Up for auction "The Fixx" Group Signed Cassette Cover. Signers are; Cy Cumin, Adam Woods and Rupert Greenall.
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The Fixx are a rock and new wave band formed in 1979. The band's hits include
"One Thing Leads to Another",
"Saved by Zero", "Are We Ourselves?",
and "Secret Separation",
all of which made the U.S. Top 20, as well as early MTV Video hits "Red Skies" and "Stand or Fall" and Mainstream Rock chart
hits "Driven Out" and "Deeper and Deeper", the latter of
which was featured on the soundtrack of the 1984 film Streets of Fire. College friends Cy Curnin on vocals and Adam Woods on drums formed the
group in London in 1979, initially calling themselves Portraits. The
pair placed an ad for additional members, and recruited keyboardist Rupert
Greenall, guitarist Tony McGrail and bassist Russell Mckenzie later to be
replaced by Charlie Barrett. Portraits issued two singles for Ariola Records: "Little Women" (1979), and
"Hazards In The Home" (1980). Later in 1980, McGrail left. At this
point, the band added guitarist Jamie West-Oram (formerly of Phillip Rambow's
band) and changed their name to The Fix. This version of the band
recorded for 101 Records, releasing their first single ("Lost
Planes") in February 1981. This track, along with several live tracks
issued by 101 on various compilations, received some radio exposure on
the BBC. In these early days West-Oram was billed simply as 'Jamie
West'. The Fixx's raised profile eventually led to the group being offered a
contract by MCA Records. Worried about the potential drug-user
implication of the band's name, MCA insisted on a name change before signing
them to the label.[4] A compromise was reached as the band
altered the spelling of their name to The Fixx, and a deal was duly
inked. Barrett left The Fixx just after the recording of their first
album, Shuttered Room, in
1982. This album featured the band's initial
hits, "Stand or Fall" and "Red Skies", both of which charted in the US and the UK.
The band found particular success in Canada, where "Stand or Fall"
reached No. 37. "Stand or Fall" entered the charts in
the US on 30 October 1982. Barrett was replaced on bass by Alfie Agius for
the Shuttered Room tour. Agius' stay in the band was
short-lived, though, as he left during the 1983 recording of their next
album Reach the Beach, after
having recorded four tracks. Agius is credited as co-writer on all the album's
tracks, but the group for this album was officially credited as a quartet
(Curnin, Greenall, West-Oram and Woods). Agius went on to briefly tour with
the hard rock/heavy metal band, Fastway that same year. Reach the Beach became
the group's most commercially successful album and was certified Platinum by
the RIAA on 5 January 1984. Agius' bass work is featured on
the album's first two singles "Saved by Zero" and "One Thing Leads to Another." Both
these singles cracked the US top 40, and "One Thing Leads To Another"
became the band's biggest-ever hit (No. 1 Canada, No. 4 US). It was
during these sessions that bassist Dan K. Brown joined the band. Brown played bass on the third top 40
single from the album, "The Sign Of Fire" and continued with the band
on its subsequent tour. Brown became a full member of the band thereafter.Curnin
and West-Oram played on "I Might Have Been Queen"
and "Better Be Good To Me"
by Tina Turner on her 1984 album Private Dancer. The
1984 album Phantoms contained
the hits "Are We Ourselves?" (#29 Can.), the first video in which a
mobile phone ever appeared (a modified Motorola KR999), and "Sunshine In
The Shade." Another single, "Deeper And Deeper," was initially
released as the B-side of "Are We Ourselves?" (and also appeared in
an edited version on the soundtrack for the film Streets of Fire). This track received substantial airplay
on U.S. and Canadian modern rock radio stations. In 1985 the Fixx recorded the
song "A Letter to Both Sides" for the soundtrack of the film Fletch. In 1986, they released their fourth album Walkabout,
featuring "Secret Separation"
(No. 1 on Billboard Magazine's "Album Rock" chart, No. 49
in Canada) and "Built for the Future." The 1987 album React, was a
compilation of both live and new studio material, after which the band would
depart MCA Records. In 1989, the Fixx released their first album in nearly
three years and only release on RCA Records, Calm Animals, which contained another hit "Driven
Out" (another No. 1 on Billboard's "Album Rock" chart). The
band returned to MCA for their next album, 1991's Ink. The album
featured "How Much Is Enough?" (No. 27 Canada, No. 35 US).