They were an a cappella vocal quartet who put out an LP called “Living by the
Air” in 1982 — I bought it after hearing “Banks of the Nile” on (of all
things) John Peel’s show.
They were (and are) possibly the best such group I’ve heard. They’re
distinguished by (among other things) a) having a much better grasp of
counterpoint than average, and b) being spot on pitch.
Their names were Peter, Paul, Tim and Mary. However, beyond the fact that they
were Londoners and that Pete’s name was Cunningham, there’s hardly any more
information.
The record was on the Plant Life label, but seems to have sunk without trace.
I later bought a CD called “Tell tae me” by Heritage, but it was by a
completely different group.
Anyone have any more information, or know what they’re doing now? … the conversation then goes on to piece together tiny scraps of information about our friends!
Albums
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Living by the air
Album recorded in ....??
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Live recording by the Berries
Many years after the event and by chance, we met the Berries who used to run Chippenham folk festival was it? We met them in a pub on the canal somewhere near Devises. They recognised Paul and told us they had a live recording from who knows when ...
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