Kaleidoscope (British band)
| Kaleidoscope | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Psychedelic rock |
| founding | 1964 as The Side Kicks |
| resolution | 1970 as Fairfield Parlor |
| Founding members | |
| Peter (Pete) Daltrey | |
| Eddie Pumer | |
| Dan Bridgeman | |
| Steve Clark | |
Kaleidoscope was a British psychedelic - rock band of the 1960s -years. In 1970 she released a single as I Luv Wight and then renamed herself to Fairfield Parlor . The band played in the typical caftan look, psychedelic rock-pop in the Pink Floyd style.
history
Eddie Pumer ( guitar ), Dan Bridgeman ( drums ), Peter Daltrey ( vocals , keyboards ) and Steve Clark ( electric bass , flute ) founded the band The Side Kicks in London . The group initially covered R'n'B songs and soon renamed themselves The Key . In 1967 she was signed to Fontana Records (thanks to the help of music publisher Dick Leahy , who then became her producer ) .
Their first single - which is also available in a rare picture cover - was a flop ; but the LP Tangerine Dream quickly followed and became a cult record. The original LP traded for £ 100 (and more) 25 years later . Oldie-Markt , a German magazine for record collectors, describes it as “a masterpiece of psychedelic music from England” and stated its value in 2006 at € 134.40. There were similar proceeds for the second LP, while the five singles of the band in 1991 for around £ 20 to £ 25.
In 1970 Kaleidoscope recorded a few songs that were only released on the CD White-Faced Lady in 1991. In the same year they changed their name first for a single in I Luv Wight , then - when they switched to Vertigo Records - in Fairfield Parlor . The line-up remained the same as when it was founded in 1964. The two singles and an LP under the new name are worth about half as much as the Kaleidoscope.
At the end of 1970 the band broke up. Dan Bridgeman reappeared with the single Blister Boogie in the formation Freen Beans .
The US band of the same name, Kaleidoscope , who also played psychedelic rock, was active around the same time (1963–1977) and renamed themselves to "American Kaleidoscope" in 1970 for the UK market.
Discography
Albums
as a kaleidoscope
- 1967: Tangerine Dream
- 1969: Faintly Blowing
- 1991: White-Faced Lady (recorded 1970)
as a Fairfield Parlor
- 1970: From Home to Home
Singles and EPs
as a kaleidoscope
- 1967: Flight from Ashiya / Holidaymaker
- 1968: A Dream for Julie / Please Excuse My Face
- 1968: Jenny Artichoke / Just How Much You Are
- 1969: Do It Again for Jeffrey / Poem
- 1969: Baloon / If You So Wish
as I Luv Wight
- 1970: Let the World Wash In / Mediaeval Masquerade
as a Fairfield Parlor
- 1970: Bordeaux Rose / Chalk on the Wall
- 1970: Just Another Day / Caraminda // I Am All the Animals / Songs for You
- 1970: Exewitness / Epilog (only in Japan, Odeon OR-2903 Stereo) (soundtrack of the film of the same name)
- 1976: Bordeaux Rose / Baby Stay for Tonight (re-release)
literature
MC Strong (ed.): The Great Rock Discography , 3rd Ed., P. 448, Edinburgh / Ffm. 1996 ( ISBN 0-86241-604-3 )
swell
- ↑ Nick Hamlyn (ed.): Music Master Price Guide for Record Collectors . P. 391. London 1991 ( ISBN 0-904520-56-0 )
- ^ Martin Reichold (ed.): "Oldie-Markt" , issue no. 309 05/06, New Media Verlag, Nuremberg