Mabel Greers Toyshop

[Melanie Daydreamer]

Weiß jemand, ob aus dieser Zeit Audio- oder Videoaufnahmen existieren und wie sich die Band damals anhörte?

[Member X]

Boahhhhhh, das sind Aufgaben

(Dafür ist es jetzt etwas mehr geworden, so dass es schön was für einen geruhsamen Abend zum Lesen und Nacharbeiten ist )

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaalso erst mal das folgende kurze Statement aus dem Netz:

• Band Name: Mabel Greer's Toy Shop
• Genre: Rock
• Styles: Psychedelic

Mabel Greer's Toyshop didn't release any discs during the six months or so they were in existence, but did include a couple of future members of Yes (guitarist Peter Banks and bassist Chris Squire) in their line-up. Banks and Squire had been in the band Syn, which made a couple of good psychedelic pop singles in 1967. At the end of that year, while still in Syn, they began playing in Mabel Greer's Toyshop as well. Syn folded for good a couple of months later, but Mabel Greer's Toyshop continued until mid-1968; very shortly after they too broke up, Banks and Squire became founder-members of Yes.

In their short lifetime, Mabel Greer's Toyshop did manage to record a session for the BBC radio program Top Gear. Three of these eventually showed up on a compilation of British psychedelic rarities, Dustbin Full of Rubbish. The fourth, along with three studio demos, surfaced on Peter Banks' Can I Play You Something?, which in large part collated odds and ends from his pre-Yes bands. For all that, Mabel Greer's Toyshop were just an average if likable British psychedelic band, capable of churning out fluttering distorted guitar lines on oddly structured songs with pretty harmonies. None of the songs that are preserved are really outstanding, though, and not even close to as outstanding as the best ones Banks and Squire contributed to on Syn's singles. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

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Auf dieser Seite sind eigentlich Links für Hörproben, wobei die Links aber leider (jedenfalls bei mir) nicht funktionieren
http://www.psychosync.info/members/toyshop.htm

DAFÜR FUNKTIONIERT ABER DAS HIER:

Peter Banks
Album: Can I Play You Something? The Pre-Yes Years, Recordings from 1964-1968
Artist: Peter Banks
1999 Blueprint
CD: BP301CD

http://www.shazam.co.uk/music/web/album?id=36924
Tracks ("more" anklicken und dann kann man 30 s Hörproben starten):
1. Can I Play You Something? (0:15)
2. Bang/Crash (0:21)
3. Peter Banks Band: Peter Gunn (5:25)
4. Banks: Hippie Loop [Banks] (0:56)
5. Syn: 14 Hour Technicolour Dream [Nardelli/Jackman] (2:55)
6. The Devil's Disciples: You Better Move On (2:46)
7. Mabel Greer's Toyshop: Beyond and Before (Demo) [Squire/Bailey] (3:43)
8. Mabel Greer's Toyshop: Beyond and Before (What Bass? mix) [Squire/Bailey] (3:56)
9. Banks: Lima Loop [Banks] (0:15)
10. Syn: Grounded (2:19)
11. The Devil's Disciples: For Your Love (2:46)
12. Syn: Flowerman (Demo) [Nardelli/Jackman] (2:38)
13. Syn: Flowerman [Nardelli/Jackman] (2:33)
14. Banks: Yesterdays [Banks] (0:53)
15. Mabel Greer's Toyshop: Electric Funeral (Demo) [Squire/Bailey] (3:19)
16. Mabel Greer's Toyshop: Electric Funeral (Radio Fun Mix) [Squire/Bailey] (4:29)
17. Banks: Cinnamon Touch (Te Amo, Ceci) [Banks] (1:30)
18. Mabel Greer's Toyshop: Get Yourself Together (Demo) [Squire/Bailey] (3:34)
19. Syn: Created by Clive (2:28)
20. Mabel Greer's Toyshop: Images of You and Me (Radio Fun Mix) (4:09)
21. Affirmative Duo: I Saw You! (Bang/Crash) (8:10)
22. Banks: No Time [Banks] (2:27)

Hörproben auch auf: http://www.emusiclatina.net/album/Mabel ... 41383.html

Musicians:

Peter Banks: guitar (3, 5-8, 10-13, 15, 16 including solo, 18-21), backing vocals (5, 7, 8, 10-13, 15, 16, 18-20)
Greg Tupper: alto sax (3)
Brad Stephenson: bass (3)
Mark Craney:drums (3)
Chris Squire: bass (5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18-20), lead vocals (18), backing vocals (5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18-20)
Andrew Jackman: keys (5, 10, 12, 13, 19), backing vocals (5, 10, 12, 13, 19)
Gunnar Hákonarson: drums (5, 10, 12, 13, 19)
Steve Nardelli: lead vocals (5, 10, 12, 13, 19)
John Tite: lead vocals (6, 11)
Ray Alford: bass (6, 11), backing vocals (11)
Malcolm "Pinnie" Raye: drums (6, 11)
Clive Bailey: lead guitar (7, 8, 15, 16, 18, 20), lead vocals (7, 8, 15, 16, 20)
Alexander Belmont (real name Bob Hagger): drums (7, 8, 15, 16, 18, 20)
Cecilia Quino: vocals (9 uncredited)
Bill Bruford: drums (21)

Produced by Kenny Ball (5, 13), Mike Leander (7, 15, 18), John Muir/Denis O'Keefe/Pete Carr/Pete Ritzema (8, 16, 20)
Recorded 1966 (10), 1967 (5, 13), 1968 (7, 8, 15, 16, 18, 20), 1980 (3)
Pre-production: Gerard Johnson, Clive Nolan
Mastering: Chris Thorpe
Cover and design: Mark Wilkinson
Liner notes: Peter Banks, Barbara Kirk

Notes: The liner notes are in a narrative style, not always detailed and occasionally difficult to interpret, so I've done my best above! The exact spelling of Hákonarson's name has been a matter of some debate. The notes here spell it Hakanarssen, but I believe Hákonarson is actually right.
(3) was recorded live in Los Angeles and is the only released material by the Peter Banks Band, who played live in the period. The two pieces by the Devil's Disciples were recorded in the same session, Banks' first time in a recording studio, aged 17. (8, 16, 20) were recorded for BBC sessions on Top Gear/Night Ride with John Peel. Also recorded in those sessions, but not included here, was "Jeanetta" [Squire/Bailey], which is known in trading circles. (21) is the extended solo section for guitar and percussion from within a live performance of "I See You" by Yes.
Banks' pieces on the albums (including (1, 2)) are partly sound collages and the beginnings and ends of some of the archival material has linking material attached. (4) is based on a Mabel Greer sample. (9) and (17) both refer to Banks' Peruvian (then) fiancée (now wife). The music and the CD tracks are not perfectly aligned, so for example "Peter Gunn" starts in the last few seconds of CD track 2 and ends in the first few seconds of CD track 4.
This is an odd mix, but one put together with a bit more imagination than most archival compilations. The sound quality is often poor. The Syn material is better presented on Original Syn, although (12) is not included in that release. We do have here the only official release of material by Mabel Greer's Toyshop, the immediate predecessor to Yes, and (21) is the earliest officially available recording of completely live Yes (as opposed to BBC sessions). (HP, 24 Mar 05)

While he is most known as the first guitarist for Yes, Peter Banks passed through four other groups in the four years before he joined the band in August 1968. Much of this CD is devoted to odds and ends from those projects, yet the subtitle "The Pre-Yes Recordings from 1964-1968" is a little deceptive. In fact, only a little more than half of the 22 tracks are from that era. The others are mysterious undated bits and pieces, most functioning as unnecessary arty "link" tracks and sounding as if they were recorded several decades later than the 1960s, although "Peter Gunn" is a live 1980 performance by the Peter Banks Band. What this manages to do is annoyingly impede the flow of rarities, which would indeed have sounded much more organic if Banks (who assembled the disc himself) had just slapped everything on in chronological order. Getting past the structural flaws to the bulk of the CD itself, it bundles a couple of songs (probably unreleased, although it's not totally clear from the annotation) by his mid-'60s group the Devil's Disciples; some but not all of the cuts from the 1967 singles by his fine, obscure psychedelic band Syn (which also included future Yes-man Chris Squire on bass), as well as a demo of one of those singles, "Flowerman"; and a few numbers by his subsequent, even more obscure psychedelic group, Mabel Greer's Toyshop. Syn's "14 Hour Technicolour Dream" is one of the greatest British psychedelic flower-power singles, and their "Grounded" is an excellent straight mod rock number; the Mabel Greer's Toyshop cuts are okay but rather par-for-the-course British psychedelia, replete with the usual harmonies and slightly distorted guitar leads. The Devil's Disciples tunes are nothing more than ordinary covers of Arthur Alexander's "You Better Move On" and the Yardbirds' "For Your Love." Some of the Mabel Greer's Toyshop songs are labeled as "radio fun" or "what bass?" mixes, yet the liner notes do not go into meaningful detail as to whether these are different mixes done in the 1960s, different mixes done recently, or how they are different in a way that should make listeners care. Banks has provided detailed and entertaining liner notes about many of the tracks, and a family tree of his progress through various groups up to Yes, yet manages not to make it entirely clear what the sources for all the vintage cuts were. There's some good music here, but the unnecessarily obtuse packaging makes it hard to fully appreciate; in addition, the best cuts (by Syn) have long circulated on numerous collector-oriented British psychedelic rarity compilations. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Dann gibt es noch

Title: Dustbin Full of Rubbish
Released: 1993
Cat#: GR-D1974

Dazu folgende Infos zu Mabel Greer's Toyshop:

A semi-mysterious, short-lived psychedelic group who gigged around London's clubs like Happening 44 and Middle Earth from late 1967 to mid-1968 when they became Yes. Their wild, psychedelic Ford Thames van was a welcome and regular sight around London's West End for a few brief months but sadly their only recording date was for John Peel's 'Night Ride' broadcast on 3rd April 1968. It consisted of Electric Funeral, Images Of Me And You, Janetta and Beyond And Before, which later turned up in Yes. These tracks, minus Electric Funeral, have now surfaced on Dustbin Full Of Rubbish (LP) and reveal a rawer version of early Yes in which Jon Anderson's vocals stand out.

Side One
Four Leaved Clovers - Alright Girl
The Name - Hello Edythe
Steam Beating Association - Backstage Gold
Tomorrow - Revolution
Tomorrow - 3 Jolly Little Dwarfs
The Action - Brain
The Action - Little Boy

Side Two
Spiggy Topes - Melinda
Spiggy Topes - My Only Chance Is You
Spiggy Topes - Love In The Wind
Spiggy Topes - Mr. Sullivan
Mabel Greer's Toyshop - Beyond And Before *
Mabel Greer's Toyshop - Images Of You And Me *
Mabel Greer's Toyshop - Jeanetta *
*BBC Radio 1 Nightride Session 1968
Personnel:
Jon Anderson vocals
Peter Banks guitar
Clive Bailey guitar
Chris Squire bass
Tub Thumper(John Cymbal) drums

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Und hier noch über einige der Bandmitglieder Infos und Background zu Mabel Greer's Toyshop:

Robert Hagger

Von: http://yes.wikia.com/wiki/Robert_Hagger

Robert (Bob) Hagger was the drummer and a founding member of the group Mabel Greer’s Toyshop that became known as Yes in August 1968. Robert William Hagger was born in London on 30 April 1948.

There are a number of versions of how the band Yes was formed. Each band member has his own perspective based on what he did before arriving at Yes. But nobody seems to have been able to find Clive Bailey who deserves recognition for founding the group. His original ideas, music and influence were the very beginning of the group. Rumour has it that he was a cousin of a direct descendant of Debussy, if true, then music was in his genes. Clive deserves full credit for Yes, and the birth of this great band.

Back in 1963 at the age of fifteen, Bob Hagger had taken a keen interest in American Blues music, and played at home to recordings of Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, and jazz greats like Oscar Peterson, Sonny Rollins and Mose Allison. After this early start, he then started to play with other like musicians in London and formed a number of bands. The first was called “So Rare” and the next “The Crash”. Paul Kossoff, later to become famous with the band “Free” came to play in So Rare and this was Paul’s first band. As a child he had trained in classical guitar and now wanted to play the Blues. Paul then left So Rare and joined The Black Cat Bones, before joining the band Free.

Three years later in 1966, Bob Hagger met Clive Bailey in a pub in Fleet Street. They immediately hit it off and joined up with base guitar player, Paul Rutledge. The three formed a psychedelic rock/blues band called Mabel Greer's Toyshop (MGT)

MGT started to get regular work in the London clubs and Universities around London. Some of the gigs are listed in a book by David Watkinson called “Yes, Perpetual Change” published by Plexus, London in 2001. David Watkinson talks about the beginnings of MGT and Yes. A previous book by Chris Welch, published by Omnibus Press in the year 2000 also talks about MGT and the evolution of the band Yes.

MGT was an incredibly imaginative group. From the base of blues music, they had progressed in a psychedelic direction within influences from far and wide. The Pink Floyd, Marc Bolan, Debussy and even the writer Lewis Carrol played a part in what they were doing.

Before meeting Clive, Bob had auditioned with a group called “Syn” and had been amazed by the base player Chris Squire. Bob called Chris, he came down and played with the band and Chris was immediately in. Chris asked Peter Banks, also from Syn, to join.

MGT did a number of gigs with this line-up, and one night, the 21st October 1967, they were seen at a club called Middle Earth in Covent Garden, London, by Jimi Hendrix and Chas Chandler. During this time the band also met the famous disc jockey John Peel at his house in Fulham. John invited them to play on his BBC radio programme called Night Ride, which they did on March 3, 1968. Some of the tracks eventually showed up on a compilation of British psychedelic rarities, “Dustbin Full of Rubbish” and on a CD by Peter Banks called “Can I Play You Something”. The CD is a compilation of music that Peter was involved in prior to the Yes days. The CD includes the original recording of “Beyond and Before” that also featured on the first Yes Album. MGT also did a demo recording session with the well-known producer Mike Leander for MCA records.

Clive had been lead singer and rhythm guitarist for MGT, Chris then met Jon Anderson and he joined the band. They did a number of gigs with this line up but then Peter Banks suddenly said he wanted to leave the group. When Peter left, Bob encouraged Chris and Clive to raise sights high and look for the best guitarist in town. They were good enough to attract the best and had recently played at the Middle Earth Club in Covent Garden, London, alongside a band called “Tomorrow”, Bob had been impressed by their lead guitarist Steve Howe, and suggested that they set out to find him. Shortly after Bob left the group, Chris found Steve and invited Steve to join the band.

Bob left the group in June 1968 and was replaced by Bill Bruford. In August Peter Banks re-joined and MGT changed the name of the band to “Yes”.

Bob's last gig with the band was in Highgate, north London in May 1968. The line-up was Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Peter Banks, Clive Bailey and Bob Hagger. The night was described by Bob on the inside cover of the CD “The Word is Live” released in 2008 on the fortieth anniversary of the band.

Bob then joined the groups called “Funshop” and “Heaven” touring the UK and France.

After his short career in music Bob went into business and was an international management consultant for over 30 years before retiring to the south of France in 2007. He is married to Caroline and has three children, Julian, James and Joanna.

Peter Banks

Von: http://www.answers.com/topic/peter-banks

Born April 8, 1947, in England, Peter Banks is perhaps best-known for his work with the progressive rock band Yes. Those who only see that part of the picture, though, are missing out on quite a lot. Banks first got his start with Yes bassist Chris Squire in the group the Syn. That group made a bit of a name for themselves in England from 1966 to late 1967. Squire and Banks moved to their next group after the Syn disbanded, the band Mabel Greer's Toy Shop. Banks left that group at about the time vocalist Jon Anderson was starting to become a presence on their scene, but it would only be a matter of time until they would work together. Banks went to play for a short time with Neat Change. As fate would have it, though, he hooked back up with Squire and Anderson's Toy Shop. By then, they had added Tony Kaye and Bill Bruford to the line-up and were just ready to embark on a new name for the outfit. The new name and Peter Banks' return were nearly simultaneous, and Yes was born. The group released two albums with Banks. The first of those was the self-titled debut that came out in 1969, the second album was Time & a Word released in 1970. By that time, the group had decided that Peter Banks was not really the guitarist for the band and replaced him with Steve Howe. Banks thus found himself without a musical home.

Undaunted, he formed Flash, a prog band that seemed to carry on in the mode that Yes might have gone had Banks remained. As fate would have it, keyboardist Tony Kaye was the next to feel the growing pains of Yes, and upon his replacement from the group he hooked up with Flash. The band released their debut, Flash, in 1972. They followed it in rapid-fire succession with In the Can (also released in 1972) and Out of Our Hands (1973). A live album, originally a bootleg, surfaced many years later under the moniker of Psychosync. Flash disbanded in 1973 and Banks released his first solo album, Two Sides of Peter Banks, that year. The album featured a rather impressive line-up of Banks, fellow Flash members Ray Bennett and Mike Hough, Jan Akkerman, John Wetton, and Phil Collins.

Banks' next endeavour was a group that began under the name Flash Mark II. After a time, though, they came to be called Empire. The band recorded a total of three albums before breaking up in 1980.

Banks was not heard from for quite some time, after the end of Empire. Indeed, his next release was the 1993 solo album Instinct. The album was a true solo effort, with Banks handling all of the instrumental chores. His next release, Self-Contained, came two years later with his only accompaniment being Gerald Goff on keyboards. 1999 saw the release of Reduction; a release featuring older material by Banks, entitled Can I Play You Something?, was released in 2000. ~ Gary Hill, All Music Guide

Und eine weitere Quelle:

Peter Banks
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Banks

Peter Banks (born Peter William Brockbanks, 15 July 1947, Barnet, North London) is an English guitarist. He was the original guitarist with the progressive rock band, Yes.

Genres Progressive rock, rock
Occupations Guitarist, songwriter
Instruments Guitar
Years active 1966-present
Associated acts The Syn, Yes, Flash, various

Early career

When Banks was a young boy, his father bought him a acoustic guitar. As a teenager, he also learned how to play the banjo.

Banks and Chris Squire first met when Banks joined The Syn, also including Andrew Jackman (keyboards), who in later years became an orchestral arranger for some Yes and Chris Squire records. The Syn only lasted until 1967, but the group released two singles.

In 1968 Banks played briefly with the band Neat Change, recording one single.

Squire meanwhile joined friends Clive Bailey (rhythm guitar) and Bob Hagger (drums) in Mabel Greer's Toy Shop, and Banks came to join that band. Banks left the band, which was subsequently joined by singer Jon Anderson and then drummer Bill Bruford replaced Bob Hagger. With the loss of Bailey, addition of keyboardist Tony Kaye and Banks' return, the band took on a new name.

Career with Yes

The members searched for an appropriate name, and Banks suggested they called the group Yes. All parts agreed that the name was not meant to be permanent, but just a temporary solution. Four decades later, the name remains.

Atlantic Records took notice of the band and, in 1969, got them into a studio to record their first album, Yes. The next year another album was in progress (Time and a Word) but Anderson and Squire decided they wanted an orchestra backing the five musicians. The idea was not well received by Banks, and things got worse when the orchestral arrangements left the guitarist, as well as keyboardist Tony Kaye, with little to do (strings replaced almost note-for-note their parts). Once the album was released, a tour ensued; Banks was asked to leave the group, playing his last gig with Yes on 18 April 1970 at The Luton College of Technology.

Mehr Informationen zu Banks gibt's auf der o.g. Seite

Mabel Greer's Toyshop
Auftrittsdaten von: http://beyondandbeforeyes.blogspot.com/ ... yshop.html

Mabel Greer's Toyshop was originally formed by Clive Bailey and Bob Hagger. These tour dates were compiled based on information on Steven Sullivan's Yes Gigs 1966-1980. All of their shows took plays in London except where noticed.

Date : September 7, 1967
City : London, England, United Kingdom
Venue : Happening 44
Line-up :

Clive Bailey (Guitar, Vocals)
Bob Hagger (Drums)

This first gig was advertised in Melody Maker.

Date : October 25, 1967
Venue : Middle Earth

Date : December 9, 1967
Venue : Marquee Club
With : Neat Change

Later, Chris Squire and Peter Banks, both formerly of The Syn, joined the band.

Date : January 1, 1968
Venue : Marquee Club
Line-up :

Clive Bailey (Guitar, Vocals)
Peter Banks (Guitar)
Bob Hagger (Drums)
Chris Squire (Bass)

With : The Nice

Date : January 20, 1968
Venue : Marquee Club
With : The Gods

Date : February 2, 1968
Venue : Middle Earth
With :

The Action
Odyssey
Jeff Dexter

In Spring, John Anderson joined Mabel Greer's Toyshop after meeting Chris Squire at La Chasse and writing "Sweetness" with him.

Date : May 2, 1968
Venue : Marquee Club
Line-up :

John Anderson (Vocals)
Clive Bailey (Guitar, Vocals)
Peter Banks (Guitar)
Bob Hagger (Drums)
Chris Squire (Bass)

Bob Hagger left the group and was replaced by Bill Bruford, who put out an ad in Melody Maker.

Date : June 7, 1968
Venue : Rachel Macmillan College
Line-up :

John Anderson (Vocals)
Clive Bailey (Guitar, Vocals)
Peter Banks (Guitar)
Bill Bruford (Drums)
Chris Squire (Bass)

Set-list : In The Midnight Hour

After Clive Bailey left the band, Tony Kaye became the keyboardist.

Date : July 20, 1968
Venue : Market Hall
Line-up :

John Anderson (Vocals)
Bill Bruford (Drums)
Tony Kaye (Organ)
Chris Squire (Bass)

Peter Banks had left briefly for Neat Change, but returned just in time for the gig below.

Date : July 26, 1968
City : Bracknell, England, United Kingdom
Venue : Sports Centre
Line-up :

John Anderson (Vocals)
Peter Banks (Guitar)
Bill Bruford (Drums)
Tony Kaye (Organ)
Chris Squire (Bass)

Date : July 27, 1968
City : Newmarket, England, United Kingdom
Venue : Municipal Hall

The final line-up of MGT became Yes. The first Yes gig took place a week after the last MGT show.

Und dann ist vielleicht noch interessant:

The Syn

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Syn

(sorry, falls einige "unsinnige" Textstellen zum Löschen übersehen wurden – copy&paiste ist eben "dumm")

The Syn: "Flowerman"
Background information
Origin England
Genre(s) R&B, psychedelia, Progressive Rock

Years active 1965–1967, 2004–present

Label(s)
Deram Records
Umbrello Records
Website synmusic.net
Members
Steve Nardelli
Former members
Peter Banks
Chris Squire
Gerard Johnson

The Syn is an English band that lasted from 1965 to 1967 and then reunited as a progressive rock band in 2004.

Steve Nardelli was the founder of The Syn with Chris Squire, Andrew Jackman, John Painter and Martyn Adelman in 1965.

The roots of The Syn are in an earlier north London R&B band called High Court including Steve Nardelli on guitar and his school friend George Arzimanow on vocals. The band evolved over time and, in 1965, with Nardelli now handling lead vocals and John Painter on guitar, they changed their name to The Syn. Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Steve Nardelli was the founder of The Syn with Chris Squire, Andrew Jackman, John Painter and Martyn Adelman in 1965. ...

Shortly after, however, The Syn merged with another local band, The Selfs, so Nardelli and Painter were joined by Chris Squire (bass), Andrew Jackman (keys) and Martyn Adelman (drums). The band's first gig, at Nardelli's school Kingsbury County, included covers of "(Love is Like a) Heat Wave" and The Marvelettes' "I'll Keep On Holding On". Paul Korda produced his composition "Merry-go-round" as a demonstration record for the band. Christopher Russell Edward Squire (born 4 March 1948), better known as Chris Squire is an English musician and the bassist and backing vocalist for the progressive rock group Yes, and is the only member of the group to appear on every album (co-founder Jon Anderson appeared on all but... Andrew Pryce Jackman (died 16 August 2003) was a keyboard player and arranger. ... Martyn Adelman (or Martin) is a British photographer and former drummer. ... (Love is Like a) Heat Wave is a 1963 soul single by Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas on the Gordy (Motown) label. ... The Marvelettes was an American singing girl group on the Motown label. ... // Paul Korda (born Paul Kunstler in 1948, Singapore, Malaysia) is an English songwriter, singer, musician, and actor. ...

Psychedelic period

John Painter was replaced by Peter Banks and Martyn Adelman was replaced by Gunnar Hákonarson from Iceland. The band also got a new manager, Peter Huggett, former bass player with Lonnie Donegan. Peter Banks is the stage name of Peter Brockbanks (April 8, 1947—). He was the original guitarist of the progressive rock band Yes. ... Lonnie Donegan Lonnie Donegan MBE (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002) was a skiffle musician, possibly the most famous of them all, with more than 20 UK Top 30 hits to his name. ...

The band moved away from R&B covers and started writing their own material, led by Jackman and Nardelli. Reflecting the musical changes going on around them, they became more influenced by psychedelia. They released two singles titled Created by Clive (b/w Grounded) and Flowerman (b/w 14 Hour Technicolour Dream) in 1967. Psychedelia is a term describing a category of music, visual art, fashion, and culture that is associated originally with the high 1960s, hippies, and the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, California.

Aftermath

The band split up in 1967. Both Squire and Banks then joined Mabel Greer's Toyshop which later became Yes. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Nardelli, Jackman and sometimes Squire also worked together after the band split up. Nardelli and Jackman recorded a planned further Syn single, entitled "Sunshine and Make Believe", with session appearances by Tony Kaye on keys and David O'List on guitar. Unfortunately, tapes for this session could not be located in 2004. Jackman recorded another Syn piece with an orchestra, "The Last Performance of the Royal Regimental Very Victorious and Valiant Band", eventually released on the 2004 compilation Original Syn. Another Syn piece, "Mr White's White Flying Machine", was released in 1970 by Ayshea in a session produced by Jackman and with Squire on bass. Tony Kaye (born January 11, 1946) is a British musician born in Leicester, England with the name Anthony John Selvidge (some mistaken authors spell it Selridge). He was the original pianist and organist for the legendary progressive rock group Yes. ... David OList is a rock guitarist. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Reunion

The Syn reunion grew out of two events. In 2003, Martyn Adelman contacted the webmaster of a Yes fan site and agreed to do an interview. Steve Nardelli saw this and was put back in touch with Adelman. With Banks too, they met up for lunch and discussed a reunion. Around the same time, Andrew Jackman died and there was a desire to mark his passing.

In 2004, the new band started rehearsals. Banks had brought in keyboard player Gerard Johnson, with whom he had worked on several previous projects. John Wetton was originally to have played bass, but pulled out at the last minute and was replaced by Steve Gee (bassist in progressive rock band Landmarq). The sessions produced new versions of old Syn songs "Illusion" and "Grounded" and an extended new version of Yes' song "Time and a Word". Recordings were carried out at the studio owned by guitarist Paul Stacey. However, Banks did not continue on with the group, and gave an explanation on his web site. Gerard Johnson is a British keyboard player. ... Since its formation in 1990, UK-based rock band Landmarq has so far released six CD albums, two of which have been recorded live at various concerts in the UK and Europe. ... Paul Stacey is an Irish actor. ...

Nardelli continued with the band and, in late 2004, he and Johnson had begun recording on a new song Cathedral of Love when Nardelli asked Squire if he could play on the tune. Squire did and went on to join the band. Paul Stacey became the guitarist and his twin Jeremy Stacey, the drummer. Adelman had chosen to step away from performing, although he remains associated with the band as a photographer—photography rather than drumming having been his career for over 30 years. Jeremy Stacey is a British drummer. ...

The band released their first full studio album Syndestructible in October 2005, with Cathedral of Love coming out beforehand as a single. The lineup of musicians performing on that album is
Paul Stacey - guitars, engineer, co-producer
Gerard Johnson - keyboards, co-producer
Steve Nardelli - vocals
Jeremy Stacey - drums
Chris Squire - bass, backing vocals

The More Drama Tour, scheduled to begin in North America in August 2005, was to have seen three acts, The Syn, White and Steve Howe touring together, with Squire, Howe, Alan White and Geoff Downes playing Yes material at the end of the evening (with Kevin Currie of White handling lead vocals). However, the tour was cancelled shortly before it was due to begin. The Syn line-up for the tour was to have comprised: Paul Stacey is an Irish actor. ... Gerard Johnson is a British keyboard player. ... Steve Nardelli was the founder of The Syn with Chris Squire, Andrew Jackman, John Painter and Martyn Adelman in 1965. ... Jeremy Stacey is a British drummer. ... Christopher Russell Edward Squire (born 4 March 1948), better known as Chris Squire is an English musician and the bassist and backing vocalist for the progressive rock group Yes, and is the only member of the group to appear on every album (co-founder Jon Anderson appeared on all but... Yes drummer Alan White Alan White (born June 14, 1949 in Pelton, County Durham, England and now resident in Seattle, USA) is a rock and roll drummer best known for his 34 years of work with the progressive rock band Yes. ... Stephen James Steve Howe (born April 8, 1947 in Holloway, North London, England) is a guitarist best known for his work with the progressive rock group Yes. ... Yes drummer Alan White Alan White (born June 14, 1949 in Pelton, County Durham, England and now resident in Seattle, USA) is a rock and roll drummer best known for his 34 years of work with the progressive rock band Yes. ... Geoff Downes Geoffrey Downes (born August 25, 1952 in Stockport, Cheshire, England) is a rock keyboard player. ...
Francis Dunnery - guitars
Gerard Johnson - keyboards
Steve Nardelli - vocals
Gary Husband - drums
Chris Squire - bass

The Syn album line-up debuted live at a show in London at the end of 2005 (assisted by Husband), but for live dates in January 2006, the band was: Francis Dunnery (born on 25 December 1962, in Egremont, Cumbria) was a founder member of the 1980s band It Bites. ... Gerard Johnson is a British keyboard player. ... Steve Nardelli was the founder of The Syn with Chris Squire, Andrew Jackman, John Painter and Martyn Adelman in 1965. ... Gary Husband born in Yorkshire in 1960, is an English drummer who has played with, amongst others, the British jazz-funk band Morrissey Mullen and Level 42, and recorded with the likes of Allan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin and Mark King (to name a few). ... Christopher Russell Edward Squire (born 4 March 1948), better known as Chris Squire is an English musician and the bassist and backing vocalist for the progressive rock group Yes, and is the only member of the group to appear on every album (co-founder Jon Anderson appeared on all but...
Steve Nardelli - vocals
Chris Squire - bass guitar
Gerard Johnson - keyboards
Shane Theriot - guitar
Alan White - drums

A UK tour in May was cancelled through poor ticket sales and, on 16 May 2006, Squire announced his departure from the group: "Chris has decided to leave the Syn, and is no longer involved with that band despite reports to the contrary."

Nardelli assembled an album, Armistice Day, combining a new studio track ("Armistice Day", recorded with Johnson and P. Stacey) with live work from 2006. On an October 18, 2006, in a message on Yesworld.com, Chris Squire was discouraging fans from purchasing the album. Both Johnson and Stacey left the band too. While a release date in November 2006 was initially announced, legal action saw the album delayed until 2007. is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Christopher Russell Edward Squire (born 4 March 1948), better known as Chris Squire is an English musician and the bassist and backing vocalist for the progressive rock group Yes, and is the only member of the group to appear on every album (co-founder Jon Anderson appeared on all but...

Nardelli has talked of recording two new albums in 2007. In June 2007, he said, "The Syn today is me and the musicians I chose to play with."

Controversy

With the release of the retrospective CD collection "Original Syn" some controversy appeared during it's advertising and appearance.

The album's release was delayed several times and several pre-orders we cancelled. It was also a rather expensive release, being, as it was, released as a two CD set. The second CD included was an interview session with Chris Squire and Steve Nardelli, and was dominated by Yes-centric questions such as, "Where is the roundabout in England that is described in the song of the same name". This caused a great deal of resentment with buyers who felt they were being forced to buy two discs to inflate the price. The packaging was criticized also, with little in the way of linear notes, and little background information on the songs included not by The Syn. Another complaint was that the demon version of "Flowerman" released several years earlier on Peter Banks CD release "Can I Play You Something" was not included, thus making it necessary to purchase two releases to have the complete recordings. The Peter Banks CD also included recordings by Mabel Greer's Toyshop, a Syn Yes hybrid, which could have been included on "Original Syn" to bolster the slim running time.

The band was also accused of posting anonymous posts on the Regal Zonophone forum to praise the album and to increase hype for sales. Anonymous posts continued to show up on Regal Zonophone for months announcing updates for the Syn's official website.

http://www.myspace.com/thesyn6769
Was das für Songs sind, konnte ich aber nicht feststellen.

Filmaufnahmen habe ich beim besten Willen keine gefunden.

[SOON]

Toll, endlich kommt auch mal die Prä-YES Ära zur Sprache.
Ich fasse mal etwas verkürzt zusammen:

Mabel Greer's Toyshop wurde von folgenden Musikern gegründet:
Paul Rutledge – Bass
Clive Bailey – Voc/Gtr
Bob Haggar – Drum

Im Dezember 1967 stießen Squire und Banks dazu.
Schon im April dreht sich erneut das Bandkarusell und Jon Anderson kommt in die Band.
Seine eigene Gruppe Jon Anderson and the Gun wurde somit ad acta gelegt.
Zwischenzeitlich stieg Peter Banks aus um mit seiner Band Neat Change eine Single aufzunehmen.
Als er im Juli 1968 wieder zu Mabel Greer's Toyshop zurückkam war mit Bill Bruford (zuvor bei Savoy Brown) ein neuer Drummer an Bord der Bob Hagger ersetzte.
Zur gleichen Zeit verließ Clive Bailey die Formation um Concert Promoter zu werden, darüberhinaus wurde mit Tony Kaye noch der Posten an den Tasten besetzt.
Somit hatte sich im Juli 1968 folgendes Line-up gebildet:
Jon Anderson - Vocals
Peter Banks - Guitar
Bill Bruford - Drums
Tony Kaye - Organ
Chris Squire - Bass

In dieser Besetzung gingen am 4. August YES zum ersten Mal auf die Bühne!
Zu Studioaufnahmen kamen Mabel Greer's Toyshop nie.
Es gibt jedoch Sessionaufnahmen aus einer BBC Radiosendung von John Peel.
Ansonsten war die Truppe mehr im Proberaum als auf der Bühne.
Es entstanden in dieser Zeit die beiden Titel Beyond and Before und Sweetness die auf das Debütalbum kamen.
Für diese Titel bekam auch Clive Bailey Songwritercredits.

Von Can I Play You Something? gibt es auch ein Re-release unter dem Namen The Roots of Yes 1964-68.

[Member X]

Toll, endlich kommt auch mal die Prä-YES Ära zur Sprache.
Ich fasse mal etwas verkürzt zusammen:

Mabel Greer's Toyshop wurde von folgenden Musikern gegründet:
Paul Rutledge – Bass
Clive Bailey – Voc/Gtr
Bob Haggar – Drum

Im Dezember 1967 stießen Squire und Banks dazu.
Schon im April dreht sich erneut das Bandkarusell und Jon Anderson kommt in die Band.
Seine eigene Gruppe Jon Anderson and the Gun wurde somit ad acta gelegt.
Zwischenzeitlich stieg Peter Banks aus um mit seiner Band Neat Change eine Single aufzunehmen.
Als er im Juli 1968 wieder zu Mabel Greer's Toyshop zurückkam war mit Bill Bruford (zuvor bei Savoy Brown) ein neuer Drummer an Bord der Bob Hagger ersetzte.
Zur gleichen Zeit verließ Clive Bailey die Formation um Concert Promoter zu werden, darüberhinaus wurde mit Tony Kaye noch der Posten an den Tasten besetzt.
Somit hatte sich im Juli 1968 folgendes Line-up gebildet:
Jon Anderson - Vocals
Peter Banks - Guitar
Bill Bruford - Drums
Tony Kaye - Organ
Chris Squire - Bass

In dieser Besetzung gingen am 4. August YES zum ersten Mal auf die Bühne!
Zu Studioaufnahmen kamen Mabel Greer's Toyshop nie.
Es gibt jedoch Sessionaufnahmen aus einer BBC Radiosendung von John Peel.
Ansonsten war die Truppe mehr im Proberaum als auf der Bühne.
Es entstanden in dieser Zeit die beiden Titel Beyond and Before und Sweetness die auf das Debütalbum kamen.
Für diese Titel bekam auch Clive Bailey Songwritercredits.

Von Can I Play You Something? gibt es auch ein Re-release unter dem Namen The Roots of Yes 1964-68.

Und Hörproben findet man auf
http://www.shazam.co.uk/music/web/album?id=36924
und
http://www.emusiclatina.net/album/Mabel ... 41383.html

Danke Soon für die Konzentration und Zusammenfassung [smilie=party_44.gif]

[Fragile]

Hier drei Mabel Greer's-Songs als YT-Videos, darunter auch eine frühe Version von "Beyond And Before":


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