Andy: guitars

Recorded on February 5, 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England. 

These are some less accesible pop tunes compared to "The Pops". Jessica helped with lyrics and vocals on "whatever happened to Geoff?", a song inspired by a teaser at the end of a cassette tape message from Jon and Tim back home about our buddy Geoff, suggesting he'd finally hooked up. Andy plays all instruments and sings. Recorded to Paul's MT-44 4-track cassette deck.
Album recording info:
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whatever happened to Geoff?Andy: vocals, guitars, percussion Jessica: backing vocals Recorded on May 4 & 5, 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England. Lyrics by Jessica and Andy on April 15, 1986.
from ear to earAndy: vocals, guitars, percussion Recorded on February 9-13, 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England. 2018.02.11
only four wordsAndy: vocals, guitars, percussion Recorded on March 5, 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England. 2015.03.11
smaller than the answerAndy: vocals, guitars, percussion Recorded on March 1, 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England.
song songAndy: vocals, guitars, toy xylophone, percussion Recorded on April 2 & 6, 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England.
strangers behind stranger masksAndy: vocals, guitars, drum pad machine, percussion Recorded on March 6-7, 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England.
shut your mouth and danceAndy: vocals, guitars, percussion Recorded on February 22, 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England. 2015.06.15
the reds of his eyesAndy: vocals, guitars, drum machine, percussion Recorded on March 30-31, 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England.
noodle number nineAndy: guitars Recorded on February 5, 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England.
echoing the tapestry (snip)Andy: guitars Recorded on February 14, 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England.
the chinese food positionAndy: guitars, percussion Recorded on March 26-27, 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England.
technoamerindAndy: vocals, guitars, percussion Recorded on March 29, 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England.
poisonAndy: vocals, guitars, pan pipes, percussion Recorded on May 2-3, 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England. 2017.06.01
that's the end of thatAndy: vocals, guitars, percussion Recorded in March 1986 in Cranbury Road Studios, London, England.
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Members: 
Andy Wyatt - vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, mandolin, ukulele, studio.
Guest musicians have included co-conspirators from other projects/bands including: Jon Morse, Tim Odell, Pete Downes, Ayman Mobarak, Paul Tuckey, Tommy Whittle, Pete Bosanko, and Eric Krivitzky

Years of Activity:
1978-present

Overview:
There are cassette tapes by "The Andy Band" dating back to 1979, when Andy was 14 years old, and he is still an avid recording musician. Sometimes The Andy Band is all about "hit record and go" improvisation, other times it's all about one-man-band multi-tracking in the studio. Since 2010, Andy has been playing some of these songs live near his new home in Vermont at open mics. He relishes the thrill of improvising with an audience, as well as singing three-part harmonies and playing bass with players there. But he also loves building up a song with layers and layers of Andys, singing and playing everything.