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Foster"><img alt="Affinity L-R: Grant Serpell, Mike Jopp, Linda Hoyle Lynton Naiff, Mo Foster" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/98/Affinity_promo.jpg/234px-Affinity_promo.jpg" decoding="async" width="234" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Affinity_promo.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="256" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Affinity<br />L-R: <a href="/wiki/Grant_Serpell" title="Grant Serpell">Grant Serpell</a>, Mike Jopp, <a href="/wiki/Linda_Hoyle" title="Linda Hoyle">Linda Hoyle</a><br />Lynton Naiff, <a href="/wiki/Mo_Foster" title="Mo Foster">Mo Foster</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Sussex" title="University of Sussex">University of Sussex</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brighton" title="Brighton">Brighton</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jazz-rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Jazz-rock">Jazz-rock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1968–1972</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vertigo_Records" title="Vertigo Records">Vertigo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angel_Air_Records" title="Angel Air Records">Angel Air</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spinoff of</th><td class="infobox-data">US Jazz Trio</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Past members</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vivienne_McAuliffe" title="Vivienne McAuliffe">Vivienne McAuliffe</a><br />Dave Watts<br /><a href="/wiki/Grant_Serpell" title="Grant Serpell">Grant Serpell</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Mo_Foster" title="Mo Foster">Mo Foster</a><br />Mike Jopp<br />Lynton Naiff<br /><a href="/wiki/Linda_Hoyle" title="Linda Hoyle">Linda Hoyle</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Affinity</b> were an <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> <a href="/wiki/Jazz-rock" class="mw-redirect" title="Jazz-rock">jazz-rock</a> band, active from mid-1968 to January 1972. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Affinity_(band)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Three science students Lynton Naiff (<a href="/wiki/Keyboard_instrument" title="Keyboard instrument">keyboards</a>), <a href="/wiki/Grant_Serpell" title="Grant Serpell">Grant Serpell</a> (<a href="/wiki/Drum_kit" title="Drum kit">drums</a>), and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nick_Nicholas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nick Nicholas (page does not exist)">Nick Nicholas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Double_bass" title="Double bass">double bass</a>) had formed the US Jazz Trio,<sup id="cite_ref-.getreadytorock_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-.getreadytorock-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they played at University events and local gigs. When Serpell graduated a year later he was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Mo_Foster" title="Mo Foster">Mo Foster</a> who had earlier been playing <a href="/wiki/Bass_guitar" title="Bass guitar">bass guitar</a> in his school band but had now adapted to playing drums. </p><p>After university Naiff and Serpell, along with members of other bands gathered from other university bands, formed the pop group <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ice_(pop_band)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ice (pop band) (page does not exist)"> Ice</a>. Although Ice was moderately successful commercially it only lasted for about a year before it disbanded. </p><p>The auditions continued for a singer. They unanimously decided on an English teacher they had met previously, <a href="/wiki/Linda_Hoyle" title="Linda Hoyle">Linda Hoyle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GuinnessMusic_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuinnessMusic-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After obtaining a loan, which was guaranteed by Jopp's father, they bought the equipment needed to start the band. They bought Impact amplifiers, a <a href="/wiki/Hammond_organ" title="Hammond organ">Hammond M102</a> organ, a <a href="/wiki/Gibson_guitars" class="mw-redirect" title="Gibson guitars">Gibson EBO bass guitar</a>, some microphones and a grey <a href="/wiki/Ford_Transit" title="Ford Transit">Ford Transit</a> van. They then spent the summer of 1968 rehearsing, writing, and generally chilling out at a rented bungalow on the edge of Brighton. The first thing they needed to do though was invent a name for themselves, eventually they settled on "Affinity" which came from the name of <a href="/wiki/Oscar_Peterson" title="Oscar Peterson">Oscar Peterson</a>'s 1961 LP <i><a href="/wiki/Affinity_(Oscar_Peterson_album)" title="Affinity (Oscar Peterson album)">Affinity</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-SJPCD111_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SJPCD111-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Performances">Performances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Affinity_(band)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Performances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Affinity played their first London show at the Revolution Club in Bruton Place in <a href="/wiki/Mayfair" title="Mayfair">Mayfair</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_End_of_London" title="West End of London">West End</a> on 5 October 1968. </p><p>One of the gigs they were playing at the time was broadcast on BBC Radio Jazz Club. <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Scott" title="Ronnie Scott">Ronnie Scott</a>, heard a recording of the show and subsequently agreed to manage them. He also agreed to give them regular bookings at his <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Scott%27s_Jazz_Club" title="Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club">world-famous jazz club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Allmusic_review_LI1969_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allmusic_review_LI1969-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From this point on they received much live work in London's <a href="/wiki/Discotheque" class="mw-redirect" title="Discotheque">discotheque</a> and club scene and on the college circuit. They also toured in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scandinavia" title="Scandinavia">Scandinavia</a> and some festivals. They appeared on TV spots, including <i>Disco 2</i> which was the forerunner to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Old_Grey_Whistle_Test" title="The Old Grey Whistle Test">The Old Grey Whistle Test</a></i>. They recorded the theme for a <a href="/wiki/Shredded_Wheat" class="mw-redirect" title="Shredded Wheat">Shredded Wheat</a> commercial series ("There are 2 men in my life..."). They released an eponymously titled album on the <a href="/wiki/Vertigo_Records" title="Vertigo Records">Vertigo</a> label in 1970. </p><p>They received many rave reviews, most for the band, but some for individual members,<sup id="cite_ref-Mills_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mills-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and from Derek Jewell of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a></i>, who commented "Naiff is already a virtuoso, soul-style, and the whole group is probably the best new thing heard in the jazz-pop area this year."<sup id="cite_ref-Mills_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mills-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard Magazine</a> described Naiff as "a musician of great promise".<sup id="cite_ref-Billboard69_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Billboard69-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Naiff and Foster had to write a second album when Hoyle announced that she'd had enough and wanted to quit both the band and the music business. Her last concert with Affinity was due to have been in Cardiff on 8 February 1971, but the show was cancelled. The actual last performance was 10 February 1971 in Bournemouth's Winter Gardens theatre. </p><p>Between February and June that year the remaining members, along with their new keyboard player Dave Watts, continued to play a mini tour with <a href="/wiki/Geno_Washington_%26_The_Ram_Jam_Band" class="mw-redirect" title="Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band">Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band</a>. </p><p>In June 1971, it was announced that Affinity were reforming, with original members Jopp, Foster and Serpell plus new recruits Vivienne McAuliffe on vocals and ex-Geno Washington organist Dave Watts (Naiff was by now in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abednego_(band)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abednego (band) (page does not exist)">Abednego</a>, and by the year's end had joined <a href="/wiki/Toe_Fat" title="Toe Fat">Toe Fat</a>). A five-day tour of the Netherlands beginning late June and work on a new album were announced. However, a few weeks later Jopp, Foster and Serpell had all been enlisted by ex-<a href="/wiki/Manfred_Mann" title="Manfred Mann">Manfred Mann</a> singer <a href="/wiki/Mike_d%27Abo" title="Mike d'Abo">Mike d'Abo</a> to back him on his upcoming US tour, alongside sax/flautist Jack Lancaster. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Affinity_(band)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Former members</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Hoyle" title="Linda Hoyle">Linda Hoyle</a> – vocals <small>(1968–71, 2006, 2011)</small></li> <li>Mike Jopp – guitar <small>(1968–72, 2006, 2011)</small></li> <li>Gary Husband – organ, piano <small>(2011)</small></li> <li>Mo Foster – bass guitar <small>(1968–72, 2006, 2011; died 2023)</small></li> <li>Grant Serpell – drums, percussion <small>(1968–72, 2006, 2011)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivienne_McAuliffe" title="Vivienne McAuliffe">Vivienne McAuliffe</a> – vocals <small>(1971–72; died 1998)</small></li> <li>Lynton Naiff – organ, piano <small>(1968–70)</small></li> <li>Dave Watt – organ, piano <small>(1971–72)</small></li> <li>Geoff Castle – organ, piano <small>(2006)</small></li></ul> <p><big><b>Timeline</b></big> </p> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_9fwx22csok022agb5sxh6lvc15qali3"></map><img usemap="#timeline_9fwx22csok022agb5sxh6lvc15qali3" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/9fwx22csok022agb5sxh6lvc15qali3.png" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Affinity_(band)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although Affinity only actually ever recorded one album at the time they existed, archived tapes have been compiled and released in four Affinity-related albums. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Studio_albums">Studio albums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Affinity_(band)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Studio albums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Affinity_(Affinity_album)" title="Affinity (Affinity album)">Affinity</a></i> — (1970, Vertigo), (2002, <a href="/wiki/Angel_Air_Records" title="Angel Air Records">Angel Air</a>)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Album_1971-1972">1971–1972</a></i> — (Recorded 1971–72, released 2003, Angel Air)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_releases">Other releases</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Affinity_(band)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Other releases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Live Instrumentals 1969</i> — (2003, Angel Air)</li> <li><i>Origins 1965–67</i> — (2004, Angel Air)</li> <li><i>Origins: The Baskervilles 1965</i> — (2007, Angel Air)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In 2006 a 5-CD limited issue, collectors edition of the Affinity collection was released on the Japanese AMR "Archive" label. It was in a special packaging consisting of a reproduction of the original LP cover, with an expansive write up on the history of Affinity including a <a href="/wiki/Pete_Frame" title="Pete Frame">Pete Frame</a>-type family tree diagram designed by Mo Foster and Kurt Adkins.<sup id="cite_ref-AMR001_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AMR001-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Album_1971–1972"><span id="Album_1971.E2.80.931972"></span>Album <i>1971–1972</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Affinity_(band)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Album 1971–1972"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><b>1971–1972</b></i> was meant to be the second studio album by Affinity. It was, eventually, released by Angel Air thirty years later, in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Affinity_(band)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><abbr>No.</abbr> </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Writer(s) </th> <th>Length </th></tr> <tr> <td>1. </td> <td>"Moira's Hand" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/B._A._Robertson" class="mw-redirect" title="B. A. Robertson">B. A. Robertson</a> </td> <td>5:21 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2. </td> <td>"Grey Skies" </td> <td>Mo Foster, <a href="/wiki/Vivienne_McAuliffe" title="Vivienne McAuliffe">Vivienne McAuliffe</a> </td> <td>8:42 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3. </td> <td>"Cream On Your Face" </td> <td>Mike Jopp, B. A. Robertson </td> <td>5:23 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4. </td> <td>"Sunshower" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Webb" title="Jimmy Webb">Jimmy Webb</a> </td> <td>5:47 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5. </td> <td>"<a href="/wiki/All_Along_the_Watchtower" title="All Along the Watchtower">All Along the Watchtower</a>" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a> </td> <td>7:45 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6. </td> <td>"Rio" </td> <td>Jopp, B. A. Robertson </td> <td>4:50 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7. </td> <td>"Poor Man's Son" </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mike_d%27Abo" title="Mike d'Abo">Mike d'Abo</a> </td> <td>3:25 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8. </td> <td>"Sarah's Wardrobe" </td> <td>Foster, Jopp </td> <td>4:17 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9. </td> <td>"Highgate" </td> <td>Foster, Jopp </td> <td>3:56 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Personnel_2">Personnel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Affinity_(band)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vivienne_McAuliffe" title="Vivienne McAuliffe">Vivienne McAuliffe</a> - <a href="/wiki/Vocals" class="mw-redirect" title="Vocals">vocals</a></li> <li>Dave Watts - <a href="/wiki/Hammond_B3" class="mw-redirect" title="Hammond B3">Hammond B3</a> organ, piano, <a href="/wiki/Percussion" class="mw-redirect" title="Percussion">percussion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mo_Foster" title="Mo Foster">Mo Foster</a> - 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