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Track 0119: SUNSHINE DAY (Tontoh/Amarifo/Osei) 5:11 (ERECTION) (22nd January 1977)
Musicians: John Hodgson – electric piano, synthesizer, backing vocals, Eddie Hall – bass guitar, backing vocals, Ray Radford – guitar, Jed Duffy – drums, backing vocals, Yusef Nimar – congas, percussion, Dave Hughes – lead vocals, Steve White – trumpet, Colin Hudson – saxophone
Recorded: The Incognito, Darlington (live performance) mono cassette recorder
And so we move into 1977 and we continue with regular gigs. I am getting increasingly disillusioned with playing soul/funk music as punk rock grows in importance both personally and nationally.
The band argue constantly and little cliques emerge, some want to expand the horn section, others want to get rid of them altogether to save money. Ray Radford and I become close, partly due to our ambivalence towards the music, and also because we share a sense of humour.
There are very few live tapes of Erection, but on this night I persuaded Ray's friend to record the evening on a mono cassette machine. Unfortunately he stopped the tape for each song which meant that the start and end of each song was often cut off.
“Sunshine Day” was a smash for afro/funk/jazz band Osibisa. We covered several of their songs including “Music For Gong Gong” but this is the only one in the archives.
It's interesting to note that I play my solo here on the synth, but a week or so later on track #0128 I play it on the organ.

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Fast Cakes aka John Hodgson presents his Fast Cakes releases, plus his older releases with other bands, and also the massive "Legend & Lunacy" a 50th Anniversary box set of 1261 tracks celebrating 50 years of songwriting and music making with a variety of bands including Blitzkrieg Bop, Basczax & Makaton Chat amongst others. From pop tunes to indie anthems, all human life is here. ... more

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