The Sadista Sisters was a British music band that was active between 1974 and 1987. It was founded by Jude Alderson, Teresa D’Abreu and songwriter Jacky Tayler to perform political cabaret challenging society's treatment of women.
17-410: They released one self-titled LP (in 1976) for Transatlantic Records , and in their ever changing line-up had artists who would later join bands like Girlschool , The Slits , The Tourists and Au Pairs . The Eurythmics ' David A. Stewart played guitar for them in 1977. The Sadista Sisters centred around co-founder Jude Alderson and songwriter Jacky Tayler. Co-founder Teresa D’Abreu left in 1977 as
34-468: A studio with Pink Floyd as they recorded their first single , "Granny Takes A Trip", named after the eponymous shop in the Kings Road , London. Pink Floyd were making their own first single, " Arnold Layne ", at the time. The BBC spotted the word 'trip' in the title and, assuming it to be a reference to LSD , banned the record from their airwaves. Also noting that the band's lead singer at
51-548: A 75% share of his company to Sidney Bernstein 's Granada Group and the company became part of Granada. There was a culture clash between the independent-spirited Transatlantic and the corporate sensibilities of Granada and two years later Granada sold its share in Transatlantic to the Marshall Cavendish publishing company, which also acquired Joseph's 25% share. The new company was renamed Logo Records . In
68-637: A Trip" banned from being broadcast by the BBC . Although they were associated with the London psychedelic music scene, they originated in Stockport , then in Cheshire , as The Young Contemporaries jugband . The band adopted the name, The Purple Gang, when they changed their image to the well-dressed, clean-cut "gangster" style in the 1960s. In London, they engaged Joe Boyd as their record producer , and shared
85-468: The 1990s, Logo Records and the Transatlantic catalogue were sold to Castle Communications (now Sanctuary Records ). The Purple Gang (British band) The Purple Gang are a British rock band active intermittently since the 1960s. They were originally associated with the London psychedelic scene. They released their debut album, The Purple Gang Strikes in 1968, with one track, "Granny Takes
102-1348: The Mersey", entered the national charts. In 2003 they re-released The Purple Gang Strikes on CD . It contained remixes of several of their 1967 songs, including the BBC-banned track "Granny Takes A Trip". Another track, "Madam Judge", was their reply to the latter's banning. Most of their songs were written by their early members: guitarist Joe Beard (born Christopher John Beard, 28 November 1945 in Macclesfield , Cheshire), and organist Geoff Bowyer (born Geoffrey Paul Bowyer, 1948 in Leek, Staffordshire ). Some other members were vocalist Pete Walker (born Peter John Walker, 1946 in Hyde, North Cheshire ), jug / banjo player Ank Langley (born Trevor Langley, 1946 in Stockport, Cheshire) and mandolin / harmonica player Gerry Robinson (born David John Robinson, 1947 in Hyde). Their musical influences and styles are varied, from jug band , country and western , through psychedelic, to rock music . The band's unofficial headquarters
119-593: The US and realizing that there was a wealth of recorded music that was unavailable in the UK. Transatlantic licensed recordings from the US, such as the jazz labels Prestige and Riverside and the Tradition folk music label. From the outset, many of the covers included photography and design by Brian Shuel. Transatlantic were also instrumental in the importation of MK Records (a Russian classical label), which were then issued with
136-597: The advent of psychedelia and flower power the Transatlantic stable of artists achieved greater success, culminating in the formation of the supergroup Pentangle . Meanwhile, Transatlantic had been extending its eclecticism, recording such as the audio collageist Ron Geesin , and The Purple Gang , whose "Granny Takes A Trip" was banned by the BBC in 1967. CBS had released the extremely successful contemporary music budget sampler with The Rock Machine Turns You On in 1967. Before CBS could follow up, Transatlantic released Listen Here! early in 1968. Like Rock Machine
153-422: The band gained more of a punk image. Among their productions were Duchess (1979) and Red Door Without a Bolt (1981), for which they received Arts Council funding. They played at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London for five weeks in 1975. They were originally an all female 9-piece group from all different backgrounds and cultures. However, after signing to Transatlantic Records, the record company didn't think
170-680: The early 1970s, with a slightly different line-up. In 1998 the band reformed and recorded an album, Night of the Uncool , with several new songs by Joe Beard, some of which were produced by Gerry Robinson, the mandolin and harmonica player from the original 1967 line-up. From 1999, their new lead vocalist was Stuart Pevitt (born 27 December 1952, Sale , Cheshire , England). They enjoyed some commercial success in Eastern Europe; in Bulgaria and Hungary one of their singles, "Sunset Over
187-586: The folk music interest with the money making capacity of the sex education records by issuing When Dalliance was in Flower – a series of bawdy songs performed by Ed McCurdy and licensed from the American Elektra label. As often happened, these were issued first on the Transatlantic label in the UK and then on the subsidiary label XTRA. The catalogue numbers often contained "TRA" within the prefix, thus MTRA, XTRA, and LTRA were all used. The latter prefix
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#1732797377617204-543: The original Russian labels, but with an English printed sleeve. The company's first commercial success came not from music but from three sex education albums. The controversy over these records led to sales approaching 100,000 and the resulting financial lift gave the company money to develop its musical base. Some of their early records included artists such as The Dubliners , actress Sheila Hancock , jazz singer Annie Ross , actresses Jean Hart and Isla Cameron , and Shakespearean actor Tony Britton . They managed to mix
221-516: The players were professional enough and brought in male replacements for their album. Although this upset the dynamic of the group, they went on to success and notoriety in Berlin in 1977 turning around the fortunes of the Treibhaus Club. Other members included: Background: Transatlantic Records Transatlantic Records was a British independent record label . The company
238-450: The record was priced at 14/11d ( £ 0.75) – but Transatlantic took promotion one stage further by printing not only the track listing on the front, but also the price. The record was designed to preview not only the forthcoming Pentangle double album, but solo records by members Bert Jansch and John Renbourn . Listen Here! also served to introduce a new group The Sallyangie , with siblings Mike and Sally Oldfield . In 1975, Joseph sold
255-487: The time (Pete Walker) was nicknamed 'Lucifer', the BBC Controller said "... a song with a dubious title designed to corrupt the nation's youth – and a band that boasts a warlock for a singer will not be tolerated by any decent society..." An album , The Purple Gang Strikes was released in 1968, but failed to sell, although Pirate radio station DJs such as John Peel praised the group. The band continued during
272-413: Was established in 1961, primarily as an importer of American folk, blues and jazz records by many of the artists who influenced the burgeoning British folk and blues boom. Within a few years, the company had started recording British and Irish artists. The company's philosophy was intentionally eclectic. The label was founded by Englishman Nat Joseph who started the company at the age of 21 after visiting
289-536: Was used with a series of LPs produced by Bill Leader (who worked with Nat Joseph from the outset as an engineer). Amongst these "Leader" records were recordings by Nic Jones, Martin Simpson, Mick Ryan, Bandoggs (another Nic Jones group), Andrew Cronshaw, and Al O'Donnell. The XTRA imprint was launched as a discount label to release recordings licensed from the American Folkways label and elsewhere. With
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