Hi Fi

Hi Fi was a British power pop insisting of:
*Larry Berridge (Guitar, Lead Vocals)
*Doctor Jenkins (Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals)
*Byron Conn (Bass)
*Steve Jones (Drums, Percussion)
Larry Berridge and Byron Contostavlos formed Hi Fi in 1977 with the aid of Billy Lemon and Terry Jenkins. Ray Dorset of Mungo Jerry managed them for a while; (Larry had played bass for Mungo during 1977). In 1978 they taped some rough demos in Terry’s living room, one of which was ‘Run Run.’ By now Bill Gilliam had become their manager, and he played the tape to Aaron Sixx at a small UK label, Aura Records. He liked ‘Run Run’ and took the group into the studio to record it as their first single, with ‘Sole Kitchen’ on the b-side.
A new demo tape was recorded at Terry’s brother-in-laws’ fledgling studio and handed on to Tim Green from Mungo Jerry, who had emigrated to Hamburg where he began his own production company, Boogietunes. The demo was played to A & R people at the giant Warner-Elektra-Asylum (WEA) company in mid-1979 and they were impressed. The band recorded the first album, ’Towns and Bars,’ at Hafen-Klang studios in Hamburg during October and November. This was released in 1980 with an accompanying single, ‘A Little Love Away’. They were followed by a second collection in 1981, ‘Sing Song,’ and a further single, ‘Don’t Break The Spell.’ Recording sessions for a third album, tentatively titled ‘Gringo’s Revenge,’ got underway in Berlin but this was never completed because the group split up in 1982.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played their debut single, 'Run Run', on his show in late 1978. Impressed by their material, he got the band to do a session for his show in March 1979, where they performed four tracks.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 1979-03-07. First Broadcast: 15 March 1979. Repeated: 18 April 1979
*Movie Condition / The Silence / Feel Naked / Black Taxi
==Other Shows Played==
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*21 December 1978: Run Run (7”) Aura
==External Links==
*Hi Fi The Silence
*Discogs
Category:Artists