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 Formed in 1983, Surprise Surprise was a mod-pop-ska band and were sometimes referred to as ‘The Surprise’.
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-Information below if mostly from: [[https://christiannewwave.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/detholz/]]
+Information below is mostly from: [[https://christiannewwave.wordpress.com/2007/09/04/detholz/]]
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 Surprise is group full of surprises (no pun intended). Hailing from the shores of Australia back in the 80’s started a group called “Surprise Surprise” and later shortened their name to “Surprise”. The band consisted of Alexander Mcdonald, David Welch, Allan Dowthwaite, Malcolm Kiely and Lisa Parson. Locally managed by David Smallbone who is the father of the CCM renowned artist Rebecca St. James who narrates a line or two in a track in one of the albums.
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 Shows became more and more about numbers through the door, bigger and bigger PA systems, selling product, commissions, and of course David Smallbone (who was a very savvy businessman who made a lot of money out of other people’s efforts) (as most clever entrepreneurs do, mind you.), David Smallbone had become our erstwhile manger and he had a plan....
-===== Discography as “Surprise Surprise”: =====
+===== Discography =====
-| 1983 | [[Sounds of Now]] [7-inch single] |
+| 1983 | Surprise Surprise | Sounds of Now (single) | secret CHIHUAHUA records |
-| 1984 | [[Anguished Heart]] [7-inch single] |
+| 1984 | Surprise Surprise | Anguished Heart (single) | Method Records |
-| 1985 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2018/05/19/surprise-surprise-welcome-to-the-snake-village/|Welcome to the Snake Village]] |
+| 1985 | Surprise Surprise | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2018/05/19/surprise-surprise-welcome-to-the-snake-village/|Welcome to the Snake Village]] |
-| 1986 | [[Cried All My Tears]] [7-inch single] |
+| 1986 | Surprise Surprise | Cried All My Tears (single) | Method Records |
+| 1987 | Surprise | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2018/05/19/surprise-good-guys-dont-always-wear-white/|Good Guys Don’t Always Wear White]] |
+| 1989 | Surprise | Surprise Alive |
+| 1990 | Surprise | [[https://www.discogs.com/Surprise-Fish/release/4038131|Fish!!!]] | [[Refuge Records]] |
+| 1990 | Surprise | [[https://www.discogs.com/Surprise-Reformation/release/4038260|Reformation]] | [[Refuge Records]] |
-===== Discography as “Surprise”: =====
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-| 1987 | [[https://christiantapeunderground.wordpress.com/2018/05/19/surprise-good-guys-dont-always-wear-white/|Good Guys Don’t Always Wear White]] |
+==== Sounds of Now ====
-| 1989 | [[Surprise Alive]] |
-| 1990 | [[https://www.discogs.com/Surprise-Fish/release/4038131|Fish!!!]] | [[Refuge Records]] |
+secret CHIHUAHUA records (SCR 1)
-| 1990 | [[https://www.discogs.com/Surprise-Reformation/release/4038260|Reformation]] | [[Refuge Records]] |
+Alexander MacDonald - Vocals, guitar\\
+David Welch - Keyboards, backing vocals\\
+Glenn Blackley - Bass, backing vocals\\
+Lance Muir - Drums, backing vocals
+Produced by Surprise Surprise\\
+Engineered by David Cooper\\
+Recorded at Honey Farm April 1983
+  - Sounds of Now (2:13)
+  - Classification Needed (2:43)
+  - Runaway (3:50)
+------
+==== Anguished Heart ====
+Method Records (MR18)
+Alexander MacDonald - Guitar, vocals\\
+David Welch - Keyboards\\
+Glenn Blackley - Bass\\
+Lance Muir - Drums, vocals
+Produced by Clive Shakespeare
+Special thanx to: Amanda, Phil Lake, Ian Richardson
+  - Anguished Heart (2:50)
+  - Walking With a Zombie (2:41)
+------
+==== Welcome to the Snake Village ====
+Independent
+Glenn Paisely – Bass\\
+David Foodstuffs – Keyboards\\
+Lance Link – Drums, Vocals\\
+Alexander Macartney – Vocals and Guitar
+Produced by Christopher Soulos\\
+Engineered by Gary Kins
+  - Telefone (2:38) (MacDonald)
+  - I Once Loved This Girl (2:28) (Welch, Muir, Blackley, MacDonald)
+  - Zombie (2:54) (Welch, Muir, Blackley, MacDonald)
+  - Colours (2:58) (Welch, Muir, Blackley, MacDonald)
+  - Heaven (3:46) (MacDonald)
+  - For Once (2:55) (MacDonald)
+  - Sounds (2:49) (MacDonald)
+  - Savior (2:38) (MacDonald)
+  - Out of Her Mind (3:02) (MacDonald)
+  - Pictures (2:48) (Staus Quo)
+  - Cried (3:49) (Welch, Muir, Blackley, MacDonald)
+  - Snake Village (5:36) (Welch, Muir, Blackley, MacDonald)
+------
+==== Cried All My Tears ====
+Method Records (K-9915)
+Alexander MacDonald - Vocals, guitar\\
+David Welch - Keyboards\\
+Glenn Blackley - Bass\\
+Lance Muir - Drums, vocals
+Special thanks to Prue & Tracey (backing vocals) & Christopher Soulos (quality control)
+  - Cried All My Tears
+  - Telefone
+------
+==== Good Guys Don’t Always Wear White ====
+Independent
+Alex MacDonald\\
+Others?
+  - Can’t See your Eyes
+  - Cartoon Spiders
+  - Fantasy
+  - Anyday
+  - Cried All My Tears
+  - The Cowboy Song
+  - Drums and Sitars
+  - Lucy in the Sky
+  - Acid Visions
+  - Happy Together
+  - Lord’s Prayer
+------
+==== Surprise Alive ====
+Independent
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+==== Fish!!! ====
+[[Refuge Records]] (7900602836)
+Alexander MacDonald - Vocals, guitar\\
+Catherine Ryan - Vocals\\
+Lisa Parsons - Vocals\\
+David Welch - Keyboards, backing vocals\\
+Malcolm Kiely - Bass, backing vocals\\
+Allan Dowthwaite - Drums, backing vocals
+  - Waits for Me (3:44)
+  - Captains of Industry (3:33)
+  - Take This Hand (2:53)
+  - Wastin' Time (3:31)
+  - Do You Believe? (2:57)
+  - Omo Bob (3:07)
+  - This Generation (2:53)
+  - Head in the Clouds (2:09)
+  - Better Days (3:58)
+  - Ignorance (2:55)
+  - Freedom (2:10)
+  - Think About That (1:34)
+------
+==== Reformation ====
+ [[Refuge Records]] (7900605118)
+Alexander MacDonald - Vocals, guitar\\
+Lisa Parsons - Vocals\\
+David Welch - Keyboards, backing vocals\\
+Malcolm Kiely - Bass, backing vocals\\
+Allan Dowthwaite - Drums, backing vocals
+  - A - Z (2:31)
+  - Living is Easy (3:23)
+  - Madder Than Me (3:58)
+  - Destroy All Monsters / Carnaval Freakout / Onward (3:35)
+  - Into the Light (2:32)
+  - Jack the Ripper (2:29)
+  - Slash 'N' Burn (2:41)
+  - Voice Inside (3:15)
+  - Victim of Love (1:50)
+  - Look Inside Your Heart (3:15)
+  - The Sixty-Six (2:15)
+  - Come Back Today (2:58)
+------
+===== Links =====
+  * [[http://www.oocities.org/maljam2002/surprise.html|The Surprise Song Stories]]