Bands with no original members left

[arturs]

Embryo

Another good one. I'm surprised I didn't think of it because I listen to Auf Auf a lot. IMO it's better than anything I have heard of their post-70s music.

[Trane]

Well it clearly was. The change the "classic" lineup wasn't sudden, both Dunford and Camp played during the transition before Annie joined.

You mean John Tout. Tout joined in late 1970, replacing John Hawken. The bass player at this point was still Neil Korner, with Terry Crowe handling the main vocals (Annie Haslam, who joined in early 1971, initially had a role akin to Jane Relf's, i.e. secondary to the male vocalist). I don't think Camp joined until 1972, though Sullivan was the last of the classic line-up to join (by which time Dunford had been relegated to a composer role and was no longer in the live band).

Anyways, Mc Carthy was still writing some songs for the Haslam line-up until Turn Of The Cards (needs confirmation, though).
I'd even say that he should be given credit for building the second "classic" line-up (or third if you count the Binky line-up that toured Germany and remained for quite a while the only filmed footage of the band) , IMHO.

I can't remember whether the third Yardbirds Paul Samwell-Smith still had anything to do with the band at that stage, though.

[Progbear]

Anyways, Mc Carthy was still writing some songs for the Haslam line-up until Turn Of The Cards (needs confirmation, though).

McCarty composed "Kiev" and "Bound for Infinity" off of Prologue, "On the Frontier" off of Ashes Are Burning and "Things I Don't Understand" from Turn of the Cards. Anyone else notice that Annie seems to be imitating Jane Relf's style on "Bound for Infinity"?

[Trane]

Anyone else notice that Annie seems to be imitating Jane Relf's style on "Bound for Infinity"?

[mode cynical on]
anyone else noticed that Mk2 is copying/imitating the Mk1 in, general?

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I've always had an issue with that.
Some might claim that Mk2 did it better than Mk1, but if so, it's only very marginally better

[calyx]

McCarty composed "Kiev" and "Bound for Infinity" off of Prologue, "On the Frontier" off of Ashes Are Burning and "Things I Don't Understand" from Turn of the Cards.

"Things I Don't Understand" was written ca. 1970 and was in the band's setlist for years until it was finally recorded. Basically, McCarty's involvement had ended by 1972, when he formed his band Shout.

Not to diminish the original band coming up with the concept, making some excellent music, and also in their later reincartion as Illusion, but Dunford was a vastly superior composer to anyone in the original line-up, not to mention excellent contributions by John Tout and Jon Camp to albums like "Scheherazade", "Novella" and "A Song For All Seasons".