Graham Bell - Graham Bell


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Vinyl L.P - Charisma Records - 6368 927.
1972 - Germany.

Photography (A. Powell): HIPGNOSIS.
Front cover: Ian Vicentini.


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Compact Disc:

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Mini LP Sleeve - Big Pink Music - Big Pink 453.
Reissue 2016 - Korea.

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Obi



Graham Bell


1948 - 2008



Memorabilia:

Charisma Records


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  1. Graham Thomas Bell (17 April 1948, Blyth, Northumberland – 2 May 2008, London) was an English pop and rock singer. He was the lead vocalist for the band Every Which Way, which recorded one album in 1970.

    Bell made a solo single in 1966 and one year later replaced Alan Hull as the singer of psychedelic rock band Skip Bifferty (later renamed Heavy Jelly). In 1969 he was singer in another psychedelic rock band, Griffin.

    In 1970 he began his stint with Charisma Records, joining Every Which Way, a band formed by Brian Davison formerly of The Nice, as singer and principal writer. Musical style was jazzy progressive rock with guitar from John Hedley (who was later part of Last Exit, with Sting) playing call and response with Bell's blues shout vocals.

    Bell then rejoined his old mates from Skip Bifferty, now known as Arc, to form Bell & Arc in July 1971, with John Turnbull, Mick Gallagher, Bud Beadle, Kenny Craddock, Steve Gregory, Tom Duffy and Alan White.

    Bell was then tempted to leave the group to record his self-titled solo album in 1972, featuring Tim Hinkley, Tim Drummond, Mel Collins and Ian Wallace, and produced by Bob Johnston.

    In 1976, Alan White published his only solo album called Ramshackled on which he invited some old friends to play along with him, Bud Beadle and Steve Gregory on sax and flute, Kenny Craddock on keyboards, among other musicians who came and helped him.

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