"DETOUR RECORDS" are Pleased To
Announce their next anticipated release in their Popular MOD PICTURE DISC
Series.
THREE UNRELEASED MOD GEMS FROM 1981
RELEASE DATE :
FRIDAY 8th OCTOBER 2021
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FLAT 19 - Perfect Girl EP (PICTURE DISC) 7"
Well here it is, the wait
is over and we can now reveal the THIRTEENTH Picture Disc in this very
collectable '79 Classic Mod series.
Hailing
from South London, Flat 19 were formed in the spring of 1980 when old pals
Steve and Gordon found Barry through an ad in a music paper and Andy was a mate
of Gordon’s older brother.
So the
band was formed with Steve Bartlett on Vocals & Guitar, Gordon Watson on
Vocals & Guitar, Barry Frost on Bass and Andy Hunter on Drums.
All four
of them had a love of all things Beatles, Stones, Mod and the Sixties. They
named themselves after an, at that point an unreleased Merton Parkas song as
they were their local band and they were all fans.
Their
first live performance took place at a school friend’s wedding in late1980 but
their first proper gig took place at The Castle pub in Tooting in Feb 1981
supporting Andy’s brother’s band “Hit and Run” who were very popular at the
time playing RnB that was very similar to Nine Below Zero.
They
played regular gigs at The Castle in Tooting (and became their house band as
Andy was now DJing there too) and Kings Head in Fulham and in no time they had
built up a hard-core following of fans as they mixed their set up with some
classy original tracks along with the trusty covers one of which was “Run Run
Run” by the Who which they always closed their set with, accompanied with
plenty of feedback along with an manic strobe lighting show! The Crowed loved
this and it always went down a storm!
On
Saturday 30th May 1981, they ventured into ‘Wave Studios” in
Twickenham to lay down these three tracks. This was actually 40 Years ago and
has stayed unreleased to now!!!!
During
their three year existence they played a lot of gigs, sometimes up to 4 in one
week. The biggest gig that the band got to play was supporting The Purple
Hearts in Ilford.
When Andy
and Barry left for reasons no one can remember, Simon Smith of The Merton
Parkas and Andy’s Brother Phil filled in until permanent replacements could be
found and then a young Steve White took over the drums and Mick Martin was
drafted in on Bass. This line-up did one gig supporting The Truth at the
Marquee. They were offered more gigs, but decided to call it a day as it wasn’t
the same in the summer of 1982.
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Perfect Girl
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Flat 19
£12.99
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