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Independent label: Conder Records Former
Address: 2 Fairfield Road, Kingston- Upon-Thames, Surrey KT1 2PL. The Kinetics emerged from a
series of informal Saturday morning jam sessions involving many of the musicians
in our circle of acquaintance. The core group Johnny Becket Guitar, Vocals.
Simon Moseley Precision Bass, Vocals. Mark Ryan Keyboards, Vocals. Iain
Stephenson Drums. eventually became the Kinetics, but at various times we were
joined by Adrian on Violin, German vocalist Kirsten Flieschammer, Bass player
Nick, and others. We
decided to make some demos and after scouring the small ads of the melody maker
found the Ark Studios in Kingston, based in a small eight track basement. The
owner Howard Condor had been a drummer during the sixties beat boom, and quickly
took to us and invited us to use the space for free at times when it wasn’t
otherwise booked in return for “first look” at our material. He particularly liked a sort of
novelty song we had written, Keeping Up With The Jones’s, and offered to record
it with a view to releasing it on his own label. Distributed By
Conder Records.
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