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Fourplay Records, covers of Abba's "SOS" and The Wasps "Angelica", and belatedly in 2017 released a full LP of unreleased songs from 1978 to 1979 by Kerr and Hunt, in the wake of an inferior Japanese bootleg. Gotheridge joined successful doo-wop/ r'n'b band Darts in 1980, joined by Kerr in 1982. Most of the original band still play occasional Darts gigs. Kerr played with The Electric Bluebirds for a while in 1985, joined up again with Booth in Country / honky-tonk band Audio Murphy from 1988 to 1992, playing in London and doing radio sets for Mary Costello on London radio GLR. From 2000 to 2019, Kerr collaborated with singer/songwriter Michael Proudfoot, releasing 2 CDs "Proudfoot" 2008, produced by BJ Cole, and 2016 "Flower of London". In 2004 there were two reunion concerts in Nottingham and one in London at former manager John Eichler's pub 'The Three Kings', Clerkenwell. In 2006 Kerr appeared in the 'Richard Booth Band', along with
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