Five friends from Wiltshire, David John Harman, Trevor Leonard Ward-Davies, John Dymond, Michael Wilson and Ian Frederick Stephen Amey, formed a group in 1961, originally called Dave Dee and the Bostons.[2] They soon gave up their jobs (e.g. Dave Dee was a policeman) to make their living from music. Apart from performing in the UK, they also occasionally played in Hamburg (Star-Club, Top Ten Club) and in Cologne (Storyville).
Vocalist Dee, the ex-policeman, was at the scene of the automobile accident that took the life of the American rock and roller Eddie Cochran and injured Gene Vincent in April 1960. Dee had taken Cochran's guitar from the accident and held it until it could be returned to his family.[2]
In summer 1964, the British songwriters Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley became interested in recording them. The band was set up in the studio to make recordings with Joe Meek. These recording sessions failed to get off the ground as an interview with Dee stated that Meek "had very strange recording techniques. He wanted us to play the song at half speed and then he would speed it up and put all these little tricks on it. We said we couldn't do it that way. He exploded, threw coffee all over the studio and stormed up to his room. His assistant [Patrick Pink] came in and said, 'Mr Meek will not be doing any more recording today.' That was it. We lugged all our gear out and went back home".[4] While these recording sessions proved unsuccessful they eventually gained a recording contractwith Fontana Records.
01. Don Juan
02. Tonight Today
03. Save Me
04. Leader Of A Rock 'n Roll Band
05. Okay
06. Love Is A Drum
07. First Time Loving
08. Mountains Of The Moon
09. My Woman's Man
10. Mama Mama
11. Swingy
12. Sarah
13. Stars
14. Time To Take Off No-one Sang
15. Bend It
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Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich – The Magic Collection (2012)
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