Talk:The Freshies

Men, Girls, or Octopi?
Where does "The Freshies Sing The Girls from Banana Island Who's Stupid Ideas Never Caught On in the Western World As We Know It" fit in? At sixteen songs it's hardly an EP, but because several songs are repeated in alternate versions it seems more than an LP too. A single Google hit indicates it was a 1979 Razz cassette, though evidently not the same as the 3-song "The Men from Banana Island...." Asat 07:10, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

The Girl (on the Virgin Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk)
Her name was Helen Cockburn; I remember an article about the single (and her) from the time.

Meltingpot (talk) 18:10, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

thought i would pop in
just to say that in my winding musical dotage i remember playing with the Freshies in the late 70s many times around the Manchester area. A good mate of Rick Maunder i was asked to join in about 1978 and played venues such as the Band on the Wall and the Russell Club as well as the Bowden Vale Club. i did not play on any of the releases though although i was around when chris released his Baiser pic disc and the straight in at number 2 45. to any old freshies out there hiya and hope you are still doing it like i am despite now living in devon for last 25 years. love from Paul Whittall (keyboards/vcls) way back then. i did not know about the JOhnny Marr bit. He was in a band with me and Rob Allman called the White Dice and so was Andy Rourke. I rehearsed with the Smiths once in town but it was not to be, they were far too good to need a keys man. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pauljohnwhittall (talk • contribs) 15:38, 22 January 2013 (UTC)