Avery: Congratulations on the vinyl release! What inspired you to finally press Corrections on vinyl now, more than two decades after its original release?

Nathan Timothy: It seemed like a good time to do it. It's 25 years since I recorded the album, and putting it on vinyl is just like a dream come true. As a young person I just loved vinyl. I used to work, save my money and go out and buy vinyl and I still collect it to this day. So to have my album on vinyl is just a great thing, it's like a dream come true really.

Avery: When you first recorded Corrections 25 years ago, did you ever imagine that people would still be listening to it now—and that you’d be holding it in your hands as a vinyl pressing all these years later?


Nathan Timothy: It's really great that the songs have resonated with people over the last 25 years and I'm just delighted really that I'm able to re-release it now and celebrate this milestone.

Avery: Over the years, Corrections has existed in different forms—from the original 10-track album, to the expanded 37-track remaster, and now this vinyl edition. How do you see the journey of the album itself—has its meaning or your relationship to it changed over time?


Nathan Timothy: When I was doing the 37-track remaster, a few years ago I rediscovered the initial recordings that we did on the first day, and they were just great, they just sounded so great, and it reminded me of the time, the fun we had making it, and the time, and the gigs that we did, and how the band really were just fantastic. The way we recorded it was we did loads of gigs around London as a band, full band, and then I booked a studio, we went in for a day and recorded everything in one day, just I think pretty much one take of everything, so the album is a real time capsule of what we were doing at the time. Horns and backing vocals and any other production bits and bobs were added after that...

Avery: Since the album is such a “time capsule” of that moment, when you listen back now, do any particular songs instantly transport you to those London gigs or that first day in the studio?


Nathan Timothy: As I've already said, the band were just fantastic. For me, it was incredibly exciting to hear the songs performed live by real musicians. I can really remember all of it, because it was the first time I had been in a studio with musicians playing my songs, because I'd kind of done it all myself before then. It was really special, that first day in the studio. I have to mention Eternity and the song Heart, because we recorded those right at the end of the session, and the versions you hear on the album are pretty much untouched, no overdubs or anything, just as they were recorded, so they were pretty special to do. And of course, I have to thank the brilliant musicians—Jay Cox, Mark Cox, Steve Corley, and Steve Green—for bringing the songs to life.

Avery: Now that Corrections has finally made it to vinyl, how do you imagine people experiencing it?


Nathan Timothy: I'd encourage people to listen to it from start to finish. I mean, that is the way all my albums are intended to be listened to. I know in this day and age people just kind of listen in little short bursts to things, but it would be good to imagine people listening to the whole thing from start to finish because you really do get a sense of the flow and what I was trying to say at that time.

Avery: Looking back over these 25 years since Corrections was first recorded, what does this vinyl release represent for you personally?


Nathan Timothy: I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on the vinyl and having it in a way that I can listen to it in amongst all my other favourite records from all my favourite artists. So to have it as part of my vinyl collection is a really special thing. As an artist starting out all those years ago It's something I honestly didn't think would happen.

Avery: If someone picks up the Corrections vinyl for the very first time, what do you hope they take away from that first listen?


Nathan Timothy: Well, this album is a really honest band performance and snapshot of the person I was back then, and the songs are hopefully universal so that everybody can get something from them. Of course there are elements that are deeply personal, but I do hope that there are songs that connect with people in a way that makes them feel good and makes them cry and makes them laugh too. Yes, there's quite a bit of humour in there too. I just hope people enjoy listening to it.

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