Skip Bifferty

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Skip Bifferty are something of a lesson in musical survival, and doubly so, since most of its members had viable and even highly successful careers in music stretching more than a decade after the group's break-up. The group was an offshoot of the latter-day Chosen Few, a Newcastle band that had been working together since 1962. They'd lost their bassist and lead guitarist in 1965, and organist Mick Gallagher kept the group going, recruiting John Turnbull on guitar and Colin Gibson on bass. With the departure of Chosen Few lead singer Alan Hull, Graham Bell joined as lead vocalist, but the time had come to close down the Chosen Few. Gallagher, Turnbull, Gibson, Bell, and drummer Tommy Jackman reorganized the band as Skip Bifferty. Skip Bifferty was a psychedelic pop band that immediately found a enthusiastic audience at the Marquee Club, got Don Arden as manager (which led to a contract with RCA-UK), and were regular guests on John Peel's Top Gear. A series of singles followed, among them the hard-rocking "On Love" (their debut), but they redefined themselves more in the direction of flower-power with their next few records, starting with "Happy Land." Although none of their singles charted, RCA allowed them to cut a full LP, which contained some notable psychedelic and experimental tracks. Their final single, "Man In Black," was taken off the album and was produced by Ronnie Lane and arranged by Steve Marriott. A dispute with Arden caused the band to walk out en masse, and

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Skip Bifferty

The Story of Skip Bifferty

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Nice Man's Gift

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Electric Sugar Cube Flashbacks

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The Rubble Collection Volume 8 - All the Colours of Darkness

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Talking About The Good Times Volume 1 - Remastered

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A Walk in Alice's Garden

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The Rubble Collection 4

The Story of Skip Bifferty (1 of 2)

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Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Derek’s Daily 45 II- Psych, Freakbeat, Garage 1966-68

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In The Magic Garden of Peppermint Store

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The Story of Skip Bifferty CD1

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