Ah, the old double exposure. When the film didn't wind on completely and you ended up with a photo of a zebra superimposed over that lovely view of your garden. I have a few such happy accidents in my own family archive, though I strongly suspect that today's anonymous example is a very deliberate one. I can offer no information or explanation for the shot, other than it was part of a job lot of similar ephemera that I purchased at auction a decade ago, though one can imagine an enthusiastic offspring directing their parents to remain completely still while moving their respective heads from one shoulder to the other between clicks.
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A considerable amount of record company money was thrown at young guitar bands in the mid-1990s. Good, bad or indifferent, many were given a chance to make a single or two and perhaps, if they were very fortunate, a whole album. Coming straight outta the Lake District, TC: Hug was one such band, who gave it their best shot for a couple of years before falling off the map. They deserved better. Their songwriting was strong and they weren't afraid to throw in the odd curveball every now and then. 'Two Heads' initially appeared on the b-side of TC: Hug's debut single 'Day Today' in the summer of '96, before being rejigged (to its detriment I reckon) for their one and only album 'Pie-MONDO' early the following year. This, needless to say, is the first of those versions.
Brilliant - a wonderful photo! Love to think of the fun they had staging it. I like all the little incidental details too - a copy of the Sunday Times Magazine on the right, I think, the crumpled newspaper on the floor, the apothecary bottle on the shelf behind, the woman's Deirdre-from-Corrie style specs.... all sets it in time and place.
ReplyDeleteLooking at it again, probably not the Sunday Times magazine, I can't identify it!
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ReplyDeleteYes, I thought the same... but I watch too many horror films!
DeleteHa Ha - great photo.
ReplyDeleteI've one song by T.C Hug. It's 'I'm Doing Fine' and its courtesy of its inclusion on one of those Indie-pop compilations that were seemingly everywhere in the mid 90s. Just listened to it again (thanks for the inspiration) and it's a decent enough dollop of Britpop.
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