The Foundations - From The Foundations Mp3

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Credits

• Bass Guitar – Peter MacBeth
• Drums – Tim Harris
• Guitar – Alan Warner
• Lead Vocals – Clem Curtis, Colin Young
• Management – Barry Class
• Organ – Tony Gomez
• Saxophone – Mike Elliott, Pat Burke
• Trombone – Eric Allendale

Notes

This multi-lingual combination was put together early 1967 in London, with members coming from Barbados, England, Ceylon and Dominica. With their boiling mixture of carribean sound, pop, rhythm & blues and sweaty soul this motley crew was swimming against the stream in the up and rising "summer of love" with psychedelia and flower power ditties.

At the very beginning of their career The Foundations could be spotted playing record shops and little dance clubs until they werer given a wider recognition all over town.

Managed by Barry Class they recorded for PYE, making their debut with a straight No. 1 which became a discotheque classic almost around the world ("Baby, Now That I've Found You"). Their next five singles also made it into the charts at No. 18, 48, 2, 8 and 46 respectivly. Members of the band: Clem Curtis (voc/born 28.11.40), Alan Warner (g/born 21.4.47), Peter Macbeth (b/born 2.2.43), Tony Gomez (org/born 13.12.48), Tim Harris (dr/born 41.1.48), Eric Allendale (tb/born 4.3.36), Pat Burke (sax/born 9.10.97) and Mike Elliott (sax/born 6.8.29).

The Foundations' dance craze formula (with excellent compositions by Tony MacAuley/John McLeod) did well until the end of the decade. But with blues and "progessive rock" taking over around 1970 the band's importance began to dwindle. Though they were still hot and cooking when on stage, their records did not sell any longer. In 1968 Mike Elliott and Clem Curtis left to be replaced by Colin Young (who sang lead on their second smash, "Build Me Up Buttercup"). Guitaist Alan Warner reappeared with Pluto who were signed by PYE's subsidary Dawn.

Bernd Matheja

(P) 1967 Pye Records (C) 1991 REPERTOIRE RECORDS
Licensed from East West Records GmbH, by courtesy of Castle Communications plc.

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• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Pye Records
• Copyright (c) – Repertoire Records
• Licensed From – EastWest Records GmbH
• Licensed From – Castle Communications PLC

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