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BAND
1978 - 1984
VIDEO/AUDIO
In late 1978 EMI put the band in De Lane Lea music studios in Wembley to record six songs under the supervision of Ronnie Beck an executive of Feldman/Trident Music.
The band
was allocated 'free-time' (meaning that they could only use
the studio when no established artiste required
it)
As studio time was so precious the six songs- Spider's Web, Money Grabber, Necrophiliac, The Hooker, Blue Smoke/Two Stroke and Old Time Movie Star were recorded 'live'.
The 'Original' Dumb Blondes
Spider's Web
1978
Feldman/Trident Music were also the publishers of Queen.
Queen I was recorded here along with most of the demos for Queen II and later in 1980 the soundtrack to 'Flash Gordon'
The band were obviously very excited at being in the same studios where so many of EMI's top artists recorded!
It is not known who has the original 'master recording' of these six early songs but in recent years an old tape copy was found and thanks to ReaperMusic UK they were put to video as shown and made available on youtube albeit of poor sound quality.
The 'Original' Dumb Blondes
Money Grabber
1978
For the first few months the relationship between Ronnie Beck/EMI and the band was strong, so much so that often the band were chauffeured to their gigs personally by Ronnie in his Rolls Royce!
But alas, it wasn't to last for long. After awhile the interest faded.....
Nobody can remember as to what reason this was, but it is strongly believed there was two reasons. One because of the 'very strong' content of some of the band's lyrics and two because the band were managed by two ex- boxers and that they were making unacceptable demands behind the scenes to the record label unbeknown to the band!
All songs were written by all the band with each member contributing their piece with the exception of Old Time Movie Star which was written by Paul Meuse (frontman from the band Lucy) a band that Collen and Webb were in just prior to the formation of the 'Original' Dumb Blondes and a song that Lucy would perform in their set.
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LUCY
L>R Len Foster, Pete Webb, Phil Collen (back) & Paul Meuse
The 'Original' Dumb Blondes
Necrophiliac
1978
Warning-Explicit lyrics!
The 'Original' Dumb Blondes
The Hooker
1978
Warning-Explicit lyrics!
The 'Original' Dumb Blondes
Blue Smoke/Two Stroke
1978
The 'Original' Dumb Blondes
Old Time Movie Star
1978
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All above
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The Dumb Blondes
Sorrow
1980
©1980 Fresh Records
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The Dumb Blondes
Strange Love
1980
©1980 Fresh Records
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The Dumb Blondes
Affaire de Coeur
1981
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The Dumb Blondes
The Clown
1981
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The Dumb Blondes
Heartbeat
1981
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The Dumb Blondes
Fly Away
1981
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