Second Hand

USED was a somewhat obscure Uk psychedelic music group from the past due ’60s, yet sometimes on their initial record from 1968 these were teaching progressive touches sooner than most rings. The group, led by Ken Elliott, was originally known as another Collection within the middle-’60s. They transformed their name to Shifting Finger, and in 1968 had been agreed upon to Polydor Information, but when it had been found that another music group already acquired that name, they renamed themselves USED, in mention of the very fact that their instruments as well as other gear have been bought utilized. At the moment the group contains Elliot on keyboards and vocals, Bob Gibbons on business lead acoustic guitar, Kieran O’Connor on drums, and Nick South on bass, and on the debut documenting Chris Williams added cello, flute, and saxophone as as visitor musician. Polydor released the record, Fact, that same yr. The record is usually considered a couple of years before its time, although vocals certainly are a small fragile. In 1969, the starting tabs on the LP, “A Fairy Tail” premiered as an individual. In 1970, Vic Keary, the maker of Second Hand’s debut along with a good friend of Elliott’s, began Mushroom Records release a albums by USED and several other performers, including folk vocalist Simon Finn. Right now, Gibbons and South experienced both departed, and fresh users George Hart (on bass) and Elliott’s sibling Rob (on vocals) experienced joined, however the music group experienced trouble getting a regular guitarist. Moggy Mead packed in on acoustic guitar once the group was touring France, and also appeared on the second recording. In the first ’70s, the group frequently experienced better luck getting gigs in Continental European countries, with much achievement in France, Spain, Germany, and Holland. The group’s second recording, Death COULD BE Your Santa Claus, was documented during off-hours at Chalk Plantation Studios, where Keary worked well as an engineer. The LP arrived on Apr 1, 1971 on Mushroom, and at exactly the same time, USED was playing a rock-band within a questionable underground movie which was showing in those days, also titled Loss of life COULD BE Your Santa Claus that was made a few years previous. Rob Elliott shortly quit the group, and USED acquired finally found a normal guitarist, Tony McGill, who also became the band’s accountant. The group visited function in 1971 on that which was said to be their third record, but by enough time they completed it, that they had transformed their name to Chillum, and Mushroom released the eponymous Chillum record close to the end of this year. At that time, Hart acquired walked from the music group without a phrase, and by the center of the next calendar year, the Mushroom label folded, therefore acquired Chillum. Ken Elliott and Kieran O’Connor continued as an electric rock duo beneath the name Seventh Influx, and released a few albums within the middle-’70s before O’Connor fallen from the group. From then on, Elliott proceeded to go into much less innovative but more economically beneficial function composing jingles and Television themes. O’Connor ultimately passed away of alcoholism within the middle-’80s.