UlrichS wrote:Moderne wrote:I believe in years gone by they featured more 'New Release'/'bubbling under' records than in later years. I read somewhere that Hank performed Break Another Dawn on TOTP with White Plains backing him,
In my records I found:
1970-08-13 - BBC Top Of The Pops - Hank Marvin – Break Another Dawn (backed by Trash)
Am I wrong regarding the backing?
Probably not.
There was, of course, a group called White Plains (though they were more sessioneers than gigging band). They had a hit with
When You Are A King.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Plains_(band)There
was also a group called Trash, though the original version of the name was White Trash. They changed it after media criticism. Their producer was... Tony Meehan. They were most active on the Apple label in 1969 and apparently weren't doing much by 1970, so that may well point to a fee-earning appearance on TOTP via the Meehan/Shadows connection.
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Trash_(Scottish_band)Perhaps there was some clerical confusion as between White Plains" and "(White) Trash"?
And interesting that Tony Meehan produced for Apple Records releases despite allegedly having been the one deputed by Decca Records to meet Brian Epstein to turn down The Beatles.