Jason Crest
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Jason Crest were a Tonbridge
, Kent
based psychedelic pop
group, active from around 1967 to 1969. Despite releasing five singles on Philips
from 1967 to 1968, (including a cover
of The Move
's (Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree), the band were never commercially successful and disbanded towards the end of 1960s when their contract
with Philips expired.
However, the singles Black Mass, Turquoise Tandem Cycle, (Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree and Place in the Sun have all appeared on the Rubble collection of British psychedelia and freakbeat, and the band has garnered a modest cult
reputation.
Jason's Crest's fourth single, Waterloo Road, released in 1968, reached number one in France
when French singer Joe Dassin
covered it under the title Les Champs Élysées.
Tonbridge
Tonbridge is a market town in the English county of Kent, with a population of 30,340 in 2007. It is located on the River Medway, approximately 4 miles north of Tunbridge Wells, 12 miles south west of Maidstone and 29 miles south east of London...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
based psychedelic pop
Psychedelic pop
Psychedelic pop is a psychedelic musical style inspired by the sounds of psychedelic folk and psychedelic rock, but applied to a pop music setting...
group, active from around 1967 to 1969. Despite releasing five singles on Philips
Philips Records
Philips Records is a record label that was founded by Dutch electronics company Philips. It was started by "Philips Phonographische Industrie" in 1950. Recordings were made with popular artists of various nationalities and also with classical artists from Germany, France and Holland. Philips also...
from 1967 to 1968, (including a cover
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of The Move
The Move
The Move, from Birmingham, England, were one of the leading British rock bands of the 1960s. They scored nine Top 20 UK singles in five years, but were among the most popular British bands not to find any success in the United States....
's (Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree), the band were never commercially successful and disbanded towards the end of 1960s when their contract
Recording contract
A recording contract is a legal agreement between a record label and a recording artist , where the artist makes a record for the label to sell and promote...
with Philips expired.
However, the singles Black Mass, Turquoise Tandem Cycle, (Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree and Place in the Sun have all appeared on the Rubble collection of British psychedelia and freakbeat, and the band has garnered a modest cult
Cult following
A cult following is a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a specific area of pop culture. A film, book, band, or video game, among other things, will be said to have a cult following when it has a small but very passionate fan base...
reputation.
Jason's Crest's fourth single, Waterloo Road, released in 1968, reached number one in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
when French singer Joe Dassin
Joe Dassin
Joseph Ira Dassin , more commonly known as Joe Dassin, was an American singer-songwriter best known for his French songs of the 1960s and 1970s.-Biography:...
covered it under the title Les Champs Élysées.
Band members
- Terry Clarke (vocals)
- Terry Dobson (lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
) - Derek Smallcombe (rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
) - Ron Fowler (bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) (replaced by John Selley after third single) - Roger Siggery (drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
)
Singles
- "Turquoise Tandem Cycle" / "Good Life" (Philips BF 1633)
- "Juliano The Bull" / "Two By The Sea" (Philips BF 1650)
- "(Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree" (Roy WoodRoy WoodRoy Adrian Wood is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He was particularly successful in the 1960s and 1970s as member and co-founder of the bands The Move, Electric Light Orchestra, and Wizzard. As a songwriter, he contributed a number of hits to the repertoire of these bands.-Career:Wood...
) / "Patricia's Dream" (Philips BF 1687) - "Waterloo Road" / "Education" (Philips BF 1752)
- "Place In The Sun" / "Black Mass" (Philips BF 1809)
Compilation albums
- The Collected Works of Jason Crest (Wooden Hill WHCD006) – CDCompact DiscThe Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
only - Radio Sessions (Tenth Planet TP 041) – VinylGramophone recordA gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
only