Formerly known as The Chosen Few, this Newcastle band changed their moniker to Skip Bifferty in 1966. The following year, they arrived in London, playing the Marquee and ended up signing a management deal with Don Arden.
They released three singles and a self-titled album (produced by future Jam producer Vic Coppersmith-Heaven, still known at the time as plain old Vic Smith) for RCA, none of which made any real impression despite being fine examples of the freakbeat psych genre. One of their songs, Follow the Path of the Stars, was recorded by Cilla Black for her 1968 album Sher-oo!
On Love was built around a repetitive grungy riff, while Man In Black was produced and arranged by Small Faces‘ Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane.
The group masqueraded for a while as Heavy Jelly in a vain attempt to get out of Arden’s managerial grasp but gave up after an extra flop on Island with the single I Keep Singing the Same Old Song.
Bell, Gallagher and Turnbull played together in Bell And Arc in the early 70s.
Gallagher also played with Loving Awareness in 1976 before becoming one of Ian Dury‘s Blockheads.
Graham Bell
Vocals John Turnbull
Guitar Mickey Gallagher
Keyboards Colin Gibson
Bass Tommy Jackman
Drums
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On Love was built around a repetitive grungy riff, while Man In Black was produced and arranged by Small Faces‘ Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane.
