The Sweet personified the Glam Rock era of the 1970s in the UK, showcasing their distinctive glitter and glam makeup. Beyond their iconic visual style, The Sweet also wielded significant influence in the realm of pure rock music. Their timeless hits continue to resonate, and the present lineup, featuring the original guitarist Andy Scott, consistently leaves audiences clamoring for an encore!
“We are absolutely obsessed with being the best songwriters in the world” – interviewed in 1974 by Nigel Thomas Nowadays there’s a small group of people who seem to have been handed a season ticket for that Golden Three enclosure. The Sweet.
I discovered this record completely by accident. One summer’s day, bored and waiting for a girlfriend to finish her holiday job, I dropped into Virgin Records. This, for those who haven’t heard of it is a huge record shop in central London.
This is without doubt the most distinctive album Sweet ever produced. It is both very varied in itself and very different from almost anything that they had released before. In a lot of ways it was Sweet taking a risk. Not surprisingly,
So there were 20 months between the albums Level Headed and Cut Above The Rest, punctuated by two failed singles both released well over a year after ‘Oxygen’. This means that the first point to make is that any momentum generated by
Date A-side Record Label/No. 1968-07 Slow Motion Fontana TF 958 1969-09 Lollipop Man Parlophone R 5803 1970-01 All you’ll ever get from me Parlophone R 5826 1970-06 Get on the line Parlophone R 5848 1971-03 Funny Funny RCA 2051 1971-06 Co-Co RCA
Sweet have had many chart busters back then .. Year Single UK DE DK NL NO US CH AUS FI B 1971 Funny Funny 13 5 1 1 2 – – 93 5 1 1971 Co-Co 2 1 1 3 2 99
January 26th, 1968 Sweetshop were formed Friday the 26th January 1968, in a meet at the Swan (Mick Tucker, Brian Connolly, Frank Torpey) Ruislip. Nearly a week later Thursday 1st of February Steve Priest joined ! Frank was sacked from Wainrights Gentlemen,
Date Venue Country 04.03.68 The Pavilion Hemel Hampstead UK 01.06.68 Lion Hotel, Warrington, Cheshire (billed as Sweetshop) UK 30.06.68 Carlton Club, Warrington (billed as Sweetshop) UK 05-07.07.68 Wolwerhampton area ? UK 13.07.68 Enfield Chase Tennis Club Middlesex UK 20.07.68 Blaises Queensgate London
Can it really be half a century since the pre-glam incarnation of The Sweet threw their first chord shapes, and 45 years since the era-defining ’Blockbuster’ saw the band in their pomp top the UK charts? What’s more, it’s been 55 years
Quatro, Scott & Powell (QSP) is a joint venture founded in the very heart of glam rock, bringing together the combined forces of 3 legends of rock ‘n’ roll with Suzi Quatro on vocals and bass guitar, Andy Scott of The Sweet
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