Wishful Thinking (band)

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Wishful thinking
General information
Genre (s) skirt
founding 1965
resolution 1980
Website wishfulthinking.de

Wishfulthinkinggroup.co.uk

Founding members
singing
 Roy Daniels
Lead guitar
 Terry New
bass
 Roger Charles
Drums
 Brian Allen
Last occupation
Bass, vocals
 Tony Collier (1967-)
Lead guitar
 John Franklin (1967-)
former members
singing
 Kevin Finn (1967-1980, 2005-2016)
Drums
 Brian Allen (1963-1971, 2005-2012)
singing
 Roy Daniels (1963-1967)
Lead guitar
 Richard Taylor (1963-1965)
Lead guitar
 Alan Elkins (1963-1964)
Lead guitar
 Terry New (1965-1967)
bass
 Roger Charles (1965-1967)
Drums
 Pete Ridley (1972)
Drums
 John Redpath (-1979)

Wishful Thinking is a British rock band that was formed in the 1960s.

The band's greatest success was the 1971 song Hiroshima , which reached a top ten position in the German charts. Before that, they had a small success in 1966 with the song Step by Step , which was listed in the Big L Fab 40 , a hit parade on the pirate station Wonderful Radio London .

Band history

In 1963 Roy Daniels (vocals), Richard Taylor (lead guitar), Alan Elkins (2nd lead guitar), Roger Charles (bass) and Brian Allen (drums) formed the group The Emeralds. Elkins left the formation in 1964.

The band's first single in 1963 and two more in 1965 were released under the band's original name, Emeralds . In the 1960s, it was common to use seasoned session musicians in the studio because of the cost of studio time.

Her second single Don't Listen To Your Friends (1965) was with session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan of the Tom Jones Band.

Her third single King Lonely The Blue (1965) was with session guitarist Jimmy Page , who later became famous with Led Zeppelin . A subsequent single Count To Ten (1967) was with session drummer Mitch Mitchell of The Jimi Hendrix Experience .

In 1965 Richard Taylor was replaced by Terry New (lead guitar) and in 1966 the first 3 singles appeared under the new band name Wishful Thinking. With the song Step by Step , the group had a respectable success in the Big L Fab 40 , a hit parade on the pirate station Wonderful Radio London .

1967 singer Roy Daniels left the band and came for him Kevin Scott (born as Kevin Finn), who later renamed himself Danny Finn and z. B. was singer with the New Seekers from 1976 to 1978 .

The cast carousel continued to rotate without further successes worth mentioning. For Terry New came John Franklin. And Tony Collier not only replaced Roger Charles on bass, but was also the lead singer on several songs.

Finally, drummer Brian Allen, the last member of the original line-up, was eliminated and Pete Ridley and John Redpath, who stayed in the group until 1979, came in for him.

In 1973 Wishful Thinking were involved in the soundtrack for the British musical film That'll Be the Day (with David Essex and Ringo Starr ). They contributed the song "It'll be Me" and can be seen alongside Billy Fury at a dance competition.

In 1980 the group disbanded.

In May 2012, drummer Brian Allen (1946–2012) died of a heart attack. Kevin Finn (1950-2016) died in February 2016 after a brief illness.

The Hiroshima song

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Singles
Hiroshima
  DE 8th May 22, 1978 (44 weeks)

Of the singles who released Wishful Thinking, only Hiroshima became successful. This song about the atomic bomb was written in 1969 by Dave Scott-Morgan (a member of the Electric Light Orchestra in the 1980s ). Lou Reizner produced the song, and he was also the voice for the spoken text in the song.

In 1971 it was released (with the B-side She Belongs to the Night ) as a single and on the album of the same name. In 1972 it was released again, this time as the B-side of the single Clear White Light . But it was not until the mid-1970s that the song developed into a considerable success, especially in Germany, and in 1978 it reached number 8 in the charts. It stayed in the charts for a total of 44 weeks. Sony Music in Germany has the distribution rights for the previous catalog from "Global Records and Tapes GmbH" and Ariola Records.

A German-language cover version of Hiroshima was published in 1982 by the GDR rock band Puhdys .

In 1990 the singer Sandra made a cover version. It reached fourth place in Germany, Switzerland and Israel and 16th place in France.

TV appearance

25 years later after the breakup, on April 16, 2005, the line-up of Kevin Finn, Brian Allen, Tony Collier and John Franklin reunited on the RTL program The Ultimate Chartshow . For the first time in 36 years, the four of them performed together to sing Hiroshima .

Discography

Albums

  • 1967: Live Vol: 1 (LP), (DECCA SKL4900, UK, B), (DECCA SLK 16545-P, D)
  • 1971: Wishful Thinking (LP) (Global Records 6306 903, D)
  • 1971: Hiroshima (LP), (B&C CAS1038, UK)
  • 1971: Hiroshima (LP), (AMPEX RECORDS A 10123, US, CAN), (band name: Wishful Thinking)
  • 1976: Hiroshima (LP), (MIDI MID 20105, D)
  • 1976: Hiroshima (LP), (ATLANTIC ATL 50 271 (20 105), D)
  • 1979: Hiroshima (LP), (Global Records and Tapes 0063.202, D)
  • 1979: Hiroshima (LP), (Global Records and Tapes 206731-270, NL, B)
  • 1988: Wishful Thinking (CD), (Global Records and Tapes 259311-217, D)
  • 1988: Wishful Thinking (CD), (Ariola 259311 / EAN 4007192593118, NL, B)
  • 1996: Live Vol: 1 (CD), (DERAM PHCR-4237, Japan)
  • 2002: Live Vol. 2 (CD), (Live: Vorup Ungdomsskole, Randers, Denmark 1968)
  • 2007: Step By Step - And other singles 1963-1968 plus unreleased tracks (CD) (Frost Records.dk, DK)
  • 2009: Believing in Dreams (CD), (Wishful Thinking, UK)
  • 2012: Wishful Thinking (CD), (Prog Temple PTCD 8003, Nov. 2012) (Re-release)

Compilations

  • 1979: Wishful Thinking (later renamed Hiroshima with a slightly different cover)
  • 2007: Step by Step - And Other Singles 1963–1968 Plus Unreleased Tracks (CD) (Frost Records.dk, DK)

single

  • 1963: The Kerry Dancers / Little White Lies (as the band name "Emeralds") (HMV - His Masters Voice POP1157, UK)
  • 1965: Don't Listen to Your Friends / Say Your Mine (as the band name "Emeralds") (DECCA F12096, UK) (with guitarist Big Jim Sullivan from Tom Jones Band).
  • 1965: King Lonely The Blue / Someone Else's Fool (as band name "Emeralds") (DECCA F12304, UK) (with guitarist Jimmy Page )
  • 1966: Step by Step (DECCA F12499, UK, DK) (DECCA F12499, NL) (DECCA 26.089, B)
  • 1966: Turning Round / VIP (DECCA F12438, UK, DK) (DECCA 26.077, B)
  • 1966: VIP (Ugebladet Børge DGR 127, DK, Flexi-Disc page 2)
  • 1967: Count to Ten / Hang Around Girl (DECCA F 12598, UK, DK), (with session drummer Mitch Mitchell from The Jimi Hendrix Experience )
  • 1967: Cherry Cherry / Peanuts (DECCA F12627, UK, DK), (London Top Records 1179, Japan)
  • 1967: Peanuts / Cherry, Cherry / Step By Step / Looking Around (EP) (London LS121, Japan)
  • 1967: Meet The Sun / Easier Said Than Loving You (Abacus Music, DECCA F1267K, UK, DK)
  • 1968: It's so Easy (DECCA F12760, UK, DK) (DECCA 26.169, B)
  • 1968: Alone (DECCA F22742, UK, DK)
  • 1970: Without a Place to Go / Waterfall (Metronome M25210, D, NOR)
  • 1971: Hiroshima (Global Records / Phonogram 6004991, D), (Intercord 22506-0, D),
  • 1971: Hiroshima (Global Records / Ariola-Eurodisc-Benelux 99109AT, NL),
  • 1971: United States of Europe '79 (Ampex Records X11045, US)
  • 1972: Lu La Le Lu (with Klaus Voormann ), (B&C RECORDS CB169, UK, D)
  • 1972: Clear White Light / Horizons (B&C RECORDS CB184, D)
  • 1975: Hiroshima / She Belongs to the Night (ATLANTIC ATL10668, D)
  • 1975: Hiroshima / She Belongs to the Night - Pertenece A La Noche (ATLANTIC 45-1766, SP)
  • 1977: Clear White Light / Horizons (ATLANTIC ATL10949, D)
  • 1978: Hiroshima / Hiroshima (ATLANTIC 45-1766, B)
  • 1978: Hiroshima (Special Mix New Long Version)
  • 1978: America / You Lay Me Down (ATLANTIC ATL11222, D)
  • 1979: Hiroshima (Global Records and Tapes 0033.208, D)
  • 1979: Hiroshima / We're Gonna Change All This (Barclay 61.560L, F)
  • 1979: State Fair Majorette / Crash at Honolulu (Global Records and Tapes 0033.215, D)
  • 1980: Tightrope Man (Global Records and Tapes 0033.228, D)
  • 1982: Hiroshima / America (EP) (Global Records and Tapes 0933.201. D)
  • 1985: Hiroshima / America (Global Records and Tapes 107165-100, D)
  • 1989: Hiroshima / America / State Fair Majorette (CD) (Global Records and Tapes 662024 (CD), D)
  • 1990: Hiroshima (original version + 90s mix by Dave Morgan) (Global Records and Tapes 113132, D)

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  1. ↑ Chart discography
  2. ↑ Release: Puhdys - Hiroshima

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