began recording at The Arch studio

In 1996, Mavers began recording at The Arch studio in Kew , London owned by ex- the Damned drummer Rat Scabies . Initially working alone, he was later joined in the studio by ex- the Stairs frontman Edgar Jones , Lee Garnett and Neil Mavers. The sessions ended because of damp in the studio, however Mavers and Summertyme continued to rehearse and record in Liverpool for a year. After the collapse of Go! Discs , Mavers recording contract with the label was acquired by PolyGram and eventually expired in 1998. In 1998, Mavers began rehearsing with the then unsigned Liverpool band the Crescent . A bootleg recording of one of these rehearsals known as The Crescent Tape would later leak on to the Internet.