Part IV
StEvil: You did several BBC sessions (both Bob Harris and John Peel), at least two In Concert programmes and the OGWT twice. One of them was a special broadcast live from Cardiff. Bob Harris told us that his Dad was from near Cardiff. Sassafras and Budgie played live in the studio, there was footage of Man at the Golder?s Green Hippodrome and an album track from the Neutrons. Bob Harris with his preference for American influenced music particularly liked the band. Any chance of any of that material being released?
Dai: Yeah, Bob came along to a few gigs. We?d love to put out some of that material, but there haven?t been any approaches so far. Alan Freeman once played Wheelin? and Dealin? twice after one another on his Saturday afternoon show. We thought we had made it! But it wasn?t too be. By 1976, we were wrecked and we called it a day! It was the usual story ? punk had arrived?. At about this time we were approached by Carl Leighton?Pope who wanted to take them further, but with a different singer and style, but loyalty to Terry and their existing manager lead them to turn him down. Leighton-Pope went on to manage Wham. Maybe that was our big mistake?
(Part V is on its way...)