The Sampler #05 - Finish the Story - This Window - For Sale

Cassette Culture transferred to CD in 2005



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 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)


Reviews

“Finish The Story are one of Worcestershire's lost bands. Sinister, brooding, icy, haunting and ethereal - their music was like nothing else at the time and very little since… (BBC)” 

A reviewer describes “Playing At Life” as “even better with a mean throb, and more of his sublimely catchy, nagging guitar with Nicola’s unusually piercing vocals and a weirdly spooky synth.” This positions the track as one of the standout inclusions on the compilation.

“Solace” is highlighted as “more relaxed, actually far more towards the This Window style, being like ambient bellows, billowing…”This is the clearest direct comparison between the two projects on the release — suggesting that Solace bridges the sonic territory between Finish The Story’s post‑punk edge and This Window’s atmospheric minimalism.

The reviewer also mentions “an intriguing little slice called ‘Ripples In The Water’ at the end.”
This implies the compilation closes on something more textural and experimental, again aligning with the broader This Window aesthetic.

Review of the BBC interview

In the early 1980s, the Evesham music scene revolved around three bands who defined its character: The Photos, The Dancing Did, and Finish The Story. Their unofficial headquarters was The Vauxhall Inn on Abbey Road — a pub that became the gravitational centre of the town’s restless young creatives.

Peter remembers it vividly:

“The Vauxhall Inn in Evesham was where we all drank. The bar was a jumble of sharp haircuts, young flesh and nervous anticipation, with the occasional Gypsy drifting through.

We always ended up back there for a dose of local culture. The parties were legendary — chaotic, affectionate, slightly unhinged. At one of them, a bloke even swapped his boyfriend for a sofa. Utterly bohemian.”

The Vauxhall wasn’t just a pub; it was the meeting point where ideas, friendships, and bands collided — the place where half the stories of the Evesham scene began, and where the other half were exaggerated into myth.

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.

Location: Europe

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