Nick C Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Flipping heck! I'm amazed...back when I was 17 and from 1979 - 1981 I was in a band called Enigma and apart from a few demos plus a great live reel to reel tape we recorded and subsequently lost when my mates dad cleared out his garage, we released a 7" 4 track E.P. on Bootleg Records back in 1980. On the E.P. there were 4 tracks "I Aim to Bluff" "Doctor" "She Said" "Wolf on the Mountain" The bulk of it was recorded in a 4 track studio in Stockport called Graveyard Studios and the last track in an 8 track studio which I think was called Bootleg and they pressed the E.P. I think. Now I was mucking about on google and did a search on the band name and the 1st E.P. track "I Aim to Bluff" and blow me away a copy had sold on eBay.com.au! The description was "Enigma - I aim to Bluff EP - PRIVATE NWOBHM 1980" Now it sold back to a chap in the U.K. ..... I couldn't view the item anymore but by tracing the feedback of who bought it I was able to find out that it was sold for $66.32 (U.S.).....to say I was AMAZED is to say the least. The thing that amazes me also is that the chap/chapess who bought it must have had another copy as the feedback left for the seller said "Delighted with this as it's in much nicer condition than he copy I already had!" Just in case you think I'm a joshin...do a google search as follows...use the quotes enigma "i aim to bluff" Well I feel on Cloud 9 - ocassional stuff likes this makes you realise what you did was worthwhile...and still to an extent affects people even 30 years after the event. So to that person if you ever read this I doff my cap and say thanks for making an old rocker very very happy!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC_AOR Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Cool story. Nick do you actually own one of these EP's yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C Posted July 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Yeah I think I have a couple...definitely 1....there were 500 pressed and all but around 25 got sold. I kind of remixed/cleaned it up a couple of years ago as I went to give a little talk to my sons class when he was in infant school at the request of the teacher. I took a couple of basses and a few photos (which I left and didn't get back...but I can replace 'em if I let Mick the guitarist know) and I took a copy of the E.P. - so they could play it I transferred it to CDR..but it was pretty crackly so I cleaned it up best I could and boosted the bass a bit as best you can with a piece of vinyl (Piccadilly Radio in Manchester lost the master tapes years ago!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Freddy Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Neat-O story Nick!! Any chance of converting your old single to MP3s so us here in HH land can hear some 'a your musical past? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C Posted July 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Neat-O story Nick!! Any chance of converting your old single to MP3s so us here in HH land can hear some 'a your musical past? Haha! I'm a tad embarrassed about it these days as it sounds a quite dated, plus we were all around the age of 16 - 18. I don't think your missing much - I wouldn't call it a lost classic - but we were kinda proud of it at the time....and yes I am still today but I dunno I just get all red faced when I play it folks. I think I played a bit to Jez last time he was down, but he probably won't remember as we'd had (quite) a few beers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Nice one mate. You'll have to play it next time I am ooop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Awesome stuff, Nick. Is your photo on the artwork for the EP? If so, I want it! Seriously, though, that's awesome stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swazi Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Cool !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Freddy Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Awesome stuff, Nick. Is your photo on the artwork for the EP? If so, I want it! Yeah, what Geoff said! Post a picture of the cover at least!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C Posted July 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Sorry guys....it wasn't a picture sleeve - We didn't have that sort of money Just a plain white sleeve with a hole in it to show the label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Freddy Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Sorry guys....it wasn't a picture sleeve - We didn't have that sort of money Just a plain white sleeve with a hole in it to show the label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangerdave Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 That's so cool Nick,must have bought back a few memories and put a smile on your face Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Rick Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 That was a great story Nick! I'd be all for hearing those tracks if you ever want to share them with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinsane Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 So you played on one of those "hyper mega super extremely rare", "Never before on cd", "A cross between Queensryche and Iron Maiden" kind of albums... SWEET!!! Can I have one for my all silver pressed quantity quality cd collections? Seriously though, how cool for you Nick. Do you ever confab with the others in the band? BTW: very serious about getting my meathooks on one of your discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdjunky41 Posted July 29, 2010 Report Share Posted July 29, 2010 I would like to hear it Nick.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C Posted July 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 I still see Mick the guitarist from time to time, the 2nd drummer Crommie on ocassion (in fact he was on the plane last time we went to Spain to see the inlaws!) and very very rarley the 1st drummer Sid (who was actually the 2nd but Crommie left then came back later...but Sid was the 1st I worked with in the band and I haven't seen him for 3 years or so)...the others have all disappeared into the ether. Still see Spooner who was about as close to a band as you can be without actually being in it (in fact he's probably my best mate!). I was toying with the idea of putting the cleaned up E.P. AND demos onto a CDR and grabbing some old band pics off Mick and doing a little package for just me Spooner and Mick in all honesty ... but I'll see. Seriously it's nowt to get excited about, it was 30 years ago and we were teenagers...don't expect anything earth shattering if I do get the balls to let anyone hear it haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C Posted September 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Ha! A cool guy (thanks Malc & Harvey Mettle ) put me onto this website/link below, there's a pic of the single for any who are interested what it looked like . I added a comment as the date of release was wrong. Enigma single Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marius Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hello Nick! Mario from Italy here - I would really like to hear the demos/live, and possibly find a copy of the 7" if you have any left :-) Please contact me at famcorby@libero.it I know Malc (Macmillan) too ;-) Best, Mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C Posted October 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 Coo! Things have picked up a little since I posted this over a year ago thanx to some folks (Mario and Malc and a chap called Emil over in Sweden who runs the blog below I think). A little thing is in the pipeline (no band get together) but maybe something sufacing next year. As I say we were no Sledgehammer or Mythra, but it's nice people are still interested. Click the link below for a bit about the old band! http://strappadometalblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/enigma-i-aim-to-bluff-ep-1980-2-songs.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinsane Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 Too cool brother! Too cool... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightwolf Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 Man i love the sound of NWOBHM & nick, your band has that vibe! AWESOME Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick C Posted October 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 Thanks chaps Someone, I think Emil as he got no. 9, has loaded up Wolf on the Mountain (the E.P. closer) on Youtube....everytime I check on google I get something new added heh! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLW6rIneGlg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Rick Posted October 4, 2011 Report Share Posted October 4, 2011 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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