Rare CD Release - The Sampler #05

The Sampler #05

M4tr004 A joint release by This Window & Finish The Story
Originally issued by M4TR Productions, 2005

A bridge between decades, The Sampler #05 gathers together the shadows, textures and raw emotional fingerprints that define This Window and Finish The Story.

A Rare Opportunity To Purchase A Collectable CD

This is a genuine, factory‑pressed CD — not a CDr. The material was first issued in 2005; this edition is a strictly limited run of 50 copies.

The Sampler #05

The cover artwork is a stripped‑back variant of the original commissioned design, created specifically to echo the minimalist, hand‑assembled aesthetic of the early This Window cassette culture releases.

Tracklist & Recording / Release Dates

1/ Trapped In The Hometown - FTS - 1990 (3.45)
2/ Don't Think I Can Make It - TW - 2002 (1.55)
3/ Ciao Again - TW - 2005 (2.50)
4/ A Moment Longer - TW - 1996 (3.21)
5/ Crash87 - TW - 1989 (0.48)
6/ Playing At Life - FTS - 1985/86 (3.08)
7/ Solace - FTS - 1990 (4.06)
8/ Like A Sickle Runs Through Corn - FTS - 1985 (3.02)
9/ Naked - TW - 2005 (3.25)
10/ Nepal - TW - 1989 (4.37)
11/ Ripples In The Water - FTS - 1985 (1.15)

Some tracks reach back to the cassette‑culture underground of the 1980s but all share the same handmade, exploratory spirit that shaped both projects from the beginning.

Across eleven tracks, the album moves from fractured art‑rock to minimal electronic sketches, from intimate tape‑born experiments to more sculpted studio pieces. It reflects the creative lineage of Peter Bright’s long‑running project This Window, whose analogue‑tape philosophy and mail‑art collaborations helped define the UK’s cassette underground.


Featuring contributions from members of both groups, The Sampler #05 stands as a document of continuity and reinvention — a return to physical format after a decade‑long gap, and a reminder of how these artists blurred boundaries long before “DIY” became a genre tag.

Whether you’re discovering the catalogue for the first time or revisiting a piece of underground history, this release captures the restless, shape‑shifting energy that has always defined This Window.

Buy Here: ðŸ‘‰ https://thiswindow.bandcamp.com/album/the-sampler-05

Finish The Story (FTS) were formed in Evesham (UK) in 1981. The original members were Nicola Mumford, Garry Smout and Peter Bright.

This Window (TW) project of UK musician Peter Bright.









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