Taken from the 1978 album "A Rare Blend of Music" on SRT Records (SRTZ78407). Frazer's Magazine were a fairly standard clubland band during the mid 1970s, stuck with a tired middle-of-the-road set to the particular frustration of keyboard player Steve Smith, who had toured the university and college gig circuit with almost-nearly-made-it group, Westbank, sharing stages with the likes of Free, The Nice, Black Sabbath and Slade at their Super-Yob peak. Steve Smith recalls that Frazer Mak evolved when vocalist Martin Rees was poached from another group and things started to happen, with rockier covers and a smattering of original material. Sun Dance is one such effort, written by Smith with his friend Paul Gunton, who had his own turn on New Faces with the appalling C&W combo Jess and the Gingerbreads. Although from Banbury and Rutland, Frazer Mak gigged extensively around the clubs of South Yorkshire, Leicester and Nottingham and the recording of an LP was suggested by their management. A trip to Fairview followed and, 20 hours later, all was in the bag. The album was incredibly popular at live appearances and anything up to 10,000 copies were sold over the next couple of years. Never quite having enough of their own material to attract a major label, the band went their separate ways in the early 1980s. |
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