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Sunday, 19 December 2010

The Rochdale Fairies - Edelweiss (1982)

b/w - Three Green Bottles

Strange that this has 17/11/82 on the label yet Spaceward studios (Cambridge) claim it was recorded there much earlier - read on

The Fairies were

Rosie Geary (voc)
Wendy Glock (voc)
Steve Kane (guitar)
Simon Lague (bass)
Nigel Bee (Browning) (drums)

The story goes it's 1979 & Rock against Racism ask a bunch of Amersham based musicians to put a band together & play a fund raising gig that is happening in 2 weeks time (blues brothers anyone!)
This make-shift band do a few rehearsals then head into Spaceward studios to record these 2 songs for a record that's to be sold at the gig.
The gig came & went (they did 4 numbers, received an encore so did them again. Abba's Waterloo was one of the other tunes)
A 2nd gig followed at Whispers nightclub in Chesham with an additional guitarist (Cliff Levens) then the band fell apart.
The 45 was to be picked up by Carrere records but the A&R man doing the signing got seriously injured in a car crash so the deal just fell apart.

The above information was respectfully borrowed from here

Sounds & scans below

http://www.mediafire.com/?zmcd5cvsctcjeua
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7 comments:

  1. Mike 19 December 2010 at 05:12

    A very good 45 Bruce! I think this was probably recorded between 79/80 although released more than a year later.
    Nice post!

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  2. GraemeSTL19 December 2010 at 12:43

    Fucking brilliant!

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  3. Pep Sonic20 December 2010 at 13:48

    Thank for posting this. Great single. Fantastic vocals.

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  4. roberto22 December 2010 at 15:10

    Two great stompers,many thanks,your xmas singles series is great fun!

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  5. Unknown4 February 2019 at 15:04

    The date on the label is correct, we formed the band, recorded the single, played a couple of gigs and split, we had great fun though!! Nigel (Drummer and Owner of Label SNT Records)

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  6. Unknown11 July 2023 at 23:59

    2023 Edelweiss has been picked up by Reminder Records in the USA and released on a vinyl album 'Heroes of The Night' volume 2 https://www.reminderrecords.com/shop/p/bcvz4lkupn7bvggjzoc5ae4kcyljcl the band now also have a Facebook page The Rochdale Fairies. Nigel (Drummer and Owner of Label SNT Records)

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