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Bucks Fizz: Bucks Fizz (Re-recordings)

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Artist: Bucks Fizz
Title: Bucks Fizz (Re-recordings)
Released: 1997
Label: EuroTrend
Time: 59:37
Producer(s):
Appears with:
Category: Jazz
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2000.01.04
Price in €: 5,09
Web address: www.bucksfizz.co.uk

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[1] Making your mind up (J.Danter / A.Hill) - 2:33
[2] Piece of the action (A.Hill) - 3:40
[3] One of those nights (St.R.Glen / D.Most / M.G.Burns) 4:00
[4] The land of make believe (A.Hill / P.Sinfield) - 3:33
[5] My camera never lies (A.Hill / A.Martin) - 3:40
[6] Now those days are gone (A.Hill / A;Martin) - 3:28
[7] If you can't stand the heat (A.Hill / I.Baimson) - 3:19
[8] Run for your life (A.Hill / I.Baimson) - 4:03
[9] Talking in your sleep (J.Marinos / W.Palmar / M.Skill / C.Canler / P.Solley) - 4:05
[10] I hear talk (A.Hill / P.Sinfield) - 4:27
[11] When we were young (W.Bascall) - 3:45
[12] London town (A.Hill) - 3:08
[13] Let's party (all night) (D.van Dyle / B.Nolan / E.Daniels / K.Trayhorn) - 3:39
[14] (Gimmie one more)Chance (D.van Dyle / B.Nolan / E.Daniels / K.Trayhorn) - 3:22
[15] New beginning (M.Meyers / T.Gibber) - 3:59
[16] Magical (J.Parr / Meatloaf) - 4:03

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Mike Nolan - Vocals
Cheryl Baker - Vocals
Jay Aston - Vocals
Bobby Gee - Vocals
Shelley Preston - Vocals

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In 1991 Bucks Fizz celebrated ten years together with an Anniversary tour and the release of a much awaited "Live Album", recorded at the Fairfield Halls Croydon. From then until the present they have continued with a policy of touring and live cabaret performances. In 1993 Cheryl Baker left to start a family and to concentrate on her solo career as a television presenter. The male members Bobby & Mike, decided to go forward and continue Bucks Fizz with the original format of two girls and two boys. After extensive auditions Amanda Szwarc and Heidi Manton completed the four part line up. America, Europe, Australia and the Far East have fallen under the charms of Bucks Fizz, with Gold and SIlver records and numerous other accolades flooding in. Their live concerts have taken them all over the world and made them one of the UK's most successful live bands. The exciting and talented new line up are certain to ensure that the name of Bucks Fizz remain a major TV recording and cencert attraction.



'Britain's answer to Abba', Bucks Fizz was originally conceived as a vehicle for singer, producer and manager Nichola Martin to appear in the Eurovision Song Contest. With her partner, and later husband, Andy Hill producing and composing material, Martin auditioned hundreds of applicants before deciding on Mike Nolan (b. 7 December 1954), Bobby Gee (b. Robert Gubby, 23 August 1957, Epsom, Surrey, England), Jay Aston (b. 4 May 1961, London, England) and Cheryl Baker (b. Rita Crudgington, 8 March 1954, Bethnal Green, London, England). Of the four, Baker had the most experience, having previously appeared as a Eurovision entrant with Coco. So impressed was Martin with her discoveries that she suppressed her singing ambitions and reverted to a wholly managerial role. Having signed the group for publishing, she soon abandoned the management reins, which were passed over to Jill Shirley of the Razzmatazz agency. Armed with the catchy 'Making Your Mind Up', the manufactured Bucks Fizz duly won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest and enjoyed a UK number 1 in the process. During the next 12 months they had two further UK number 1 hits, 'The Land Of Make Believe' and 'My Camera Never Lies'. For the next two years all was well, but after 'When We Were Young', their chart performance declined significantly. In 1984 the group was involved in a much publicized coach crash and Nolan was incapacitated for a considerable period.

Matters worsened when Aston became involved in an affair with Hill, thereby straining the relationship with Martin. Feeling ostracized, guilty and emotionally confused, Aston attempted suicide, sold her dramatic story to the press and sought legal redress against Martin's Big Note Music after departing from the group. Martin and Shirley subsequently conducted another mass audition to find a replacement before choosing the totally unknown 21-year-old Shelley Preston (b. 16 May 1964, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England). Although the new line-up did not recapture the success of its predecessor, the aptly titled 'New Beginning (Mamba Seyra)' returned them to the UK Top 10. They had further minor entries in the late 80s, with 'Love The One You're With', 'Keep Each Other Warm' and 'Heart Of Stone'. Nolan left the group in 1996, to be replaced by former Dollar frontman David Van Day. Amid a certain amount of acrimony, Nolan subsequently returned to launch his own version of Bucks Fizz with Day, Lianna Lee and Sally Jacks. In 1998 they released a revamped 'Making Your Mind Up', faster in tempo and with 'lots of pingy electronic bits'. Meanwhile, Bobby Gee's rival outfit, which is accepted by many to be the official Bucks Fizz, since he kept the group alive when the others had left, now comprises himself, Graham Crisp, Heidi Manton and Louise Hart.

Since the original group disbanded, founder-member Cheryl Baker has become a popular UK television personality, hosting shows such as "Eggs 'N' Baker", "The Survival Guide To Food" and "Record Breakers".

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