Fleur De Lys - 'Circles The Ultimate Fleur De Lys' Countdown Records

Fleur De Lys - 'Circles The Ultimate Fleur De Lys' Countdown RecordsAtlantic Records, Andrew Loog Oldham, Shel Talmy, Cream, Isaac Hayes and er Tony Blackburn, all these and so many more turn up in the story of Southampton band the Fleur De Lys and so many more. You may not have heard of them, and if you have it may be just because of their glorious cover of the Whos Circles an ultimate freak beat anthem which this compilation is named after but the singles they released in the second half of the 1960s are one of the

and they released the first ever acid jazz single in ‘Open Channel D’

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo ‘Le Sato 2’ is a particularly obscure release

copies of the original LPs are incredibly tough to locate in anything approaching reasonable condition

After parting ways with Warner

Phil Scraggs (lap steel guitar on ‘To Live For What Once Was’ and ‘Snakes That Slide’)

contrasting retro-soul inspired take

the gentle piano led piece is a supporting vehicle initially for trumpeter Euan Allardice’s lyrical soloing

humour and sarcasm

Busy With My Baby

LP 1 – Gather Up – Pt

Dee’s relationship with Acid Jazz the goes back to The Style Council days

2 Get Her Out Of My Mind