Tuesday, 2 December 2025

Luxury Glass Town - Through The Looking Glass EP (1981)



A1 Someone Like Sara
A2 Name And Number
B1 Confusions, Illusion Of Happiness
B2 Women And Boys

3 Good New Wave Tracks & 1 Very Nice Powerpopper on this (short lived) Guildford Band’s only release.


David Rose (Guitar/Voc/Mandolin) 
John Hudson (Bass/Voc/Stylophone) ex Strange Cult/The Golden Age of Metro
Jamie “Breezeblock” Legg (Drums) ex Strange Cult/The Golden Age of Metro/Matrix
Neil “Fingers” Henderson (Keys) 
with help from Sandra Benningsen (Backing Voc)

Through The Looking Glass Records  [SR 001] 500 copies
Recorded - Jacob’s Studios, Runwick nr Farnham [20 November ’80 and 27 February ’81] 
Engineered - Ken Thomas

Matrix / Dead wax (etched)
S/81+CUS+1054   SR001+A   OR
S/81+CUS+1054   SR001+B   OR

There are a few mispresses with the labels on the wrong sides & some copies come with an insert & stamped sleeve (this isn't one of them)

Useless info - The photo is the band outside Bellows Antique Shop on Woodbridge Road, Guildford

More info on this and other Guilford bands here  

Thanks To Gary for sourcing this for me