Rainbow Ffolly

Shortly after these photos were taken, the High Wycombe superstars' Sallies Fforth was reissued on CD by See for Miles (SEECD 493), with sleevenotes by another High Wycombe superstar, Mary Payne. The ffull, unexpurgated version of the Ffolly story which appeared in the November 1999 issue of 'Record Collector' now hits the Radio London website.
Mary's efforts to plug the album on RNI
can be appreciated elsewhere!

Rainbow Ffolly visit the home of Radio London in 1998

Left to right, John Dunsterville, songsmith, guitar and vocals;
Stewart Osborn, drums and vocals; Roger Newell, bass and vocals.

Missing member is John's brother Richard, guitarist and vocalist, now living in the States.

Roger indicates a valuable collector's item -
the Rainbow Ffolly
Sallies Fforth album, released in 1968. (and what's more, the one in the picture is autographed!)

Stewart is grinning because he's just looked up the album's current value in the Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide – £165! (2004) The band's single 'Go Girl/Drive My Car' is valued at £35.

Shortly after the above photo was taken, the High Wycombe superstars' album Sallies Fforth was reissued on CD by See for Miles (SEECD 493), with sleevenotes by another High Wycombe superstar, Mary Payne. The High Wycombe superstars' album Sallies Fforth was reissued on CD in 1998, by See for Miles, with liner notes by another High Wycombe superstar, Mary Payne. Since the demise of See for Miles, this particular release, with Mary's original notes, is no longer available, but you can read a review by Roger Irving, see the track listing and possibly purchase a secondhand copy, on Amazon. Original 'See For Miles' release.

Sallies Fforth was reissued in 2005 on Rev-Ola, with new liner notes.

Amazon Review, by 'Izzy the Mighty', March 2013: "This is by far the world's grooviest record. Whatever else the guys who made it did after Rainbow Ffolly split up, they've wasted their lives in comparison with what they could have done if they'd stayed together and made another piece of pure platinum with diamonds mixed in like this. Shame on you, fellas. This is so ENGLISH it's weird (I know that's not necessarily a recommendation)."

Now read the Ffull Story!


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