Actually, there are several.
A great set of coincidences has enabled me to produce this "Top Banana" CD and it was joining up with a great singer/co-writer, James Staddon, that allowed the last piece of the jigsaw to fall into place.
I heard a few years ago that it would be possible to claim royalties as a performer on broadcasts of your recordings. Wow!
I thought at last we (John Crocker, the Paul Jeffreys estate and myself) would be able to get a little money from all the hard work we put into making Cockney Rebel a success. I contacted PAMRA (the society) and had to provide a list of all our recordings, including re-releases. I wrote to EMI and asked for a list to include these re-releases since we left. I guessed there may be a few, and I knew of a compilation album produced not long after we left. Months later when EMI had completed the research I was stunned to get a huge list - there were countless re-releases of our material.
The original band had undoubtedly had a great fanbase and most of them still loved the original line up and its sound.
I tried to contact John Crocker to give him the news, and to ask if he would play on my new project to capture some of the old band's flavour. He had moved and I'd lost contact. I thought I had no way of reaching him.
A few weeks later I bumped into Robbie (Queen's former tour manager) walking over Kingston Bridge. Strange coincidence.
I asked him if he was still in touch with Cockney Rebel's old tour manager. He was. He gave me Richard's number, and Richard in turn re-connected me with John!!!
Sadly John didn't have the time to play on this CD, but the amazing Phil Beer did.
I really think they will, as will a whole lot of other music lovers too. The keyboard/violin combination is set off with classic guitar work (by Robbie Johnson) and great vocals. I had been writing and recording this kind of material for years.
Keep eyes and ears open for remixes of the tracks by young producers for chill-out material including some commercial dance mixes for Ibiza... I'm amazed!!