The Avons

The Avons formed from ex members of The Farmer's Boys -Chris Basford aka Barry McGuilty (lead vocals) and Mark Kingston (bass)- together with Hal Jordan (guitar) and Ed Street (drums) in around August 1985. They released an album and a 12″ EP. 

 

The  'Four Songs' 12″ was released by Létharge Records (Arge 11) in 1986. The four songs on it were “Seeing Things” and “You Don’t Know Do You” on the A side while the B side had “Trapped” and “What I Want”. They were recorded at Raven Recording Studios, a studio run by Howard Turner, who produced the record, in Horstead, Norwich. The album 'Music from Three Rivers Reach', also released in 1986 by Létharge (Leth LP 1), had 7 songs total. A mini-album. The A side had “Facial”, “Everythings Going Right” and “Beautiful World, Beautiful People”. The B side had “Is Billy There”, “The Big Maybe”, “Lies Behind the Smile” and “In My Time”. [SOURCE: CLOUDBERRY CAKE PROSELYTISM]