The Colour Field - Musik

The Colourfield Were A British Band Formed In 1984 In Manchester When Former The Specials And Fun Boy Three Frontman Terry Hall Joined Up With Ex-The Swinging Cats Members Toby Lyons And Karl Shale. Despite All Three Of Them Originating From Coventry They Made Their Homebase In Manchester. History 1984 - The Beginning In January 1984 The Colourfield Released Their First Single "The Colour Field" Which Just Missed Making The Top 40 In The UK Singles Chart. In The Summer Of The Same Year They Released "Take" As Their Second Single Which Commercially Did Not Come Close To Their Debut Six Months Earlier. However The Next Single Release Would Be The One That Would Land Them A High Position On The Charts. "Thinking Of You" Released In January 1985 Made It To Number 12 In The UK Chart And Featured Katrina Phillips On Vocals. The Final Single Released Days Before Their Debut Album Came Out Was "Castles In The Air" Which Reached The Lower Reaches Of The UK Chart. 1985 - Virgins & Philistines When Virgins & Philistines Was Initially Released In April 1985 It Contained Twelve Tracks In The U.S. Release And Ten In The UK Version - But Can Now Be Found With Twenty Tracks As A Japanese Re-Release Containing Many B-Sides And Live Tracks. It Failed To Gain A Large Audience Due To Difficulty In Marketing An Album With Such A Diverse Sound—it Mixes 1960s And Early 1970s Pop Music With More Acoustic Based Melodies And String Arrangements. Virgins & Philistines Is Often Regarded As The Direct Musical Predecessor To The Later Work Of The Lightning Seeds In The 1990s With Whom Hall Would Later Collaborate In A Songwriting Role Whilst Providing Occasional Vocals.
Virgins & Philistines Contained All Original Material Except "The Hammond Song" A Cover Of The Roches Song And "Can't Get Enough Of You Baby" Written By Linzer/Randell Which Was The Only Track That Received Much Airplay. The Album Was Recorded At Strawberry Studios In Stockport And Was Produced By Hugh Jones And Jeremy Green And Engineered By Chris Jones.
Additional Personnel Featured On The Album Included Pete De Freitas Echo & The Bunnymen On Drums Paul Burgess Ex-Camel Also Drums Preston Heyman Percussion Ian Nelson Clarinet Katrina Phillips Background Vocals . 1986 - The Colour Field EP January 1986 Saw The Colourfield Become A Four-Man Group Adding Gary Dwyer Ex-The Teardrop Explodes On Drums. Around The Same Time The Band's U.S. Label Compiled A Six Track EP Entitled The Colour Field Sic Containing The New UK Single And B-Side "Things Could Be Beautiful" / "Frosty Morning" Produced By Ian Broudie Two Live Tracks Recorded At The Hammersmith Palais "Pushing Up The Daisies" And "Yours Sincerely" And Two Older Tunes Produced By Hugh Jones "Armchair Theatre" And "Faint Hearts". "Things Could Be Beautiful" Did Not Make The UK Or U.S. Charts And It Was Another Year Before The Public Would Hear Anything New. 1987 - Deception The Colourfield Returned In The Spring Of 1987. They Were Now Just A Duo Augmented By Raquel Welch's Band And Session Musicians. Hall Had To Hire Welch's Band After Lyons Left During The Sessions. The Content Of Deception Was Different From Virgins & Philistines. It Is Almost As If Hall Formed A New Band But Kept The Same Name. Since Then Hall Has Voiced His Displeasure With The Recording Of The Album Because He Did Not Feel He Had Control Of The Session Musicians And Producers The Way He Needed To Preserve The Colourfield’s Sound. Deception Was Produced By Richard Gottehrer And Jeffrey Lesser At Wool Hall Studio New York City.
The First Two Singles Released From Deception Were Both Covers "Running Away " An Original By Sly & The Family Stone From The Album There's A Riot Goin' On Released In 1971 On Epic And "She " A Song Composed By The Songwriting Duo Of Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart. "She" Was Released As A 12” And Contained The Additional Track "Monkey In Winter" With Lead Vocals By A Pre-Fame Sinéad O'Connor. The Track "Miss Texas 1967" Is Considered Hall’s Best Vocal Performance On The Album.
Additional Personnel Featured Included Gregg Mangiafico Keyboards Sammy Merendino Drum Programming Roland Orzabal Tears For Fears Guitar On "Running Away" And "Confession" Dollette McDonald Deborah Malone And Janice Pendarvis Background Vocals On "Digging It Deep" . After The Colourfield Hall Has Gone On To Do Many Other Projects Since The Colourfield. In 1990 With A Few Ladies Under The Name Of Hall Terry Blair & Anouchka He Released The Album Ultra Modern Nursery Rhymes Which Contained A Cover Of The Captain & Tennille's "Love Will Keep Us Together". In 1992 He Collaborated With Dave Stewart Eurythmics Under The Name Vegas. In 1995 He Released His First Solo Album Home. He Has Worked With The Lightning Seeds Stephen Duffy Gorillaz And Tricky. He Has Also Appeared Live With The Ordinary Boys.
On 21 July 2003 Hall Released His Album The Hour Of Two Lights Which Is A Collaboration With Mushtaq Fun-Da-Mental A Twelve-Year-Old Lebanese Girl Singer A Blind Algerian Rapper A Syrian Flautist Hebrew Vocalists A Group Of Polish Gypsies And Damon Albarn Blur Gorillaz . In 2009 He Embarked On A Well-Received Reunion Tour With The Original Line-Up Of The Specials Who Originally Split In 1981 Though Without Jerry Dammers And Continued Touring With The Band Throughout 2010 And 2011.
Lyons Is Now A University Lecturer/tutor Of Graphic Design At Sheffield Hallam University In South Yorkshire. Karl Shale Went On To Join The Candyskins. After They Broke Up He Started Working In A Record Shop. read less