I Wanna Be Free - Music

There Are At Least Two Different Bands Called The V.I.P.'s. 1. The V.I.P.'s Were A British R&B Musical Ensemble Formed In Carlisle Cumberland North West England In Late 1963. 2. The V.I.P.'s Were A British Power Pop Group Of The Late 1970s Closely Associated With The Mod Revival Scene At The Time. More Information On Both Groups... 1. The V.I.P.'s Were A British R&B Musical Ensemble Formed In Carlisle Cumberland North West England In Late 1963 Formed Out Of An Earlier Outfit Known As The Ramrods Who Had Formed In Carlisle In 1960. After A Change Of Personnel In April 1967 The Band Changed Their Name To Art And Released The Album Supernatural Fairy Tales. They Also Participated To A Psychedelic Bizarre Album Called Featuring The Human Host And The Heavy Metal Kids By A Collective Known As Hapshash And The Coloured Coat Formed By Guy Stevens And An Influential British Graphic Design And Avant-Garde Musical Partnership Between Michael English And Nigel Waymouth. The Musicians Involved In That Project Were Mike Harrison On Keys And Vocals Luther Grosvenor On Guitars Greg Ridley On Bass And Mike Kellie On Drums As Well As Performances By Stevens English And Waymouth. It Was The First Time That The Term Heavy Metal Was Ever Used In Music Even Though That Album Had Nothing To Do With Heavy Metal Music Being Closer To Psychedelic Music. That Album Was Published In 1967 On Liberty Records And Contained Only Five Songs From Two Minutes To More Than 15 Minutes Of Psychedelic And Almost Meditative State Kind Of Music. The Band Members At Various Times Were Mike Harrison Lead Vocals Ex Dino And The Danubes The Dakotas The Ramrods Greg Ridley Bass Guitar Ex Dino And The Danubes The Dakotas Frank Kenyon Rhythm Guitar 1963–67 Born 12 October 1945 Carlisle Ex The Teenages The Ramrods Jimmy Henshaw Lead Guitar 1963–67 Born James Henshaw 20 October 1941 In Newarthill Near Motherwell North Lanarkshire Scotland Died 1 May 2007 Carlisle Ex The Ramrods Keith Emerson Electric Organ Ex-Gary Farr & The T-Bones 1966–1967 Luther Grosvenor Lead Guitar 1967 Walter Johnstone Drummer 1963–67 Born 11 March 1943 Carlisle Ex The Teenages The Ramrods And Mike Kellie Drummer 1967 24 March 1947 – 18 January 2017 . When Emerson Left In Early 1967 To Form The Nice Harrison Ridley Grosvenor And Kellie Changed Their Name To 'Art' And Released One Album Supernatural Fairy Tales Produced By Guy Stevens On That Album They Covered Stephen Stills' For What It's Worth And Felix Cavaliere's Come On Up. And Then They Became Spooky Tooth. Greg Ridley Then Left To Join Steve Marriott And Form Humble Pie Who Were More Blues Oriented. And As For Spooky Tooth They Were Soon Joined By American Keyboard Player Gary Wright. Discography Singles
"She's So Good" / "Don't Keep Shouting At Me" UK RCA 1964 "Mercy Mercy" / "That's My Woman" U.S. Only Single Produced By Derek Lawrence "Wintertime" / "Anyone" As The Vipps CBS "I Wanna Be Free" / "Don't Let It Go" Island "Straight Down To The Bottom" / "In A Dream" Island "Sunshine Help Me" Island - As 'Spooky Tooth' Albums
Supernatural Fairy Tales Island ILP967 - As 'Art' Compilation Albums
CD Compilation The Complete V.I.P.S Double Album 28 Tracks Repertoire Records 2. Describing Themselves As "a New Wave Pop Fun Beat Combo Into T. Rex Ramones Jonathan Richman Beatles Bowie" The V.I.P.'s Came Together At Warwick University In Coventry Although They Were Subsequently Based In South-West London. Comprising Jed Dmochowski Vocals Guitar Guy Morley Guitar Andrew Price Bass And Paul Shurey Drums They Débuted In July 1978 With Music For Funsters A Three-Track Release. After A Split Single With Urban Disturbance They Signed To Gem Records Where They Released A String Of Singles That Interested On The Mod Revival Circuit. Morley And Shurey The Latter A Leading Rave Promoter In Later Years Then Formed Neo-Psychedelic Band Mood Six While Jed Dmochowski Recorded Solo For The Whaam Label. read less