{"title":"Tony Rivers","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"move-a-little-closer-the-complete-recordings-1963-1970","title":"Move A Little Closer – The Complete Recordings 1963-1970","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst-ever complete 3CD anthology of 60s recordings from leading British harmony pop vocalist \u003cstrong\u003eTony Rivers\u003c\/strong\u003e. Featuring all of his studio recordings as leader of both \u003cem\u003eThe Castaways\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHarmony Grass\u003c\/em\u003e as well as 80 minutes of previously unreleased BBC session recordings from the same timeframe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile other contenders may have had greater commercial success, \u003cstrong\u003eTony Rivers\u003c\/strong\u003e was surely the British harmony pop scene’s pivotal figure during the 60s. As leader of \u003cem\u003eThe Castaways\u003c\/em\u003e, he made a series of superlative singles before finally scoring a hit in 1969 with the irresistible ‘\u003cem\u003eMove In A Little Closer Baby\u003c\/em\u003e’ shortly after the band had been relaunched as \u003cem\u003eHarmony Grass\u003c\/em\u003e. But follow-up singles failed to repeat the trick, and after the superb album ‘\u003cem\u003eThis Is Us\u003c\/em\u003e’ was ignored, \u003cstrong\u003eTony\u003c\/strong\u003e left the band to accept a backroom role in the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, he made several pseudonymous singles that were instrumental in his 1975 recruitment as leader of \u003cstrong\u003eCliff Richard’s\u003c\/strong\u003e vocal harmony trio. \u003cem\u003eMove In A Little Closer\u003c\/em\u003e is the first-ever complete anthology of \u003cstrong\u003eTony’s\u003c\/strong\u003e exemplary studio work with both \u003cem\u003eThe Castaways\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHarmony Grass\u003c\/em\u003e, including a number of tracks that were unreleased at the time, as well as an entire CD’s-worth of previously-unissued BBC sessions recorded with both bands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe definitive 3CD set in a lavish digipak package includes a new 6000 word essay on \u003cstrong\u003eTony’s\u003c\/strong\u003e early career that contains reminiscences on his associations with managers Brian Epstein and Robert Stigwood and his brushes with rock royalty including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and his prime inspirers The Beach Boys.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grapefruit","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50452373930315,"sku":"2003998","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Tony-Rivers-front-cover-jpeg_cee86557_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727150041"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/tony-rivers.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}