Chords Five

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The story of the Chords Five began In 1964 in Stratford London E15. The original line-up was Roger Stoten, Terry Bristow, Terry Holmes, Peter Ross, and the Manager Carl Holmes (Terry's Father, Carl was a great artist/painter). They were called the "Pioneers". The first gig they played was at the Poplar Civic in Bow, London, 24th June, 1965. Soon after that Lee Morrison joined the band as bass guitarist and they changed their name to The Chords Five, They continued to play in local clubs and built up a huge following in the East end of London and were in the local papers almost every week. It was in December of 1966 when they were playing at The Pastures Youth Centre in Leytonstone, Carl, the manager, had done the impossible and arranged for Jimmy Miller (Record Producer) for Island Records to come there and listen to the band. He turned up and after hearing the band he signed them on the spot. They were advertised as the youngest group in the world, four of them were 15 and Phil was only 13. They were also the youngest group to have a recording contract at that time. They were so close to becoming major recording artists, but their age blocked them in many ways. They were booked all over the world only to find out they were too young to work abroad. Terry still has one of the letters from one of the agency's at the time refusing them a visa to play in Paris because they were too young. Their first release "I Am Only Dreaming" was played at least 20 times a day on the local ra

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Garage Rock Hits

Sometimes I Wonder - The Psychedelic Pop Sound Of President

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Go Gear! Rare 60's Beat, Freakbeat, RnB, Psych & Soul

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Chocolate Soup for Diabetics, Volume 4

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Chocolate Soup For Diabetics Volume 4 - UK Psych Classics - Remastered

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Chocolate Soup For Diabetics, Volume 5

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Hipsterism

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Sometimes I Wonder

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...It's Smoke Time

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The Electric Lemonade Acid Test

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Electric Lemonade Acid Test Vol. 1

Chocolate Soup For Diabetics, Vol. 4

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