In 1978 the band recorded some demo tapes in a terrace house in Darlinghurst with a view to releasing a recording. Shortly afterwards Vineburg left the group and these recordings were never released. The original tapes were lost and all that remained was a cassette copy made at the same time. The tape was subsequently digitally converted by Bruce Callaway (The Saints, Ed Kuepper).
In 2018, Vineburg took the 40-year-old cassette recording, and with the assistance of sound engineer and musician, Barry McGurk, digitally enhanced the tape into the recording on this record.
Their posthumous single "Go Out Tonight" b/w "F4" was issued on Buttercup Records last year and what remains of the hand-numbered edition are in very short supply,
The Professors will reform for one night only on Sunday, May 5 at Oxford Arts Factory, Sydney, within splitting distance of their old Taylor Square '70s hang-outs.
They'll be supported by Bob Short and The Light Brigade (headed by the ex-Filth guitarist) with special guests, Joeys Coop featuring Bret Myers (Died Pretty) and Mark Roxburgh (Decline of The Reptiles) and archetypal garage rockers The Conspirators. Admission is jusy $10 from 7pm. All remaining stock of the single, plus special digital download copies (with picture cover), will be on sale at the show.
