Collection: The Foundations​

The Foundations were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The evolved out of a group called [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ramong_SoundThe Ramong Sound[/url aka The Ramongs which was headed by Raymond Morrison. They were an eight man multi-racial group made up of three white Londoners, four West Indians and a Sri Lankan. For approximately one and a half months Arthur Brown was in the group. They were originally discovered by Ron Fairway and were briefly managed by Fairway and [a1321077 until Fairway was ousted leaving Class in charge.

They had a number 1 hit with their first release, "[url=https://www.discogs.com/master/109982-The-Foundations-Baby-Now-That-Ive-Found-YouBaby, Now That I've Found You[/url", They followed up with "[url=https://www.discogs.com/master/206841-The-Foundations-Back-On-My-Feet-AgainBack On My Feet Again[/url" which went to number 18 and "[url=https://www.discogs.com/master/206842-The-Foundations-Any-Old-Time-Youre-Lonely-And-SadAny Old Time (You're Lonely Or Sad)[/url" which got to number 48.

The original lead singer [a230358 and another member, tenor sax player [a935381 left in 1968. The Foundations had two more big hits with Curtis's replacement, lead singer [a308010. "[url=https://www.discogs.com/release/491207-The-Foundations-Build-Me-Up-ButtercupBuild Me Up Buttercup[/url" went number 2 in 1968 and In The Bad Bad Old Days" which went to number 8 in 1969. The group's last chart entry while together was with their own composition "[url=https://www.discogs.com/master/363582-The-Foundations-Born-To-Live-Born-To-DieBorn To Live, Born To Die[/url" which charted number 46.

The group disbanded towards the end of 1970. Since the 1970's Clem Curtis has continued to perform in a revived version of the group named [a1581002, Meanwhile, [a308010 formed his own shortlived version of the group, [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/7901345-New-Foundations-2New Foundations[/url.

Later years, Curtis along with original guitarist [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1223366-Alan-Warner-2Alan Warner[/url, keyboard player Vince Cross, and drummer [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3658426-Andy-Bennett-8Andy Bennett[/url recorded new versions of The Foundations classic tracks plus additional material. This appears on the 1992 album [i[r=5329298[/i which in spite of its title is not a compilation.