Tracklist:

1. A Caste From Hawaii
2. To Be Lost
3. Beacon Hill Six
4. April Waits
5. The Gymnast
6. Bing Crosby’s Hat
7. Man The Lifeboats
8. Phone Ringing
9. Counterpane
10. By Air Or By Sea
11. Pathenon
12. Tracers
13. Alone On Penguin Island

Originally released on Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis Dome Records in 1981, Desmond Simmonss Alone on Penguin Island stands in splendid isolation. Re-released on Rafftt records with the permission of Desmonds estate, it has been remastered from the original tapes by Denis Blackham, the artwork has been re-imagined by the original designer, Slim Smith, with extensive liner notes on gatefold vinyl rounding out the project.

The year before the Wire pair had initiated Dome – a project where the duo privileged process over the end product – they would often commence recording with little or no material, using the studi