Rollerball – Teach Me To Rock & Roll ABC Records Eastbourne 1978

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supplied by Linda Day and sourced from worthpoint.com

Produced by Terry Pack & Tony Bird. Thanks to Linda Day for supplying this. Anyone remember it?  This is what worthpoint.com said about it… 

The banger racing duo of Michael Baldry and Gareth Jones were doing well during the summer of ’78. Their mutual love of getting smashed to pieces in a wrecked car was rivalled only by a passion for rock n’ roll. With Gareth nursing an unpleasant groin injury after a particularly competetive race, the pair quit the season early and picked up their instruments and their mates, Guitarist Bob Titherington, keyboardist Mark Hannington and drummer Pete Billings.

The ABC Records car in a scrap…
Before long the band was getting into some heavy writing and had at least an album’s worth of material. Lead vocalist and successful businessman, Michael Baldry, decided to bypass “the system” and set up his own label, ABC records. In the late 70’s this was way ahead of it’s time. Rollerball made the album “Teach Me To Rock N’ Roll” which got airplay on BBC and Capital radio and was featured by John Peel on Radio 1 as well as top DJ Paul Gambaccini.

Despite moderate success the Rollerball project eventually gave way to other priorities in it’s members lives. However, in 2003 the band members reformed to perform on the recording sessions for lead vocalist Michael Baldry’s solo works. The band obviously still had the old magic and it was decided to write some new material which resulted in the single “Mean Sister” .

Terry Pack… I never thought I’d hear of this again! I got a call to play a session, and got roped into doing a whole album. There were no songs, so we wrote them as we went along. My favourite was ‘More Collar’.

Tony Bird in the studio – 1981 & history

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supplied by Pete Prescott

Tony Bird.….just For the record after gone pro for 5 years I retuned to Bexhill and formed a band in 1973 will Len Benton & Ian Mcgilvray called “PARDON” and a year later was joined by Joe Milligon on sax and sometimes his brother Ronnie . this line up was called “QUESTION”……giging at The Yorkshire Grey pub St.Leonards.,Safari Club George St….58 Club Winchelsea….The York Pub Bexhill ,,,,,,,,,,,,,The Inn at Crowhurst and Various RAF camps in the south……..all in a big yellow van bought from Stewart Moir…….now there’s some facts and my first band

in 1964 was “The Likes of Us”…….With Peter Horton, Lawrie ….?,Philip Earl,….and Yogi on Bass…………..cheers Tony Bird

Robert Searle….Great one Tony. Let’s have more.You,of all people,have plenty of history. When I first came to Bexhill,years ago,you was one of the first people to come and talk to me. I’ll never forget

Joe Knight….PIANO MAN!!!

Mick O’Dowd….Welcome to the pleasure dome Tony. Pete Horton sends his regards