NING

NING

 1970 - 1971 Prog / Soul / Psychedelia

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Line up: Jimmy Edwards (vocals, organ), Derek Wilson (guitar), Mick Ross (bass), James Pryal (drums).

'Soul rock outfit with an energetic stage act' according to Tapestry of Delights. They 'played 7 nights a week beneath a café' and also refused to give interviews of any biographical information to Decca.

Wilson ex-3AM.

Single:

A:Machines/ B:More Ning (Decca F23114 1971)

From Broadgate Gnome.

Memories from drummer Jim Pryal

"Around this time (1971) I got involved in a studio project. A band called 'Ning' was put together by a producer called Mike Berry from Sparta Florida music publishers, London, to record a Freak beat single called 'Machine' and b/w ‘More Ning’. How original lol!

It was released on the Decca label in 1971 and got played a fair few times on Luxembourg radio. Unbeknown to us it was also released in Holland and Germany and the USA. It was popular for a few weeks in a town in the USA.

In the band was a keyboard player from Coventry Jimmy Edwards (RIP died Nov 8th 2022) Jimmy lived in Bagington and played organ at Bagington church. He was the co writer of the tunes and played a great rendition of Beethoven’s 5th. Also in the band were bass player Mick Ross from a Nuneaton band called 'Gregorian Chant', The guitarist was Derek Wilson aka Beck, who I shared a flat with for a while In Coventry. He was a great guitar player and former member of Coventry blues band 3AM.

We recorded the tunes in Decca studios in London during evening down time in 1971. (Fleetwood Mac recorded Albatross there which was released on The Blue Horizon label). It came out with several picture sleeves. A music paper of the day - 'Record Mirror' ran a competition where punters were invited to draw what they thought a Ning looked like! Funnily enough I saw a German pressing of the disc on e bay in the last year going for 30 quid!"

The Single on YouTube - Machine by Ning

More Ning (B Side)