The Portsmouth Music Scene |
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Crystal Rooms in the early 80sAlmost the end at Grrnier Street Crystal Studios? Run by Streve Hoff. In central Portsmouth corner of Garnier Street and Besant Road. The locasion is now under the Fratton Road Asda Car Park. |
Known recordings at the Crystal Studios with thanks to Antony RollinsonAction Painting!1990 Action Painting! These Things Happen/Boy Meets World (7"). Sarah Records. Sarah 28 Recorded and Produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth.1993 Action Painting! Classical Music/Sensation 5 (7"). Sarah Records. Recorded and Produced by Steve Hoff, Crystal Studio, Portsmouth. Ad-Nauseam1987 Ad-Nauseam The Greatest Show On Earth. (LP). Crystal Records. Crystal 19. Intro/The Greatest Show On Earth/Pain In The Arse/Judas/Destructor/Praying For An End/AD-Captandum Vulgus/Pandemonium/Last Rites (To Be Continued)? Recorded and Produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth.Steve Austin1987 Steve Austin Music From The Withered Orange Tree. (Tape). Bite Back! BB013 Recorded by Steve Hoff at The Crystal Studios.Nigel Beech1987 Nigel Beech This Is No Time For A Carnival/No Breath To Shout/Your Perfect Dream. (7") Crystal Records. Crystal 15. Recorded & Produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios.Bushmen1985 Bushmen Sweat It Out/Red Necks, White Socks/Things Fall Apart. (12"). Uptight Records and Music. UPT11 Engineered and Produced by Steve Hoff at The Crystal Studios.Control Q1984 Control Q (7" and LP). Lost in the passage of time. Crystal Records. CR03 Engineered and Produced by Steve Hoff at The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth.Cranes1990 Cranes Inescapable EP (12"). Dedicated. Crane OO1T. Inescapable/Give/Dada 331 /Inescapable II. Recorded and Engineered by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth. Produced by The Cranes and Steve Hoff.Emptifish1985 Emptifish The Branksmere Sessions (7"). Crystal Records CR06. Surf Side: Surfboard/Manta Ray Beat Side: Ain 't Homel315 Engineered and Produced by Steve Hoff at The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth.1986 Emptifish I Want That Girl/Shake Out/395BBK. (7"). Crystal Records. CRO11. Recorded and Produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth. EVOL1990 EVOL Seven Miles Up/Some Kind'a Vibe. (7") Ambition Records. AMB008. Recorded and Produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth.John Grindey1992 John Grindey Doggie Bag (The Leftovers). JG002. Recorded and Produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth.Paul Groovy And The Pop Art Experience1986 Paul Groovy And The Pop Art Experience Let's Crash The Blue Bus! (Tape). Bite Back! BB!O10 Andy Watch Out!/Hypnotised/Sceptical Slide/Alice In Wonderland/Something's Happening Today/Secret Diary */Tune In Turn On Trip Out/Take Away The Pain Recorded at The Crystal Studios by Steve Hoff, except * in taped in Master Groovy's kitchen, Fratton.1987 Paul Groovy And The Pop Art Experience Andy Watch Out!/Take Away The Pain. (7"). Bite Back! BB!012 Recorded by Steve Hoff at The Crystal Studios. Itchy Feeling1985 Itchy Feeling Hold Me Closer/Whisper Of Love (7"). Crystal Records. CR09. Engineered and Produced by Steve Hoff at The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth.Los Hombres Ingles1993 Los Hombres Ingles Sun EP (CD) HOM 1002 Los Hombres Express/Dig Deep/Real World/My House/All Good People Recorded at Crystal Studios by Steve Hoff, Tim Daniels and Los Hombres.Mandragora1994 Mandragora Temple Ball. (CD). Mystic Stones. Rune 14. Temple Ball/Dr Temples Abduction/Zarg/Talking To God (Part IV)lThis Is .../Jazz Message From The Mothership/Inside The Crystal Circle/Null Gravity Generator/ Rainbow Warrior. Recorded and Produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth.The Organisation1990 The Organisation Spin/Paris/Dry Your Eyes. (7") Electric Chair Records. ECRO1 Recorded and Produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth.The Paint Horses1990 The Paint Horses Elizabeth/Healthy, Wealthy and Wise. (7"). Horse 1. Recorded and Produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth.Picture Book1985 Picture Book Laughing In My Hand/Reflex Action. (7"). Crystal Records. CR07. Engineered and Produced by Steve Hoff at The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth.The Psylons1986 The Psylons Run To The Stranger/Tumbling Clown (7"). Crystal Records. CRO10 Recorded and produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth. Run To The Stranger appeared on the 1986 The Indie Scene compilation with: Pulp, The Weather Prophets, Easterhouse, The Blue Aeroplanes, Billy Bragg, Half Man Half Biscuit, The Primitives, The Close Lobsters, Pop Will Eat Itself, All About Eve, The Go Betweens, That Petrol Emotion, Rose Of Avalanche, The Mekons, Goodbye Mr McKenzie, His Latest Flame, Mighty Mighty, Very Things, Flatmates, The Chesterfields and Erasure.1986 The Psylons Mockery of Decline/Clearer Sky (7"). EType Records. EType 1. Recorded and produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth. 1987 The Psylons All The Things We Need/Turning Worm/The Midnight Sun? (12"). Iron Lung Records. IL001. Produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth. 1988 The Psylons Psylons Is Golden. (Tape). Bite Back! BB!016 What Do They Care?/Push Him Away/Stephen Drowning/No Time Like Now/The Cut/ Waiting Nation. Recorded by Steve Hoff at the Crystal Rooms. 1990 The Psylons No ChoicelSurf Song (7"). Unsigned. UN001. Recorded and Produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth. 1991 The Psylons Sandman/Driver/Sandman Mix. (7"). Unsigned. UN001. Recorded and Produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth. Ramblo and The Legendary Eddy Stone Band1987 Ramblo and The Legendary Eddy Stone Band Monday Morning Blues/Who Wanna Party. (7). Crystal Records. Crystal 16. Recorded and Produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth.Red Herring1987 Red Herring Albert Road/Harbour Lights. (7"). Crystal Records. CR017. Recorded and Produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth.John Sharp and Tim Walker1992 John Sharp and Tim Walker The First Walker (7"). HS Music. HS 001 She Went Down/Si Bheag Si Mhor Recorded and Produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth.Sister Morphine1992 Sister Morphine Groucho Philosophy Man (12"). Morp 003. Not Enough Love/Groucho Philosophy Man/Cozmic Zoo/Golden Haze. Recorded and Produced by Steve Hoff, The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth.Three Little Piggies1988 Three Little Piggies Clark's Commandoes/Ain'tHe Happy/Uncle Chris. (7"). Mrs Slocombe Discs. MSD2. Recorded at The Crystal Rooms by Steve Hoff.Treble X1985 Treble X What To look For/I Think I'm A Falling (7"). Rock Sharp Records. RSR005 Engineered and Produced by Steve Hoff at The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth.1985 Treble X So Happy Now/Under The Burning Sun (7"). Crystal Records. CR07 Engineered and Produced by Steve Hoff at The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth. Waterfall1993 Waterfall Round Inside. (7"). Recorded at The Crystal Studios, Portsmouth by Steve Hoff.With No Encores 1985 With No EncoresFifteen Minutes In November (Tape). Recorded at The Crystal Studios + live. Not In Love/Fall On My Face/This Place Called Home/Abortive Child/Where Its All Happening/Kickin'Around (Carnage)/She's Gone/The Passenger(Iggy Pop).
AZURE.. PORTSMOUTH ABSTRACT WAVE SYNTH |
Picture Book | Laughing In My Hand / Reflex Action (7") | Crystal 2 | 1984 |
Emptifish | Branksmere Sessions | Crystal 6 | 1985 |
The Psylons | Run To The Stranger (7") | Crystal 10 | 1986 |
Emptifish | I Want That Girl (7") | Crystal 11 | 1986 |
Nigel Beech | This Is No Time For A Carnival (7", Single) | Crystal 15 | 1987 |
Treble X | So Happy (7") | Crystal 7/1 | 1984 |
The Studio on the corner of Garnier Street and Besant Road was downstairs, it was run by Steve Hoff.
After the Crystal Rooms closed he moved the Studio to Albert Road, it was still called Crystal Studios.