Scrugg

Scrugg were a British 60's band who released three singles on the Pye label in the late 1960s, highlighted by their first 45, "Everyone Can See"/"I Wish I Was Five." These were melodic psychedelic pop with penetrating organ work not unlike that used by Pink Floyd on their early records, particularly on "I Wish I Was Five," which, decades later, was included on the Nuggets, Vol 2: Original Artyfacts box set of '60s non-U.S. garage rock and psychedelia. The final two Scrugg singles were more in the florid storybook sing-song pop-style prevalent in Britain in the late 1960s, and less distinctive. Before changing their name to Scrugg, the group had been known as Floribunda Rose, who did a single for Pye in 1967. Both groups were centered around singer/songwriter John Kongos, who had a long career as a recording artist in South Africa in the 1960s before moving to England to record a single for Piccadilly in 1966, prior to forming Floribunda Rose. After Scrugg broke up, Kongos went solo, getting two British Top Five hits in the early 1970s, with "He's Gonna Step on You Again" and "Tokoloshe Man." All six songs from the Scrugg singles, as well as the Scrugg outtake "Patriotic," are on the John Kongos anthology Lavender Popcorn. That CD also includes both sides of Kongos' 1966 Piccadilly single, both sides of the Floribunda Rose single, the entirety of Kongos' 1969 LP Confusions About a Goldfish, and a few unreleased Kongos solo songs from the same era.
==Links to Peel==
Peel had a copy of the band's 'Will The Real Geraldine Please Stand Up And Be Counted / Only George' single, which he would sometimes play on his programmes. On his 22nd August 1988 show, Peel mentioned that he thought the Scrugg's 'Will The Real Geraldine Please Stand Up And Be Counted' single should have been a hit in 1969, when it was first released, but was dumbfounded why it wasn't. After his death, it was later found out that he had a copy of the single in his record box.
==Shows Played==
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*02 February 1969: Will The Real Geraldine Stand Up And Be Counted (single) Pye
;1975
*20 March 1975: Will The Real Geraldine Stand Up And Be Counted (single) Pye
;1988
*22 August 1988: Will The Real Geraldine Stand Up And Be Counted (single) Pye
;2000
*02 February 2000: Will The Real Geraldine Stand Up And Be Counted (single) Pye
*10 February 2000 (Radio Eins): Will The Real Geraldine Stand Up And Be Counted (single) Pye
==External Links==
*AllMusic
*Discogs
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