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In Gloucestershire, England, 1970, five musicians got together to rehearse and produce one of the most innovative and under rated rock bands of the seventies. The original idea for this band was first conceived in a hotel room in New York City, by Pete Solley and Keith Webb. Pete was a classicly trained pianist and Keith Webb was a jazz drummer. At the time, they were the opening act for The Rollingstones, with the Terry Reid Band. Deciding to break away from the creative restrictions imposed on them as backing musicians, they returned to England to form their own band called Paladin. 

Many months were spent finding the right blend of musicians, writing and rehearsing. The band consisted of Lou Stonebridge on vocals, piano and harmonica, Derek Foley on guitar and vocals, Pete Solley on organ, piano, violin and vocals, Keith Webb on drums and percussion, and Peter Beckett on bass and vocals. Peter had never played bass before but needed the job and learned quickly. Stonebridge and Foley had been playing with the band Grisby Dyke, and Peter was formerly of the band Winston G and The Wicked. When rehearsals began, it was clear that Paladin was going to be a dynamic live band. Instead of recording a demo, they invited people from the music industry to attend the rehearsals that took place in a farmhouse at Slowwe House in Arlingham, Gloucstershire. This was a huge old house that the entire band stayed at. Their sound was a mix of rock, blues, soul, jazz, and latin, creating a rich blend of world beat, long before it existed. Paladin's use of dual keyboards also created a unique sounds. 

By the end of 1970, they hit the road to play live gigs. Their first appearance took place at the Revolution in London. After some negogiations, Paladin signed with the newly formed Bronze Records. They began recording their self-titled, debut album on January 8, 1971 produced by Philamore Lincoln, at Olympus Studios in West London. They also recorded portions of the album at Island Studios, also in London. They recorded almost everything live in the studio, with a few overdubs. This decison produced some outstanding pieces of music. They toured England and Europe, playing all the great clubs there at the time. Paladin vocalist Lou Stonebridge was injured when a table that was being used as a stage extension collapsed during a gig. He sufferd a dislocated shoulder but continued on as the band begin cutting their second album. 


A year later, it was time for their second album, which was produced by Geogg Emerick(who engineered Sgt. Pepper) and recorded at the famous Apple Studios in London. Entitled Paladin Charge!, the second album was pegged by critics to be the absolute classic masterpiece of the 70's. This diverse album, which at times mixed folk with rock and roll, made it difficult to pinpoint influences. The lead vocals were shared by the band members on select songs. Famous album cover artist Roger Dean, designed The Paladin, a rider on a horse, for Paladin Charge!, claiming it to be one of his most difficult sketches. Unfortunately, Paladin's lack of success led to frustration, with Stonebridge and Foley deciding to leave the band in April of 1972. Both were  replaced by Joe Jammer on vocals and guitar. Paladin then toured such places as Norway and all around Europe and England. However, the revised lineup didn't last long and by the end of 1973, Paladin disbanded. 

The career of Paladin produced two of the finest hard/prog albums of the 70's. They also recorded early versions of tracks leaning more toward jazz. These were later reworked and the tapes were forgotten for almost 25 years until their release in 2002 by Rock Symphony under the name of  JazzAttack.  Paladin recorded live for the BBC but the tapes are believed to be still collecting dust in the vaults of old Beeb in London. 

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*ALBUMS*

BRONZE RECORDS 1971
BRONZE RECORDS 1971
      PALADIN 1971

 1.   
Bad Times (Solley)
 2.   
Carry Me Home (Beckett,Stonebridge)
 3.   
Dance Of The Cobra (Webb)
 4.   
Third World (Solley)
 5.   
Fill Up Your Heart (Solley)
 6.    Flying High (Solley)
 7.   
The Fakir (Schfrin)

       
BONUS TRACKS
 
8.    It's Time (Paladin)
9.    Any Way (Demo)
10.   Third World (Instrumental)
11.   Carry Me Home (Instrumental)
12.   Dance Of The Cobra (Instrumental)
13.   It's Time (Instrumental)
14.   The Fakir (Instrumental)

Band members: Peter Beckett, Derek Foley, Peter Solley, Lou Stonebridge, 
                             Keith Webb


BRONZE RECORDS 1972
BRONZE RECORDS 1972
  PALADIN CHARGE! 1972

 1.   Give Me Your Hand (Solley)
 2.   Well We Might (Solley)
 3.   Get One Together (Webb)

 4.   Anyway (Solley)
 5.   
Good Lord (Beckett,Stonebridge,Foley)
 6.    
Mix Your Mind With Moonbeams (Solley)
 7.    
Watching The World Pass By (Stonebridge)
 
        
BONUS TRACKS

 8.   Give My Love To You (Solley)
 9.   Sweet Sweet Music (Solley)
10.  Any Way (Variation)(Solley)
11.  Sweet Sweet Music (Variation)(Solley)
12.  Well We Might (Variation)(Solley)
13.  Fill Up Your Heart (Instrumental)(Solley)
14.  Bad Times (Instrumental)(Solley)

Band members: Peter Beckett, Derek Foley, Peter Solley, Lou Stonebridge, 
                             Keith Webb




ROCK SYMPHONY 2002
ROCK SYMPHONY 2002
    PALADIN JAZZATTACK 2002   
      
 1.
    The Gong (Webb)
 2.    The Fakir I (Schifrin)
 3.   
Third World  Part I (Solley)
 4.    Third World  Part II (Solley)
 5.    Carry Me Home (Beckett,Stonebridge)
 6.   
Dance Of The Cobra (Webb)
 7.   
Bad Times (Solley
 8.    Fill Up Your Heart (Solley)
 9.    It's Time (Paladin)
10.   The Fakir II
(Schifrin)

        BONUS TRACKS

11. 
Trip To Venus (Solley)
12. 
Anyway I (Solley)
13.  Anyway II (Solley)
  

Band members: Peter Beckett, Derek Foley, Pete Solley, Lou Stonebridge, 
                             Keith Webb
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 *SINGLES*

1972-FRENCH RELEASE
1972-FRENCH RELEASE


                                    

  A-SIDE  Anyway

   B-SIDE  Giving All My Love

1972-UK RELEASE
1972-UK RELEASE





  A-SIDE  Sweet Sweet Music

  B-SIDE Get One Together

1972-FRENCH RELEASE
1972-FRENCH RELEASE




  A-SIDE Sweet Sweet Music

  B-SIDE Get One Together

SPAIN 1972
SPAIN 1972



 
A-SIDE Sweet Sweet Music

  B-SIDE Get One Together
1972
1972

                         


 
A-SIDE Anyway

  B-SIDE Giving All My Love

GERMANY 1972
GERMANY 1972



  A-SIDE  Anyway

  B-SIDE  Giving All My Love
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PALADIN PEEL SESSIONS

             TX - 26/05/1972

       TRACKLIST

     LINE UP

 
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IN MEMORY OF KEITH WEBB
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 Keith, on meeting Peter for the first time.....
 
" I was in the speakeasy one night, and this bloody down and out came up to me and said, Hey man, I hear you're looking for a bass player, I've got no bass and I've got no amp, but I've got really good time man!" Keith said "In that case, you'll come back to Slowwe House with me!"
 
 For more on Keith, go to: http://www.goodaboom.com/KevsDiary.html

*Keith Webb (aka The Baron) - Died 3-31-2007 in Turre ( Rock ) He was 73 years old - Drummer - Was a member of The Baron Band, The Flying Vultures and Los Tres Hombres - Worked with Donovan, Terry Reid and Paladin


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Description: Rare 1971 Original, Radio Station Timing Strip On Cover, 1A/1A Stampers. Appears Virtually Unplayed. “Brainchild Of Ex-Terry Reid Members Peter Solley And Keith Webb, Paladin Was Born To Fuse. But Even With Their Wildly Eclectic Sound — Incorporating Cuban Rhythms, Jazz, Rock, And Psychedelia, The Quintet Aimed At A Surprisingly Accessible Sound, And Should Have Been A Commercial Monster. Paladin Inked A Deal With Bronze (UK) And Released Their Eponymous Debut Album In 1971, A Set That Still Quivers With Creativity. Recorded Live In The Studio, The Entire Album Has An Immediacy To It, With Even The Downtempo Numbers Filled With Energy. The Opening "Bad Times" Shows They Mean Business, The Latin Rhythms Underpinning An Organ Melody And A Rousing Chorus Traffic Would Have Ground To A Halt For, But Before The Almost Seven-Minute Song Comes To The End, The Band Bounces Into A Santana-Esque Jam Led By The Raging, Psychedelic, Acid-Drenched Organ, Which Gets An Even Bigger Workout On The Rocking "Fill Up Your Heart," A Song Which Must Have Been Absolutely Lethal Live. "Dance Of The Cobra" Slithers Through So Many Genres It's Hard To Keep Track — Latin, Funk, And Jazz, For Openers, And Then Guitarist Derek Foley Strides In With A Fiery Solo Before Webb Launches Into An Extended Big-Band Drum Extravaganza, Which He Deftly Transforms Into Rock, Before The Band Goes Out With A Psychedelic Flourish.” Jo-Anne Greene, AMG. Note: This U.S. Original Omits “Third World” But Has Two Additional Songs Not On The U.K. Bronze LP: “Giving All My Love” And “Anyway.” 

 
TOUR DATES
 
1970
JUL 3 Gloucester Tech College (Kevin Ayers and the Whole World)
NOV 6 Pavilion Garden's Buxton(Derbyshire)(Marmalade, Airforce)

1971
JAN 15 Hampstead Country Club (Steeleye Span)
JAN  23 London Imperial College (Hands, Hands & Feet)
JAN 30  Kirk Levington Country Club
FEB  13 University College, London (Uriah Heap)
FEB  19 Thames Polytechnic, London (Colosseum, Karakorum)
FEB  27  Epping Wake Arms
MAR 3 Cavern, Liverpool
MAR 9 Portsmouth Tricorn CLub (Viv Stanshall)
MAR 13 Epsom Baths, Surrey (Elton John, Rhada Krishna)
MAR 25 Heads Club, London
APR  2  Kingston Coronation Hall (Hawkwind)
APR  8  Heads Club, London
APR 11 Fulham Greyhound
APR 16 High Wycombe Blues Loft
APR 20 The Place, Hanley
APR 21 Hampsted Country Club, London
APR 23 Thames Polytechnic (Fusion Orchestra, Sweet Thunder)
APR 22 Twickenham Maria Grey College
APR 24 Coventry Tech College
APR 28 Chaguaramas Club, London (Cancelled?)
APR 29 Speakeasy, London
APR 30 Bath University
MAY  1  Portsmouth College of Education
MAY  2  Westcliffe Palace Theatre
MAY  6  Huddersfield Polytechnic
MAY  7  Glasgow Maryland
MAY  9  Burslem George Hotel
MAY 11 Henry's Blues House, Birmingham
MAY 13 London Blaises
MAY 14 Newport Harper Adams College
MAY 15 Roehampton Froebel Institute
MAY 16 New Theatre Bromley (Uriah Heep, Edgar Broughton Band)
MAY 18 Portsmouth Tricorn
MAY 20 Cheltenham Town House
MAY 21 Liverpool Polytechnic
MAY 22 Leicester Polytechnic
MAY 29 Clarences, Halifax West Yorkshire
JUN  12 Twickenham St Mary’s College (National Head Band,Writing On The Wall, Brinsley Schwarz)
JUN  15 Wood Green Nightingale
JUN  20 Fairfield Hall, Croyden (Uriah Heep, Juicy Lucy)
JUN  21 Civic Hall Woverhampton (Uriah Heep, Juicy Lucy)
JUN  22 Sunderland Empire (Uriah Heep, Juicy Lucy, Sha Na Na)
JUN
  23 Falkirk Town Hall (Uriah Heep, Sha Na Na)
JUN  24 East Kilbride Town Hall (Uriah Heep)
JUN  27 Plymouth Town Hall (Uriah Heep, Bell & Arc)
JUN  29 Mecca Ballroom, Leeds (Uriah Heep, Sha Na Na)
JUN  30 University Sheffield (Uriah Heep, Sha Na Na)
JUL  1 Kursaal Ballroom, Southend (Uriah Heep, Sha Na Na)
JUL  2  Birmingham Town Hall (Uriah Heep, Sha Na Na)
JUL  3  Liverpool Stadium (Uriah Heep, Sha Na Na)
JUL  4  Victoria Hall Stoke on Trent (Uriah Heep, Sha Na Na)
JUL  5  Portsmouth Guild Hall (Uriah Heep, Sha Na Na)
JUL  7  Middlesbrough Town Hall (Uriah Heep, Sha Na Na)
JUL  8  Manchester Free Trade Hall (Uriah Heep, Sha Na Na)
JUL  9  Nottingham Albert Hall (Uriah Heep, Sha Na Na)
JUL  10 Barry Memorial Hall (Uriah Heep, Sha Na Na)
JUL  18 London Lyceum (Uriah Heep, Knome Sweet Knome)
JUL  23 Southend Kursaal
AUG   1 Fulham Greyhound
AUG   5 Bournemouth Royal Ballroom
SEP 10 Sound Festival, Buxton Pavillion Gardens (Gentle Giant, East of Eden, Juicy Lucy, Groundhogs, Edgar Broughton Band)
SEP 17 Chalk Farm Roadhouse (Manfred Mann, Jude)
SEP 21 Musikhalle, Hamburg (Uriah Heep)
SEP 22 Big Eden, Berlin (Uriah Heep)

SEP 24 Siegerlandhalle, Siegen (Uriah Heep)
SEP 25 Rheinhalle, Dusseldorf (Uriah Heep)
SEP 26 Saar-Mosel-Halle, Trier-Konz (Uriah Heep
)
SEP 27 Meistersingerhalle, Nuremberg (Uriah Heep)
SEP 28 Fruchthalle, Kaiserslautern (Uriah Heep)
SEP 29 Blowup Club, Munich Germany(Uriah Heep
)
OCT  1 Woolaston Nags Head
OCT  2 Newcastle University Ulm Germany (Uriah Heep)
OCT  3 Redcar Coatham Hotel
OCT 14 Derby Cleopatras (Tear Gas)
OCT 15 Salford Tech College
OCT 16 Bristol Polytechnic
OCT 17 Chalk Farm Roundhouse (Manfred Mann, Jude)
OCT 20 West End Club, Coventry
OCT 21 York Hypnotique
OCT 22 Warrington Padgate College
OCT 26 Crawley Starlight
OCT 29 Abbey Wood
OCT 30 Newhaven Meeting Hall
NOV  1 Edmonton Cooks Ferry Inn-cancelled and replaced by Stray due to Lou Stonebridge's injured shoulder
NOV  5 Speakeasy, London
NOV  6 Madeley College
NOV 11 Swansea Welfare Hall
NOV 12 Huddersfield Polytechnic
NOV 13 Stoke Golden Torch
NOV 14 Mr Smith's, Manchester
NOV 16 Wood Green Nightingale
NOV 17 Wolverhampton Lafayette
NOV 18 Wellington Town House
NOV 19 Scarborough Penthouse
DEC   5 Leeds Grand Theater (Osibisa)
DEC 17 Salford Tech College
DEC 18 Stockton Purple Butterfly
DEC 19 Fulham Greyhound
DEC 20 Billing Tech College


1972
JAN   1 Van Dykes Plymouth
JAN 14 Speakeasy, London
JAN 15 Hampstead Country Club
JAN 21 Wolverhampton Civic Hall-
JAN 22 St Mary's College, Twickenham (Bell&Arc)
JAN 28 Birmingham College of Education
JAN 29 Temple Club, London
JAN 30 Levington Country Club, Kirk
FEB   9 Cardiff Top Rank
FEB 18 Speakeasy, London
FEB 19 Rugeley Drill Hall
FEB 20 Burton on Trent Tech College
FEB 23 Newport Atheltic Club
FEB 24 Oxford Town Hall (Climax Chicago)
FEB 25 Liverpool Central Hall
FEB 27 Wake Arms, Epping
MAR 4 Glasglow Strathclyde University
MAR 6 Edmonton Cooks Ferry Inn
MAR 10 Newport College
MAR 11 Sunbury on Thames Grammar School
MAR 12 Burslem George Hotel
MAR 18 Warrington Padgate College
MAR 19 High Wycombe Road Runner
MAR 24 Van Dykes, Plymouth
MAR 25 Potter's Bar Farx (Uncle Dog)
MAR 26 Kenilworth Chesford Grange
MAR 28 Wood Green Nightingale
MAR 30 Up The Junction, Crewe
APR  27 Fulham Greyhound, London
APR  28 London Thames Polytechnic (Pink Fairies)
APR  30 Wake Arms, Epping
MAY 13 St. Mary's College, Twickenham (Argent, Hookfoot, Sandy Denny)
MAY 21 London Chalk Farm Roundhouse (Kevin Ayers, Patto, Slowdog, Archibald)
MAY 26 Burton on Trent 76 Club
JUN 11 Redcar Coatham Hotel
JUN 12 Kings Hall Manchester (Sha Na Na)
JUN 14 The Dome, Brighton (Osibisa)
JUN 17 Liverpool Stadium (Sha Na Na)
JUN 18 Southend Pier
JUN 23 Dudley JBs
JUN 24 Cambridge Corn Exchange
JUN 25 Chalk Farm Roundhouse, London
JUN 29 Cheltenham Town Hall
JUN 30 Newcastle Mayfair
JUL  7 London Falcon

OCT 4 Club 7, Oslo Norway