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Topic: 70's Progressive Rock band making a comeback

Posted By: rococouk
Subject: 70's Progressive Rock band making a comeback
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 08:35

Rococo’s amazing second album, “The Firestorm and Other Love Songs” is now available to order online ( http://www.angelair.co.uk/sjpcd370.htm" rel="nofollow - http://www.angelair.co.uk/sjpcd370.htm ). Released next Monday, 29th August 2011, the CD from Angel Air Records features the band’s main Seventies line-up:—
Roy Shipston (keyboards, vocals); lead singer Ian Raines; Rod Halling (guitars/vocals); Clive Edwards (drums, percussion) and John “Rhino” Edwards on bass guitar.

The 12 tracks include Baby J, Red Hot Teens, Follow That Car, Hometown Girls:Downtown Pearls and The Firestorm & Aftermath.

The band’s first official album, “Run from the Wildfire” — highly acclaimed by the critics — came out on Angel Air in August 2010 and a few copies are still available ( http://www.angelair.co.uk/sjpcd337.htm" rel="nofollow - http://www.angelair.co.uk/sjpcd337.htm ).

Also featuring Rococo’s famous 1970s line-up, the 12 tracks on the first album include Wildfire, Out in the World, Midsummer Hill, Quicksilver Mail and The Living Rock.

Both albums are produced by Ray Hendriksen, Roy Shipston and Rod Halling
Special guests: Steve Carman, Gary “Legs” Harvey, Richard Stevens, James Fox, Charlie Morgan, Davy Paton

Run from the Wildfire and The Firestorm and Other Love Songs are also available from Amazon, iTunes and various other outlets including 24/7 Entertainment, 7 Digital, Aim4Music, Back O Wall, Bluepie, DX3, Emusic, Juno, Megabop/Fresh Digital, Napster, OD2, Rhapsody, Vidzone and even Tesco's

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Posted By: rococouk
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 08:36

Posted By: rococouk
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 12:12

Also join us on Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/Rococouk

Posted By: rococouk
Date Posted: August 24 2011 at 12:14

Hey here's ours http://twitter.com/#!/Rococouk

Posted By: rococouk
Date Posted: August 26 2011 at 08:34

I hope I am posting in the right section only been on here a day and I keep posting wrong sorry about that!

I'm Chrissy from Cookichipmusic I get new bands gigs and I promote certain bands too i'v just met Rococo last week. Often misspelt and usually misunderstood, Rococo were one of the most progressive of London's rock bands in the 1970s.

Only now, in the 21st Century, can much of their music be made available. The band reformed this century and their first official album release – “Run from the Wildfire” (SJPCD337) recorded in the 1970s – is available on CD, thanks to Peter Purnell at Angel Air Records (http://www.angelair.co.uk ).

Run from the Wildfire is available from Amazon and various outlets. Rococo reformed this century and are also recording a new album.

In the 1970s, they frequently broke attendance records at The Marquee Club in London's Wardour Street and at other top rock venues throughout the city.

Rococo built up a devoted following and featured Ian Raines (lead vocals), Roy Shipston (keyboards/vocals), Rod Halling (guitar/vocals), Clive Edwards (drums) and John "Rhino" Edwards on bass guitar. Disguised as The Brats, they inadvertantly became involved in the vanguard of the Punk movement, although Rococo's music was always more adventurous, varied and intricate than the efforts of The Clash or the Sex Pistols a few years later. But it had the same energy.

Young and angry, they cruised into the finals of the Melody Maker contest in 1974, using their pseudonym, and audaciously advertised in MM the prizewinners' final at The Round House as "The Brats plus 12 support acts". Consequently, the organisers deemed not to declare them winners, although they took most of the major prizes. In a review of the Punk era several years later, the NME described The Brats as "legendary".

Rococo also fired out their advanced material - from two-minute pop songs to lengthy Rock epics - on the UK club and college circuit, but despite several attempts to sign them, record companies never quite knew what to make of a band that played a country lick one minute, a pop tune the next and 10-minute classic Gothic prog after that.

They released three singles: "Ultrastar" (b/w their heavy riff anthem "Wildfire") on Decca's progressive Deram label in 1973; the novelty Phil Spector spoof "Follow That Car", on the B-side, more heavy rock with "Lucinda (Flint n'Tinder Love") through Mountain Records in 1976 - a Powerplay on Radio Luxembourg and "Home Town Girls", their Beach Boys tribute (flip side "Quicksilver Mail") under another pseudonym, Future, on a small independent label in 1981.

Rococo releases their 2nd Album The Firestorm and Other Love Songs this coming Monday 29th August you can order it at http://www.angelair.co.uk/sjpcd370.htm" rel="nofollow - http://www.angelair.co.uk/sjpcd370.htm . Join Rococo on Twitter @Rococouk and check out their myspace www.myspace.com/theoriginalrococo for a taste of their music this band is like no other i'v met so far listen for yourself and you'll see or hear should I say

Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: August 26 2011 at 10:35

This is the wrong section again (this isn't a blog) and is at least the third thread I've seen for this band. You're not doing yourself any favours by creating multiple threads for the same thing.