Help needed

[Jonathan Jarrett]

On Sun, 3 Apr 2011, Jamun, www.spacerocktrading.com wrote:

> Who is this band?
>
> It was recorded from 21st June 1978 through midnight to the 22nd June 1978.
> Hence it was recorded exactly through the summer solstice of 1978.

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JPPdmZrsWw

> Its not ""Eye to the power of Three". No such band IMO.
>
> Its also not "Here & Now" as Keith from "Here & Now" has confirmed.
>
> It is suggested that its a band called Thandoy.
> Steve Higgins. (KarmaKanix) Guitar, vocal.
> Mike Howlett. (Gong) Bass and switch-doctoring
> Steve Cassidy. (Here and Now): Drums, percussion
>
> The bass guitarist definitely sounds like Mike Howlett from Gong. Also he
> was there at the festival as he played at the time with Nik Turner's Sphynx
> who performed.

 	It's not much help, because, you know, I wasn't there, but I have 
seen Mike Howlett play with a band called *House of* Thandoy, who also had 
Basil Brooks on synths and I would say there's some keyboards there that 
sound as if they could be him. I agree that the bass is Howlett-like. It 
must be said that the band I've seen (two years ago now) go a *lot* faster 
than this, but it's evidently not exactly the same outfit as the the 
seventies one.

 	Have you tried the Planet Gong forums? I'd have thought somebody 
there would know if it *is* Thandoy and they may even know what it is if 
it isn't, if you follow:
http://www.planetgong.co.uk/outland/forum/index.php
Yours,
 	Jon

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       Jonathan Jarrett, Oxford       jjarrett at chiark.greenend.org.uk
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