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Title: Mike Rutherford - Smallcreep's Day
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1980, Progressive, Art Rock Prog, Guildford, England 8/26
Matrix #: PB 9843
Condition: VG+, sounds great, lots of light marks (CC) | Members: Mike R (50' - Alive) | Producer: David Hentschel
Cultural Facts:

1. Family Ties: Rutherford later co-wrote “The Living Years” around unresolved father-son grief, after his father died before Rutherford’s son was born, making family regret one of his most personal themes.
2. Studio Lore: Smallcreep’s Day was built partly around Peter Currell Brown’s surreal factory novel, turning Rutherford’s first solo LP into a strange worker’s-journey concept piece outside Genesis.
3. Player Spotlight: Rutherford brought in Noel McCalla for lead vocals and Simon Phillips on drums, keeping himself mostly in the role of writer, bassist, and guitarist instead of solo frontman.

8/11/2026 CC