a game for all who know

Between 1968 and 1974, amateur songwriters, musicians and home taping enthusiasts Peter Howell and John Ferdinando – aka H & F Recordings – retreated to their makeshift home studio in East Sussex to mastermind a series of privately-issued albums that were attributed to semi-fictitious groups such as Ithaca and Agincourt.

A Game For All Who Know: The H & F Recordings Box gathers together all four albums and adds an unreleased-at-the-time fifth, the Friends LP Fragile, which was abandoned at acetate stage after Howell accepted an invitation in 1974 to join the BBC Radiophonic Workshop on a full-time basis.

Taken from the original master tapes, and with a lavish booklet that features a new 7000-word essay on their activities, fresh interview quotes and previously unpublished photos, A Game For All Who Know constitutes the final, definitive word on a fascinating and hugely collectable body of work.

Track Listing:

DISC ONE

ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS:

PETER HOWELL / JOHN FERDINANDO

• ALICE THEME
• MARCH OF THE CHESSMAN
• JABBERWOCKY
• DANCE OF THE TALKING FLOWERS
• ALICE’S TRAIN JOURNEY
• THROUGH LOOKING GLASS WOOD
• DUM AND DEE
• THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER
• ALICE MEETS THE KNIGHTS
• A-SITTING ON A GATE
• HER MAJESTY QUEEN ALICE
• WHOSE DREAM?

DISC TWO

TOMORROW COME SOMEDAY

PETER HOWELL / JOHN FERDINANDO

• TITLE THEME
• SOMEONE LIKE YOU
• MARCH OF THE CIVIL SERVANTS
• BLUEBOTTLE STRIPE
• SETTING SUN
• ON LOCATION
• EVERYTHING HAS ITS PLACE
• FISHING
• TOMORROW COME SOMEDAY
• LOVE THEME
• HONESTY
• WINDFALL WOOD

DISC THREE

FLY AWAY: AGINCOURT

• WHEN I AWOKE
• THOUGH I MAY BE DREAMING
• GET TOGETHER
• JOY IN THE FINDING
• GOING HOME
• ALL MY LIFE
• MIRABELLA
• TAKE ME THERE
• LISA
• DAWN
• BARN OWL BLUES
• KIND SIR
• THROUGH THE EYES OF A LIFETIME (PARTS I-III)

DISC FOUR

A GAME FOR ALL WHO KNOW: ITHACA

• JOURNEY (DESTRUCTION - REBIRTH - PATTERNS OF LIFE)

• QUESTIONS (DID YOU KNOW - WILL WE BE ALIVE)
• TIMES (SEVEN SEASONS - THE PATH - GIVEN TIME)
• FEELINGS (LOOK AROUND - I WANT TO FEEL YOU)
• DREAMS (STORY OF OUR TIME - BENEATH THIS SKY)
• JOURNEY II (A GAME FOR ALL WHO KNOW)

DISC FIVE

FRAGILE: FRIENDS

• YOU NEED FRIENDS

• A TALE OF YOUR LIFE
• SUMMER SUNDAY BLUES
• ONE SWEET DAY
• MEMORIES
• LONELY ROAD
• MORNING
• COME INSIDE
• TAKE A WALK
• RIVER SONG
• ONCE IN A WINTER TOWN
• TIME TO RUN