BACK DOOR

 

Something of a mystery at the moment.  There was a Back Door label in the early 1980s which was part of the Phonogram group, but as yet I haven't managed to establish any connection between that and this 1979 version.  Assuming for the time being that they were separate concerns, this particular Back Door seems to have been responsible for just one single: it was by Dave Oberlé and it featured 'Beatle Days' and 'Raw Planet', both of which were taken from a musical called 'Henge'.  Its catalogue / matrix number was SBR-2, which invites the questions 'Was there an SBR-1?' and 'If there was, what was it?'.  Sadly Googling doesn't currently supply the answers.  Producer and co-writer Tim Sebastion was a prominent Druid, while Dave Oberlé was a member of Gryphon; a couple of other members of that band played on the single, so there was quite a strong connection.  Any more information about Back Door would be welcome.  Thanks to Sporidium of the 45cat site for the use of his scans here.




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