Errol H Tout a musician/architect from Perth, released this album
Sounds of Swimming in 1987. I remember hearing it on 4zzz at the
time and being very impressed. Ambient, mostly instrumental guitar
music is how I'd describe this, very nice. I ripped this from a friends
copy, I doubt you would find this very easily,
I assume it was a very limited release.
Errol now days is a full time lecturer in the Department of
Architecture,Faculty of the Built Environment Art + Design at the
Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia.
However he worked for many years as a musician,
he has released many albums of original music,
produced albums for other artists, written film soundtracks,
appeared on a number of compilation albums,
performed extensively around Australia
and even composed music for orthopaedic surgery videos.
These are his major releases.
Tout, Errol H. [1985], "Atmospherics"
Album of original music, published by Warp records
Tout, Errol H. [1987], "Sounds of Swimming”
Album of original music, published by Lizard records
Tout, Errol H. [1989], "The Tilting Room"
Album of original music, published by Fflatt records
Tout, Errol H. [1992], "Things I Never Said"
Album of original music, published by Sunset Music Australia
[1986], "The Attic Tapes"
Compilation Album published by Cherry Top Records
[1989], "Hometown Farewell Kiss"
Compilation Album published by radio station 6UVS
[1990], "Across the Nullabor"
Compilation Album published by radio station 2JJJ
[1995], "Sounds of Summer"
Compilation Album published by radio station ABC
If anyone has any of these I'd love to hear them.
This is a great album from one of those unknown
Australian artists, let me know what you think.
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
Errol H Tout - Sounds of Swimming
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This was one of my fav albums at the time.
Thanks for this and other posts that bring back (hazy) memories of pubs, gigs and bands around Bne in the late 80s.
I lost track of how much money I put into SKinnys and Rocking Horse buying countless indie records. Major regret - getting rid of all of the vinyl when I moved overseas (would have been sitting on a goldmine).
Yes and I remember all the records I pasted up that are as rare as hens teeth now, esp the singles.This record was one I liked but never purchased, I was real happy to find it in a friends collection
ciao bob
HI there
Hey this is such a great album. I purchased a vinyl copy in Perth in the late 80's or early 90's, after hearing him play at the Claremont pub. Greg Dear & The Beautiful Losers also played. Errol played guitar for them I think??? All a bit hazy, but an amazing gig. I ended up buying Greg Dear's LP & this album as a result, & have treasured them both since. My copy of this one is pretty thrashed now & has a few skips, so I tried downloading it from your site here, but it didn't seem to work.
Have you heard Durutti Column??? Sounds remarkably like Errol. I am listening to them right now, which led me to thinking about Errol, which led me to do a Google search on him, which led me to your website. Very good site it is too, very informative.
Cheers Dave
PS Love to see a blog on Greg Dear or Martha's Vineyard!!!
Ill shall put you on the reup list which is in backlog at the moment.
Its a wonderful and rare record which should be available
ciao bob
Oh yes i forgot love the Durutti Column, its all those loops and kind of old fashioned guitar effects that does it
ciao bob
reup is done
Hi Bob
I have downloaded the album & been listening to it frequently!!! What a pleasure to hear it again without skips. Thanks heaps. Hey do you know of any other sites I can download obscure Aussie music such as this?
Cheers Soulman
Theres a few in the blogs I have in my links, I'm always looking for new ones so let me know if you find any
and join the ausrock forum that have all kinds of people there who are happy to help you on such a quest.
ciao bob
Errol Tout now has a site where all his albums can be downloaded:
http://www.errolhtout.com.au
I have fond memories of Errol Tout, Greg Dear, , the Fat, The Marigolds, going to the Shents. I remember going to A Wilderness Society Benefit in Northdbridge when Errol played... Those were the days!
Old post, but would love a new link to Sounds of Swimming, can't find it elsewhere. Cheers.
Re ripped and back up
Thanks for the upload - amazing what stuff has come out of our little land down under at points in the past. Any chance you have a rip in lossless/FLAC quality? This album certainly deserves it!
On a further note, thanks to a generous friend of mine I recently got hold of a rip of Errol's "Things I Never Said" - along with full scans of the artwork. Happy to post a link if you like. Pity that Errol no longer seems to be selling downloads of his older albums via his site. The vinyls are a pretty penny but even the CDs are very difficult to get hold of.
Soory I only ripped it in Mp3 and I dont have the gear to do lossless. If you could Id love a link to any other stuff He did thanks
All albums have now been officially released on all streaming platforms.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7BRhbD7aK2TYW3frWNe8HY?si=ZW7uh59UQdKF-rMtZ_DX0Q
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