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51: 252:, who also played various keyboard instruments. Most of the band's songs were compositions of Pumer's music and Daltrey's lyrics. While the group did not achieve major commercial success in its time, it retains a loyal fan base and its recordings are still held in high regard. 382:
in London. Attempts at finding a record company failed and the album was shelved until 1991 when it was released under the name Kaleidoscope on an independent label. The band's last appearance in the early days was at a concert in Bremen, Germany, in 1972.
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band, their music did not change much, still including fairy-tale lyrics with psychedelic harmony. The band's first single as Fairfield Parlour, "Bordeaux Rosé", was released on 17 April 1970 on the
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By the end of the decade, failing with their last single "Balloon", the band moved on with their new manager, DJ David Symonds, whom they met during the BBC sessions, under the name
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was released on 14 August 1970 with Symonds' production. While the band was getting ready to release the album, they again used another name for themselves,
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In 2003, the Kaleidoscope and Fairfield Parlour's BBC radio sessions, recorded between 1967 and 1971, were released as
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band from London that originally were active between 1967 and 1970. The band's songs combined the elements of
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shows. A new single was released in 1968 called "Jenny Artichoke" (b/w "Just How Much You Are"), inspired by
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The band's first single "Flight from Ashiya" (b/w "Holidaymaker") was released on 15 September 1967 by
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in November 1965, before settling upon the name Kaleidoscope when they signed a deal with
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with whimsical lyrics. The band were also known at various times as
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in January 1967 with the help of the music publisher
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Index

Kaleidoscope (UK band)
Kaleidoscope (American band)
Kaleidoscope at Islington Assembly Halls 17 November 2013. Centre: Peter Daltrey
London
Psychedelic rock
psychedelic pop
art rock
Fontana
Vertigo
Peter Daltrey
Kaleidoscope/Fairfield Parlour
English
psychedelic rock
psychedelia
Fontana Records
Dick Leahy
guitar
bass
flute
drums
vocalist
Peter Daltrey
Fontana Records
Tangerine Dream
compilation albums
Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969
box set
Nuggets
BBC radio
Donovan

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