One Thousand Violins

The story

One Thousand Violins were a sixties-influenced indie-pop-band founded 1985 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, who had several UK Indie Chart hits in the late 1980s.

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Records

• John Peel Session 25.09.85 · 2023
• John Peel Session 02.12.86 · 2023
• Halcyon Days (Complete Recordings 1985 - 1987) · 2014 · compilation
• Like One Thousand Violins · 2000
• If Only Words · 1989
• Hey Man That's Beautiful · 1988
• All Aboard The Love-Mobile · 1988
• One Thousand Violins · 1987
• If I Were A Bullet (Then For Sure I'd Find A Way To Your Heart) · 1987
• Locked Out Of The Love-In · 1987
• Please Don't Sandblast My House! · 1986
• Just Some Songs · 1985
• Halcyon Days · 1985

Records from Discogs. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive.

Members

• Colin Gregory
• David Walmsley
• Vince Keenan
• Ian Addey
• Darren Swindells
• John Wood
• Peter Day
• Sean O'Neill

Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.

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