Also, is there video of the orb on Top of the Pops playing chess? I would love to see that.
I saw that at the time. It was very low-key. The chess-board itself was curved, like if you painted the board on the top of a large sphere (like the size of Rover in The Prisoner). I didn't know it was really our Orbonauts. They made no sign of grooving to the music, but they did move chess pieces. Of course this is all from memory after, what, about 10 and a bit years. Having always thought that the 40 minute version was the one true version, I didn't really like that 7" mix. After all, in my mind the first bass riff should be the simpler one like this oo o o oo o o o o o (am I making any sense here?) mind you I suppose if we had the video, a skilled editor could make a remixed top of the pops which consisted of 40 minutes from that clip and NO PRESENTERS! WICKED! Chris -- Chris Morgan <cm at mihalis.net> http://www.mihalis.net Temp sig. - Enquire within