From: N.IRL
Active: 196?-
Style:
Lineup:
The Freshmen in the late 1960s
Bio:
Long-running pop/rock band whose late 70s single is often advertised as mod
or quirky punk, but save your money: the A-side is a novelty song while the
B-side sounds like Status Quo. Lead singer Billy Brown
released a similar solo single on Release Records around the same time.
Discography
• I Stand Alone / Gone Away
7" - Oriole Records - CD 305 - UK - 1965
• Derek Dean & The Freshmen - La Yenka / Don't Say Love
7" - Pye Records - 7N.15964 - UK - 10/1965
• Derek Dean & The Freshmen - So This Is Love / King Cole Yenka
7" - Pye Records - 7N.17037 - UK - 1966
• Billy Brown & The Freshmen - Cara Mia / Better Believe It
7" - Pye Records - 7N.17230 - UK - 1966
• Papa Oom Mow Mow / Let's Dance
7" - Target Records - 7N.17432 - IRL - 1967
7" - Pye Records - 7N.17432 - UK - 1967
7" - Pye Records - 7N.17432 - DK - 1967 - PS
• Go Granny Go (Little Old Lady From Pasadena) / Look At The Sunshine
7" - Target Records - 7N.17592 - IRL - 1968
7" - Pye Records - 7N.17592 - UK - 1968
7" - Astor Records - AP-1535 - Australia - 1968
• Movin' On
LP - Pye Records - NPL 18263 - UK - 1968
• Just To See You Smile / Indian Lake
7" - Target Records - 7N.17689 - IRL - 1969
7" - Pye Records - 7N.17689 - UK - 1969
• She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune / Mr. Beverly's Heavy Days
7" - Target Records - 7N.17757 - IRL - 1969
7" - Pye Records - 7N.17757 - UK - 1969
• And God Created Woman / ?
7" - CBS Records - 4785 - IRL - 1970
• Halfway To Where / Time Hasn't Changed Her
7" - CBS Records - 4842 - IRL - 6 March 1970
• Banquet For The World / Time Hasn't Changed Her
7" - CBS Records - 5168 - IRL - 11 Sep 1970
• Peace On Earth
LP - CBS Records - 64099 - 1970
• One Bad Thing / Everywhere There Is Love
7" - CBS Records - 7241 - IRL - 28 May 1971
• Swannee River / Take The Time It Takes
7" - CBS Records - 7694 - IRL - 1971
• Le Linda / My Home Town
7" - CBS Records - 8079 - IRL - 1972
• Soolaimon / White Rose of Athens
7" - Dolphin Records - DOS 100 - IRL - 1972
• All My Trials / Child's Song // Hold On
7" - Dolphin Records - DOS 104 - IRL - 1973
• I Found My Freedom / Listen To A Country Song
7" - Dolphin Records - DOS 106 - IRL - 1973
• Longer Boats / Alabama (Oh Suzanna)
7" - Dolphin Records - DOS 122 - IRL - 1974
• What Colour Is God's Skin / The Time Is Now
7" - Dolphin Records - DOS 126 - IRL - 1974
• Now And Then
LP - Dolphin Records - DOLB 7015 - IRL - 1974
• Go Granny Go / Carpet Man
7" - Dolphin Records - DOS 137 - IRL - 1975
• Billy Brown, Derek Dean & The Freshmen - Papa Oo Mow Mow / Northwest Territory
7" - Hawk Records - HASP 375 - IRL - 1975
7" - Supreme Records - S.6003 - Belgium - 1977 - PS
Reissue of 1967-68 recordings.
• Billy Brown, Derek Dean & The Freshmen - Papa Oo Mow Mow / Go Granny Go
7" - Hit House Records - HR 001 - IRL - 197?
• You've Never Heard Anything Like It / Bombing Run
7" - Release Records - RL 975 - IRL - September 1979 - PS
7" - Sound Products - SPIL 16 - Netherlands - 1979 - different PS
Reached #17 in Irish charts during a long 10 week run starting in September 1979
Entered the UK indie charts on 19 January 1980 for a 3-week run, peaking at #15
Named Single of the Week in NME by an 'unknown' band even though they'd been active since the mid-60s.
• various artists - Killed By Death #1234
LP - Redrum Records - ??? - 2000
track: You've Never Heard Anything Like It
• various artists - Shake Some Action Vol.5 - UK & Ireland
CD - SSA Records - SSA-005 - Spain? - 2002?
See Compilations section for full track listing.
track: You've Never Heard Anything Like It
• various artists - 20 Stars Of Ireland Vol.2
LP - Hawk Records - HALP 118 - IRL - 1973
track: Papa-OO-Mow-Mow
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See Also:
Billy Brown
