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+ | The Electrics was started by former members of [[Infra Penny]] and [[The Victors]]. Sammy Horner was the bassist and vocalist for Infra Penny, and Paul Baird was the guitarist. Infra Penny started around 1980 and lasted until about 1985; when that band was about to end Horner started writing his own songs. Horner teamed up with Baird and they decided to record some songs together. | ||
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+ | The Salvation Army in High Blantyre, Scotland, had an eight track studio that let them record when they weren' | ||
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+ | That EP opened doors for several live appearances, | ||
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+ | In 1989, they recorded another demo called // | ||
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+ | In 1990 at Scotland' | ||
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+ | The recording of //Visions and Dreams// ran into financial trouble, and the band had to go on a greuling tour schedule to pay back the money that MacArthur' | ||
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+ | In 1992, Horner began to establish a solo career by releasing two pivotal albums. One was a Celtic Praise album called //With Every Blessing// through Kingsway Music and other was the first of three children' | ||
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+ | The Electrics went into Ca Va studio (where [[Runrig]] and [[Deacon Blue]] had recorded). They recorded four tracks with Kevin Key (producer for [[Deacon Blue]] at the time). But the studio was expensive, so they had to limit their time. These sessions were released in 1993 as the cassette-only //Unplug// EP. But some of those songs we re-recorded for the next album. | ||
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+ | Because of their appearances at German music festivals, [[Pila Music]] took notice of the bands. The company had been at their first festival appearance. Pila had also just signed [[Split Level]], a band that was good friends with The Electrics. Sensing the opportunity to do a double bill tour, Pila offered the band a recording contract. The Electrics tool a while to decide, but eventually signed. They then recorded 1993's //Big Silent World//. | ||
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+ | At some point after //Big Silent World//, Allan Hewitt left the band and was replaced by Heather Negus on accordion and keyboards. Kris McEwan also joined the band on fiddle and mandolin, turning the band into a five-piece. In 1994, the band played Greenbelt Festival, where the band also let [[Buddy Miller]] borrow one of their guitars to back-up [[Julie Miller]] (the airline had lost his guitar). They didn't know who Buddy or Julie Miller were, but Buddy did stay to watch their set. | ||
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+ | The next year, Buddy and Julie Miller were going to do a big tour of Holland and headline Greenbelt. They felt they couldn' | ||
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+ | The Electrics were getting noticed in the United States, so they soon signed to [[5 Minute Walk]] / [[Sara Bellum Records]]. Their first album for their new label was a 1997 self-titled album that was mostly re-recordings of several older songs of theirs. That album was engineered and produced by Masaki Li ([[The Lonely Now]], [[Dime Store Prophets]], etc). Their next album for [[5 Minute Walk]] was 1998's // | ||
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+ | During the tour for // | ||
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+ | The next album by The Electrics was 1998's //Danger Live Electrics// - a live album recorded at Christmas Rock Night in Germany. The festival was going to record two songs, but they recorded the whole set instead. Horner was not totally happy with the way the recording came out, due to the fact that the audience was not recorded well. | ||
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+ | The Electrics started playing fewer and fewer shows in the UK, but they still had a strong German fan base. This led to the band signing with a German record company called [[Pleitegeier Records]]. Their next album (2001' | ||
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+ | [[Pleitegeier Records]] had signed the band to a three album deal, but backed out after the first album (which was barely distributed according to Horner). Therefore, the 2005 album //Old, New, Borrowed & Green// was released through Horner' | ||
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+ | Also in 2005, a Festival in Norway asked The Electrics to come and headline for them. Money was tight and so, as part of the performance fee they offered the band a week in a beautiful old farmhouse dwelling and studio time plus an engineer. The Electrics recorded a song a day and just never got around to releasing the tracks. Almost 10 years later, they remastered the music and released it as //The Norway Sessions// in 2014. | ||
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+ | As Sammy Horner became more and more busy as a solo artist, the activity of The Electrics has decreased. Now there are just occasional get-togethers. | ||
===== Discography ===== | ===== Discography ===== | ||
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| 1989 | Views 'n Blues | | | 1989 | Views 'n Blues | | ||
| 1989 | Belfast Town / Hope and the Pain | | | 1989 | Belfast Town / Hope and the Pain | | ||
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| 1998 | Livin' It Up When I Die | [[Sarabellum Records]] | | | 1998 | Livin' It Up When I Die | [[Sarabellum Records]] | | ||
| 1999 | Danger Live Electrics | ICC | | | 1999 | Danger Live Electrics | ICC | | ||
- | | 2001 | Reel, Folk' | + | | 2002 | Irish Invasion (compilation) | [[Pila Music]] | |
- | | 2005 | Old, New, Borrowed & Green | | + | | 2001 | Reel, Folk' |
+ | | 2005 | Old, New, Borrowed & Green | Tameyourtongue | ||
| 2014 | The Norway Sessions | | | 2014 | The Norway Sessions | | ||
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- | ==== First Demo ==== | + | ==== The Electrics |
198? Independent | 198? Independent | ||
- | Reportedly had 6 songs. | + | Six songs EP, including: |
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+ | * 2000 Years | ||
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+ | ===== Links ===== | ||
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