Trevor Johnson - The 15th & Pressgang

Trevor Johnson in conversation with David Eastaugh

https://the15thband.bandcamp.com/album/inside-out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPgWkLb-DEU&t=1s

An underground indie & jangle pop single from 1989 that has never really seen the light of day, “Inside Out” B/w “Rumours Of Rain” although both sides are regarded as A sides. These recordings were initially recorded as demos for the purpose of a label to hear them & then sign us, so we could record it professionally & then we could release it, but no interest, I think labels were looking for a more polished sound at that time, the recording was sadly let down by the recording studio who weren’t really interested & didn’t know how to record that type of music as they were more focused on jazz & blues, also the fact the drummer wasn’t actually apart of the band he was just hanging around the studio at the time so we got him in to drum on the single last minute, it was Andy & Trev who wrote the song.

This was recorded at Northern Recording Studio in Delves Lane Consett In early 1988 & later released in January 1989, a self released private press with pink & white plain labels although some copies were both white, around about 300 copies in total were pressed with various different homemade diy sleeves, only a handful of actual photocopied sleeves exist, some of the labels have been written on but the majority of them remain blank, in fact the only reason this got pressed in the first place is because Trev wrote to The Prince's Trust asking them for help as we were a young band that could never afford to press our own records, but we didn’t think they would actually help, so it’s a miracle this record even exists in the first place, if only this was sent to the right label or better promoted back in 89 but for now this remains an underground indie pop single/release.