Godot - Extended Player (1981) [Re-Up]

"Dave Hughes is probably best-known in OMD circles as being a keyboard player for the band during the early part of 1980. But prior to this, Hughes had been a founder-member of Liverpool's pioneering synth outfit Dalek I Love You alongside Alan Gill [David Balfe and Chris Teepee, aka Chris Shaw].
Both Alan Gill and Dave Hughes had attempted to reactivate Dalek I Love You following the release of the band's 1980 debut album Compass Kum'pas. But both band members were by then pulling in different musical directions and the idea was shelved.” In fact in January 1980 Hughes left Dalek I Love You and began rehearsals with OMD for their first headline tour of the UK. Hughes remembers: "I hadn't really left Dalek when I joined the Orchs, but I'd known both Paul and Andy since The Id -- I went to watch them a few times, because we were checking out their equipment!".

Hughes (rigth, in th picture) then remained with OMD until November of that year, notably creating the backing tracks for Souvenir from layered tapes of a choir tuning up (this single went to number 3 in the UK charts). In November 1980, Dave Hughes teamed up with ex-Radio Blank and Dalek I band member Keith Hartley (left in the picture) to form Godot which gave Hughes a chance to experiment with new ideas.
In the meantime “Alan Gill had decided to relaunch Dalek I Love You and pulled in Keith Hartley to help him. Left without a band, Dave Hughes recruited some new musicians which included Ronnie Stone, Steve Byrne and Martin Cooper. With the addition of a drummer, this new line-up of Godot toured with Dalek I in the winter of 1981. But when Ronnie Stone decided to join China Crisis, the band split up.” Martin Cooper and Hughes in 1982 worked with Freeze Frame, the Cooper started working with OMD. In 1984 Keith Hartley teamed up with ex-Dalek Kenny Peers in Bamboo (later Sex Tribe).
The first release by the band was Extended Player (1981), recorded at Amazon Studios and self-financed, featured 4 songs written during Keith Hartey's time in the band and features Hartley's vocals on the tracks.

Extended Player (1981)
- Wait For...
- Teeth
- Love?
- Theme For Bureaucrats

(Martin Luther was an historical figure that Dave Hughes admired and the sleeve artwork features Lutherian print designs. )

Godot 1981

(Major thanks to our friend Endorphin)
(see also: http://www.omd.uk.com/discography/godot/html/ep.html
http://robinparmar.com/dalek-i-love-you.html#part5 )