MODERN DISGUISE
A song from the very first live performance by The Masques of Mandragora, Gary’s
short-lived band featuring Dan Mersh on guitar, Chris Limb on bass and Jeremy Limb
on keyboards, at The Albany on Great Portland Street, as part of a comedy club I ran
for a while called Club Le Strange. This was in fact the only gig we did as a four-piece,
mainly thanks to Chris breaking his wrist the following month and Jeremy having
better things to do the month after that (after which I let the whole thing slide). It was
filmed by Mandy Jones on an old-timey 2005 mobile phone, but many years later I
synchronised it to a soundboard recording made on the night by James Wren. Sadly
there’s no bass in the mix, but honestly I’m astonished it exists at all.
THE ALBANY, GREAT PORTLAND STREET
MAY 12, 2005