Music For The Herd of Herring Japanese Herring edition

(Quite right, it is to all intents and purposes the same as the Radio Stars page).

Members of three legendary English bands from the 60s and 70s (OK, two then), get together in 2000 to trawl through their back catalogues with aplomb. John’s Children, Jet and Radio Stars are all represented here, and there’s even a bit of Sparks. (But not too much). Idiosyncratic pop with a bit of wit, snappy tunes and lots of volume – who could ask for more?

Given that all three bands shared members (and still do), it’s hard to decide the corporate identity of the artists on ‘Music For The Herd Of Herring’. Late in 1999, fans of arrange a US debut for their heroes, Gordon joined singer Ellison, Townson and guitarist Boz Boorer (Marc Bolan being otherwise detained). A subseuent three-day tour of Europe in May 2000 resulted in this live CD. It’s loud.

The Japanese edition includes three bonus tracks - a Jet song ('Brian Damage'), Trevor White's 'Crazy Kids' and 'Radio Stars'. You can see how confusing it all was.