Call the Cops

Let’s begin our trawl of the Sentinel catalogue with perhaps its least typical title. Blue were a harmony pop combo from Newquay comprised of five police officers (d’you see what they did there?). This novel angle, together with their smooth sound, led to local tv appearances, success on the touring circuit, and –in November 1975- to victory on Opportunity Knocks, though their success on the show was usurped a week later by Pam Ayres, who went on to effectively define Op Knocks as the 70s equivalent of Britain's Got Talent.
The band's vinyl appearances seem to be limited to this one "souvenir edition" EP SEMS 009, recorded in 1976 at the tail end of their career as a fond “goodnight & thank you” to their fans.

Titles covered on the EP are harmony faves California Dreaming & See You In September, Wings’ perennial Bluebird, and rather less predictably, My Little Girl, originally recorded by Tony Rivers’ sunshine legends Harmony Grass. Find this below, together with their wah-wah-heavy take on Bluebird. Thanks again to Richard at Kernowbeat.