The Thirty Year Itch

"I knew a Katrina once........". Intended as a one-off performance for an audience of around 25 in The Dots' home town of Nijmegen, "Katrina" became a piece de resistance for EK and The Silverman as they developed and expanded it over the years. However, on show here is that fragile first performance which began with Phil playing a record with a toy van that happened to have a cartridge attached to it's underside and EK bidding the confused viewers to enter a New Orleans strip joint on a cold night in The Netherlands. A magical night with Raymond Dijkstra and Timo Van Luik also on the bill. All 4 musicians improvised together at the end of the evening. The second piece ,"Slogans on a Cold Steel Canvas" is an abridged improvisation from the sessions that also provided much material for "Seconds Late for The Brighton Line". Why is this album entitled "The 30 Year Itch"? Well, that's how long it took to release a record under THE EK/Silverman banner. 10 years on, the master's have had a small upgrade and, as it's now 40 years, it seemed the perfect moment for a special edition. The 40th Anniversary Edition numbers 99, all with unique artwork by the two perpretrators This release is limited to 99 with 50 different handmade covers (created by Edward Ka-Spel), half of the release was to be sold on the European leg of the 40th Anniversary tour of the Legendary Pink Dots, the other half was offered via Bandcamp