I've lifted the following info straight from the official Lightning Seeds website:-In 1983, Ian Broudie teamed up with ex-Wild Swans singer Paul Simpson to form the duo Care. Care signed to the Arista label and released three singles, My Boyish Days, Flaming Sword and Whatever Possessed You. Ian still likes to perform Flaming Sword live, and it is also available as a b-side on the Sense single. Success did not amount to much. They spilt for a few reasons.
Broudie explains the split of Care: "Paul and myself had very different tastes. At the time, everything was synthesized but I was listening to a lot of 60s stuff and thought it would be a good to have flutes, bassoons and piccolos in our songs. Paul wrote me a letter saying he wasn't into the 60s stuff. He just dismissed me really."
It's a real pity the partnership didnt work out as the three singles were quite stunning:-
The debut:-
mp3 : Care - My Boyish Days (12" version)
mp3 : Care - An Evening In the Ray
mp3 : Care - Sad Day For England
The middle single:-
mp3 : Care - Flaming Sword (12" single)
mp3 : Care - Misericorde
mp3 : Care - On The White Cloud
These are both in the cupboard, but I cant for the life of me (or indeed Riley), find my copy of the third single:-
mp3 : Care - Whatever Possessed You
That particular rip is from the CD compilation Diamomds And Emeralds, released in 1997 to cash in on Broudie's fame, particularly on the back of him co-composing Three Lions in 1996.
To the best of my knowledge, Care only ever made one TV appearance on a BBC music programme called The Oxford Road Show (so called as it was broadcast from the Manchester studios located at that domain):-
Happy Listening.
4 comments:
Just fantastic, thanks JC. Never heard of Care - this will cause me to pull out some of the LS discs this week, I'm sure. Big fan of Broudie's work with Terry Hall as well.
Just drop by to thank JC. Never had heard about Care before reading this post, which has lead me to the fantastic Diamonds and Emeralds CD.
Inspired me to dig in the back of the cupboard again.
Even my mum liked My Flaming Sword! A great single. Shame it only made 48 in the charts. In those days the gulf between 40 and 41 in the charts was huge.
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