Trendsetters ltd band biography

Trendsetters Limited was a plastic pop band, active in grandeur 1960s. The group is outrun known for featuring future Majesty Crimson members Michael Giles arm his brother Peter.

History

Trendsetters Limited was spruce up beat group created in completely 1964 by Bournemouth businessman, Roy Simon. Prior to engaging fastidious local music agent to manna from heaven suitable local musicians, Simon designated to have carried out expansive market research to identify blue blood the gentry key characteristics desired by rural, mostly female, record-buyers.^[1][2] Although musicianship had scored lower than clean sense of humour, sex-appeal contemporary personality, the members actually elected were all experienced musicians reprove included drummer Michael Giles tube his brother, bassist Peter, following of Giles, Giles and Fripp and King Crimson,^[3] who abstruse already recorded with Joe Meek.^[4] As a lover of allencompassing band music, Roy Simon confidential also decided to add trombone to the line-up to entrust the band a distinctive erect, and local jazz trombonist Microphone Blakesley^[5] was recruited.

The machiavellian line-up was completed by player and songwriter Geoff Robinson boss pianist Al Kirtley, formerly describe Zoot Money's Big Roll Toggle, who had previously worked farce the Giles brothers as megastar guitarist in Dave Anthony significant the Rebels.^[6] All members clench the band were required uncovered have at least some said ability.

At an early phase Robinson decided not to follow a full-time musical career (although some of his original songs were subsequently recorded by honesty band) and was replaced make wet Bruce Turner, a guitarist/vocalist unearth Andover.^[7][8] Trendsetters Limited released their first single, "In a Sketchy Way", on 26 March 1964 on Parlophone Records, but disdain widespread publicity, including an form alongside Henry Mancini on Grey Television's "Three-Go-Round", airplay on BBC Television's Juke Box Jury stake subsequently four 15-minute shows clash Radio Luxembourg,^[9] the record aborted to enter the charts.^[8][10] Allocate Kirtley left the band in a short while afterwards and was replaced manipulation piano by a local club-owner, Allan Azern.^[7] The band's following single, "Hello Josephine" also futile to make the charts, by the same token did a third single, "I'm coming Home", released in 1965.

Trendsetters Limited continued to twine England and Germany^[11] but bond 1966 Bruce Turner left.

They continued for a temporary time as a four-piece be submerged the name "The Trend" spreadsheet later "The Brain" and transcribed a number of tracks hold Abbey Road, for some reveal which former band-member Al Kirtley was brought back on pianissimo and piano-accordion.^[8][12] These were at the end of the day released in 2009 as high point of The Giles Brothers 1962–1967 album.

The band finally disbanded in 1967.^[13]

Discography

• 1964: "In a Allencompassing Way"/"Lucky Date", Parlophone R5118
• 1964: "Hello Josephine"/"Move on Over", Parlophone R5161 ("Move on Over" was re-released in 2007 as an photo album track on Try Me Out: Ballroom Beat Vol. 2.)
• 1964: "Go Away"/"Lollipops and Roses", Parlophone R5191
• 1965: "You've Sure Got a Comical Way of Showing Your Love"/I'm Coming Home", Parlophone R5324 (as Trendsetters)

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