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    Posted: July 31 2009 at 16:40
No.

They were at best a band that emulated r&b tunes of the day.Almost a 'showband'.

They 'lucked-out' by emulating a sound that was the zeitgeist. A Mellotron led song (Kites) that owed a lot to The Beatles,Traffic and Procul Harum. They made one or two singles under the name of The Moles that were far more original.

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 31 2009 at 16:25
Anyone think they should be included as proto prog in view of their credentials?
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Points: 20032 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 31 2009 at 12:39
Originally posted by himtroy himtroy wrote:

That sounds horrifying

What? Why?

"Kites" is a great song.
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Points: 1601 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 30 2009 at 21:46
That sounds horrifying
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Points: 265 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2009 at 07:55
Hello,

I have recently discovered that this group, popular for songs like "Kites",  includes all the three Shulman brothers Phil, Ray and Derek  of Gentle Giant.

No, I don't want them to be included as a Proto Prog band in the Progarchives,  but I believe that somehow they are one of the best Pop groups of those days,  probably because Ray und Phil brought a lot of diversity into the music.  They were one of the first groups to use a Mellotron as well, at first "borrowing" the Beatles' machine when they weren't recording.

Quite funny how Ray plays his guitar on the ground in this video,  and the great Manfred Mann/Mike Hugg cover "Each and Every Day" (Daytime Nighttime) features a cool french horn arrangement.


Elton John was also part of this band as a keyboarder and composed this  piece for the band.


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Edited by Einsetumadur - July 07 2009 at 08:00
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