Junk Box Jury

Taken from the LP ‘Greatest Hits’ | (Pickwick SHM 3097) December 1981

Dave, Len, Rick and Bob — THE TREMELOES. Having reached the first peak of their career in the late ’60s early ’70s with world wide hits such as ‘Here Comes My Baby’, ‘Silence Is Golden’ and ‘Suddenly You Love Me’, they have been for the past two years constantly pleasing audiences young and old.

Playing all the major club and college venues in the U.K. along with regular trips to Europe (Holland, Belgium and West Germany) to tour and take part in many T.V. shows.

With three original members ‘The Tremeloes’ really are ‘The Tremeloes’ augmented by Bob Benham for the past two years and is himself well recognised as a Trem.

With their experience supplied by many years of dedicated hard work they are one of the few groups out of the late ’60s and ’70s who still have a fresh and professional approach to their music.

George Austin, who became their agent in 1979, has continued ever since to popularise ‘The Tremeloes’ in many areas of the Entertainment Industry, with the knowledge that with a first class group he could play ‘The Tremeloes’ at any venue be it small or large.

With a date sheet taking live engagements well into ’82, ‘The Tremeloes’ are confident that with the success of this album they will soon be back in the charts where they belong.

Line-up:
Dave Munden — Drums/Vocals
Len (Chip) Hawkes — Bass Guitar/ Vocals
Rick Westward — Guitar/Banjo
Bob Benham — Guitar/Vocals Keyboards

Special thanks to the elusive Kenny Denton and David Myers for special effects on ‘Even The Bad Times Are Good’.

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cost of record: £3
from: charity shop

The Tremeloes | “Suddenly You Love Me” |(Pickwick) 1981

The year is 1981 and The Tremeloes are pictured wearing their swankiest casual clothes and beards. My reckoning is that they’re all in their late thirties here.

The numbers on the album are updated re-recordings of their sixties hits, I was a bit hesitant about buying the record at first and left it in the shop.

One of the tracks, “I Let My Best Friend Down”, appears to be a brand new Tremeloes song.

Written by Chip Hawkes and released on Polydor as the B-side of a forgettable ‘melody-of-tracks’, on the top-side. These slices of dreck were all the rage in the early eighties. The band probably had nothing to do with it!

After thinking about my missed opportunity over-night I was back in the charity shop next day and purchased it for £3. I’m pleased I did! The recordings are excellent, especially “Suddenly You Love Me”.