recording archive

The following is an attempt at a definitive record of the best sources that are available of existing ATF material. A programme of digitising this material is in progress. It includes the basic UK commercial releases & promo's, and foreign material where different from the UK. Sometimes a track may appear on more than one source. The soundtrack of video material has also been included.

year source contents tracks notes

1971 2-sided reel demo
a: Unanimity - The Suite

live
b: ATF live at Harold Park
side a:
1. Life
2. Death
3. Life Again

side b:
1. Dawn
2. ..
PB007, QQ(to), mono

1972 reel demos 1. Organinst
2. Choice
3. Dawn
PB002, COG, MQ(to), mono, prod: ATF

1974 reel demos 1. Sonshine Time
2. Hallelujah
PB001, Theatre Projects, MQ(to), stereo, prod: ATF

1974 reel demos 1. Now That I've Found
2. Sonshine Time
3. Hallelujah
PB003, Theatre Projects, HQ(to), mono (LH channel only), prod: ATF

1974 reel demos 1. Samaritan Woman
2. Now That I've Found
PB009, Theatre Projects, HQ(to), stereo, prod: ATF

1975 reel live 1. Dance Of The Marionette
2. Now That I've Found
3. Choice
GB75, bootleg, mono

1976 reel demos 1. Dance Of The Marionette
2. Back To The Light
3. Dreamaway
PB085, ICC, stereo

1977 cassette live 1. Hallelujah
2. Back To The Light
3. Pilgrim
4. Choice
5. Dreamaway
6. Dance Of The Marionette
7. Now That I've Found
8. Samaritan Woman (edit)
Drill Hall, Lincoln, desk, stereo

1977 cassette live 1. Dreamaway GB77, bootleg, mono

1977 8 track reel album 1. Dance Of The Marionette
2. Back To The Light
3. Now That I've Found
4. Signs Of Change
5. Jigs
6. Pilgrim
ICC, stereo

1978 cassette live 1. Psalm
2. Dreamaway
3. Back To The Light
4. Dance Of The Marionette
5. Signs Of Change
6. Now That I've Found
7. Pilgrim
8. Signs Of Change (encore)
Marquee, London, 20/2/78, bootleg, stereo

1978 cassette live 1. Joy
2. Listen To Me
3. Dreamaway
4. Back To The Light
5. Your Love Is Alive
6. Suspended Animation
7. Psalm
8. One Rule For You
9. Check It Out
10. Signs Of Change
11. Check It Out (encore)
YMCA, Cambridge, 21/4/78, bootleg, stereo

1978 cassette live 1. Joy
2. Listen To Me
3. Can You Face It?
4. Like The Power Of A Jet
5. Your Love Is Alive
6. Suspended Animation
7. Help! (medley)
8. One Rule For You
9. A Little Sun, A Little Rain
10. Check It Out
11. Signs Of Change
12. A Little Sun, A Little Rain
Tramshed, Woolwich, 13/6/78, bootleg, stereo

1979 cassette demos 1. Like The Power Of A Jet (demo)
2. Check It Out (master)
3. One Rule For You (rough mix)
CBS, stereo, prod: ATF, tape dated 4/1/79

1979 cassette demos 1. Time To Think
2. Laser Love
3. Life In The City
CBS, stereo

1979 cassette demo 1. Laser Love Air, stereo, prod: Rupert Hine

1979 cassette live 1. Joy
2. A Little Sun, A Little Rain
3. Laser Love
4. Time To Think
5. One Rule For You
6. Check It Out
7. Like The Power Of A Jet
Paris Theatre, 'In Concert', radio tx: R1 19/5/79, stereo

1979 cassette live 1. Joy
2. Listen To Me
3. A Little Sun, A Little Rain
4. Your Love Is Alive
5. Take Me Higher
6. Some Time To Think
7. Timestar
8. Can You Face It?
9. One Rule For You
10. Life In The City
11. Laser Love
12. Check It Out
13. Like The Power Of A Jet
14. Help (Medley encore)
GB79, bootleg, stereo

1979 vinyl live 1. Listen To Me
2. Laser Love
3. Power Of A Jet
Rainbow Theatre, 17/11/79, stereo, prod: Rupert Hine, mix: Graham Dixon/ATF

1979 vinyl live 1. One Rule For You
2. Time To Think
Rainbow Theatre, 17/11/79, stereo, prod: Rupert Hine, mix: Graham Dixon/ATF

1979/80 reel demos/outtakes 1980:
1. Got To Find An Answer (Joanne demo, PB vox)
2. Rider At The Rodeo (Wild West Show demo)
3. Why Can't We Be Friends

1979:
1. A Little Sun, A Little Rain
2. Help
CBS, stereo, prod: Mack/ATF, eng: Graham Dixon, separated by leader tape

1980 reel album side one 1. 1980-F
2. Love Will Always Make You Cry
3. Can You Face It?
4. Who's Gonna Love You
5. Starflight
PB017, CBS, Utopia (studio 1, remix room), stereo, prod: Mack, assist: Peter Walsh

1980 reel album side two 1. Wild West Show
2. Billy Billy
3. High Fashion
4. Why Can't We Be Friends
5. Joanne
PB018, CBS, Utopia (studio 1, remix room), stereo, prod: Mack, assist: Peter Walsh

1980 cassette live 1. Laser Love
2. Who's Gonna Love You
3. Wild West Show
4. Billy Billy
5. Starflight
Lordswood School, Birmingham, radio tx: R1 5/11/80, mono

1980 cassette live 1. Laser Love
2. Life In The City
3. Can You Face It?
4. Who's Gonna Love You
5. Billy Billy
6. Starflight
Paris Theatre, 'In Concert', radio tx: R1 20/12/80, stereo

1981 reel demos 1. Nobody Else But You
2. We'll Meet Again
3. We'll Meet Again
4. We'll Meet Again
5. We'll Meet Again
6. We'll Meet Again
7. Star Trek (edit intro)
PB019, CBS, HQ(to), stereo, prod: PB, eng: ../PB

1981 reel demos 1. Dancing In The Shadows
2. Space Walking (judy backing vox)
3. Space Walking (dub mix)
4. Short Change
5. I Don't Understand Your Love
6. Short Change
PB020, HQ(to), stereo, prod: PB, eng: PB

1981 reel demos 1. Bright Lights
2. Rich Boys
3. Frozen Rivers
4. Sailing Ship
5. Cariba
6. Stuck In Paris
7. Sometimes
8. Gina
PB021, HQ(to), stereo, prod: ATF, eng: PB

1981 reel demos 1. I Don't Understand Your Love
2. Frozen Rivers
3. Nobody Else But You
4. Bright Lights
5. Rich Boys
6. Space Walking
PB023, CBS, HQ(to), stereo, prod: Mack, eng: Mack

1981 reel demos 1. Sometimes
2. Stuck In Paris
3. Sailing Ship
4. Dancing In The Shadows
5. Gina
6. Short Change
7. Carry Me Home
8. The Stranger
PB024, stereo

1981 cassette live 1. Frozen Rivers
2. Dancing In The Shadows
3. Sailing Ship
4. Bright Lights
5. Take Me Higher
6. Starflight
Paris Theatre, 'In Concert', radio tx: R1 3/10/81, stereo, with U2

1981 reel demos 1. Dancing In The Shadows
2. All People
3. Stand By Me (PB demo)
4. I'm Bored
PB027, HQ(to), stereo, prod: Mack/PB, eng: Mack/PB

1981 reel demos 1. Stand By Me (ATF/Air Studios rough mix)
2. Stand By Me (PB/AP demo)
3. Stand By Me (PB/AP demo)
4. Stand By Me (PB/AP demo)
5. ... (PB song ideas 1+2)
PB028, CBS/ATF/PB, HQ(to), stereo, prod: Mack/PB/ATF, eng: Mack/PB

1982 reel demos 1. Der Kommissar
2. Starflight (deutsch vox)
3. Starflight (english vox)
4. Stand By Me
5. Hello Goodbye (PB demo)
PB029, Maison Rouge, HQ(to), stereo, prod: John Eden/Mack/PB, eng: John Eden/Mack/PB, reel dated 18/4/82

1982 reel demos 1. Starflight (deutsch vox)
2. Starflight (english vox)
Maison Rouge (studio 2), stereo, prod: John Eden, reel dated 22/4/82

1982 reel demos 1. Thunderbirds (intro)
2. Farewell (intro)
3. Joy (intro)
4. I Want Some More
5. Der Kommissar
6. Billy Billy
7. Who's Gonna Love You
8. Starflight
9. One Rule For You
10. Love Will Always Make You Cry
PB030, HQ(to), stereo, prod: various/PB, eng: various/PB

1982 reel demos 1. Young Love
2. Step By Step
3. Don't Say Goodbye
4. Genz
5. Jungle Rythms
6. Who Do You Think You
7. Dark Side
8. 1984-F
9. Over & Over
10. Night Is Still Falling
11. It's Over
12. I'm Bored
13. Night Is Still Falling
14. It's Over (1984 mix)
PB031, ICC, stereo, prod: ATF, eng:PB

1989 reel demo 1. One Rule For U (remix) Villa, stereo, NR: dbxI, prod: PB/James Diplock, eng:PB/James Diplock, heavily spliced reel

1995 cassette live 1. ..
2. ..
3. ..

1999 MD live 1. Joy
2. Listen To Me
3. Dancing In The Shadows
4. Der Kommissar
5. Whose Gonna Love You
6. Frozen Rivers
7. One Rule For You
8. Life In The City
9. Laser Love
10. 1980-F/Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow
11. Starflight
- encore -
12. Check It Out
13. Like The Power Of A Jet
Daghenham, 18/9/99, stereo, desk to MD

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