The Legendary Pink Dots - Premonition [Remastered] (1982/2014)

"Premonition" was created when The Dots were still wet behind the ears but had just undergone their first major change in line-up.Founder members April and Phil briefly stepped out of the band while Michael Marshall returned and Roland Callaway and drummer Keith Thompson stepped into the frame to join edward Ka-Spel. The result is a true rollercoaster ride with Michael's epic songwriting and guitar playing at the forefront ("Oceans of Emotion"., "Amphitheatre"...) and some seriously wild effects, courtesy of Pat Bermingham's Space Echo. One exception is :Before The End" which featured the first LPD line-up with April providing keyboards fed through the recently purchased Yamaha CS30, and Phil chiming in with a lead line on the Dots' first keyboard (the Korg MS10).
While there is admittedly quite some duplication with "Chemical Playschool Volumes 1 & 2", this early tape album stands up in it's own right as quite a unique trip.
This cassette album was first released by the Flowmotion label in 1982 (though with a fault in duplication causing it to play a little too fast).
Subsequent editions replaced "Before The End" with "Voices' but this 2014 edition reverts to the original while retaining ``'dying For The Emperor" and "Love Puppets (version 1)" - a bonus track added to edition 2.