photo by Pete Prescott
Peter James Shaw…Looks like a Jim Jims rehearsal….! My sparse rehearsal kit!
Terry Pack….Upstairs at Ray’s?
Pete Prescott…. I took this. Andy played on two songs of written. He played great. This was at Andy Qunta’ s house.
Martyn Baker… Monsieur A. Cunningham. Pretty much the best singer/guitarist I have ever had the pleasure of working with.
Janine Anne Scott… Happy Days xx. We used to strum along at Duncan Dray’s house 
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Sarah Harvey… Some familiar names from March 2nd, 1980. Pete Prescott , Kevin Hoad, Ray Fenwick, Terry Pack Tony Bird .
Andy Qunta… Excellent!
Terry Pack… I remember those Sunday gigs. I enjoyed that band.
Pete Prescott… We didn’t gig that much. I remember doing Stevie Wonder ‘ s loves in need of love today. A few Chatsworth gigs and it was done.
Peter Millington… I was there, great band and venue
Terry Pack… Sunday lunchtimes. Kevin used to joke that nobody would come to the gigs because people would think it was all lies.
Tim Anderson… And the support act….Post Truth.
Phil Gill… They later changed their name to Alternative Facts.
Sarah Harvey… Peter Prescott !!! How posh ☺
Mick O’Dowd… That’s alot of Lies!
Robert Searle… A. Great lineup, I would have love to have seen this.
Stuart Moir… I was there admiring Ray Fenwicks guitar prowess brilliant evening
Robert Searle…I did recording session with him years ago. The last time I saw him play was at the Hailsham Club with Tony Kenward group, he can play any style.
Pete Prescott…He is a fantastic player. As you say any style. Very classy. One of the very few that listens and likes singers and the overall sound of a track. I would love to work with him again. Offstage he’s also very funny. He had so many hilarious stories. I’ve told him he should write a book.
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Pete Shaw… Peter “Shore”….Just because I live by the sea….!
Phil Thornton….another great band !!
Yvonne Cleland….I seem to remember Johnny Mars playing a lot in Cherries too.
Pete Shaw….Great gigs at Mr Cherries…packed house, Chris Cozens on keys and sometimes trumpet, Ray Fenwick, Terry the Pack, Johnny and moi on drums…we enjoyed it and had a blast…usually it was during a “South Coast “weekend…Six Bells Chiddingly, Mr Cherries and back to Chiddingly Sunday……!!
Promotional video from 2012
Pete Prescott… I remember singing a song of his on the forcefield album called “fire in the city” he used a word in the song that doesnt exist (hellness) it still made sense.great player.nice guy.built like a brick s*@t house !
Terry Pack… Johnny has a talent for inventing new words! We recorded several different versions of Sonny Boy Williamson’s ‘Don’t Start Me Talking’ (album, TV, radio, etc) and he never sang the same thing twice in one of the verses. I once asked him what he was singing, and in typical Johnny Mars style, he said, ‘I don’t know. I listened to Sonny Boy a hundred times, and I still don’t know what the hell(ness) he was singing!”
photo from Jenny Hervey-Moon via Terry Pack – National Hero Paul Kendrick & Terry Pack
supplied by Mick O’Dowd
Terry Pack… Paul Kendrick & Terry Pack. It was a pop harmony band: a guitar, bass, keys and drums quartet with three voices, doing 50s, 60s and 70s material. I enjoyed it. The drummer you can just make out was Paul ‘Bunny’ Freeman. Out of shot is Tony Bird.
Mick O’Dowd… Am thinking maybe National Hero or Easy Street?
Terry Pack… That’s right. National Hero. We played night clubs, holiday camps, British Legions and Working Men’s’ Clubs, in the days when there were lots of those gigs, and well paid.
Mick O’Dowd… Thought it might be them as I promoted them at The Carlisle around this time Terry.
Phil Thornton… I have no memory of playing at the Carlisle with Minotaur !!! – did this happen ? was anybody there ?
Mick O’Dowd… Yes it did happen as I put it on. Not full but I made a modest profit on the night Phil.
David Miller… I was there, your Mum and Kaye were there, John Wilde even showed up…. David McKnight, Marc Reynolds and Glen too. Upstairs, wunnit…! I remember that night (April 7th) as a member of Minotaur, I lost my voice but met John Wilde for the first time. One scene was coming to an end and a new one was bubbling up and getting ready to manifest.
Tim Moose Bruce… I remember seeing Loggerhead upstairs at the Carlisle. Prog stuff if I recall. Labrath Roadshow. Great rock music disco
Mick O’Dowd… Any idea where Steve & His Brother are now Tim?
Tim Moose Bruce… I never knew them . I just saw the band that night upstairs in the carlisle. Think the main band that night was Footlose or Slack Alice as they were latterly known when they changed the band name. Harry Randall may remember that night.
Mick O’Dowd… I used Labrath regularly as Steve was very reliable. I would love to know what became of him.
Steve Fox… I’ve just found out what happens when you google your history! Great days, good memories of running the Labrath disco, van loads of gear and tons of records, I’m still in the business repairing and servicing sound gear.
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The infamous photo of Johnny Mars Harry R & The Jump Jets with Sam Fox, ends up in a German magazine.
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Pete Prescott signed photo and an early collection.
Peter Shaw…..As the German caption stated…Pete as a backing singer for Sam Fox stating she was “first class” on this her first live gig..! Why do I know? I was there too!!
Phil Gill….Well at least my leg is in the picture behind Johnny….
Terry Pack…..I was hiding behind Johnny for most of this gig.
David Easton….Yes I remember it well.Got the T shirt.
Pete Prescott….somewhere in the article Sam is called “the big titted one” Colin fox was having his photo taken with Sam and looked as if he was going to make a lunge at them.her security men moved in.he decided against it ! she seemed to be a nice person.i thought she sang well.p.j .proby was in the audience.strange looking guy in a red top and fly fishing hat.Keith Harris was there.drunk swearing and a total pain in the ass ! good night ! when she signed her photo for me i asked if she could write ” to Pete.thanks for backing me !” she smiled and said “no”
Phil Thornton…..yes very nice girl – I did a session for her with Ray Fenwick producing – I didn’t know who she was at the time …….. but it was kind of obvious that she would get noticed !!
Andy Qunta…..Awesome, Terry!
Terry Pack….Everything I wore between 1970 and 1979 was flared: loons, jeans, sleeves, collars, hair…
Andy Qunta….That was exactly how it should be, you fashion icon you!
Peter James Shaw…..Where’s that great Rickenbacker now…you must have exchanged it for another outfit!!
Terry Pack….I sold it in 1979, Pete. It was a beauty, but a medium scale length. I needed to move on to a grown-up instrument.
Martyn Wyatt… 2nd from left, Mr Willy Gilmour, my old school music teacher!
Charlie Elston… Hi Thunderbags, pretty much sums it up
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Phil Thornton… wow ! – I know all 3 of these splendid chaps, never expected to see them all in the same room together though !
Peter Millington…I didn’t realise this dynamic duo did a version of “I Go Ape”
Terry Pack… 1981: Recording backing vocals (and ‘dancing’) on a session of Pete Prescott’s with the marvellous Andy Qunta at Tony Bird’s Wing Studio
Amber Young… LOL, love it (the dancing).
Pete Prescott… My first attempt at recording songs “wot I rote”. They were not very good. The boys (with Pete Shaw on drums and Andy Caine who played wonderful guitar) played well, fun day. I have them on tape. I play them once every five years or so then find a quiet place point North and howl for ten minutes. Seemed a good idea at the time. Now a GOOD one to hear is my very first band VILLAGE (with Andy holiday who runs the p.a. At Beatles day on bass) on our first time in a studio. I was 16/17. My daughter Poppy used to beg me to put it on. She used to scream with laughter (yes THAT good) I remember the guy left the talk back button on. I heard him say to Andy “yes I can put reverb and echo on . . . And it will still be out of tune with reverb and echo on it ! ” followed by “yes sounding good Pete ! Lets try it again !” That tape is buried in a secret place and no I can’t remember where it is ! I wake up in cold sweats when I remember it. Village did get better by the way.
Nick Hibberd… So, you were a Village person then Pete?
Phil Gill… “I’d, errm, give it a couple of minutes before going back in there, Ray….”
Chris Baker… I’m guessing the Funky Chicken? 
Lucy Pappas… Action pics! Wonderful x
Pete Prescott… We were recording at Tony’s studio. The guy’s were wonderful. The songs were my first attempt at recording anything I’d written…nuff said ! The vocals I did were bloody awful listening to them now. But a good time was had by all. One day I’ll re record one of them. Don’t they look young ! I think one was recorded live with Andy on piano at his sister’s house (?) You can hear birds in the background. I remember driving to Park Gate Studios that day with Andy C to pick A guitar amp up. Jack Bruce and Robin Trower and Reggie Isodore were there recording. There was a crate of whiskey in the hallway for Jack Bruce.
Terry Pack… I love these photos. We had a lot of fun recording those songs, as you can see.
Catherine Ireland… Are you sure you were trying to dance?
Terry Pack… Mmm. I’m not sure that ‘dance’ is the best verb for it, I agree, but that was the intention. It seemed to help us sing in tune and in time, though. I’m a little puzzled by the fact that, if Andy Caine was on this session, as Pete’s comment above suggests he was, he wasn’t singing instead of me…
Stuart Moir… That gas bottle by the window looks decidedly dodgy
Terry Pack… I like the miscellany of objects in the room: Andy‘s Wurlitzer, the gas bottle, the mugs of tea on the flight case… Do you still have the recording Pete?
Pete Prescott… I have it on a cassette somewhere and I have the original master tape. I wonder if its still playable ? I could ‘re do the vocals.
Jacquie Hinves… Park gate studios. Kevin was playing there with a Paul McCartney and Wings at the time . We would all meet up at the White Hart in Catsfield with some fabulous friends.
Jan Warren… WOW. all so young!!
Here’s a rare photo of Cozy Powell taken by Pete Prescott, rehearsing at Catsfield Studios playing the hammers!
left to right ray fenwick, chris cozens, cozy powell, pete prescott, neil murray
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Johnny Mars, Sam Fox, Terry Pack, Stuart Moir, Phil Gill, Pete Shaw, Pete Prescott, Dave Easton, Colin Fox, Ray Fenwick and a host of other people – The Valbonne Club 1984.
The Continental Bexhill 22nd September 1982 – supplied by Pete Prescott
Pete Prescott, Terry Pack, Dave Easton, Pete Shaw, Andy Caine and Ray Fenwick.
The De La Warr Pavilion 5th October 1983 supplied by Pete Prescott
Pete Prescott ….it was one of those short lived (and everyone new it ) fun bands.ray was good at getting everyone on board and organising rehearsals.i learned 48 rock and roll songs in a week.the best 24 were picked and the rest dumped.i could still sing most me then now.we all learned a lot.especially how good rock and roll is.and how influential it is.
Robert Searle… Good pictures of Pete and great picture of some great musos.
Jane Hartley… Nice legs!
Phil Gill… You wouldn’t want to take any of ’em home to meet your parents, would you?
Harry Randall… I’m wondering what’s happened to them all?
Janet Rennie… Lovely boys
Mark Gilham… What is it with Ray and promo pics?
Pete Prescott… Great band ! Andy and Ray played so well. Fantastic players. We had our moments.
Terry Pack… did a number of recordings with him, including a country blues album(!). I liked him and he was a very good player: much more than a rocker.
Andy Caine… Bags of fun!!!
Martyn Baker… Great band photo!
Pete Shaw… What fun we all had..before Harry R, during the mad days of Harry R and after where we all did a bomb burst back into more mad music in varying bands!! Great lessons learnt…22 minute guitar solos..easy!!!
Pete Prescott… Yeah ray solo Andy solo Andy Qunta solo Tony Qunta West solo ray solo in a blues jam. 28 sodding minutes ha ha !
Phil Gill… I believe Rev Stockdale’s mum met several of them one morning when she walked into her living room and found them asleep on the floor.
Pete Shaw… What fun we all had..before Harry R, during the mad days of Harry R and after where we all did a bomb burst back into more mad music in varying bands!! Great lessons learnt…22 minute guitar solos..easy!!! And I’m allegedly a drummer…!
Andy Caine… Making as much noise as possible!
Martyn Baker… I’ll have you know, my parents met at least 3 of them.