In 1969, Terry Britten (ex-the Hurricanes, The Twilights, when living in Adelaide) joined the trio on guitar, in London, to form Quartet, which released two singles, "Now" (December 1969) and "Joseph" (May 1970) on the Decca label and recorded a 13-track unreleased album.[2][3] The group disbanded later that year.[2] In 1973 Britten, Spencer, Tarney and Australian-born John Farrar (ex-the Strangers) on lead guitar, were the backing band for Cliff Richard on his Eurovision Song Contest 1973 entry, "Power to All Our Friends".[4]
The band's second studio album, Three's a Crowd, was released in 1978; it was recorded in London and produced by David Kershenbaum.[10] For the album Spencer also provided synthesisers; guest lead vocalists included Stuart Calver and Tony Rivers.[10] Members of UK's Climax Blues Band, Colin Cooper, John Cuffley, Peter Filleul, Pete Haycock and Derek Holt, guested on this album. It featured packaging with rounded corners, shaped like an American-style caf menu card. Tracks received airplay on US AOR radio stations and the album reached No. 174 on the Billboard 200.[10] Its single, "It's Really You", hit No. 86 on the Billboard Hot 100.[10] In Europe the album and related singles failed to chart. The British/European packaging had conventional square corners.
In 1979, after the release of a non-album single "Cathy's Clown", a cover version of The Everly Brothers' 1960 hit, which was produced by Bruce Welch, the band were released from their contract with A&M and discontinued the Tarney-Spencer Band. "Cathy's Clown" single received airplay on London's Capital Radio (95.8FM/194 mW) but it missed the national chart. It did chart in the Netherlands however. Two years after the band broke up, "No Time to Lose", was used in 1981; when MTV was launched, it occasionally aired the track's music video. A&M then reissued single, which charted a second time on the Hot 100, reaching No. 74.[11]
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Tarney-Spencer Band was an Australian rock band composed of Trevor Spencer and Alan Tarney in the late 1970s. The band recorded three albums, and is notable for the song "No Time to Lose" which received substantial air-play in the USA on Album-oriented rock radio stations, and charted twice on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart .
Alan Tarney met Trever Spencer while playing in an Australian group called Johnny Broome and The Handels. In 1969 Alan and Trevor moved to the UK. They formed a band called Quartet, releasing 2 singles on Decca and recording an unreleased album. The two also occasionally played on on numerous sessions for artists including Olivia Newton-John, Chris Squire, Bonnie Tyler, Charlie Dore, New Seekers, The Real Thing and many others.
Shortly after, the Tarney-Spencer Band signed a deal with A&M Records for 10 albums. The band's second album (1st for A&M), was titled "Three's a Crowd" and featured cover art with rounded corners, shaped like an American style cafe menu card. The album received modest airplay on AOR radio station in the US and reached #174 on Billboard Magazine's album chart. A single from the album, "It's Really You" hit #86 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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