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That was very hard for me to listen so I didn’t realise they had taken such a deep dive into my vault. They sent me MP3 files that sounded like rancid shit, the worst car radio on an AM setting. I had a knee replacement last year so I was flat on my back while these were being collected and a bit distracted. For me it sounds like we’d just got the words correctly in the right order. Why do you want to put these out there even though they sound great? I was thinking about this last night and for me it’s like seeing the mannequins undressed in the shop window. I like a bit more polish so I’m not actually that fond of these extra tracks in the reissue. Neil was one of those who wanted us to sing it and play it at the same time and be done, and the first time you get it right – that’s the take. That was great and a tremendous load off my mind. I was ready to make an escape to find new mates to pal around with, to discover England – freshly mowed grass and lager and guineas and all the usual stuff. For myself, I was already in the process of moving and had one foot in Europe. It was the adjustment to working with Neil. We talked everything to death and that would take hours. Some people get famous and the more famous they get the smarter they think they are and they know everything about everything – that was rampant among us, but judging by what I’ve been reading in the press of the time everybody was doing a great job of covering up just how prickly it was. We had all come to think quite a lot of ourselves. I was just reading some of the press from back then and it was a lot of bollocks. Has the Déjà Vu reissue brought back a lot of memories? Sometimes they fall out fully formed but quite often there’s a bit of a rewrite. It’s like there’s the vomit draft and then you get some discipline and try to clean it up. When I am ready I will put them down but I have to make sure the lyric police shows up. I had to stop myself because they were all starting to sound like limericks, talking blues and all topical and all concerning King Me – Trump. So I probably have about six, nearly an album, we’ll see.

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The vocals are good and the playing is good for the most part, though there have been instances where I get to the solo and I completely forget how to play the guitar.

No, the older you get the slower the come. I’ve been recording because I have everything I had in the 70s in the studio right here in my house.

I have got a working arrangement with my bass player, Kevin McCormick, and we have been plonking out a few songs. Have you been making any music in hibernation? It’s true, right back to the Chelsea Arts Club. I lived in London and then I bought a house in Surrey and I loved it. Being English, you have a bit more discipline. I hope you guys are doing well over there.