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Line-up

* Cedric Sharpley – drums (founding member; died 2012) * Neil Brewer – bass (founding member) * Dane Stevens – vocals, guitars (founding member) * Andrew McCrorie-Shand – keyboards (joined 1974) *Pete Griffiths - keyboards (1971–73)

Discography

''Toward The Sun'' (1975)

;Side one # "Voices" (McCrorie-Shand/Dane) - 8:13 # "Remembering" (Brewer/Dane) - 5:24 # "Theme" (Brewer/Dane/McCrorie-Shand/Sharpley) - 5:24 # "Toward The Sun" (Dane) - 5:03 ;Side two # "Red Carpet For An Autumn" (Brewer/McCrorie-Shand) - 3:10 # "Dawn Of Evening" (Brewer/McCrorie-Shand) - 10:02 # "Shangri-La" (Brewer/Dane) - 10:11 ;Personnel: *Neil Brewer – Bass Guitar *Cedric Sharpley – Drums, Percussion *Dane – Guitars, Vocals *Andrew McCrorie-Shand – Keyboards *Bob Harris – Producer *George Nicholson – Engineer * Adrian Sadgrove – Artwork

''Fluid Druid'' (1976)

;Side one # "Razor Truth" (Dane/Brewer) - 5:42 # "Painters Clouds" (Dane/Brewer) - 5:00 # "FM 145" (McCrorie-Shand) - 2:08 # "Crusade" (McCrorie-Shand/Brewer) - 7:48 ;Side two # "Nothing But Morning" (Dane/Brewer) - 4:09 # "Barnaby" (Dane) - 3:12 # "Kestrel" (McCrorie-Shand) - 3:35 # "Left To Find" (McCrorie-Shand/Dane/Brewer) - 7:12 # "The Fisherman's Friend" (McCrorie-Shand) - 0:46 ;Personnel: *Neil Brewer – Bass Guitar *Cedric Sharpley – Drums, Percussion *Dane – Guitars, Vocals *Andrew McCrorie-Shand – Keyboards *Druid, Paul "Rockette" Harman – Producer *Ken "Superstar" Thomas – Assistant Engineer * The Cream Group – Artwork

Singles

*''Barnaby/Kestrel/Nothing But Morning'' (1976, EMI)

Compilations

* ''Toward the Sun / Fluid Druid'' (1995, BGO Records)

References

External links

Neverneverband.co.uk

Tinderfish.com
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