One of Birmingham (UK) best groups formed 1966 out of 3 Beat Bands: Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders;
Danny King & The Mayfair Set and Carl Wayne & The Vikings (all had released some good 45s before)
The first 3 LPs are higly recommended an very rare Live-EP was released on Regal Zonophone with great covers of
Love, Byrds and Spooky Tooth songs.
Style: Psychdelic ; Pop ;
see:
Mike Sheridan & The Nightriders ; Carl Wayne ; Ace Kefford Stand ;
Sight and Sound ; Wizzard ; Roy Wood ; Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) ;
Uglys ; Balls ; Steve Gibbons Band ; Sheridan-Price ; Idle Race ; Trav.Wilburys
Musicians:
Roy Wood - guitars, vocals, sax , flute; Carl Wayne - lead vocals; Bev Bevan - drums;
Trevor Burton - guitar, bass, voc.; Ace Kefford - bass (only first LP);
1970-71: Rick Price - bass, guitar, voc. (on 3rd, 4th LP); Jeff Lynne - voc., guitar, keyboards, bass;
Tracks:
Hello Susie (Wood)
Beautiful Daughter (Wood)
Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited (Wood)
Fields of People (Day-Pierson)
Don't make my Baby Blue (Mann-Weill)
The last Thing on my Mind (Tom Paxton)
Bonus-Tracks: ( = rare Live-EP + prev.unreleased Outtakes)
So you want to be a Rock 'n' Roll Star (McGuinn-Hillman)
Stephanie knows who (A.Lee)
Something Else (Cochran-Sheeley)
It'll be me (Clement)
Sunshine Help me (G.Wright)
Piece of my Heart (Burn-Ragovoy)
Too much in Love (Lane)
Higher and Higher (Jackson-Miner-Smith)
Sunshine help me (G.Wright)