Buoyed by the success of their first single “If I Had You” from their first record in 1979, they were allowed to make a second, from which this slice of prime and vintage cheese comes.
Their instrumentation could include anything from flutes and fiddles to dustbin lids, and bear tribute to the days when record companies had money to invest in the sometimes vainglorious pursuit of a hit, allowing a band to mature over several albums, rather than today’s one strike and you’re out.Īnyway, the band had ground to one of their periodic halts, leaving Andy Davis and James Warren without an output for their undoubted melodicism. Stackridge were resolutely unfashionable and nominally prog, although their music could be an odd amalgam of twiddly instrumentals, folk, psychedelia and music hall. With a name derived from the name of ubiquitous ’80s synthesizer makers Korg, they evolved out of the eccentric and often unclassifiable ’70s UK band Stackridge, at a time when fashion demanded shorter and hookier songs, shorter hair, skinny ties, and shiny suits, i.e.
The Korgis really were an extraordinary group.
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