Welcome to this brand new album/CD from Splinter. It has been a long time coming, a very long time in fact. Splinter still consists of Billy Elliott and Bobby Purvis, both hailing from the North East of England, from the Newcastle area in fact. Both members are life- long friends, and despite some hiccups, ( and some of them were quite large ones too) along the way, they are still great friends today.

Billy now lives in Portugal, while Bobby has preferred to stay true to his roots and resides in the North East of England. As a group and members in the music industry, they decided to call it a day in the early 1980’s after the company they were contracted to - Bellaphon ceased trading and the fallout left a sizeable mess to which they realised it would be near impossible to climb out from, so it was off to pastures new for them, and it has largely stayed that way ever since.

Music is a veritable force to be reckoned with, and fan clamour is a most powerful ingredient in the mixture,- if there are enough fans not only holding on to memories, but still desiring new material. The best example known to everyone the world over is The Beatles clamour for new product from them is insatiable and will no doubt remain so. Splinter having links with the fab foursome, have now entered that field.

Not only were they an excellent singing duo who could effortlessly harmonize from each other taking vocal, they could play their own instruments, and write very good songs into the bargain, and that is a very powerful compound indeed, and one that will insure the name remains long in the memory.

It has done so here. Before we enter into their notes for the album and the songs, there is one thing that is so very important to this new album and to the Legacy Project - it’s that all of these recordings have not been enhanced or altered from when they were recorded. Yes, they have been gently and painstakingly cleaned , removing that irritating static that builds up and manifests itself as crackle n clicks. They have also been made crisper to the ear for pure listening pleasure, and that’s it! No re-mixing at all.

1: Passing Through 2: Don’t Leave Me Now 3: Another Time Another Place 4: Sail Away 5: Pull On Your Heart Strings 6: Fixing To Stay 7: Too Far Down The Line 8: Never Went Back 9: Take It Or Leave It 10: A Plane Leaving Tokyo 11: Innocent

Also includes a free PDF Download of the 16 Page Inlay

Bundled with the album Splinter

This is the last album recorded by Splinter in 1981. The duo had signed to the Bellaphon Label from Germany. Unfortunately as the album was being pressed & printed, the label went into liquidation and this left a sizeable hole which the duo would find it very hard to climb out of. This meant that their activities had no album or promotion to be attached to. They continued touring as a duo for a further three years in the UK only, but in 1984 they sadly split and both members went their separate ways. They had stayed away from the music scene until the release of this new album. The Never Went Back album contains acoustic rehearsal versions of many of the tracks from this album, the highlight of which is 'A Plane Leaving Tokyo', Fixing To Stay' (new version), 'Passing Through' and 'Another Time, Another Place'

The versions on Never Went Back are far superior because they capture the band as a 2-piece unit without any further help in instrumentation. This is why Never Went Back is released.

Tracklist:       1. Innocent 2. Plane Leaving Tokyo 3. Another Time Another Place. 4. Too Far Down The Line 5. Take It Or Leave It 6. Passing Through 7. Touch Yet Never Feel 8. Don't Leave Me Now
9. All That Love 10.Sail Away