The Blue Ox Babes
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| The Blue Ox Babes | |
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| Origin | The Midlands, England |
| Years active | 1981-1988 |
| Labels | Go! Discs |
| Associated acts | Dexys Midnight Runners |
| Former members | |
| Kevin 'Al Archer Yasmin Saleh Andy Leek Pete Wain Nick Smith Ian Pettitt Steve 'Brennan' Shaw Steve Wynne |
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The Blue Ox Babes were a pop group formed in early 1981 by former Dexys Midnight Runners guitarist Kevin Archer together with his girlfriend Yasmin Saleh and former Dexys keyboard player Andy Leek. Archer was keen to mix the soul sounds of his previous group with folk styles. To this end he recruited fiddle player Helen O'Hara to play on demo tapes of the new songs he had written. When former colleague Kevin Rowland heard these demo tapes, he invited O'Hara to join Dexy's, and adopted a similarly folk-influenced sound for his own group.
By the time The Blue Ox Babes finally released their debut single "There's No Deceiving You" on Go! Discs in 1988, the line-up consisted of Archer (guitar and vocals), Saleh (backing vocals), Pete Wain (piano), Nick Smith (saxophone), Ian Pettitt (drums), former Dexy's members Steve 'Brennan' Shaw (fiddle), and Steve Wynne (bass). Two other singles, "Apples and Oranges" and "Walking On The Line", were released but sales were disappointing and a planned album Apples & Oranges was shelved.
In 2009, a CD of Apples & Oranges was finally released, containing all their recordings for Go! Discs, through Cherry Red Records. The package included all their singles plus many unreleased songs - and several additional demo's were also made available as downloads.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles
- There's No Deceiving You / The Last Detail / Take Me To The River (1988)
- Apples And Oranges / Pray Lucky / Yes Let's / Russia In Winter (1988)
- Walking On The Line / Four Golden Tongues Talk / What Does Anybody Ever Think About / Thought As Much (1988)
[edit] Album
- Apples & Oranges (recorded 1988, issued 2009)
[edit] External links
Blue Ox Babes' Apples & Oranges CD page
