I See The Light Stereo 2004 Digital Remaster - Music

I See The Light Stereo 2004 Digital Remaster by Simon Dupree & The Big Sound

Simon Dupree & The Big Sound

Artist Biography For Simon Dupree & The Big Sound

Simon Dupree & The Big Sound Was A British Psychedelic Band Formed In 1966 By Three Brothers Derek Shulman Vocals Phil Shulman Vocals Saxophone Trumpet And Ray Shulman Guitar Violin Trumpet Vocals Who Went On To Form Prog Rock Band Gentle Giant. Mainly Known For Their Psychedelic Single "Kites" In The Early Part Of The Twenty-First Century A Large Amount Of Previously Unreleased Material Surfaced. Playing R&B Around The Portsmouth Area Home Of The Shulman Brothers Under Various Names The Band Took The Name Simon Dupree & The Big Sound In Early 1966. Making Up The Rest Of The Group Were Peter O'Flaherty Bass Guitar Born 8 May 1944 In Gosport Hampshire Eric Hine Keyboards Born Eric Raymond Lewis Hines 4 September 1944 In Portsmouth Hampshire And Tony Ransley Drums Born Anthony John Ransley 17 May 1944 In Portsmouth Hampshire . Simon Dupree & The Big Sound' Was Chosen In The Course Of Their Search For A Flashy Name. They Broke Through At The End Of 1967 With The Psychedelic "Kites" A Top 10 Hit In The UK Singles Chart. Regarding Themselves As Blue-Eyed Soul Brothers They Hated It As It Was So Unrepresentative Of Their Usual Style. The Group Released One Studio Album "Without Reservations" On Parlophone Records 1967 And A Compilation Amen 1980 . The Set Part Of My Past 2004 Includes All Their Singles Album Tracks And Previously Unreleased Material Prepared For Their Second Album Release Of Which Was Cancelled At The Time. In Late 1968 They Released A Single "We Are Th E Moles Part 1 / Part 2 " Under The Moniker The Moles. Frustrated As Being Seen As One-Hit Wonders Being Pushed By Their Record Label As A Pop Group Rather Than The Soul Band They Had Always Intended To Be They Disbanded In 1969 And The Shulman Brothers Went On To Form The Progressive Rock Group Gentle Giant.