Apart From the Crowd

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Everything started in 1979., Georgie had this floundering idea to start a band that would mesh together the sounds of lush keyboards/synths,, acoustic guitars & percussions that was influencing his musical tastes with such bands/artists like:::::Beach Boys,,New Musik,,Gino Vannelli,,Grass Roots,,A-ha,,Chicago,,Chris Isaak,,Starbuck,,Spandau Ballet,,Level 42,,Cowsills..."Power Pop & Synthpop"... The magic happened in early 1983 when Georgie met Victor Lovera. Victor had released an album in 1981 for CBS / Kat Family records under the name: "Smashers",which met with critical acclaim. Georgie had a notebook over flowing with lyrics & Victor was overflowing with music. the two of them approached their song writing much like, Bernie Taupin / Elton John did with theirs. the lyrics came first then the music. with that songwriting approach,it just adds a different flavour to the songs.throughout the years, Georgie always kept the musical door open for creative people to add their imput to the sound of Apart From The Crowd. In 1984,Georgie went to Europe to secure a record deal & song publishing deal for Apart From The Crowd. it happened !! Georgie met German record producer,Ralf Krueger (aka...Sira Ain). Ralf loved what he heard & signed the band right on the spot to his new record label & publishing company....A1A Music Group / Ralf Krueger Musicpublishing.the ball started rolling.shortly thereafter,Georgie met Canadian keyboardist / vocalist / songwriter: George Kauntz & German v

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Rare Hits of The 80s Vol. 34

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Is It Love Or Is It Hate Or Both? II

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Violins (Single)

Violins

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Rare Hits of The 80s Vol 34

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Work Hard

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RADIO BODY MUSIC - WORK HARD

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Rare Hits of The 80's Vol. 34

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1985 - Violins (12'' EP)

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Demo for Apart from the crowd

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Radio Body Music : Work Hard

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Violins [12'' AIA 55102] (1985)

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