In 1985
Fragile Friends went through a series of line-up changes. Cliff Ray joined on
trumpets (also for the Paper Doll single), together with Denise D’Arcy on sax
(from Zale Out). David Bathe (with Return of the Toreador) was replaced by
Steve Eastwood on drums and Paul Fisher by Neil Brighouse on bass (who then
left to join Chance). Out goes Brighouse, in come Mike Keane on guitar (from
Royal Family and the Poor), although for a short period of time. Within a few
weeks another major change takes place around the original members (Mike King
and Chas Cole): Maurice Cheetham in on drums, Steve Greenmantle on bass, Phil
Johnston on sax and Gary Johnson on trumpet. With this formation Fragile
Friends record their second single in May 1985:
The Novelty
Wears Off (1985)
- The
Novelty Wears Off
- Caught on
the Hop
- No Good
in Your Goodbye
- A Walk in
the Sunshine
(Caught on
the Hop was also released on the compilation Sons of Jobs for the Boys)
Faith in
Pleasure Magazine, concluding a review of one of Fragile Friends’ gig said:
‘They have already released 2 excellent singles and a third is on the way.’
However no trace seems to have survived
of the third release, and by 1987 Fragile Friends were no more. In 1988 Mike
King started a solo career.
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