At the end of that evening one of the guests, Pink Floyd's David Gilmour, jumped up on stage and began jamming with them on Neil Young's 'Heart of Gold'. In early 1973 they played at the wedding of former Transatlantic records publicist Ricky Hopper. There were then a couple of disappointing tours of Italy and Sweden, although the band had more success in The Netherlands, including on a television show opening for The Flying Burrito Brothers. He was replaced by Kevin Smith, who had previously played with Camel. In 1972 the band's guitarist, Trevor Mee (who had rehearsed with Tony Rivers and the Castaways before joining the band ), left Unicorn to move to Guernsey, having met a woman there during their series of gigs in the Channel Islands. This was followed by a tour of Britain supporting Stefan Grossman and other gigs arranged by Transatlantic, including supporting Quiver at the Roundhouse. In the same year they were the support act for Lindisfarne at the Royal Festival Hall.

The label insisted on a change of name and Unicorn's first album, Uphill All the Way, was released in 1971 along with a single,

Inspired by the 1969 Crosby, Stills & Nash album, they began developing their country-rock sound and it was demos in this style which their manager (Pat Martin's father, also called Pat) used to secure them a deal with Transatlantic to record an album. After recording a number of their songs in 1967 they got a month-long residency at the Carousel Club in Copenhagen and then nine months touring as Billy J. In the early years they also found work backing other singers, including Sue and Sunny. They started as a beat group and focused on playing covers of bands like The Beatles, The Searchers and The Hollies but began writing their own material from 1967, with Ken Baker as the songwriter. Unicorn were an English country rock band, notable for their association with David Gilmour of Pink Floyd from 1973.Īlthough Unicorn didn't release their first album until 1971, most of the group had been playing together since 1963 under various band names, including The Senders, The Pink Bears, The Late Edition, The Late, and Late.

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