A second of the class action's trademarks was a "nickelodeon", the scratch-built appliance of pianos, synthesisers, orchestral bells, etc. that allowed a 4-human band to reproduce in stage a complex acoustical arrangements that it'd knock off the studio.

Band Members

Georg Kajanus: 1973-1979, 1990-1995 lead vocals, 12-string guitars, acoustic guitars, charango, Veracruzana harp, reed organ, synthesisers, "Klockwork machinery" Henry Marsh: 1973-1999 jukebox, squeeze box, piano, xylophone, synthesised brass & reed, synthesisers, acoustic/electric guitars, programing, vocals Phil Pickett: 1973-present (except Checkpoint) bass jukebox, piano, guitarrin, synthesised strings, calliope, marimba, bass, cruz bass, Hammond organ, mandolin, autoharp, vocals (lead vocals on Dressed for Drowning) Grant Serpell: 1973-1979, 1990-present drums, percussion, vocals

Gavin David: 1980 vocals Virginia David: 1980 lead & backing vocals Peter Lincoln: 1996-present 12-string & 6-string acoustic guitars, electric guitar, charango, lead vocals Anthony England: 1999-2001 Rob Alderton: 2001-present

Discography

Albums

Sailor (1974) Condition (1975) A Third Step (1976) Checkpoint (1977) Hideaway (1978) Dressed for Drowning (1980) Sailor (1991) Streetlight (1992) Bequest: Greatest & Latest (1996) – compilation by using occasionally recently songs, including the version of Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon", which Pickett co-wrote A Super Right of Sailor (1997) – recently studio versions of back-catalogue songs Sleep in Berlin (2002) – re-freed as A Glass of Champagne (2003)

Notable singles

"Traffic Jam" (1974) "A Glass of Champagne" (1975) – a virtually all successful, held off a UK First spot by Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and ABBA's "Mama Mia" "Girls, Girls, Girls" (1976) "One Drink Too Many" (1977) "La Cumbia" (1991) "The Secretary" (1992)