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Vinyl L.P - Parlophone Records - PCS 7089.
1970 - U.K.
Cover design, photographs (A. Powell): HIPGNOSIS.
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Rare Earth Records - RS512.
U.S.A.
Cover photography: Hendin.
Art director: Curtis McNair.
Graphic supervisión: Tom Schlesinger.
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Tim Mycroft
Keyboards
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ReplyDeleteSounds Nice was a British instrumental pop group which recorded in the 1960s.
The group was founded by Tim Mycroft, keyboardist for Gun, and the name was taken from a comment by Paul McCartney on hearing a demo tape that it "sounds nice".
The band's first single was a cover of "Je t'aime... moi non plus" by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, re-titled "Love At First Sight", taking advantage of the original being banned by many British radio stations for its suggestive singing.
It was released while the "parent" single was rising in popularity and had the advantage, unlike the original, of being played on Top of the Pops.
It was not a hit, but Parlophone had enough faith in the concept to allow Mycroft and Buckmaster to assemble session musicians (including Clem Cattini, Herbie Flowers, and Chris Spedding) to create an album of varying styles, named "Love At First Sight" after the band's sole success.
The album also missed the charts, and the two prime movers went their separate ways: Mycroft as a soloist, and Buckmaster originally joining the Chris Farlowe-led band The Hill.