SIMON DUPREE AND THE BIG SOUND

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SIMON DUPREE AND THE BIG SOUND
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Simon Dupree and the Big Sound were a British pop band formed by the three brothers Shulman. They started as The Howling Wolves and then became The Road Runners, playing R&B around the Portsmouth area, becoming Simon Dupree and the Big Sound in early 1966. 'Simon Dupree and the Big Sound' came about in the course of their search for a flashy name. They only broke through at the end of 1967 with the psychedelic "Kites", a Top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart. Regarding themselves as blue-eyed soul brothers, they hated it as it was so unrepresentative of their usual style. A then unknown keyboard player by the name of Reginald Dwight was hired to fill in for an ill Eric Hine and he joined them on a 1967 tour in Scotland. They were asked to allow him to stay on, and he was almost recruited as a permanent member. They politely rejected the chance to record any of his compositions (although they did ultimately record "I'm Going Home" as the B-side of their final single, and laughed when he told them he was adopting the stage name of Elton John. On 5 April 1968, Simon Dupree and the Big Sound appeared alongside Amen Corner, Gene Pitney, Don Partridge and Status Quo at The Odeon Theatre, Lewisham, London, on the first night as part of a twice nightly UK tour. In early 1969 they were booked to appear at the Lanchester Polytechnic in Coventry, but did not turn up. Their support act Raymond Froggatt played the entire evening. Late 1968, they released a single We Are The Moles (part 1)/(part 2) under the moniker The Moles. Released on the Parlophone label, the single did not give any hint towards the identity of the artists, claiming that both songs were written, performed and produced by The Moles. Rumours began to spread that it was an obscure output by The Beatles, who also were under contract at Parlophone, with Ringo Starr on lead vocals. When interest began to rise concerning the release, Syd Barrett stated that Simon Dupree & The Big Sound were the faces behind The Moles. Confronted with this, the band admitted. Frustrated as being seen as one-hit wonders being pushed by their record label as a pop group rather than the soul band they had always intended to be, they disbanded in 1969 and the Shulman brothers went on to form the successful progressive rock group Gentle Giant.

MEMBERS:

Phil Shulman - Sax, Trumpet and Vocals
Derek Shulman aka Simon Dupree - Vocals
Ray Shulman - Guitar, Violin, Trumpet and Vocals
Tony Ransley - Drums
Peter O'Flaherty - Bass
Eric Hine - Keyboards

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Broken Hearted Pirates She Gave Me The Sun France Odeon 2C006-04034 Value: 15 €	Broken Hearted Pirates She Gave Me The Sun Germany Odeon 1C006-04034 Value: 15 €	Broken Hearted Pirates She Gave Me The Sun Holland Parlophone R 5757 Value: 30 €	Day Time, Night Time I've Seen It All Before Holland Parlophone R 5594 Value: 25 €
For Whom The Bell Tolls Sleep Germany Odeon O 23 773 Value: 20 €	Kites Like The Sun Like The Fire France Odeon FO 108 Value: 30 €	Kites Like The Sun Like The Fire Holland Parlophone R 5646 Value: 20 €	Kites Like The Sun Like The Fire Italy Parlophon QMSP 16420 Value: 40 €
Kites Like The Sun Like The Fire Japan Odeon OR-1862 Value: 55 €	Kites Like The Sun Like The Fire Norway Parlophone R 5646 Value: 35 €	Kites Like The Sun Like The Fire Sweden Parlophone R 5646 Value: 30 € YELLOW SLEEVE	Kites Like The Sun Like The Fire Sweden Parlophone R 5646 Value: 30 € ORANGE SLEEVE
Kites / For Whom The Bell Tolls I See The Light / Reservations UK EMI 2893 Value: 15 € REISSUE	Kites / Like The Sun Like The Fire For Whom The Bell Tolls / Sleep Israel EMI EPOC 40041 Value: 35 €	Kites / Like The Sun Like The Fire For Whom The Bell Tolls / Sleep Singapore EMI EPEA 1003 Value: 35 €	Kites / You Need A Man Like The Sun Like The Fire / Reservations Portugal Parlophone LMEP 1294 Value: 60 €
Part Of My Past I See The Light France Odeon FO 125 Value: 15 €	Part Of My Past The Story Never Ends Holland Parlophone R 5697 Value: 20 €	Reservations I See The Light Germany Odeon O 23 542 Value: 30 €	Reservations You Need A Man Holland Parlophone R 5574 Value: 25 €
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Thinking About My Life Velvet And Lace Sweden Parlophone R 5727 Value: 30 €	We Are The Moles Part 1 We Are The Moles Part 2 France Odeon FO 145 Value: 50 € AS THE MOLES

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