The Fourmyula
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The Fourmyula | |
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Origin | Upper Hutt, New Zealand |
Genres | Rock |
Years active | 1967–1971, 2010 |
Labels | EMI (1992 - present) |
Past members | Wayne Mason Martin Hope Ali Richardson Chris Parry Carl Evensen |
The Fourmyula were a
Career (1967–1971)
The group initially consisted of Wayne Mason (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Martin Hope (guitar and vocals), Ali Richardson (bass and vocals), and Chris Parry (drums), who founded Fiction Records (UK) in 1978. They were joined in 1968 by Carl Evensen as lead vocalist.
Their first release, "Come With Me" made it to number 2 in August 1968. They released fourteen singles (ten of which reached the New Zealand Top 20) and five albums and won the New Zealand Entertainers of the Year award in 1970.
The Fourmyula's best known song, "
Reunion (2010)
In 2010 the band reformed to promote the compilation The Complete Fourmyula, a 4-CD set which includes a previously unreleased album Turn Your Back on the Wind, originally recorded for Decca. They played two concerts, one in Auckland on 18 February 2010 and another in Upper Hutt, on 20 March 2010.[2]
The Fourmyula was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at the 2010 APRA Silver Scroll Awards.[3]
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Details |
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The Fourmyula |
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Green B Holiday |
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Creation |
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Live albums
Title | Details |
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A 'Live (with Shane) |
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Compilation albums
Title | Details | Chart Positions |
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NZ[4] | ||
A Portrait of the Fourmyula |
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The Most of the Fourmyula |
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The Very Best of the Fourmyula |
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The Complete Fourmyula |
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Turn Your Back on the Wind |
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Inside the Hutt: New Zealand's Pop-Psych Kingpins 1968–1969 |
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Extended Plays
Title | Details |
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Four Hits of the Fourmyula |
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Singles
Year | Single | Chart Positions |
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1968 | "Come with Me" | 2 |
"Alice Is There" | 4 | |
"I Know Why" | 7 | |
1969 | "Start by Giving to Me" | 21[citation needed] |
"Home" | 8 | |
"Forever" | – | |
"Lady Scorpio" | 7 | |
"I'll Sing You a Song" | 3 | |
"Nature" | 1 | |
1970 | "Make Me Happy" | 19 |
"Otaki" | 15 | |
"Turn Your Back on the Wind" | – | |
1971 | "Lullaby" | 21[citation needed] |
Awards and nominations
Aotearoa Music Awards
The
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1968 | "Alice Is There" | Single of the Year | Nominated | [6] |
1970 | "Nature" | Single of the Year | Nominated | |
2010 | The Fourmyula | New Zealand Music Hall of Fame | inductee | [7] |
See also
References
- ^ "Wayne Mason and the song 'Nature'", New Zealand History online
- Stuff.co.nz. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ Sundae, Hugh (6 September 2010). "The Fourmyula to enter NZ music hall of fame". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ "charts.org.nz - The Fourmyula - Nature". charts.nz. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "flavour of new zealand - search listener". www.flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Aotearoa Music Awards". aotearoamusicawards.nz. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "HOME INDUCTEES". www.musichall.co.nz. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
External links
- The Fourmyula profile at AudioCulture
- Collection of band associate Les Gruebner's Fourmyula recordings at the Alexander Turnbull Library