The Home Service

Musical Group

English band led by John Tams; recorded the studio album The Mysteries (1984) as music for the National Theatre production. The project was financed by saxophonist David Roach and released by Coda Records (a Beggars Banquet imprint).

The Mysteries album was recorded in studio in November 1984 as music for the National Theatre production 'The Mysteries'. The project involved an expanded rock orchestra with strings and winds and was released on Coda Records.

DeBaser hosts a single in-depth review focusing on The Home Service's The Mysteries (1984), a studio project led by John Tams for the National Theatre production. The review frames the album as a folk-rooted, symphonic/neo-prog work with varied suites and theatrical origins. Recommended for listeners interested in art-rock adjacent folk and theatrical scores.

For:Fans of British folk and folk-rock, listeners curious about theatrical/symphonic rock and neo‑prog, and followers of John Tams.

 The Home Service were an ephemeral formation, a meteor, with no more than three projects (including albums and EPs) all released around 1984 when English folk musician John Tams opened a brief professional chapter geared towards symphonic rock, only to return, battered by critical and commercial failure, to popular music.

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