The New Vaudeville Band

Foundation (1966) The original version of the New Vaudeville Band was an assemblage of studio musicians, specifically gathered by Geoff Stephens to record the song "Winchester Cathedral", which he both wrote and produced. The record sold over three million copies worldwide, earning the RIAA certification of gold disc status. The track also won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Song in 1967. • Stan Haywood (aka Stanley K. Wood): piano • 'Mad' Henri Harrison: drums, spoons, washboard, percussion and effects both based on locations in London. The sleeve notes for this release state that the band "have firmly re-established themselves in the higher echelons of the British club scene" since returning four years previously from "their successful three years in the USA and Canada". This same line-up also issued a live LP around the same time. A further album entitled The Best Of the New Vaudeville Band appeared in 1979, consisting of new recordings and a few re-recordings of the 1960s hits. By this time Steve Shaw (trombone, keyboards, congas, backing vocals) had replaced Batchelor. Bache dropped out for the final album, Vaudeville, issued in 1981. The revived version of the New Vaudeville Band broke up in 1988. ==Discography==

Studio albums • Winchester Cathedral (1966) • Finchley Central (titled ''There's a Kind of Hush in South Africa; US version On Tour'' shares 9 tracks) (1967) • The World of the New Vaudeville Band (1974) • While We Are All Assembled! (1978) • The Best of the New Vaudeville Band (1979) • Vaudeville (1981) Singles ==References==