{"product_id":"bodast-featuring-steve-howe-the-bodast-tapes-acetate","title":"Bodast featuring Steve Howe - ‘The Bodast Tapes’ Acetate","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormed in London in May 1968, Bodast took its name from the first letters of three members’ names: Bobbie Clarke, Dave Curtiss, and Steve Howe. Clive Skinner completed the lineup on guitar and vocals. The group recorded an album for Tetragrammaton Records in 1968, but the label went out of business just before the scheduled release date, and the recordings were shelved. Howe went on to join Yes. Curtiss and Skinner, as Clive Maldoon, later recorded as the folk duo Curtiss Maldoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album finally surfaced in 1981 on Cherry Red as \u003cem\u003eThe Bodast Tapes Featuring Steve Howe\u003c\/em\u003e. This 12-inch lacquer acetate is cut on Utopia Studios Blue Room labels, hand-marked “Bodast Side One” and “Bodast Side Two.” Its paper inner sleeve is annotated in red “Bodast A+B” and in black “The Bodast Tapes featuring Steve Howe – Acetate.” The sleeve shows age toning and light spotting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eKey details \u0026amp; collectability\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne 12-inch two-sided lacquer acetate, Utopia Studios Blue Room labels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandwritten side labels and contemporary sleeve annotations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEarly recordings by Steve Howe’s pre-Yes band, shelved for more than a decade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProvenance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eRecovered by producer Chris Allison during a clearance at Sarm Studios\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Chris Allison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55477943140681,"sku":"LDN_CA_002","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/9992\/files\/Untitled-02October2026at17.31.52-3.png?v=1790957858","url":"https:\/\/waxpoetics.com\/products\/bodast-featuring-steve-howe-the-bodast-tapes-acetate","provider":"Wax Poetics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}