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Tarney Spencer Band
12+ albums
classic rock80spopProgressive rockLEO SAYER
about
Brittish/Australian duo: Alan Tarney and Trevor Spencer. Tarney was also producer for Cliff Richard (We don't talk anymore). Tarney-Spencer Band was an Australian rock band composed of Trevor Spencer and Alan Tarney in the late 1970s. The band recorded three albums, and is notable for the song "No Time to Lose" which received substantial air-play in the USA on Album-oriented rock radio stations, and charted twice on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart . Alan Tarney met Trever Spencer while playing in an Australian group called Johnny Broome and The Handels. In 1969 Alan and Trevor moved to the UK. They formed a band called Quartet, releasing 2 singles on Decca and recording an unreleased album. The two also occasionally played on on numerous sessions for artists including Olivia Newton-John, Chris Squire, Bonnie Tyler, Charlie Dore, New Seekers, The Real Thing and many others. Alan and Trevor began working as a duo in 1975. Their first, self titled album was released in 1976 in the UK only, on the Bradley's label. Shortly after, the Tarney-Spencer Band signed a deal with A&M Records for 10 albums. The band's second album (1st for A&M), was titled "Three's a Crowd" and featured cover art with rounded corners, shaped like an American style cafe menu card. The album received modest airplay on AOR radio station in the US and reached #174 on Billboard Magazine's album chart. A single from the album, "It's Really You" hit #86 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Run For Your Life" appea
