Upp (band)
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Upp was a British
Stephen Amazing, aka Steve Fields prior to his career in Clark Hutchinson in his teenage years, used to play bass guitar in a band called 'The Kinetics', and also, at times, in another band called 'The Abstracts'. Some photographs showing Fields in the Kinetics can be seen at Bill Chewter's Facebook page at [1].
The group were signed to CBS in 1974 They also supported Beck, Bogert & Appice at The Rainbow on 26th January 1974.
The group backed Beck on the 1970s BBC One special Five Faces of Guitar, which also featured Julian Bream. They played two songs, which were "Get Down in the Dirt" and Beck's arrangement of The Beatles' song "She's a Woman", with an interview about Beck's instrumentation as an intermission between the two.
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circa 1976.The group's track "Give It to You" contains one of the popular breakbeats of all time, and is featured in the Ultimate Breaks and Beats series.
Discography
- CBS Records
- This Way Upp (1976), Epic/CBS Records
- Get Down in the Dirt: The Complete Upp (2005) Castle Music—compilation album
References
- ^ a b c Dolbear, Mike. "Interview with Jimmy Copley - Manfred Mann's Earthband/The Straits". mikedolbear.com. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
External links
- Upp at AllMusic