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A Place To Find Some Rarer Tunes (Mod, PowerPop, Punk, Ska) ripped from my vinyl collection. If it sounds good I'll post it. The idea being that now you know about them, you can seek them out! If anyone is unhappy about any of these posts please contact me & I will take them off.

Monday, 21 March 2011

Refugee - I'm Not Like You (1981)


b/w - When I Was young

Great slice of Mod /punk on the A-side & not a bad track on the flip either.

Penned by M. McRae & produced / arranged by Richard Rushford.

According to Music master it was released in October & was their only vinyl offering.

Sounds & scans below

http://www.mediafire.com/?lwvvg6eztz2esw7

14 comments:

  1. This is amazing, and I had never heard of them. Thanks for posting this!

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  2. Thank you very much for this and for all. Cheers,

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  3. Southampton area band..i was at school with someone who's dad was the drummer for this band, as far as I recall they were considered a hard rock band with that type of following.. but I guess they had moved with the times here or this is a different band(although not many bands came from Bursledon in 1980 so I think these are the same group!)

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    1. You’re right. I was the bass player. We had become a three piece band by that time and wrote more modern songs for that era.

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  4. from a 1980 list of Southampton bands
    "very popular heavy metal band, with Malv McCrae ex Expression and Inflatable Toy"

    I need this single!

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    1. Thanks for the info
      If you send an e-mail to
      mylifesajigsaw@gmail.com
      I'll send you a download link

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  5. Hi my dad was the drummer I can't wait to show him thank you. My half sister her dad mick was the singer and malv was her uncle both sadly passed away.

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  6. My dad Derek Fellows was the Bass Player.

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  7. I was the bass player and co-wrote the songs although I was not credited for it. Quite a row with producer about it.

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    1. Hi Derek thanks for the comment.
      So If I've got my info correct the 3 peice that recorded this 45 were
      Mick McRae - Voc, Guitar
      Derek Fellows - Bass, Voc
      Dale Lee - Drums

      & Malv McCrae was the singer when they were a 5 Peice. Still 1 name missing though

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    2. Hi there. My dad Tom tiley was lead vocals in Refugee.
      I’ve been trying to find out some information about the band for some time.
      It’s nice to actually find some information.
      Would my dad been the missing name?

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    3. Hi Daniel, thanks for the info. If indeed your dad is the missing name, It looks this Southampton area(Bursledon)5 peice that slimmed down to a trio for the 45 were
      Mick McRae - Voc, Guitar
      Derek Fellows - Bass, Voc
      Dale Lee - Drums

      & Malv McRae (Guitar)
      Tim Tiley (Voc)

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  8. Thank you for getting back to me on this.

    My dad will be Amazed that I’ve found this information.

    Thank you 😀

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