The best thing about London Town
(is me and you) - 1996

This is strictly speaking an EP (for the youngsters, that means a piece of vinyl with two tracks on one side and two tracks on the other…) including a re-mix of Na Na Na Na Na. We met Ruben the barrister, who played keyboards, at a gig at the Mean Fiddler, London. He wasn't the best keyboard player in the world, but it's like the Sunday league football team - you could get better players but you might not want to have a pint with them afterwards! Anyway, nobody's going to tell The Hamptons that they're virtuosos…

Rueben reeled off the lead riff on London Town and later, for various reasons, disappeared from the world of The Hamptons, largely to undertake the Heathrow Terminal 5 planning enquiry - hey, that's rock and roll…

If you listen very carefully, you might hear Sally Imber on vocals on the chorus of London Town. This marked her first team appearance for The Hamptons after having been on the subs bench for some time.

This was the song that our friends at burbs.co.uk picked up on. Thanks Barry Ratcliffe and JJ Arnold for putting in good words for the band and coming to the odd gig. Burbs stands for British Underground Rock Bands Site. There are hundreds of bands apart from The Hamptons on it - you should check it out. As a gesture of solidarity with Barry and what he is trying to do for bands on his site, this site refers you only to the Burbs site in relation to any album which you might wish to purchase - fair call.

London paved the way for a complete album which was released as "Here Comes the Now" in 1997…

Sally in full flight