Chimera
| Data: 1969-1970 Miejsce: Tenth Planet TP 054 Studio recordings |
1. Come Into The Garden* Interlude #1 2. The Grail Interlude #2 3. Sad Song For Winter Interlude #3 4. Mary's Mystry* 5. Lady With Bullets In Her Hair 6. Black Hat Babe* 7. Song In E* 8. Episode At Telegraph Hill* 9. Morning Sounds 10. Peru* |
Limited to 1000 copies (104/1000)
All tracks written by Lisa Bankoff
Tracks recorded 1969 except* 1970
Produced by Mal Luker
except* produced by Nick Mason
Orchestral arrangements by Wil Malone
Personel:
Lisa Bankoff - guitar (tracks 2,3,9) and vocals on all tracks
Francesca Garnett - vocals on all tracks except "Sad Song For Winter"
Mal Luker - guitar and keyboards on "Sad Song For Winter"
Bob Weston - guitar on tracks marked *
Nick South - bass on tracks marked *
Roy Temro - drums on "Mary's Mystery"
Nick Mason - drums on "The Grail"
Rick Wright - keyboards on "Lady With Bullets In Her Hair"
Ian Milne - keyboards on "The Grail"
Comments:
An obscure band whose Peru, features distinctive high-pitched vocals somewhere
between Fairport Convention and Trees. Amazingly they cut 20 tracks for the
label yet had nothing released. An album's worth of material was compiled in the
'80s for possible release but it too remains unissued (not anymore since this is
it). Tracks like Come Into The Garden, The Grail and Sad Song For Winter
showcase Bankoff's delightful vocals augmented by some fine guitar and sometimes
melodramatic piano and keyboard work. It would be great to see this released.
Bob Weston later played with Fleetwood Mac, Nick South (ex-Alexis Korner), went
on to play with Elke Brookes and Roy Temro sadly died some time ago. Lisa
Bankoff was the groups songwriter:- "The band was managed by Pink Floyd's Nick
Mason, and both he and Rick Wright were featured on some of the tracks. eg. The
Grail, The Game and possibly, I Met A Stranger Once. Even the Floyd's roadie
Alan Styles played Sax on one track. The project fell to pieces mainly because I
had a car accident shortly after the recordings were finished and couldn't walk
for a couple of years. Our producer was called Mal Luker."
Reputedly, Cliff Wade and Danny Beckerman were involved in some way too,
although this may be incorrect.
Lisa Bankoff now lives in Perth, W. Australia and still writes songs and plays
"a little bit here and there". She and Francesca have recently written a book
about their life in London during the late '60s / early '70s called "Making It!
Famous Names and Silly Girls".
Compilation appearances include: Peru on Morgan Blue Town (LP) and Best And The
Rest Of British Psychedelia (CD), Chimera (LP)
Added: 03.03.2008
