From 1974, and thus squarely within the heyday of lapels and harmonies and good humour, comes Harmony Revival. Despite the typical reliance on cover versions, there's some solid musicianship on diplay here, and a general air of proficiency that suggests a band with actual ambition (despite the cover shot set against a swampy riverside). It obviously it wasn't to be, unless my researches have failed to spot a breakout, but here's a lovely middle-ground testament to the optimistic enterprise I set out to record. To whit, I present the Harmony Revival revival.
WELL REPRESENTED
Harmony Revival - S/T
Swan Records Swan 01
Side A
1. TOP OF THE WORLD 2.23
(Carpenter/Bettis) - Rondor
2. LET ME IN 3.28
(Osmond) - Copyright Control
3. STAY WITH ME 4.08
(Greenaway/Cook) - Cauliflower
4. CALL ME, HONEY 2.17
(Linde) - Combine
5. DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE 2.08
(Pauling/Bass) - P. Maurice
*6. BAND OF GOLD 2.30
(Dunbar/Wayne) - Gold Forever
Side B
1. RANDY 2.52
(Greenaway/Cook) - Cookaway
2. GOODNIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT 2.47
(Hall/Filkins) - Tyler
*3. ELEANOR 3.30
(Turtles) - Carlin
4. BYE BYE BABY 2.05
(Gaudio/Crewe) - Cavanaugh
*5. HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT 3.12
(Kristofferson) - Combine
6. BANNER MAN 2.14
(Greenaway/Cook) - In-Music/Cookaway
* Mono
SWAN RECORDS 14 Swannington Street, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 ORT
Printed by West Brothers . Printers . Limited . London S.W.19
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I knew harmony revival in 1975 and visited their home in Didcot ? In 1976 with my then wife and newly born daughter . Where are members of pop group now. ?
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I have not received any response to my original posting. What did happen to those friends in Harmony Revival?
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