Left: Gary Brooker, BarrieWilson, Robin Trower, Diz Derrick
Above: Phil Wainman, Gary Brooker, Dix
Derrick, Robin Trower ...
different drummer, same jacket!
In panto gear: Gary, Diz, Phil, Robin
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It's a minor problem when exactly the Paramounts were named. The Coasters (as they were called at the time) played their last gig 17 September 1960 at Garon's in Southend. The first gig The Paramounts did under the new name was at The Palace Dance Studio in Southend on 5 November 1960. On the famous Paramounts EP it says in the liner notes 'formed in September 1960' (Frans Steensma)
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A tribute to Tony Wilkinson, source of much Paramounts'
repertoire
A page about Kellogs, the Paramounts' late stage-man
May 2003: new collectable Paramounts CD here
An exquisitely rare Paramounts acetate
Life of Mick Brownlee, 2017, from local paper
The Paramounts in Stafford, UK, 1964
Paramounts memorabilia at 2012's 'Thames Delta' exhibition
NME and the Paramounts: copious journalistic archæology by Yan Friis: part one, part two
Fantastic Paramounts Scrapbook belonging to BJ Wilson's sister Pam
The Paramounts at Abbey Road: 1998's comprehensive and great-sounding compilation
From Record Collector No 39, November 1982: a good history
Liquorice John Death, a band consisting entirely of Paramounts and Procol Harum members!
From the Liner Notes to Whiter Shades of R & B (illustrated)
Track listing for Whiter Shades of R & B
FabGear's Paramounts
page
A Paramounts roadie remembers; promo and performance pictures
Whatever happened to Diz Derrick?
Useful notes can be found in Delerium's Psychedelic Archive
A letter to Record Collector, May 1998, about 'lost' Paramounts tracks
John Bobin: eyewitness and earwitness account of the Paramounts at The Shades
Paramounts records listed in Ronald L Smith's comprehensive Procol Harum discography
Parallels between the antecedent groups of Procol Harum and Abba
Towards a list of Paramounts' gigs
Contemporary reflections on the Southend scene ... and another set of local, contemporary insights
An early picture of the Paramounts at work ... and the Shades Café (exterior)
The Paramounts play a Cambridge May Ball
Paramounts on stage in Southend, December 2005
John Bobin's book about the Southend music scene,
Bark Staving Ronkers
Mick Brownlee celebrates his 65th birthday
The Paramounts in Wuppertal, Germany, 1966
Gary Brooker's Verse 1 ... a mysterious track
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Southend's Coffee-Bar Culture in the early Rock'n'Roll years
Letter to Southend press about the
Shades Club, and a response by Len Trower ;
letter identifying some of the Shades clientele, as
shewn in this picture ; letter about
Paramounts winning Beat Contest; letter
foreseeing the Shades Reunion (Autumn 2005); letter about
DJing at the Shades; Robin
Trower on the early days, origins of the name Shades, etc; letter about
the various clubs of the day;
another letter from Len and Shirley Trower;
Gary Brooker and several others weigh
in; further historical
clarifications, mostly about scooters;
I wish I
could be at the reunion;
Rumour that Copping will play Paramounts reunion;
Rumour that Trower will play Paramounts reunion;
The first Shades reunion
(BtP report), The first Shades reunion
(newspaper report), more coffee-bar culture;
more more coffee-bar culture,
The second Shades reunion
(BtP report) | Paramounts reunion article
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Photograph of a poster from The Winter Gardens,
Bournemouth, sent in by Paramount 'Little' Mick Brownlee, taken at
Bournemouth's
Bourne Beat Hotel Wednesday 27 February 1965 (two shows) Adam Faith Sandie Shaw The Barron Knights with Duke D'Mond The Roulettes Patrick Kerr The Paramounts Freddie Earle Seats 12/6, 10/6, 9/6, 8/6, 7/6 ... bargain! This is the same venue where Procol Harum would later make a great live recording of The Blue Danube which came out on a rare Chrysalis 45 rpm single |
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Paramounts single (March 1964). Few
Paramounts singles were released outside England: this is a Danish release (signed by GB & RT) |
Paramounts EP (May 1964) Sought-after
collectors' item (signed by GB & RT) (thanks, Frans, for these two Paramounts record scans) |
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These three pressings must presumably have belongs to a friend or aficionado of Diz Derrick!
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Knight kindly writes to BtP (June 2020) 'Thought you may be interested in this illustration, which is taken from the Leigh Journal from 3 March 1965 (thanks to Brian Leigh).
This was Sandie Shaw's first Cabaret performance. |
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