1. Mike SammesMusic For Biscuits
The Mike Sammes Singers were in the shadows of popular music when I was a boy. Their precise vocal stylings were heard on many records, from the onomatopoeia on ‘I Am The Walrus’ or the choral support of ‘Tears’ by Ken Dodd, through countless radio appearances and on the credits of such essential viewing as Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation marvels: Stingray and Fireball XL5. I am grateful that Jonny Trunk [writer, DJ and founder of Trunk Records] rescued these Mike Sammes gems from the group’s work in advertising. The album is worth it for the ‘Dulux Super Three’ jingle alone, in which some copy-writing wag proposed, "Groucho, Chico and Harpo" along with several other utterly bizarre Super Three line-ups from "The Three Musketeers" through, "Babs, Joy and Teddy"; the Beverly Sisters and the strangest of all; "Stalin! Churchill! Roosevelt!", all sung in perfect harmony, in praise of a brand of paint. Those were the days.
