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In early 1964 they recorded at Decca studios songs titled “It’s alright” , I Hate You Baby, Peter Gunne and the Greatest Story Ever Told the last two being instrumentals. The vocals on the other two were provided by Paul Raven. About three weeks before the end of the tour, Paul Raven was sacked from the show with no money, the rest of the band had a whip round to provide his train fair home. The conductor of the show whilst backing the other artists was a certain Phil Coulter who is probably better known today for his successful song writing talents for the Bay City Rollers. He was also very successful providing songs for Sandie Shaw with Puppet on a String and Cliff Richards , Congratulations both of which did well in the Eurovision Song Contest. The band provided the backing for all the artists on the bill as well as having their own spot. Unfortunately at the end of the tour, they were disbanded as being an eleven piece was seen as too big and therefore not economically viable.
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