmingham native, Burns had landed a job as a tape-op at London's Morgan Studios in 1968, thanks to the efforts of former college classmate Andy Johns, who was then the chief engineer there. All rights reserved. Space travel's in my blood. The Only Ones playing live at the Speakeasy, London, 1977. What, on the back of your van? One end of the room had a very high ceiling, and that was used for the drums, while the rest was about eight foot high. The contents of this article are subject to worldwide copyright protection and reproduction in whole or part, whether mechanical or electronic, is expressly forbidden without the prior written consent of the Publishers. Another Girl Another Planet book. Not only was there the joint mission on Mars but there was also a thriving joint Soviet-NATO Moon settlement (complete with several cities). But I know I can't live without it, oh no . ', but when the guys heard it in the control room they all thought it was great. And musically we also had no connection to what was going on; hippies didn't know if we were punks, and punks didn't know if we were hippies, so we were out on a limb. Sometimes 24-track was necessary, but you could get by with 16. "It didn't take much to figure out it was about drugs, but stations like Capital Radio were supposed to be innovative and different, and what about songs like 'Golden Brown'? only to find out it's gone. If you're recording, it shouldn't be too damned serious, and the Only Ones were a pleasure to work with. Another girl, another planet Another girl Space travels in my blood And there ain't nothing I can do about it Long journeys wear me out Oh God, we won't live without it I think I'm on another world with you I'm on another planet with you Another girl is loving you now Another planet is loving you now Another planet It is the second track on their first album, The Only Ones, released in 1978. Kellie, to my astonishment, just said, 'Oh, I'll put another kit on top of it.' Bernice rushes in to help an archeologist friend who is being stalked by a mysterious figure. "Those first two Only Ones albums are timeless and organic," Alan Mair says "and that's why I think 'Planet' has caught on with young people. Not only was the ambience of the first kit an integral part of the sound, but to get the feel there was obviously no way he could just play the bass drum and the snare. The 'Lovers of Today' single sold about 28,000 copies through independent distribution, and soon there was a bidding war between the major record companies to secure a long-term deal. Featured peformers: Peter Perrett (songwriter), The Only Ones (producer), Peter Kodick (sleeve design), Alex McDowell (sleeve design). At that point, we were paying for the sessions ourselves, and in September 1977 we recorded 'Oh No', 'The Whole of the Law', 'Special View', 'Breaking Down' and 'Another Girl, Another Planet'.". The song has been covered by many artists but the song reached its peak with this cover by Blink-182. Although Mair never requested a production credit for the first album and didn't get one, there's a consensus among all involved that he did fulfill that role. All contents copyright © SOS Publications Group and/or its licensors, 1985-2021. The New Adventures were a spin-off from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Released 21 April 1978 on CBS (catalog no. Sod off, you must be joking!'". The album was re-released in Europe in 2009 on Sony Music Entertainment, featuring rare bonus content.The reissue was a CD which comprises 13-tracks. Another Girl, Another Planet book. In the end, CBS won out, but not before the Only Ones had begun recording tracks in Kent, at the Escape Studio facility of John Burns. Working 16-track, I'd have gone with a blend of the two or decided on one or the other. It just sounded fantastic. Occasionally, with bad drummers we'd have to put some tape on the bottom skin and on the top skin, or even have to tune the kit for them, and after a couple of hours of doing that and trying to get a good sound it would be a case of, 'I can't hear anything any more. There are actually some demo recordings of 'Planet', done at Man, no's, and when we got to Escape we didn't think, 'Right, let's get the tape ready, let's roll.' And that's how rock-solid Mike Kellie is. Producer: Alan Mair • Engineers: John Burns, Robert Ash. In a moment of desperation I told the roadies, 'You're gonna have to go back to Escape and pick up the 16-track machine.' ', "Sometimes, I'd use an AKG 451 with an 87 when recording acoustic guitar. He said, 'Yeah, no problem', and so I said, 'OK then, let's go for it.'. In my mind, there was no question: we were in line for a number one record, and had it been playlisted like everything else then I think it would have achieved that. The six-month search for a bass player on the part of Perrett, Perry and Kellie was finally over. "We were only at Basing Street for two weeks, working on that first album, and everything was set up for the recording of the other tracks, and so Kellie sat down at his kit and off he went, and within a few seconds we were all looking at each other like, 'Bloody hell!' After releasing two more studio albums -- 1979's Even Serpents Shine and 1980's Baby's Got a Gun -- the Only Ones disintegrated in a blur of drugs and acrimony. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. I'm a great believer in magic happening occasionally. In this short independent feature, an ordinary-looking guy proves to be an unusually successful womanizer, and his East Village apartment begins to assume aspects of Grand Central Station. Another Girl, Another Planet is an original novel by Len Beech (a pseudonym for Steve Bowkett) and Martin Day featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. Şarkı John Peel'in en iyi 50 şarkı listesinde 18. sıradadır. Long journeys wear me out. "Bands with drug connections were bad news, and I'm sure that's how CBS saw it. "When I listened to that number I really heard the nuances and tone of Peter's voice, as well as the lyrical content, and I thought, 'Wow, this is bloody great songwriting,'" Mair now recalls. The basic format of the song was all there — the chords, verses and chorus — and, as with all of Peter's material, we worked through it until everything fitted. I mean, say you just laid down drums, bass and guitar, if you put the live mic up the band would go, 'Wow, what a sound!' Well, I enjoyed the first 18 months, but then I wasn't getting paid my 50 percent cut. Not that this turned out to be straightforward either. The song has since been covered by several other performers. The Only Ones, reunited in 2007. Generally, I also put a live mic up on a boom, right above everything, but invariably I wouldn't use it. On the first day it was kind of obvious that we were just talking and playing little bits of the song, but after that I gave John the nod, and when Peter started I spontaneously came in with the bass on the offbeat. With the two kits on separate tracks, the new kit was at the front insofar as the snare and the bass drum, while the crash cymbals and other bits and pieces were at an equal volume, but we certainly didn't pull the other kit back or submerge its ambience, as there was natural overspill from the bass and guitars recorded at Escape. 'Oh No' and 'Special View (AKA Telescopic Love)' would make their way onto later albums, but in the meantime Mair first heard 'Planet' when Perrett played it on guitar during pre-Escape rehearsals at Manno's Studios on the King's Road, and he was "just blown away". What you've just done is absolutely phenomenal.' Released as a single from the Only Ones' impressive, eponymous 1978 debut album, 'Another Girl, Another Planet' disappeared without trace and quickly dragged the group's unrealised fortunes with it. It doesn't have gimmicks, it just has a great sound. The kit would be in stereo with the bass drum separate. "I had so many 87s, I could have miked everything. Another girl, another planet Another girl, another planet Space travel's in my blood There ain't nothing I can do about it Long journeys wear me out But I know I can't live without it I think I'm on another world with you With you I'm on another planet with you With you Another girl is loving you now Hailing from Glasgow, in his teens Alan Mair started a band named the Beatstalkers while still at school, and this became Scotland's biggest pop sensation of the mid-to-late '60s. What it did was add atmosphere so that the session would kick off with a feeling of 'Bloody hell, what a sound!' 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