String Driven Thing - String Driven Thing


Cover

Vinyl L.P - Charisma Records - CAS 1062.
1972 - U.K.

Sleeve design, photography (A. Powell): HIPGNOSIS.


Back cover

Gatefold

Inner gatefold

Labels



String Driven Thing


Pauline Adams - Vocals, percussion.
Chris Adams - Guitar, vocals.
John Mannion - Guitar.
Graham Smith - Violin.
Colin Wilson - Bass.



Memorabilia:

Charisma Records


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  1. String Driven Thing are a Scottish folk rock band, formed in Glasgow in 1967 and led by married couple Chris and Pauline Adams, with the electric violin of Graham Smith.

    String Driven Thing formed in Glasgow in 1967 as a three-part harmony folk band with the Adamses and guitarist John Mannion.

    After paying their dues on the Scottish folk circuit they put out an eponymous album on the independent Concord label (copies of which are collectable and difficult to find) although a long way from their later Charisma label output.

    The group moved to London in 1972 and Chris Adams began to steer the band towards the electric folk-rock genre where his songwriting abilities, which often feature hard-bitten and bitter observations capturing the harsher side of life, would be seen to better effect.

    By 1972, he had recruited classically trained violinist Graham Smith and guitarist Colin Wilson on bass, but soon afterwards Mannion left, citing musical differences.

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