Blossom Toes
British psychedelic pop band active 1966–1970, known for their debut album We Are Ever So Clean and film work with Éric Rohmer.
Blossom Toes were a British psychedelic pop band active between 1966 and 1970. They were initially known as The Ingoes and played beat music, freakbeat, R&B, and soul covers before being renamed and signed to the Marmalade record label of manager Giorgio Gomelsky. Their debut album, We Are Ever So Clean, was issued on 3 November 1967 and was included in Record Collector's list of the '100 Greatest Psychedelic Records'. The band contributed music to La Collectionneuse (1967), a film by French director Éric Rohmer, and also appeared in Popdown (1967) by Fred Marshall.
Quick Facts
- Origin
- London, England
- Genre
- Psychedelic pop
- psychedelic rock
- baroque pop
- hard rock
- British beat
- British R&B
- freakbeat
- Years active
- 1966–1970
- Label
- Marmalade (Polydor)
- Past members
- Brian Godding
- Jim Cregan
- Brian Belshaw
- Kevin Westlake
- John "Poli" Palmer
- Barry Reeves
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Background
The original line-up comprised Brian Godding (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Jim Cregan (guitar, vocals), Brian Belshaw (bass, vocals), and Kevin Westlake (drums). Their second album, If Only For A Moment (July 1969), saw the band taking a noticeably heavier direction, with Cregan and Godding's distinctive two-part guitar harmonies playing a prominent role. At this point Westlake left, and was replaced by John 'Poli' Palmer, and then Barry Reeves. The band quit in 1970. Belshaw and Godding rejoined Westlake in B.B. Blunder; Cregan formed Stud with John Wilson and Charlie McCracken, before joining Family, as did Palmer.
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