The Listening Pool
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The Listening Pool is a British band. It was founded by three former members of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, after the original line-up split in 1989. The group is comprised of Paul Humphreys, Malcolm Holmes and Martin Cooper.
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[edit] Name
Martin Cooper on how they came up with the band's name:
- “Well it's hard to say exactly who thought of it. We were in LA and had been kicking about names for ages. We had this piece of paper with all sorts of words written on it and the name just came about. It may have been me who put the two names together.” xcvcxvxcvxcvxc
Paul Humphreys:
- “We had sheets and sheets of words and we just put some together.”
[edit] Contractual difficulties
The Listening Pool had to overcome a few obstacles before they could release their CD. The Listening Pool could not release any music since Paul and Andy signed an agreement releasing Paul from his contract with Virgin Records while allowing Andy to continue using the name OMD. Until new OMD material was issued, nothing could be done on Paul’s end.
Martin:
- “Andy could get on with his record because Virgin were financing him during that period. We were writing, but we couldn't do anything. Once Andy had released his record (Sugar Tax), we were free of all contracts and things, but we didn't have a label, so we had to look around.”
[edit] Record Label
The Listening Pool originally signed with a record label called Inevitable, which as luck would have it, inevitably folded. The Listening Pool then formed their own independent label, Telegraph Records.
[edit] Debut Album
The Listening Pool released its debut album titled, Still Life. The album was released in 1993 and was met with rave reviews from the British press. The style of Still Life is quite a change from the electronic sound of the OMD of old utilizing the individual talents of the members with more acoustic drums, saxophone and keyboards.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Still Life 1994
[edit] Singles/EPs
- Meant To Be 1994
- Oil For The Lamps Of China 1994
