Beano - We Don't Wanna be the One b/w Remember (What we did on Holiday) (DERAM 1975 - German Issue)
Beano consisted of Freddie Phillips (lead vocals, guitar), Ken Smith (guitars), John Birch (bass) and Ray Johnson (drums).
I haven't been able to find much information on Beano. It seems that, for much of the seventies, Beano worked the clubs in Northern England as some sort of music and comedy act. They broke up around 1980, but released 5??? singles and a 1979 LP
A bit of Google wizardry shows that 3 out of 4 members, along with Richard Tallent on drums, entered a song, "Don't Throw Your Love Away," in the 1980 Eurovision contest under the new name Scramble. Scramble claimed to have been formed in Liverpool in 1969, which likely refers to Beano's origin.
Both sides were written by Freddie Phillips and produced by Nick Tauber. (Thin Lizzy, Slaughter & The Dogs, Toyah) This is the superior B-side, sounding somewhat like a continuation (*ahem*, rewrite) of their "Little Cinderella." It putts-along rather nicely.
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Is that the same John Birch(bass) who made custom glitter rock guitars for the Glitter Band, Mott the Hoople, Abba, ect... ????
ReplyDeleteThat John Birch was a different guy, great guitars though. I own a dodgy copy of his Dave Hill Super Yob guitar.
ReplyDeleteI have a signed LP from this band and after hours of searching this is the only information i could find!!
ReplyDeletedilly-pop check out you tube for Beano and do you remember website
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