Stretch - Elastique (1975)

Year: 1975 (CD ????)
Label: Repertoire Records (Germany), REP 4522-WY
Style: Rock, Classic Rock, Pop Rock
Country: United Kingdom
Time: 36:16
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 254 Mb

Stretch were a 1970s British rock band that grew from the collaboration between vocalist Elmer Gantry (real name Dave Terry) and guitarist Kirby Gregory (real name Graham Gregory). Gantry had been the frontman of Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, and Kirby had been a member of Curved Air.
The band was put together in 1974 with help from Fleetwood Mac manager Clifford Davis and drummer Mick Fleetwood, to perform as Fleetwood Mac on a U.S. tour because the existing Fleetwood Mac were not in a position to fulfil outstanding contractual obligations. However, Fleetwood did not join the tour as planned, and later denied any knowledge or involvement, and partway through the tour it became obvious to audiences that there was no original member of Fleetwood Mac in the band, and the tour collapsed. Bass player Paul Martinez claimed, "Mick Fleetwood pulled out at the last minute claiming not to know who we were!"
Stretch rose from the ashes of this debacle, and soon had a No. 16 hit single in November 1975 with "Why Did You Do It?", the lyric of which was a direct attack on Mick Fleetwood for his failure to join the band on the ill-fated U.S. tour. In the eventual video for the record, the bass player was Steve Emery who wore a traditional keffiyeh head-dress. On the original studio recording, Elmer Gantry sang the vocals, Paul Martinez was on bass, the guitarist was Kirby with Jim Russell on drums and tambourine, the single also featured electric guitar by Hiroshi Kato and horns by Bud Beadle, Chris Mercer, Mick Eve, Mike Bailey and Ron Carthy. The band followed the single up with the album Elastique, but during the recording of this album, Martinez was sacked.
Drummer Jim Russell left the band before the recording of the second album, You Can't Beat Your Brain for Entertainment, due to musical differences. He was replaced by future Status Quo drummer Jeff Rich. Two more albums were made, but Gantry left before the last album, Forget the Past. Another blow came in 1979 when manager Davis decided to withdraw his financial input, and the band eventually split up.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretch_(band)#Albums)

01. Miss Jones (03:07)
02. Why did you do it? (03:33)
03. Miss Dizzy (04:03)
04. Snakes alive (03:27)
05. Write me a note (04:40)
06. Tomorrow's another day (04:53)
07. Down home (03:13)
08. Navy blues (03:19)
09. Buzz fly (01:57)
10. Slip away (03:59)

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