Andromeda

:(This page is about the British band. For the German DJ of the same name, see Andromeda(2)).
Andromeda was a British band of psychedelic, progressive, jazz and hard rock influence which lasted only enough to release one album. They were formed back in 1968, by John Du Cann, later of Atomic Rooster, after the break of his previous band, The Attack. 
Du Cann (guitar), along with Mick Hawksworth (bass) and Jack Collins (drums), recorded a psychedelic rock project named The Five Day Week Straw People, being a concept album much praised by collectors nowadays. After recording this project, the three decided to form a band, who was called Andromeda. The band started to gig, record demos, live material, etc., but without and recording contract.
The band released only one album that was acclaimed by critics, but had no great success among the public, so they never released another material again. Du Cann left in late 69' going to form Atomic Rooster, along with Vincent Crane and Carl Palmer from Arthur Brown Band. The other members tried to continue with new guitarists, but the band soon split.
In September 2017, a copy of their first album sold for over $1,000 on Discogs.
==Links to Peel==
Peel liked the band and they recorded a session for his show in 1968. After their session, Peel arranged for them to record a single for RCA via his Dandelion label. Later on, they made an album and got in dispute with him and left RCA. Although the band are remembered for having their only album worth a large amounts of money, their material was sometimes played by Peel in later years, well after they split.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 1968-10-29. First Broadcast: 17 November 1968. Repeated: 22 December 1968
*The Reason / Looking For You / Day Of The Change / Return To Sanity
==Other Shows Played==
;1969
*29 June 1969: Go Your Way (single) RCA Victor 
;1996
*30 November 1996: ‘The Reason (LP – Andromeda )’ RCA Victor
;2000
*13 January 2000: 'The Reason (LP-Andromeda)' (RCA Victor)
== See Also ==
*Gigography 1969 
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Prog Archives
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