2005, Empyrean Records
Featuring Gruff Rhys and Dafydd Ieuan from Super Furry Animals and Rhodri Puw from Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.
Am Byth is a compilation of songs principally for those few Ffa Coffi Pawb fans whose tapes have long since been chewed up in cassette machines that were thrown out years ago. The band recorded three albums for the Ankst label (a Welsh label that was the original home to Super Furry Animals and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci), one on their own Siwgwr label, and then released numerous 12"s, flexi-discs and one-off songs on Welsh language compilation albums. This is the first attempt to bring some of their disparate recordings together and is also the first time many of these songs have appeared on CD. Most of the master tapes are lost, so this collection was mastered direct from a variety of formats; cassette, vinyl, mini disc, dat tapes and of course flexi-disc.
The Ffab 4 formed in Bethesda, North Wales in '86 and were instantly banned from the local media as their name, which translates literally to "Everybody's Coffee Beans," phonetically translates to "Fuck Off Everybody." The band split in the summer of '93. This was only a few months after releasing what is regarded as their finest album, Hei Vidal in December 1992. In time vocalist and guitarist Gruff Rhys and drummer Dafydd Ieuan went on to form Super Furry Animals with members of other Welsh bands, Huw Bunford and Guto Pryce from Cardiff's U.Thant and Dafydd's brother Cián Ciaran from electronic experimentalists Wwzz. Guitarist Rhodri Puw joined Gorky's Zygotic Mynci following John Lawrence's departure and played on the How I Long to Feel That Summer In My Heart and Sleep/Holiday albums. Bassist Dewi Emlyn has toured extensively behind the scenes with numerous bands including Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Super Furry Animals, Mogwai and Cornelius.
Am Byth is a compilation of songs principally for those few Ffa Coffi Pawb fans whose tapes have long since been chewed up in cassette machines that were thrown out years ago. The band recorded three albums for the Ankst label (a Welsh label that was the original home to Super Furry Animals and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci), one on their own Siwgwr label, and then released numerous 12"s, flexi-discs and one-off songs on Welsh language compilation albums. This is the first attempt to bring some of their disparate recordings together and is also the first time many of these songs have appeared on CD. Most of the master tapes are lost, so this collection was mastered direct from a variety of formats; cassette, vinyl, mini disc, dat tapes and of course flexi-disc.
The Ffab 4 formed in Bethesda, North Wales in '86 and were instantly banned from the local media as their name, which translates literally to "Everybody's Coffee Beans," phonetically translates to "Fuck Off Everybody." The band split in the summer of '93. This was only a few months after releasing what is regarded as their finest album, Hei Vidal in December 1992. In time vocalist and guitarist Gruff Rhys and drummer Dafydd Ieuan went on to form Super Furry Animals with members of other Welsh bands, Huw Bunford and Guto Pryce from Cardiff's U.Thant and Dafydd's brother Cián Ciaran from electronic experimentalists Wwzz. Guitarist Rhodri Puw joined Gorky's Zygotic Mynci following John Lawrence's departure and played on the How I Long to Feel That Summer In My Heart and Sleep/Holiday albums. Bassist Dewi Emlyn has toured extensively behind the scenes with numerous bands including Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Super Furry Animals, Mogwai and Cornelius.
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