At Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2003 12:23:33 Michael wrote:

>ralph alfonso wrote:
> >the Numbers were on Attic Records when I worked there and the
> >lp came out on Basement records. They later split off into two bands,
> >the Numbers and Hot Tip. Hot Tip had an Attic release. One of the two
> >offshoot bands had the leader singer from The Mods on board.  I don't
> >have the lps anymore so can't double check.
>
>Peter Evans is listed as lead singer on my copies of the Numbers & Hot
>Tip lps. The only difference in the 2 4-peice bands is Numbers rhythm
>guitarist Kennedy being replaced by keyboardist Gerrard in Hot Tip,
>as noted on Canoe.

To complicate matters even more Hot Tip was the FIRST band that Tragically 
Hip manager Jake Gold ever worked with -- after they'd changed names (AGAIN) 
to The Purple Hearts [not to be confused with the '80s Brit punk act] around 
1983/84.

>BTW, Mod Pop Punk Archives has 2 Mods mp3's, though these seem to be
>later recordings done with Chris Spedding and w/o Quinton.
>
>  http://punkmodpop.free.fr/mp3.htm
>
>Info on this later Mods lp:

Same Mods....same David Quinton...under his birth name STEINBERG...which he 
uses again in his daily guise as lawyer.

Jaimie Vernon,
President,
Bullseye Records of Canada, Inc.
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
"Not Suing Our Customers Since 1985!"

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