On Tuesday May 19, 2015 at 20.00 in our series "Saving from oblivion" White Door "Windows" 1983 album will be presented and discussed by my radio colleges Marek Anioł and Bogdan Dziewonski. If you love 80's new romantic stay tuned!
About the band:
Formed by members of Stoke prog-rock group
Grace.
"Maybe it was the advent of punk maybe it was the bickering
amongst the band members, maybe the band was frightened of success.
Whatever the reasons, Grace split up in 1981, much to the shock of their
hundreds of staunch followers.Individuals carried out a few splinter
projects, but the only serious new contender was the formation of the
synthesiser band White Door. The line up featured the vocalist Mac and
Flautist Harry from the defunct Grace, together with brother John on
keyboards. As White Door, they released an album "Windows" and several
singles (including "Windows", "Jerusalem", and "Flame in my Heart").
Although the music represented an almost complete change of direction,
the quality of song writing still showed through, and the established
music press almost admitted to liking them."
White Door created
sensitive, well-written, electronic music. Their last single "Flame in
My Heart" should have been a huge hit. The first song from their never
recorded second album. Synthesisiers were still in use, but guitars
made a greater appearance. A wonderful despairing love song. The
instrumental riff was borrowed from Frankie goes to Hollywood's "Two
Tribes". Frankie were recording in the same studios. White Door's
producer, Andy Richards, ended up working with Frankie's producer Trevor
Horn.) was more guitar-driven and took its instrumental riff from
Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Two Tribes / One February Friday" who were
recording at the time. White Door's producer, Andy Richards, went on to
work with many top acts, including Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Sue Quin
provided backing vocals. Their album and 3 of their singles contained
original artwork by Paul Warrillow.
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