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Blossom Toes | |
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| Origin | London, England |
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| Years active | 1966–1970 |
| Label | Marmalade (Polydor) |
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| Website | blossomtoes.co.uk |
Blossom Toes were a British psychedelic pop band active between 1966 and 1970. They were initially known as The Ingoes and played beat music, freakbeat, R&B, and soul covers. They were then renamed and signed to the Marmalade record label of manager Giorgio Gomelsky. The original line-up comprised Brian Godding (19 August 1945 – 26 November 2023, Monmouth, South Wales) (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Jim Cregan (born James Cregan, 9 March 1946, Yeovil, Somerset) (guitar, vocals), Brian Belshaw (born 25 February 1944 – 3 February 2016, Wigan, Lancashire) (bass, vocals), and Kevin Westlake (born Kevin Patrick Westlake, 5 March 1947 – 30 September 2004, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland) (drums).
The band's debut album, We Are Ever So Clean, was issued on 3 November 1967 It was included in Record Collector's list of the "100 Greatest Psychedelic Records".
If Only For A Moment saw the band taking a noticeably heavier direction, with Cregan and Godding's distinctive two-part guitar harmonies playing a prominent role.[citation needed] At this point Westlake left, and was replaced by John "Poli" Palmer (25 May 1943 – 21 July 2025, Evesham, Worcestershire), and then Barry Reeves (15 July 1944 – 6 February 2010, Birmingham, West Midlands).
The band quit in 1970. Belshaw and Godding rejoined Westlake in B.B. Blunder, Cregan formed Stud with John Wilson and Charlie McCracken, before joining Family, as did Palmer.
The Blossom Toes contributed music to La Collectionneuse (1967), a film by French director Éric Rohmer, and also appeared in "Popdown" (1967) by Fred Marshall.[citation needed]
