This early 80s UK pop/jazz group featured Andy Polaris (vocals), Steve "Flid" Brown (guitar), Steve Shanley (bass), Billy Chapman (saxophone), Declan John Barclay (trumpet) and Mae (bongos). Their first single, "Native Boy (Uptown)", reached the lower regions of the UK pop charts in 1983, but the following year's "Mr. Solitaire' hit the Top 30, as did 1985"s "Love Is Just The Great Pretender". The band's sparse output over a comparatively long period was probably exacerbated by their failure to capitalize on early media interest.

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• Love Is Just the Great Pretender

• Aztec Camera
• Tears for Fears
• Elvis Costello
• Orange Juice
• Depeche Mode
• Haircut 100
• David Bowie
• The Durutti Column
• Squeeze
• Bow Wow Wow
• Madness
• The Blow Monkeys
• The Cure
• China Crisis
• The Go-Betweens
• The Monochrome Set
• B-Movie
• Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
• Prefab Sprout
• Propaganda