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Rare Bird

Real Name:
Dave Kaffinetti, Steve Gould, Fred Kelly, Andy Curtis, Andy Rae
Profile:
Progressive rock band. Formed in London, England in late 1969. Rare Bird was originally formed around the principle of keyboard dominated progressive rock, shunning the use of guitars.

Their eponymous debut album achieved critical success. Releasing five albums in total, they never achieved commercial success. They dissolved in early 1975, victims of a lack of recognition in their own country.

Line-ups:-
1969
Graham Field - Organ
Dave Kaffinetti - Electric piano
Steve Gould - Bass guitar and vocals
Mark Ashton - Drums.

1971
Dave Kaffinetti, Steve Gould
Fred Kelly - Drums
Andy "Ced" Curtis - Guitar
Paul Karas - Bass

1973
Dave Kaffinetti, Steve Gould, Fred Kelly, Andy "Ced" Curtis
Nic Potter - Bass

1974
Dave Kaffinetti, Steve Gould, Fred Kelly, Andy "Ced" Curtis
Andy Rae - Bass
Sites:
Wikipedia, angelfire.com/nc/jupiterspace/jspage7.html
Members:
Andrew Curtis (2), Dave Kaffinetti, Fred Kelly (2), Graham Field, Mark Ashton, Nic Potter, Paul Karas, Steve Gould
Variations:
All | Rare Bird | R. Bird | Rare Binds
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Discography

Releases:
As Your Mind Flies By ◄ (3 versions)   Charisma ... 1970
Sympathy (Single) ◄ (3 versions)   Philips ... 1970
Epic Forest (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Polydor 1972
Somebody's Watching (LP)   Polydor 1973
Virginia (7", Single)   Polydor 1973
Sympathy (Comp) ◄ (4 versions)   Charisma ... 1976
Third Time Around - An Introduction To Rare Bird (CD, Comp)   Polydor 2003
Rare Bird (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Polskie Nagrania Muza  
Sympathy (7")   Old Gold (2)  
What You Want To Know / Hammerhead (7")   Philips  
Appears On:
Sympathy / September's Son (7") Sympathy Joker (2) 1970
Didu-Lidu-Dadu / Dirlada (7", EP) Simpatija (Sympathy) PGP RTB 1971
20 Golden Hits (LP, Album) Sympathy Polar Music International AB 1977
Simpathy (7", Promo) Simpathy RCA Victor 1977
Simpathy (7", Promo, W/Lbl, PS) Simpathy RCA Victor 1977
Sympathy (7") Sympathy Virgin 1978
Musica Para Ser Felices (8xCass, Comp) Simpatia. “Sympathy” Selecciones De Reader's Digest 1980
I'm A Good Woman / Sympathy (7", Single) Sympathy Eurec  
Ich Glaub' An Die Liebe (LP, Comp) Sympathie Karussell  
Sympathy (7", Single) Sympathy Egg  
Tracks Appear On:
Charisma Disturbance (2xLP, Comp) Sympathy Charisma 1973
One More Chance (LP, Comp) What You Want To Know Charisma 1973
The Soft Side Of Hard Rock (LP, Comp) Sympathy Philips 1977
Repeat Performance (LP, Comp) Sympathy Charisma 1980
Fever - Songs, Die Unter Die Haut Gehen (LP, Comp) Sympathy K-Tel International GmbH, K-Tel International (Switzerland), K-Tel International (Austria) 1982
Progression - A Progressive Rock Anthology (Cass) Sympathy PolyGram TV 1993
Supernatural Fairy Tales: The Progressive Rock Era (5xCD, Comp + Box) Sympathy Rhino Entertainment Company 1996
Happy 60s (2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot.) Sympathy EMI Music (France), Virgin Music (France) 2003
A Bugged Out Mix By Erol Alkan / A Bugged In Selection With Erol Alkan (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Passing Through Resist Music 2005
Ibiza - The Sunset Sessions (3xCD, Mixed, Comp) Passing Through Warner Strategic Marketing (UK) 2005
More 70's (8xCD + Box) Sympathy Disky 2005
Commonwealth Kids (CD, Mixed, Ltd + 7") Beautiful Scarlet Paper Soap Street Factory, Gluesticks Acoustic 2006
This Is... 1970 (CD, Comp) Sympathy EMI Records 2008
Charisma Keyboards (LP) As Your Mind Flies By Charisma  
Danse Non Stop (LP) Sympathy Philips  
Speaking My Mind - New Rubble Volume 2 (CD, Comp) Hammerhead Past & Present Records  
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