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* Again sad news reached me today:
Drummer Brian Allen passed away at his home in Salignac, France this morning around 5am. R.I.P. Brian! We won't forget you! |
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* Guitarist Terry New passed away on October 4th, 2010.
Find his story here: Terry New (1946 - 2010)
* New, great album Believing In Dreams released in late 2009. |
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* Details added about: THE LIVELY SET
* infos on TIME-singles updated: TIME - Take A Bit Of Notice/ Every Now And Then TIME - The First Time I Saw The Sunshine/ Annabel * rare release from Norway added: "Without A Place To Go/ Waterfalls" * rare release from Portugal added: "Pachelbel/ Watching The Boat" |
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| March 28, 2006: |
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* Rare singles added from Kevin Scotts's (aka Danny Finn/ Kevin Finn) band before joinig WISHFUL THINKING:
TIME - Take A Bit Of Notice/ Every Now And Then TIME - The First Time I Saw The Sunshine/ Annabel |
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* Details added about: THE LIVELY SET
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(click the logo)* Extremely rare demo records from DANIEL BOONE & THE RENEGADES and DANIEL BOONE & THE EMERALDS added. * Rare single added from John Franklin's band before joinig WISHFUL THINKING: THE MANIAX - Out Of Reach/ The Devil's Home * PRIMA DONNA releases from the Netherlands and Portugal added: "Love Enough For Two/ Missing Out On Love" |
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| February 21, 2006: |
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* Visitors counter and guestbook added!
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| February 18, 2006: |
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* A rare release from the Netherlands appeared:
"Hiroshima/ She Belongs To The Night" |
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| * For the first time ever in the internet: the spoken words from inbetween the song Hiroshima here: Lyrics |
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July 21, 2005:
New lyrics added!
The lyrics of "Step By Step" & "Looking Around" were added to Lyrics |
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June 24, 2005:
A rare release from Japan appeared!
It's a 4-track EP including "Peanuts/ Cherry, Cherry/ Step By Step/ Looking Around" Watch it here or click on the picture! |
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May 12, 2005:
Pictures from the "Ultimative Chartshow" added!
A second picture from "Kevin Scott and the Kinsmen added! Watch them at Pictures |
April 20, 2005:
On August 25, 2003 the movie That'll Be The Day, featuring David Essex & Rosemary Leach was released on DVD.
In this movie WISHFUL THINKING can be seen performing at a dance contest.
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April 15, 2005:
On March 23, 2005 WISHFUL THINKING performed their hit "Hiroshima" at the German TV show "Die Ultimative Chartshow - Dauerbrenner" (means "Evergreens").
This time the band consists of John Franklin, Kevin Finn, Brian Allender and Roger Charles. Airing date is April 16, 2005 Pictures of that historic moment will follow soon! Biography updated! |
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March 29, 2005: For the first time ever in the internet: the spoken words (read by Lou Reizner, the producer himself) from inbetween the song Hiroshima |
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March 03, 2005: Dave Morgan tells us his story about "Hiroshima". |
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February 28, 2005: New lyrics added: America (a big "Thank you!" goes to Martin ...?... and John Franklin) |
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February 17, 2005: In September 2004 Roy Daniel (Spreadborough) found two long lost records made long before THE EMERALDS became a serious recording band! "One disc was recorded about 1958/1959, 'Country Girl' c/w 'She', both written by Dave Luther & myself. I think the Renegades were on these with me doing vocals. The other disc was recorded about 1961/1962, 'Forever & Ever I Do' c/w 'I Miss You', again written by Dave & myself but Dave was the main contributor on all four songs. Brian, Richard, Roger (when they were The Emeralds) and Dave played on this with me doing vocals again. They were all demos and very sparsely produced. They were of an era when lead vocalist plus band were the vogue. It was a couple more years of hard work and not much sleep before 'The Emeralds' developed into a vocal band and then had the name changed to 'Wishful Thinking'." (Roy Daniel, September 08, 2004) |
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March 12, 2004: New cover pictures added: ROGER CHARLES: Pachelbel (1974) |
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March 02, 2004: New cover pictures added: THE EMERALDS: The Kerry Dancers (1963) ROGER CHARLES: Understand Each Other (1973) MARTY, PAUL & DANNY: Take Me Back (1975) |
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February 18th, 2004: New cover pictures added! |
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November 4th, 2003: New Pictures from the 60ies added! |
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October 13th, 2003: New Pictures from the weekend at Lakeside added! |
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October 10th, 2003: Well, the date below was wrong, it was October 5th, but nevertheless it was a marvelous weekend! Seven former members of WISHFUL THINKING met for the first time since over 25 years at Sylvia McMasters birthday party. Besides their former manager Bob Potter (today owner of the Lakeside Leisure Complex) there were: Brian Allen, Roger Charles, Tony Collier, Kevin 'Danny' Finn, John Franklin, Terry New, Roy 'Daniel' Spreadborough and Richard Taylor! They all(!) played live together for the first time in their lives! They performed two songs, Cherry, Cherry and Peggy Sue. On the following day five of them met in John Franklin's recording studio! Here they listened to some old tapes with unreleased WISHFUL THINKING-tracks from the 60ies and to a new song written and performed by Roger Charles, which he composed 30 years ago but did not finish till now! It is called Speak To Me and sounds like a typical WISHFUL-song! A new hit? ... Soon there will also be pictures of this historical event on this website! |
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September 24th, 2003: Great news from England! On October 3rd a big party will take place near London, organized by Sylvia McMaster, where many of former WISHFUL THINKING - members will meet the first time for many years! Your webmaster will there be too! Pictures and further news soon after the event here on that website! |
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May 22nd, 2003: Articles from old Faroes newspapers added (incl. translation): see the Pictures-section New MC added: EVE GRAHAM & DANNY FINN - On The Road (1984) |
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April 9th, 2003: Third newsletter from Sylvia McMaster (former secretary of THE ORIGINAL WISHFUL THINKING FAN CLUB) added: Newsletter 3 |
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March 6th, 2003: Personal reminiscences from Roy Daniel added: see the Archive New picture added: back cover of LP "Live Vol: 1." signed by all four members! |
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January 28th, 2003: New single added: EVE GRAHAM (Featuring Danny Finn) - Your Love (1981) |
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December 12th, 2002: New singles added: THE EMERALDS - The Kerry Dancers (1963) ROGER CHARLES - Understand Each Other (1973) ROGER CHARLES - Pachelbel (1974) |
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October 22th, 2002: New pictures added: Pictures New covers added: Red With Purple Flashes Volume One & Two (CD) Danish flexi disc "Topplade Nr. 2" (1966) Danish flexi disc "Topplade Nr. 4" (1967) MARTY, PAUL & DANNY: Coming Alive Again (1975) New single added: VIVA - Chris Must Stay (1980) |
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September 25th, 2002: New personal statements from Terry New and Brian Allender added. New record added: DON'T CALL MY NAME by THE LIVELY SET (Terry New's band before joining THE EMERALDS) |
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September 10th, 2002: New single added: KING LONELY THE BLUE by THE EMERALDS |
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