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Hatfield And The North Was An Experimental British Rock Band From Canterbury England That Lasted From October 1972 To June 1975 With Some Reunions Thereafter. Part Of The "Canterbury Scene" The Band Grew Out Of Delivery Matching Mole And Caravan. Members Were Phil Miller Guitar From Matching Mole Dave Stewart Keyboards Egg National Health Bruford And His Own Albums With Barbara Gaskin Pip Pyle Drums From Gong And Richard Sinclair Bass And Vocals From Caravan . Hatfield Released Five Albums The First Three On Virgin. The Five Albums Are 1973's Eponymous Effort 1975's The Rotters' Club 1980's Now-Deleted Compilation Afters Of Which The New Bits Have Been Tagged Onto The End Of The Rotters' Club CD 2005's Radio Sessions/live Compilation Hatwise Choice And 2006's Radio Sessions/live Compilation Hattitude . The Latter Two Are Available Only From Burning Shed. The Group Split In 1975 Because Of Overwhelming Indifference. It Re-Formed Briefly In 1990 And Again In 2005 With The Possibility Of New Material Being Issued. The Name Of The Band Was Inspired By The Road Signage On The Main A1 Road Heading North From London Where The A Succession Of Signs Referred To The First Major Town And The Overall Direction As 'A1 Hatfield & The North'. This Style Of Sign From The 1970s Has Now Been Replaced By A Slightly Different Variant. In 2005/2006 The Band Released Two Archival Collections "Hatwise Choice" And "Hattitude" Both Featuring The Classic Miller/Pyle/Sinclair/Stewart Line-Up. Pip Pyle Passed Away 28th August 2006 Phil Miller Passed Away 18th October 2017.
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Hatfield And The North Were An Experimental Canterbury Scene Rock Band That Lasted From October 1972 To June 1975 With Some Reunions Thereafter. Career
The Band Grew Out Of A Line-Up Of Friends In Mid-1972 Consisting Of Phil Miller Guitar From Matching Mole Phil's Brother Steve Miller Keyboards From Caravan Pip Pyle Drums From Gong And Richard Sinclair Bass And Vocals From Caravan .
The Band Played A Few Live Shows Between July And September That Year And Gained Their First Record Contract With Virgin Records With The 'Sinclair Cousins'...As Steve Miller Was Replaced By Dave Sinclair From Matching Mole And Caravan The Band Soon Changed Their Name To Hatfield And The North.
The Delivery Line-Up Reunited For A BBC Session In November 1972 With Steve Miller Phil Miller Lol Coxhill Roy Babbington Bass Pip Pyle And Richard Sinclair On Vocals. Steve Miller Went On To Release A Couple Of Duo Albums With Coxhill In 1973/74.
Dave Sinclair Left In January 1973 Shortly After The Band's Appearance With Robert Wyatt On Guest Vocals On The French TV Programme "Rockenstock" And Was Quickly Replaced By Dave Stewart From Egg Before The Band's First Recordings Were Made.
The Band Recorded Two Albums Hatfield And The North And The Rotters' Club. Backing Vocals On The Two Albums Were Sung By The Northettes Amanda Parsons Barbara Gaskin And Ann Rosenthal. On The Autumn 1974 "Crisis Tour" Which Hatfield Co-Headlined With Kevin Coyne The Opening Act Was A Duo Of Steve Miller And Lol Coxhill Also Previously Of Delivery And Coxhill Usually Guested With Hatfield On The Jamming Sections Of "Mumps". Citation Needed After Disbanding Dave Stewart Formed National Health With Alan Gowen From Gilgamesh Phil Miller Was A Member Throughout The Band's Existence And Pyle Joined In 1977. Richard Sinclair Also Sat In On A Couple Of Gigs And A BBC Radio Session That Year. Hatfield And The North And Gilgamesh Had Played A Couple Of Shows Together In Late 1973 Including A Joint "double Quartet" Set In Some Ways The Prototype For National Health. Miller Stewart Pyle And Sinclair Also Worked Together In Various Combinations On Other Projects.
The Name Of The Band Was Inspired By The Road Signage On The Main A1 Road Heading North From London Where The A Succession Of Signs Referred To The First Major Town And The Overall Direction As 'A1 Hatfield & The North'. This Style Of Sign From The 1970s Has Now Been Replaced By A Slightly Different Variant As Shown In The Current Picture To The Right. Reunions & Archival Releases
In March 1990 The Group Reformed To Record A TV Show With Phil Miller Richard Sinclair And Pip Pyle Joined By Sophia Domancich Keyboards Pyle's Then-Girlfriend And Band Mate In Equip'Out .
In January 2005 The Band Reformed Again With Alex Maguire From Pip Pyle's Bash! On Keyboards And Toured Between 2005 And 2006 Notable Appearances Included A Short Japanese Tour In Late 2005 And The BajaProg And NEARfest Festivals In North America . On A Small Number Of European Dates In June 2005 Mark Fletcher From Miller's In Cahoots Band Reinforced The Band While Pyle Was Recuperating From A Back Operation And Only Played On Part Of Each Gig. Pyle Died In August 2006 After Travelling Back From A Hatfield Show In Groningen. Following Pyle's Death Hatfield Played Two Previously Booked Gigs With Mark Fletcher On Drums Including The Canterbury Festival In October 2006.
In 2005/2006 The Band Released Two Archival Collections Hatwise Choice And Hattitude Featuring The Classic Miller/Pyle/Sinclair/Stewart Line-Up Distributed By The UK Label Burning Shed. Both Releases Contained A Mixture Of BBC Radio Sessions And Live Recordings Along With The Odd Demo Which Are Still Available On CD And Support The Musicians And Family Of Pip Pyle.
In 2007 Cuneiform Records Re-Released Two Albums By Steve Miller And Lol Coxhill With Bonus Material Including 20 Minutes Of Material By The Proto-Hatfield And The North Line-Up Of Delivery Playing "God Song" "Bossa Nochance/Big Jobs" And "Betty" A Variation On Some Of The Sinclair Bass Riffs That Also Produced Hatfield's "Rifferama" .
Jonathan Coe's Novel The Rotters' Club Takes Its Title From The Band's Second Album. The Novel Also Mentions Them Several Times. Discography Edit Hatfield And The North Studio LP Virgin 1974 CD Virgin 1990 The Rotters' Club Studio LP Virgin 1975 CD Virgin 1990 – UK No. 43 2 Afters Virgin 1980 Live 1990 Live CD Demon 1993 Hatwise Choice Archive Recordings 1973-1975 Volume 1 Hatco CD73-7501 Distributed By Burning Shed 2005 Hattitude Archive Recordings 1973-1975 Volume 2 Hatco CD73-7502 Distributed By Burning Shed 2006
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Hatfield And The North Was An Experimental British Rock Band From Canterbury England That Lasted From October 1972 To June 1975 With Some Reunions Thereafter. Part Of The "Canterbury Scene" The Band Grew Out Of Delivery Matching Mole And Caravan. Members Were Phil Miller Guitar From Matching Mole Dave Stewart Keyboards Egg National Health Bruford And His Own Albums With Barbara Gaskin Pip Pyle Drums From Gong And Richard Sinclair Bass And Vocals From Caravan . Hatfield Released Five Albums The First Three On Virgin. The Five Albums Are 1973's Eponymous Effort 1975's The Rotters' Club 1980's Now-Deleted Compilation Afters Of Which The New Bits Have Been Tagged Onto The End Of The Rotters' Club CD 2005's Radio Sessions/live Compilation Hatwise Choice And 2006's Radio Sessions/live Compilation Hattitude . The Latter Two Are Available Only From Burning Shed. The Group Split In 1975 Because Of Overwhelming Indifference. It Re-Formed Briefly In 1990 And Again In 2005 With The Possibility Of New Material Being Issued. The Name Of The Band Was Inspired By The Road Signage On The Main A1 Road Heading North From London Where The A Succession Of Signs Referred To The First Major Town And The Overall Direction As 'A1 Hatfield & The North'. This Style Of Sign From The 1970s Has Now Been Replaced By A Slightly Different Variant. In 2005/2006 The Band Released Two Archival Collections "Hatwise Choice" And "Hattitude" Both Featuring The Classic Miller/Pyle/Sinclair/Stewart Line-Up. Pip Pyle Passed Away 28th August 2006 Phil Miller Passed Away 18th October 2017.
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Hatfield and the North were an experimental Canterbury scene rock band that lasted from October 1972 to June 1975, with some reunions thereafter.
Career
The band grew out of a line-up of friends in mid-1972 consisting of Phil Miller (guitar, from Matching Mole), Phil's brother Steve Miller (keyboards, from Caravan), Pip Pyle (drums, from Gong) and Richard Sinclair (bass and vocals, from Caravan).
The band played a few live shows between July and September that year, and gained their first record contract with Virgin Records with the 'Sinclair cousins'...as Steve Miller was replaced by Dave Sinclair (from Matching Mole and Caravan), the band soon changed their name to Hatfield and the North.
The Delivery line-up reunited for a BBC session in November 1972 with Steve Miller, Phil Miller, Lol Coxhill, Roy Babbington (bass), Pip Pyle, and Richard Sinclair on vocals. (Steve Miller went on to release a couple of duo albums with Coxhill in 1973/74.
Dave Sinclair left in January 1973, shortly after the band's appearance (with Robert Wyatt on guest vocals) on the French TV programme "Rockenstock", and was quickly replaced by Dave Stewart (from Egg) before the band's first recordings were made.
The band recorded two albums, Hatfield and the North and The Rotters' Club. Backing vocals on the two albums were sung by The Northettes: Amanda Parsons, Barbara Gaskin and Ann Rosenthal. On the Autumn 1974 "Crisis Tour", which Hatfield co-headlined with Kevin Coyne, the opening act was a duo of Steve Miller and Lol Coxhill (also previously of Delivery) and Coxhill usually guested with Hatfield on the jamming sections of "Mumps".[citation needed]
After disbanding, Dave Stewart formed National Health with Alan Gowen from Gilgamesh; Phil Miller was a member throughout the band's existence, and Pyle joined in 1977. (Richard Sinclair also sat in on a couple of gigs and a BBC radio session that year.) Hatfield and the North and Gilgamesh had played a couple of shows together in late 1973, including a joint "double quartet" set, in some ways the prototype for National Health. Miller, Stewart, Pyle and Sinclair also worked together in various combinations on other projects.
The name of the band was inspired by the road signage on the main A1 road heading north from London, where the a succession of signs referred to the first major town, and the overall direction, as 'A1 Hatfield & the North'. This style of sign from the 1970s has now been replaced by a slightly different variant, as shown in the current picture to the right.
Reunions & archival releases
In March 1990, the group reformed to record a TV show with Phil Miller, Richard Sinclair and Pip Pyle joined by Sophia Domancich (keyboards, Pyle's then-girlfriend and band mate in Equip'Out).
In January 2005, the band reformed again with Alex Maguire (from Pip Pyle's Bash!) on keyboards and toured between 2005 and 2006 (notable appearances included a short Japanese tour in late 2005, and the BajaProg and NEARfest festivals in North America). On a small number of European dates in June 2005, Mark Fletcher (from Miller's In Cahoots band) reinforced the band while Pyle was recuperating from a back operation and only played on part of each gig. Pyle died in August 2006 after travelling back from a Hatfield show in Groningen. Following Pyle's death, Hatfield played two previously booked gigs with Mark Fletcher on drums, including the Canterbury Festival in October 2006.
In 2005/2006, the band released two archival collections, Hatwise Choice and Hattitude, featuring the classic Miller/Pyle/Sinclair/Stewart line-up, distributed by the UK label Burning Shed. Both releases contained a mixture of BBC radio sessions and live recordings, along with the odd demo, which are still available on CD and support the musicians and family of Pip Pyle.
In 2007, Cuneiform Records re-released two albums by Steve Miller and Lol Coxhill with bonus material including 20 minutes of material by the proto-Hatfield and the North line-up of Delivery playing "God Song", "Bossa Nochance/Big Jobs", and "Betty" (a variation on some of the Sinclair bass riffs that also produced Hatfield's "Rifferama").
Jonathan Coe's novel The Rotters' Club takes its title from the band's second album. The novel also mentions them several times.
Discography[edit]
Hatfield and the North (studio LP, Virgin 1974; CD, Virgin 1990)
The Rotters' Club (studio LP, Virgin 1975; CD, Virgin 1990) – UK No. 43[2]
Afters (Virgin, 1980)
Live 1990 (live CD, Demon, 1993)
Hatwise Choice: Archive Recordings 1973-1975, Volume 1 (Hatco CD73-7501, distributed by Burning Shed, 2005)
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