Fun Boy Three : The Fun Boy Three (Remaster) Connan Mockasin many of the 24 songs

many of the 24 songs resonated across American and English rock and folk long before their belated 1975 release through studio interpretations by the Byrds

their last with frontman Peter Gabriel before his departure in 1975

This was also the final studio album to feature drummer Simon Wright

bits of promotional flotsam

Fun Boy Three : The Fun Boy Three (Remaster) Connan Mockasin many of the 24 songsFun Boy Three was formed by Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Nevile Staples after leaving The Specials in the summer of 1981. Taking on a more pop sensibility, the band released their debut single, 'The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)', reaching number 20 in the UK charts in October 1981. The endurance of the track still resonates today and led to the reformed Specials, featuring Terry and Lynval, to re record the track on their 2019 comeback