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Led by bandleader Oliver Chapman (bass and\nguitar player, vocalist, arranger, producer and co-writer for the majority of the bands’\nsongs) and comprised out of high talented musicians, Wildfire was out there with the\nbig boys in the niche they carved out for themselves.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the album we are presenting you today (Time Is The Answer from 1980) you’ll\nfind the perfect mix of funk, soul and disco, basically the popular sounds of the day,\nand all tracks are originals. The album is Funky and the production quality can rival\nwith any of their peers and records produced \/ recorded in the US. The performance\nof Wildfire on this album is beyond excellent. This release was also the first time the\ngroup took control over production and getting their album out in the world. Also\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eincluded is the hit single ‘Say A Little Prayer For The Children’ which is just one of\nthose songs that will be stuck in your head forever.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides virtuoso Oliver Chapman: the talent that was featured on ‘Time Is The\nAnswer’ is exceptional. Anstey Hamilton carries around a rich noticeable tenor voice.\nArthur Byron who also did vocals on the album, has a beautiful rasping tone that can\nknock you out anytime he gets into his act. Fitzroy Isaac on keyboards and Donald\nLeid on drums are the guys that were responsible for keeping the groove tight.\nClifford Wilson like Oliver had been with band since the start. He is calm in his\napproach, he played the bass guitar and sung background vocals, he also chipped in\nwith Oliver whenever they wrote songs together. Finally we have Cyllan Charles,\nwho was known as the Wildfire voice. Cyllan had been doing most of the lead vocals\nsince he joined the group in 1972, he was the most experienced of all the members,\nand can really take you to higher heights anytime he gets into doing his thing both on\nstage and on wax.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime is the Answer \u003c\/i\u003eby Wildfire is a scarce and increasingly sought-after LP. Filled\nwith hit-bound songs it comes as no surprise that the album has now become a\nmuch-wanted item due to its addictive and original-sounding nature. 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Shooting his first performance footage at a concert after smuggling a camera inside his trousers, Tim got his break directing the video for Soft Cell's follow-up to 'Tainted Love'. Work snowballed, and he was soon jetting back and forth across the Atlantic to feed the newly launched engine of MTV, making videos for The Cure, Queen, Talk Talk, Wham!, Hall and Oates, Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Bangles, among others. From dressing Freddie Mercury as a giant Mediterranean prawn to being called a 'funny little arsehole' by David Bowie; hanging out with Neil Young on his family ranch or locking The Cure in a wardrobe and launching it off a cliff, Tim had a front-row seat on the excesses, egos and larger-than-life characters of the era. 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