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Rocket Girl Records proudly presents two reissued solo albums from Peter Daltrey, the singer of 60s cult band Kaleidoscope. Heroine and Tattoo are brought together in a beautifully packaged double CD and also will be made available for download.

Heroine
Peter indulges himself in Heroine, an album dedicated to the female icons that have meant so much to him. Arjen Luccasen provides guitar on the epic “White and Blue”.

Tattoo
The second outing with collaborator Damien Youth produces Tattoo, which sees their song-writing collaboration strengthen and mature with this delicate acoustic gem.


”When I was a teenager I was obsessed with music and my friend Jackie and I borrowed some vinyl from her neighbour. One of the albums was Tangerine Dream by Kaleidoscope. I taped it and played it over and over (the Byrds on the other side).

”I moved to London and whilst running Cheree records, I dreamed of starting my own reissue label ’Strawberry Records.’ I approached loads of labels and when I finally tracked down the rights owner to said Kaleidoscope album, they wanted £3k in advance, which I couldn’t even contemplate at the time. The reissue label never happened...

”However Tangerine Dream remains one of my favourite albums to date. This debut is a lost classic with the original copies fetching hundreds of pounds.

”Fast forward 20 years when technology allows me to make contact with Peter Daltrey, the original singer of cult UK 60’s band Kaleidoscope. I’m very happy to be reissuing two of his solo releases Heroine and Tattoo after so many years of being a fan.”
Vinita Joshi – Rocket Girl

"I am very excited about this release as it brings together two albums of which I am proud, Heroine which allowed me to bow down before the likes of Anne Frank and Alma Cogan – and Tattoo which showcases my continuing collaboration with the multi-talented Damien Youth."
Peter Daltrey

www.myspace.com/peterdaltrey
www.rocketgirl.co.uk
www.myspace.com/damienyouth
www.chelsearecords.co.uk

For those of you unfamiliar with the Kaleidoscope, please read on:

Kaleidoscope`s remarkably uncomplicated family tree took root in 1963 when Eddie Pumer (guitar), Steve Clark (bass) and Dan Bridgman (drums) got together to play the music of their heroes Duanne Eddy and Sandy Nelson for fun. In 1964 the band’s line-up was completed by the addition of Peter Daltrey on vocals.

Having supported The Who and Van Morrison`s Them – among others – the band moved away from R&B and began writing their own material. After a three year apprenticeship on the live circuit their efforts were rewarded when they met Dick Leahy, a young and ambitious producer at Fontana. Dick convinced his bosses that he had found the new Beatles and the band signed a one-year contract – quickly renegotiated to five-years when they heard the band’s first single, Flight from Ashiya. It was September 1967. Kaleidoscope had arrived.

After two albums, the band changed their name to Fairfield Parlour, took on a manager and producer in the substantial form of ex-Radio 1 DJ David Symonds, re-signed on a tape-lease basis with the new Philips’ label Vertigo and embarked on a series of recording sessions that would produce two of the most respected albums from the period.

The band’s “first” album, From Home to Home, received critical acclaim and established the band in the record shops, on radio and TV and on the university circuit. The band’s sound, now augmented with additional instruments – most notably Steve Clark’s mastering of the flute – proved popular as the Seventies dawned.

With a Royal Albert Hall concert, tours home and abroad and music for the film, Eyewitness, under their belts, Fairfield Parlour was commissioned to write and record the theme song for the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. The band appeared at the festival and enjoyed the experience of performing their music to a quarter of a million people, but the expected No 1 position for their stunning, “Let the world wash in”, was denied them by backstage politics at the event and the resulting lack of airplay.

White-Faced Lady, a double concept album followed – the band’s masterpiece and praised by all who heard it at the time. But plans to move to RCA were thwarted when their contact at the label left.
Suddenly finding themselves without a recording contract, the band split amicably but with much regret.

The band’s long struggle for major recognition came in the late Eighties when the Kaleidoscope recordings were reissued to new generations of fans worldwide. Demand for the vinyl originals – selling for £1000 plus each – meant the band had achieved cult status. And all their hard work paid off when White-Faced Lady was finally released.

With this reissuing of the band`s Fairfield Parlour back catalogue the story is not closed – but continuing. Peter Daltrey has released no less than sixteen solo albums. He collaborates with other musicians and writers, most notably, the mercurial Damien Youth from USA.