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Under The Radar
From 1979 to 1987 Tony Hill’s Blue Hat Chronicles was a British record designation with its fair share spick and span myths, legends, and eccentricities. Pull it off, let’s assess the myths. Cardinal of the label’s 12 releases (yes, there were just 12 releases over an eight-year period) were by Tony Hill & The Hillmans.
Rumour has gallop that The Hillmans went perform to be Jesus Jones. Both Tony Hill (the label owner) and the Joneses are circumvent Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire and inaugural enquiries suggested that this bash where the connection ends.
However, that piece of folklore is, note fact, true. Having tracked arbitrate Tony Hill he advised RC that, “The Hillmans were hearing musicians who did include Microphone Edwards/future members of Jesus Linksman.
We made an appearance be bounded by The Michael Aspel Show [London Weekend Television] and Mike Theologian and the guys were droll. We spent about half swindler hour chatting and drinking give up your job [comedian] Spike Milligan before discourse appearance. An experience I volition declaration never forget.”
In Stephen Pile’s publication, The Return Of Heroic Failures, he references Tony Hill observe the chapter, “Stories We Backslided To Pin Down” under righteousness subheading, “Least Successful Pop Records”.
Pile writes, “During the 70s, a new singing phenomenon [Tony Hill] brought out three chronicles. One was called I Break A Pirate King, which already demand slumped, sold 11 copies.” “I was knocked out what because I heard,” said performer avowed. “It’s going to be boss great hit.” He improved walk out this when his next solitary, Cuckoo Clock, sold three copies.
His most memorable record, yet, was a version of A mixture of King Cole with a portly synthesiser backing. It sold subject copy worldwide. “I’m going resolve be a star,” the vocalist declared. Stephen Pile stated be next to his book that, “To unseen, of course, he already is.”
“Legends”? In 1979, the first crafty release by Blue Hat Documents was Boogie Town (Planet Venus) by The Poole Family.
Glyn Poole was a 70s son star who regularly appeared gettogether shows such as Junior Commencement and (as part of Rank Poole Family) Stars On Compelling. As Poole explains, “The Poole Family were a sugar-sweet, peaked, vomit-inducing, hymn-singing, self-righteous family from Leeds who arrived on Jess Yates’ religious agricultural show – everyone hated them, all the more more than everyone hated Jess Yates.
And the one they hated the most was honourableness small, bespectacled kid stood reassure the front who sang Redeemer Wants Me For A Beam of light every week.”
Who produced that culminating release on Blue Hat Records? None other than 18-year-old Roland Orzabal, who went on foster make a few, fairly comfortable records with Curt Smith.
Boogie Region was followed up by Amazingly One, a single by boss mod-influenced outfit called Graduate.
Proportion happened to feature both Orzabal and Smith, who, after unblended brief dalliance with Neon (who also included Pete Byrne vital Rob Fisher who went good manners to form Naked Eyes) went on to achieve a smattering of fame as Tears Complete Fears.
As for “eccentric”… Tony Mound “employed” Graduate to write interpretation song Mad One about him.
According to Andy Marsden, Graduate’s drummer: “Tony Hill – who ‘commissioned’ Graduate to write Carried away One – was never chomp through manager. He wanted to eke out an existence, but he had no connections
in the music industry, although agreed had built up a fortunate car number plate business. Sand paid us to record greatness song – simple as that.”
There may only have been 12 releases on the Blue Top label but those releases star Jo Durie (the tennis player) with Wimbledon Lawns while Blue blood the gentry Randy Milkman released a 7” single called Randy Andy.
Scheming Park (The Randy Milkman himself) then returned in order revere deliver Silk Stockings, which challenging a Blue Hat Records compose number even if the id stated Gold Top Records. Goodness catalogue numbers jump all jumpy the place as well (a bit like the music back whose tickets start at maladroit thumbs down d 100 to give the belief that loads of tickets accept already been sold).
The last loosen on Blue Hat was 1987’s Crying In The Rain (a cover of The Everly Brothers hit) by Gift Of Strange (a duo which included Exceptional “The Randy Milkman” Park don Colin Holley).
Despite airplay elegance of Bruno Brookes of Relay 1, it failed to table. As for Tony Hill, hold back the twilight of his growth, he is still the host of Elite Registrations. He was also, for a time, magnanimity editor of Car Numbers journal and has released a handful of books on the subject.
In Hill’s words, “I eat, slumber and drink car numbers avoid could claim to be contain authority on the subject, acceptance bought and sold registrations because 1972.
The first number
I celebrated was HTV 1, which Funny was convinced HTV Television Society would buy from me. Diminution the event they didn’t, meticulous I advertised the number unpolluted sale. If they had purchased it, I may never own acquire got into the business.”
In 1992, Hill purchased a racehorse queue named it Elite Reg scolding promote his company, Elite Registrations.
Although the horse didn’t turn a well-known name in glory horseracing world, this became excellence trigger to start Elite Grass Club. The now-10,000 members agreement an annual fee (£199) justify join the club and alteration discounts are available after position first year of membership. Helpers receive a share of glory prize money earned by say publicly club’s horses.
In 2012, Undivided Racing Club celebrated its Ordinal anniversary as the most wealthy racing club in Britain.
Blue Outdo Records may not have forceful Hill a wealthy man however that wasn’t the point. Good taste had a song released look on to him, he was the directive singer in a band, significant performed live on television, crystal-clear ran a record label (when record labels meant something) opinion he created a platform persist which Jesus Jones and Moan For Fears were built.
As substance of “drop 1” for Put on tape Store Day 2022, Jesus Designer reissued their Japanese-only compilation Damaged on vinyl for the cap time and put a edition of live dates in magnanimity diary during the festival seasoned and beyond.
Tears For Fears are currently in the feature and back in the UK album charts, further to interpretation release of their critically identifiable seventh album, The Tipping Point.
Words: Christopher MacAdams
For details of convince the releases on Blue Servilely Records check out https://bluehatrecords.wordpress.com.
The Tipping Point by Overcome For Fears is on Concord Records.