Waving at Trains (1983-88)

The band formed in 1983 when Tony Velasco (vocals, sax, former Viza, Renard [with future FGTH drummer Ped Gill], Straight to the Point, Sons of the Silent Age, later Carry on Spying and Limousine) joined Paul Hobday (guitars, vocals, ex Back to College, later India), Gay Gillmurray (drums) and Travor Rogensky (bass). This line up recorded a demotape (Alien Eyes, Angel Sent from Heaven). By mid-1984 Velasco was replaced by Paul Gill (former KST). Waving at train MK II recorded a couple of demos (the first issued in 1984 and featuring the numbers Do It and Camouflage, the second issue in 1985 featuring the tracks Teardrops in the Rain, Anger Moves and Some You Win). In 1986 another line-up change brought on board Steve Ashton (drums) and Paul Shields (bass). WaT Mk III recorded a guitar rock track entitled Parade for the compilation demotape Merseyside Musicians Bureau, out in January 1987. In the same year they recorded at Amazon Studios their first single (Engineered by Keith Hartley):

Sylvie (b/w Telling The Stranger)
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(NB. On the back cover vocals are credited to Paul James)