BILL NELSON'S RED NOISE – REVOLT INTO STYLE 12″ – Nr MINT A1 UK NEW WAVE PUNK

Bill Nelson’s Red Noise – Revolt Into Style
(Harvest Records  1979  12HAR5183)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from the odd light pop/crackle)

Round Cornered Sleeve in Excellent+ condition
– a little light ringwear and small crease in top right corner
 

Bill Nelson’s Red Noise, or more simply Red Noise, was a British New Wave band, formed by Bill Nelson (lead vocals, guitar), his brother Ian (saxophone), Andy Clark (keyboards), Rick Ford (bass) and Steve Peer (drums), around 1978.

Nelson formed the band after dissolving Be-Bop Deluxe while metamorphosing from blues, progressive and glam rock to more New Wave and electronic sounds following the last Be-Bop Deluxe album, Drastic Plastic, released early 1978. Clark had also been a member of that band while Ian Nelson had collaborated on the song “Ships In The Night” from the Sunburst Finish album (1976). Peer was previously in TV Toy.

Red Noise released only one album, the seminal Sound – On – Sound, plus two singles, “Furniture Music” and “Revolt Into Style”, in 1979. After that, Bill Nelson continued as a solo artist, with the collaboration of Clark and his brother Ian. Rick Ford played with Hazel O’Connor and Joe Jackson and now composes soundtrack music for the entertainment industry in California; while Steve Peer is with a band called Puzzle Monkey.

Red Noise is also considered a Be-Bop Deluxe continuation. Material written during the last days of Be-Bop Deluxe was included on Sound – On – Sound.