Name: Sweet Fanny Adams - The Sweet
Brand: The Sweet
SKU: 0889853218622
Price: 9.76 EUR
Availability: InStock

Description

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Artist

The nucleus of The Sweet came together in 1966, when drummer Michael Thomas Tucker (b. 17 July 1947, Harlesden, London, England) and vocalist Brian Francis Connolly (b. 5 October 1945, Hamilton, Scotland) played together in Wainwright's Gentlemen, a small-time club circuit band whose repertoire comprised a mixture of Motown, R&B and psychedelia. The pair broke away to form Sweetshop, later shortened to just Sweet, with Steve Norman Priest (b. 23 February 1950, Hayes, Middlesex) on bass and Frank Torpey on guitar. After releasing four unsuccessful singles on Fontana and EMI, Torpey was replaced by first Mick Stewart, and then Mick by Andrew David Scott (b. 30 June 1949, Wrexham, Wales) and the new line-up signed to RCA. The band were introduced to the writing partnership of Chinn and Chapman, who were to provide the band with a string of hit singles.However, the band were writing their own hard-rock numbers on the b-sides of these hits. The group's determinedly effete, glam-rock image was reinforced by a succession of Top 10 hits.

The Sweet in 1974 recorded the album Sweet Fanny Adams without the assistance of Chinn and Chapman. The album charted at number 27, but disappeared again after just two weeks. As The Sweet became more of an albums band, the hit singles began to dry up. Following a move to Polydor, they cut four albums with each release making less impact than its predecessor.

Since 1982, various incarnations of the band have appeared from time to time, with up to two of the original members in any one line-up. In 1992 two versions of the band - Andy Scott's Sweet & Brian Connolly Sweet - began regularly touring and gigging. In 1997, Brian Connolly died in hospital from a muscular disorder. Andy Scott continues to tour with his version of The Sweet.

Steve Priest passed away on 4 June 2020.

Tracks

1 Set Me Free 03:57

2 Heartbreak Today 05:00

3 No You Don't 04:33

4 Rebel Rouser 03:23

5 Peppermint Twist 03:27

6 Sweet F.A. 06:11

7 Restless 04:24

8 In To The Night 04:23

9 AC-DC 03:23

10 In To The Night (Demo) 04:21

11 Set Me Free (Demo) 04:18

12 Rebel Rouser (Steve Priest Lead Vocal Version) 03:47

Releases

Formats

Vinyl, Cassette, 8-Track Cartridge, CD, CDr

Labels

RCA, Moon Records , Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Jugoton, KM , RCA Victor, RCA , First Town Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment , Klimt Records, RCA Limited, Music Factory Group, Not On Label (The Sweet), Chinebridge Ltd., Elch Records , Chinebridge Ltd.

Countries

Australia, Brazil, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Europe, Yugoslavia, Australasia, UK & Europe

years

1974, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2017

Members

Andy Scott (2),~~Phil Lanzon~~,~~Mick Tucker~~,Steve Priest,~~Brian Connolly~~,~~Paul Mario Day~~,~~Jeff Brown (5)~~,Lee Small,~~Peter Lincoln~~,~~Steve Grant (5)~~,~~Stuart Smith (3)~~,~~Tony O'Hora~~,Bruce Bisland,Paul Manzi,~~Mick Stewart~~,~~Frank Torpey (2)~~