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Tandy & Morgan
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Tandy & Morgan (sometimes Tandy Morgan) was the pairing of British musicians Richard Tandy (born 26 March 1948; died 1 May 2024) and Dave Morgan (aka David Scott-Morgan, born David Raymond Morgan on 19 August 1942). The pair released the album "Earthrise" in 1986. Also see the EP "Action" by The Tandy Morgan Band (sometimes Tandy Morgan Band) and "The B.C. collection" by Tandy Morgan Smith. The pair met in the late 1960s when Tandy joined The Uglys, a group that also featured Morgan. Having recorded demo songs for about 15 years, their first record was released at the end of 1984. They called themselves R & D (which is either "research & development" or Richard & Dave" - they are themselves not sure which) and released the single "Berlin". The end of 1985 saw the recordings of an album under the new name Tandy & Morgan for FM Records. The album "Earthrise", a spacey concept album of science fiction themes, was completely written by Morgan, who again sang all the lead vocals, with Tandy bringing in some of his ideas by arranging the keyboard parts (which might explains the album's reminiscence to E.L.O.'s "Time", a concept album released in 1981). Earth Rise was produced in Los Angeles by Steve Lipson and eventually released on vinyl in 1986 on the FM Revolver label (in 1992, Morgan released the album on CD). Though received with enthusiasm by E.L.O. fans, Earth Rise was not a commercial breakthrough. In early 1986 the pair formed The Tandy Morgan Band with Martin Smith (t
