The Clefs Of Lavender Hill-Stop! Get A Ticket[65-68]USA

From the sunny Miami arrive The Clefs of Lavender Hill,folk rock band that was developed in 1966.His first single (First Tell Me Why / Stop! Get A Ticket) THAMES recorded for the label,was the first of four they recorded in 1966.The others were: (Get A Ticket Stop! / First Tell Me Why number # 80 on the charts,One More Time / So I'll Try position number # 114 and It Will not Be Long / Play With Fire) three 45 's were recorded for another label DATE.were soon running number on local radio (WQAM) and would play with several bands in Armory in Hollywood.The band consisted of: Bill Moss (Bass),later replaced by (Frank Milone) Lorraine Ximenes (Guitar) Fred Moss (Drums) then leave the band and his place would be taken by (Jon Hair) which lasted just time to be replaced by (Steve Zaricki) and Joseph Ximenes (Vocals and Guitars).The group disbanded in 1968,but not before stepping back into the studio and try their luck with another single (Gimme One Good Reason / Oh Say My Love) that went unnoticed at that time,1967.A good band with vocal quality that was forgotten and remembered for the great song ... Stop! Get A Ticket.

1. New Orleans (Frank Guida, Joseph Royster)
2. You Don't Notice (T. Fairchild)
3. Sunshine Superman (Donovan Leitch)
4. Play With Fire (M. Jagger, K. Richards, C. Watts, B. Jones, B. Wyman)
5. So I'll Try (Travis Fairchild)
6. It Won't Be Long (J. Lennon, P. McCartney)
7. One More Time (T. Fairchild)
8. Bang Bang (Sonny Bono)
9. Will You Go Away (T. Fairchild)
10.First Tell Me Why (T. Fairchild, Coventry Fairchild)
11.Stop! Get a Ticket (T. Fairchild, C. Fairchild)
12.Gimme One Good Reason Gimme One Good Reason (T. Fairchild)
13.Oh, Say My Love (with Travis & Coventry) (T. Fairchild)
14.Stop! Get a Ticket (Mono Single Version) (T. Fairchild,C. Fairchild)
15.Stop! Get a Ticket (Stereo Single Version) (T. Fairchild, C. Fairchild)

Joseph Ximenes (Travis Fairchild) - Vocals, Guitar
Lorraine Ximenes (Coventry Fairchild) - Vocals, Guitar
Bill Moss - Bass (1966-67)
Fred Moss - Drums (1966-67)
Frank Milone - Bass (1967-68) (As Travis & Coventry)
Steve Zaricki - Drums (1967-68) (As Travis & Coventry)

Best remembered for their folk-rock cult classic "Stop! Get a Ticket," the Clefs of Lavender Hill were led by singers/guitarists Travis and Coventry Fairchild, in reality Brooklyn-born brother and sister Joseph and Lorraine Ximenes. Settling in Miami in 1966, the siblings recruited bassist Bill Moss and his brother drummer Fred, late of the local band the Twilights (noted for their lone single, 1965's "She's There"), and soon issued their first Clefs of Lavender Hill single, the Thames label release "First Tell Me Why." However, Miami radio instead seized on the B-side, "Stop! Get a Ticket," given the song's irresistible Merseybeat-inspired approach. The record proved so popular across South Florida that it was licensed for national release by the Date label, surging as high as number 80 on the Billboard Top 100. The follow-up, "One More Time," rose to number 114 in the autumn, and the Clefs closed out 1966 with one more single, "It Won't Be Long." The record failed to chart, however, as did its successor, 1967's "Gimme One Good Reason" -a full-length album was completed, but Date chose to cut its losses, shelving the LP and dropping the Clefs from its roster.The Moss brothers soon exited, and the Travis and Coventry continued on with bassist Frank Milone and drummer Steve Zaricki before dissolving in 1968. "Stop! Get a Ticket" was later included on 1998's Nuggets box set. The album finally saw the light of day when the tracks from it, along with the group's lone single, were released by Wounded Bird in 2010 under the title Stop! Get a Ticket.


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