‘Retour’ is a French word; some of this word’s idiomatic meanings are:
• A ‘retour’ from exile, a journey etc
• ‘en retour’ : to be past one’s prime
• A beauty or a Don Juan ‘sur le retour’ = an ageing beauty or Don Juan
• The backfire of an automobile engine
• Back to square one or the drawing board
• A flashback
• Return after a long period of time to a former occupation
• To ‘go back’ over one’s life
• ‘Change of life’ aka menopause
Songs written and performed by David Maready (additional vocals by Elsie)
Guitars: Fender Jazzmaster, Regal 6-string acoustic, and Fender Telecaster bass
Ampeg Reverberocket II amplifier with tremolo foot switch
Big Muff, Small Stone, and Auto Wah effects pedals
Farfisa organ, RMI electric piano, Baldwin upright piano
Celestial harps, humble ocarinas, mock mellotron, and horny horns coaxed from the
factory-preset floppy-disc library of the Ensoniq EPS Sampling Keyboard
Drums: Alesis SR16 drum machine; real snare drum, tambourine, and cowbell
‘Let them in’ chorus: Maready, Elsie, Timmy Prudhomme, Thomas Surgal.
Tracks 1-7 recorded and mixed by Ed Bair at Bair Tracks NYC 1990/1991
8-10 recorded and mixed on 4-track cassette by David Maready
Audio restoration and mastering by Mell Dettmer, Studio Soli, Seattle May 2016
All songs copyright 2016 David Bowman/NBH
Released in 6 panel Digipak sleeve with full lyrics + 12 Page Booklet containing full history etc.
https://glassredux.bandcamp.com/
http://glassredux.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/nothing-but-happiness-retour.html