Unit 4+2
Pete "The Count" Moules - vocals
David "Buster" Meikle - guitar/vocals
Howard "Lem" Lubin - guitar/vocals
Tommy "Sweat" Moeller - piano/vocals
Rod "Humble" Garwood - bass guitar
Hugh "Pygmy" Halliday - drums
Originally formed in Hertfordshire in 1963 as a folk group called Unit 4, they added a bass guitarist and a drummer to the line-up and changed the name accordingly with the coming of the beat groups.
In "Concrete And Clay" they produced what was generally considered to have been one of the best records of the era. A worthy No. 1, but Unit 4+2 never quite made the top rank and after a few more minor hits they became one of the countless competent but hit-less groups touring the country.
This ultimate failure was strange, they had more going for them than many bands. High quality original material written by Moeller and Brian Parker, who had led the group in their early days, was well-suited to their vocal harmony style, and many of their records deserved to do better.
Singles
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Feb '64 |
Green Fields/Swing Down Chariot |
Decca F 11821 |
UK#48 |
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Oct '64 |
Sorrow And Pain/The Lonely Valley |
Decca F 11994 |
- |
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Feb '65 |
Concrete And Clay/When I Fall In Love |
Decca F 12071 |
UK#1 |
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May '65 |
You've Never Been In Love Like This Before/Tell Somebody You Know |
Decca F 12144 |
UK#14 |
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Aug '65 |
Hark/Stop Wasting Your Time |
Decca F 12211 |
- |
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Dec '65 |
You've Got To Be Cruel To Be Knid/I Won't Let You Down |
Decca F 12299 |
- |
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Feb '66 |
Baby Never Say Goodbye/Rainy Day |
Decca F 12333 |
UK#49 |
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May '66 |
For A Monent/Fables |
Decca F 12398 |
- |
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Oct '66 |
I Was Only Playing Games/I've Seen The Light |
Decca F 12509 |
- |
E.P.
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Apr '65 |
Unit Four Plus Two - Cottonfields/Cross A Million Mountains/To Be Redeemed/Wild Is The Wind Decca DFE 8619 |
L.P.
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1965 |
Unit 4+2 - Concrete And Clay/Sorrow And Pain/Couldn't Keep It To Myself/You'll Remember/Cottonfields/6,500 Miles/La Bamba/You've Lost That Loving Feeling/Swing Down Chariot/Wild Is The Wind/The Girl From New York City/Cross A Million Mountains Decca LK 4697 |
Re-issue
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1994 |
Concrete And Clay - Concrete And Clay/Sorrow And Pain/Couldn't Keep It To Myself/You'll Remember/Cottonfields/500 Miles/La Bamba/You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'/Swing Down Chariot/Wild Is The Wind/Girl From New York City/Cross A Million Mountains/Butterfly/I Will/Face In My Head/3.30/Too Fast, Too Slow/Something I Can Believe In/Living In The World Of Broken Hearts/Loving Takes A Little Understanding/Booby Trap/I Can't Stop/You Ain't Going Nowhere/You've Never Been In Love Like This Before/Baby Never Say Goodbye/For A Moment/Fables/Green Fields/I Won't Let You Down Repertoire CD 4191 |
