The Rochdale Fairies
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Album : Heroes of the night Volume 2
On Reminder Records : Spotify : Amazon Music : YouTube
Original, Collectable, Vinyl Single of Edelweiss
and Three Green Bottles are on Ebay
The story goes it's 1982 & Rock against Racism ask a bunch of Amersham based musicians to put a band together to play a fund raising gig that is happening in 2 weeks time at The Elgiva Theatre in Chesham, Bucks.
Produced by 'The Sweet' Frontman Brian Connelly, this make-shift band do a few rehearsals above Strings N Things Music shop in Amersham and then head into the now Legendary Spaceward Studios in Cambridge to record 2 songs, Edelweiss and Three Green Bottles for a AA side single that's to be sold at the gig.
The gig came & went (the band only had 4 songs but received an encore so played them again! (Abba's Waterloo was definately one of the other tunes and Its A Long Way To Tipperary, we think!)
The band were :-
Nigel Browning : (Enn Bee) Drums and Synth Percussion
Simon Lague : Bass
Steve Kane : Guitar
Wendy Glock : Vocals
Rosie Geary : Vocals
A 2nd gig followed at the now vanished Whispers nightclub in Chesham, Steve quit, so Cliff Levens, (looked great in a ballet dress) joined, he then left, Mick Taylor joined and left and the band fell apart, all in the space of a few weeks. But we had one hell of a laugh doing it!
Nigel's Record Label SNT touted the single to the bigger labels and the single was to be picked up by Carrere records as a Christmas release, but the A&R man doing the signing got seriously injured in a car crash so the deal just fell apart.
41 years later, its now July 2023 and Nigel has licensed both tracks to USA label Reminder Records for worldwide release, Edelweiss is now on Volume 2 of the vinyl album 'Heroes of the Night' and Three Green Bottles is planned for inclusion on Volume 3. https://www.reminderrecords.com/.../bcvz4lkupn7bvggjzoc5a...
Rare copies of the original 7inch vinyl are for sale on Ebay at around £75.00
Sadly, Steve Kane is no longer around, Simon lives in the Netherlands, Nigel is still in Bucks, Wendy has vanished! (where are you Wendy) and Rosie is in Glastonbury, in a field somewhere!
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