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    Colourfield, The

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    Terry Hall had already helped soundtrack the late 70s and early 80s with The Specials‘ brutal, wry social observations when he quit at the group’s peak to form his successful pop parody Fun Boy Three, before going on to found The Colourfield with Coventry neighbours Karl Shale and Toby Lyons and create haunting, orchestral pop.

    1985’s debut album, Virgins and Philistines, collected together flopped singles The Colourfield and Take, both of which pinned emotional bile to delicious melodies, with their (only) Top 20 hit Thinking Of You and the mesmeric Castles In The Air.

    The 1987 follow-up LP, Deception, sadly signalled the farewell of yet another Hall combo.

    Terry Hall
    Vocals
    Karl Shale
    Bass
    Toby Lyons
    Guitar, keyboards
    Pete De Freitas
    Drums
    Paul Burgess
    Drums
    Gary Dwyer
    Drums

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