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. Songwriter

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had worked off and on with the Australian singer Susan Traynor on one of his solo albums, ''Last Stage For Silverworld'', where she was listed as 'Amanda'. Young had written

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' " Captain of Your Ship", which had been a UK hit, and in order to create a similar vehicle for Young's songwriting, Traynor was renamed exotically, Noosha, and given the helm of his glam rock band, Fox. The band's self-titled debut album was released on

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in 1975 to critical acclaim. The lead single, "

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", was a Top 10 hit in the

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" later the same year also reached the Top 20 and "He's Got Magic" was a hit in some European countries. The track "Love Ship" was played extensively on

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Track listing

All songs by

unless noted. #"Love Letters" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) #"

" #"The Juggler" (Herbie Armstrong, Kenny Young) #"Patient Tigers" (Armstrong, Kenny Young) #"

" #"The More" #"Spirit" #"He's Got Magic" #"Pisces' Babies" #"Love Ship" #"Red Letter Day" (Armstrong, Kenny Young)

Personnel

*Noosha Fox - lead vocals *Herbie Armstrong - guitar, vocals *

- guitar, vocals *Jim Gannon - guitar, vocals *Gary Taylor - bass, vocals *

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- keyboards, vocals *Jim Frank - drums, percussion, vocals

Additional personnel

* B. J. Cole *Chris Gunning *

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*Jim Gannon *

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References

External links

* {{Authority control 1975 debut albums Fox (band) albums GTO Records albums