Posted: 29 December 2004 at 7:57pm | IP Logged

Hi,

Life In The City was indeed released as a 12" and differs again from the single & album versions.  It is about a minute longer than the single version, because it does that "stop dead and start-up again" thing like the album version does...really cool.  My favourite version I think.  It's well worth getting too, because it has three live tracks on the b-side...if I remember correctly (my copy is buried upstairs) they are Listen To Me, Laser Love & Power Of A Jet!  I'm not selling mine I'm afraid, but Mick put up a link a while ago to a site where loads of second hand ATF stuff pops up from time to time - if you nose around the forum, you'll probably find it, and I'm sure you'll find the 12" on there.

Posted: 29 December 2004 at 8:07pm | IP Logged

Mark,

I've saved you the bother of nosing around - if you click on this link and type in After The Fire, it usually comes up with wads of stuff.  Hope you find what you're after!

http://www.netsoundsmusic.com/

Posted: 31 December 2004 at 9:47am | IP Logged

Thanks for that - no 12" Life In The City at the moment, but I will keep searching.

And it turns out that I did used to work with Ian Niblo - what a small world.

Posted: 31 December 2004 at 11:00am | IP Logged

Hi Mark, Dave Barclay says hello and hopes he's earning more than you!

Posted: 09 February 2010 at 11:19pm | IP Logged

Additional info:

The Life In The City single marked the beginning of recording with Tony Mansfield that continued into the initial 80-f sessions. Every Mother's Son is from this time too. As has been said above, the 12" had three live tracks culled from Rainbow 12/79. A limited promo 7" also appeared during the Fancy Dress tour with two more live tracks: One Rule/Time To Think.