(c’81-82) Tim Naylor (bass / vocals), Kerry Kirk (?), Simon Baggelley (guitar), Richard Jennings (drums) and Jon Monks (keyboards).
After the demise of Controls, Naylor, Kirk and guitarist Tina ? formed Heartbeats. A few rehearsals down and Naylor left, joining Spod from Farnborough. Following this 6 week hiatus with Spod, Naylor used ads and some word of mouth at Fleet’s Kingfisher Music to schedule a few auditions for post punk Beating Hearts.
Beating Hearts issued their “The First Three Hours” demo cassette in late ’81. This was literally the recordings from the first few hours of their rehearsal time. The demo reached X-Cassettes’ Chris Green (who later joined the Criminal Damage label) and secured them a spot on the “Beyond the River” [OD001] vinyl, Reading area, compilation on Green’s Open Eye Records label – they just had to pick and record a track.
This agreement coincided with their debut gig at Farnborough Recreation Centre. The track “Wrap Me Up” was so well received that they recorded it and submitted it for the compilation. But, it was the wrong format for mastering; so, it was re-recorded at Matinee Music, Reading – a studio Dark Paradise would also later use – in April 82, with engineering by Chris Broderick. The next month, on 11 may ’82, saw the band performing at The Wooden Bridge, Guildford. The band split in late ’82.
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