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1979 - Our 1st Demo Recording

No money left - So just a simple Sleeve!

Our 1st and only demo recording featuring DENIGH's original line-up

Jon Everett - Bass Guitar & Lead Vocal

Ian Devlin - Guitar and Keyboards

Steve Maddock - Lead Guitar

John Regan - Drums

We made a few copies ourselves from the 1/4 inch stereo master onto cassette tape - so that we all had a copy.

This simple sleeve was photographed and reproduced in the darkroom on photographic paper, enabling us to sell the demo at gigs.

We know that a few tapes are still out there...

It cost how much?

Its amazing that we still have the original receipt from Chris in our archive.

As I recall, in the first session we recorded the instruments live onto a

4-Track machine then added the vocals and final mix in the next session.

The total cost today (November 2025) would be £350

We do have a digital copy of this demo in our archive, but there are currently no plans for release.

Released on the 'Ace Records' label, our vinyl single No Way / Running, was recorded at Oakwood Studios in Herne Bay, Kent. We have good records of gigs and band activities at this time so we know the production cost in 1980 was £415 - and today this would amount to around £2,000.

The band line up for this single was:

Jon Everett - Lead Vocal and Bass Guitar

Ian Devlin - Guitar

Phil Allchin - Lead Guitar

John Regan - Drums

Studio time was (and still is) expensive so we made the recordings in two visits - 13th & 18th of March 1980 at a total cost £65. The record shows that we paid the production & pressing cost of £350 on 5th April 1980.

Amazingly, 5th April 1980 is a truly memorable date for another reason, because we supported SAXON for the first time that night!