Song Of the Day: November 12, 2005
Red Chair Fadeaway - July Is A Long Time Coming
Candy Floss 45, 1993
I have to give it up for any band who names themselves after a song from the Bee Gees' first album, but this is a complete gem of a song no matter what the band is called. Just under two minutes of neo-psychedelic guitars twisting back and forth underneath a sing-songy vocal melody (courtesy of Shirley Souter, another one of those wispy-little-girl singers I'm so fond of), "July Is A Long Time Coming" is one of the rare convergences of twee pop and freakbeat, styles that normally don't really go together so well. The heart of Red Chair Fadeaway -- which I believe only existed for this one single, of which "July Is A Long Time Coming" is one of two b-sides -- is guitarist Tim Vass, whose name will likely be familiar to the sort of people who collect Sarah Records singles.
-Stewart Mason
7 Comments:
2 albums, 3 singles & a split flexi by the band:
http://www.twee.net/bands/redchairfade.html
Huh. I had no idea, because I knew Tim Vass mostly from the Razorcuts. Off to eBay, then. Thanks!
Wow! Cool song. Never heard of them. Time to hit the web in pursuit of more info...thanks for turning me on to them.
Wasn´t Elizabeth Price in the band too?
Elizabeth Price wasn't on this single. She might have been on some of the other records that I only just found out existed.
The first two RCF EPs were released on the Cosmic English Music label, co-run by Elizabeth Price but she was not in the band as far as I know (her band was The Carousel). RCF was pretty much Shirley Souter's band. I have the early singles and the first album (all compiled on the CD version of "Curioser and curioser", which is very nice) and she wrote about 90% of the songs, sang lead and did the album artwork etc..
Red Chair Fadeaway was pretty much Tim & Shirley's thing. I was in the band for all but the last 45. We did 2 12", 1 7", 2 LPs, a split flexi & had a track on a comp. We did about 4 or 5 gigs. It was fun.
Cheers, Richard Mason.
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