This Fateful Place was recorded on a Teac 144 Series 4Track, which was kindly loaned to Neil by his close friend, Sham Iqbal. Some of the ideas were left over from The Inquisition which meant that they were already well-rehearsed and could be recorded quickly. Other songs like 'Paperchase' and 'Twelve Years On' were written with the theme in mind. Although the flavour of the album is decidedly dark and bleak, this is not an excuse for the budget recording equipment and harsh brittle sound. As Neil put it ''This was a hard time for me, I was living alone in the shell of a house which I couldn't afford to furnish, the mood of the album accurately reflects those feelings of isolation and despair''. It's important to mention that 'This Fateful Place' was Neil's first solo project and that there were many lessons to be learnt. Frustrations with the limited sound quality meant that material written after the album would be arranged with a commercial studio in mind. It was at this time that Guy and Neil recorded 'Hunger and the hurting' which was to became a long-standing favourite for Neil.