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Iain Matthews ( born Iain Matthew McDonald , 16 June 1946 ) is an English ___MASK54___ and songwriter . He was a singer with Fairport Convention before forming his own band , Matthews Southern Comfort , which had a UK number one in 1970 with a cover version of Joni Mitchell ' s song " Woodstock ". Deià is a small coastal village in the Serra de Tramuntana , which forms the northern ridge of the Spanish island of Mallorca . It is located about north of Valldemossa , and it is known for its ___MASK9___ and musical residents . Its idyllic landscape , orange and olive groves on steep cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean , served as a draw for German , English , and American expatriates after the First World War . Andrew `` Andy '' Roberts ( born 12 June 1946 , Harrow , Middlesex ) is an English ___MASK54___ . He gained a violin scholarship to Felsted School . He then attended Liverpool University . He has played with The Liverpool Scene , Plainsong , The Scaffold , Roy Harper , Chris Spedding , Hank Wangford , Kevin Ayers , Vivian Stanshall , Adrian Henri and Grimms . He has also done many sessions for artists such as Richard Thompson , Paul Korda and Maddy Prior , and has been a musical partner to Iain Matthews for 30 years . He was in the `` Surrogate Band '' during Pink Floyd ' s The Wall tour in 1981 ( replacing Snowy White ) and can be heard on the live album Is There Anybody Out There ? The Wall Live 1980 -- 81 . He has also written film scores , themes for TV series , backed Billy Connolly , provided music and voice for Spitting Image and continues to create musical backdrops for the poetry of Roger McGough . Peter Michael " Mike " McCartney ( born 7 January 1944 ), known professionally as Mike McGear , is a British performing ___MASK1___ and rock ___MASK11___ and the younger brother of Paul McCartney . He attended the Liverpool Institute two years behind his brother . The Court of Augmentations , also called Augmentation Court or simply The Augmentation , was established during the reign of ___MASK24___ Henry VIII of England along with three lesser courts ( those of General Surveyors , First Fruit and Tenths , and Wards and Liveries ) following the dissolution of the monasteries . Its primary function was to gain better control over the land and finances formerly held by the Roman Catholic Church in the kingdom . It was incorporated into the Exchequer in 1554 as the augmentation office . Roberta Joan " Joni " Mitchell , CC ( née Anderson ; born November 7 , 1943 ) is a Canadian ___MASK30___ - ___MASK71___ , record producer and painter . " Rolling Stone " called her " one of the greatest songwriters ever ", and AllMusic has stated , " When the dust settles , Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century ". The Scaffold were a comedy , poetry and music trio from Liverpool , England , consisting of Mike McGear ( real name Peter Michael McCartney , the brother of Paul McCartney ), Roger McGough and John Gorman . The Headmasters ' and Headmistresses ' Conference ( HMC ) is an association of the headmasters or headmistresses of 283 independent schools ( both boarding schools and day schools ) in the ___MASK47___ , Crown dependencies and the Republic of Ireland . For 2016 / 2017 the average day fees at a UK HMC school are £ 4 , 639 per term or £ 13 , 917 per annum . For 2016 / 2017 the average full boarding fees at a UK HMC school are £ 10 , 709 per term or £ 32 , 127 per annum . There are also International Members ( mostly from the Commonwealth ) and 30 Associate Members who are head teachers of state schools or other influential individuals in the world of education , who endorse and support the work of HMC . John Davies Cale , OBE ( born 9 March 1942 ) is a Welsh ___MASK54___ , ___MASK44___ , singer - songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the American experimental rock band the Velvet Underground . Bridget St John ( born Bridget Ann Hobbs ; 4 October 1946 , Surrey ) is an English ___MASK30___ - ___MASK71___ and guitarist , best known for the three albums she recorded between 1969 and 1972 for John Peel ' s Dandelion record label . Peel produced her debut album " Ask Me No Questions ". She also recorded a large number of BBC Radio and Peel sessions and toured regularly on the British college and festival circuit . St John appeared at leading folk venues in the U . K ., along with other folk and pop luminaries of the time such as Nick Drake , Paul Simon , and David Bowie , among others . In 1974 she was voted fifth most popular female ___MASK30___ in that year ' s " Melody Maker " readers poll . Blessed with a rich , husky vocal style , she is also an accomplished guitar player who credits John Martyn and Michael Chapman as her " musical brothers ". Felsted School is an English co - educational day and boarding independent school , situated in Felsted , England . It is in the British Public School tradition , and was founded in 1564 by Richard Rich , 1st Baron Rich ( also known as Riche ) who , as Lord ___MASK76___ and ___MASK76___ of the Court of Augmentations , acquired considerable wealth from the spoils of the Dissolution of the Monasteries including the nearby Leez Priory , which he enlarged and made his own home . Felsted is one of the 12 founder members of the Headmasters ' and Headmistresses ' Conference , and is also a full ___MASK28___ of the Round Square Conference of world schools . Felsted School has been awarded the " Good Schools Guide " award twice and is regularly featured in Tatler ' s Schools Guide . Steeleye Span are an English folk rock ___MASK95___ formed in 1969 . Still active today , along with Fairport Convention , they are amongst the best known acts of the British folk revival , and were among the most commercially successful , thanks to their hit singles " Gaudete " and " All Around My Hat ". They had four Top 40 albums and achieved a certified gold record with ___MASK79___ of " All Around My Hat ". Nick Kent ( born 24 December 1951 ) is a British rock ___MASK19___ and ___MASK54___ . Roger Harry Daltrey , ( born 1 March 1944 ) is an English ___MASK30___ and ___MASK17___ . In a career spanning more than 50 years , Daltrey came to prominence in the mid - 1960s as the founder and lead ___MASK30___ of the English rock band The Who , which released fourteen singles that entered the Top 10 charts in the United Kingdom during the 1960s , 1970s , and 1980s , including " I Can ' t Explain ", " My Generation ", " Substitute ", " I ' m a Boy ", " Happy Jack ", " Pictures of Lily ", " Pinball Wizard ", " Won ' t Get Fooled Again ", and " You Better You Bet ". Daltrey began his solo career in 1973 , while still a member of the Who . Since then , he has released eight studio albums , five compilation albums , and one live album . His solo hits include " Giving It All Away ", " Walking the Dog ", " Written on the Wind ", " Free Me ", " Without Your Love ", " Walking in My Sleep ", " After the Fire ", and " Under a Raging Moon ". In 2010 , he was ranked as number 61 on " Rolling Stone " s list of the 100 greatest singers of all time . Peter John ' Ollie ' Halsall ( 14 March 1949  29 May 1992 ) was an English ___MASK38___ and vibraphone player , and is best known for his role in The Rutles , the bands Timebox , Patto and ___MASK82___ , and for his contribution to the music of Kevin Ayers . He is also notable as one of the few players of the vibraphone in rock music . He was known as " Ollie " because of his distinctive way of pronouncing his surname with a dropped ' h '. The Ollie Halsall Archive was established in 1985 , with the aim of documenting and promoting the work of a unique ___MASK54___ . Sir Elton Hercules John , ( born Reginald Kenneth Dwight ; 25 March 1947 ) is an English ___MASK30___ , ___MASK50___ , and ___MASK44___ . He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriting partner since 1967 ; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date . In his five - decade career Elton John has sold more than 300million records , making him one of the best - selling music artists in the world . He has more than fifty Top 40 hits , including seven consecutive No . 1 US albums , 58 " Billboard " Top 40 singles , 27 Top 10 , four No . 2 and nine No . 1 . For 31 consecutive years ( 1970  2000 ) he had at least one song in the " Billboard " Hot 100 . His tribute single , re - penned in dedication to the late Princess Diana , " Candle in the Wind 1997 " sold over 33million copies worldwide and is the best - selling single in the history of the UK and US singles charts . He has also composed music , produced records , and has occasionally acted in films . John owned Watford Football Club from 1976 to 1987 , and 1997 to 2002 . He is an honorary Life President of the club , and in 2014 had a stand named after him at the club ' s home stadium . Middlesex ( abbreviation : Middx ) was a county in southeast England that is now mostly part of Greater London , with small sections in neighbouring counties . It was established in the Anglo - Saxon system from the territory of the Middle Saxons , and existed as an ___MASK91___ unit until 1965 . The historic county included land stretching north of the River Thames from east to west of the City of London with the rivers Colne and Lea and a ridge of hills as the other boundaries . The largely low - lying county , dominated by clay in its north and alluvium on gravel in its south , was the second smallest by area in 1831 . Pop rock is rock music with a lighter , smoother approach that is more reminiscent of ___MASK46___ pop music . Originating in the 1950s as an alternative to rock and roll , early pop rock was influenced by the beat , arrangements , and style of rock and roll ( and sometimes doo wop ), but placed a greater emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft . The detractors of pop rock often deride it as a slick , ___MASK46___ product , less authentic than rock music . Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and electric folk ___MASK95___ . Formed in 1967 , they are widely regarded as a key group in the English folk rock movement . Felsted ( sometimes spelt " Felstead ") is a village that lies in the north west of Essex in England , south of the A120 and is located near Braintree , Great Dunmow and Chelmsford . It lies on the north ___MASK61___ of the River Chelmer as it leaves Great Dunmow and turns south towards Chelmsford . Felsted is linked to Little Dunmow by the Flitch Way Country Park , a former railway line . The village has links to Lord Riche who founded the public school , the Felsted School , in 1564 , and is buried in Holy Cross Church . Lord Riche was an important benefactor of the Felsted Church . The school also has links to Oliver Cromwell , who sent his sons there . The valley between Little Dunmow and Felsted was the location for the only sugar beet factory in Essex , which has been redeveloped for housing in a community called Flitch Green . The village has a village store , a deli , an antiques shop , a ladies ' clothes shop , an estate ___MASK70___ , two pubs ( the Chequers and the Swan ), two restaurants ( Razza and the Boote House ) as well as bed and breakfast accommodation . Roger McGough CBE , FRSL ( born 9 November 1937 ) is an English ___MASK25___ , performance ___MASK25___ , broadcaster , children ' s author and ___MASK96___ . He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme " Poetry Please ", as well as performing his own poetry . McGough was one of the leading members of the Liverpool poets , a group of young poets influenced by Beat poetry and the popular music and culture of 1960s Liverpool . He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University , fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and President of the Poetry Society . Andrew James Somers ( born 31 December 1942 ) known professionally as Andy Summers , is an English ___MASK38___ who was a member of the rock band The Police . Summers has recorded solo albums , collaborated with other musicians , composed film scores , and exhibited his photography in galleries . London is the capital and most populous city of England and the ___MASK47___ , as well as the most populous city proper in the European Union . Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain , London has been a ___MASK33___ settlement for two millennia . It was founded by the Romans , who named it " Londinium ". London ' s ancient core , the City of London , largely retains its medieval boundaries . Since at least the 19th century , " London " has also referred to the metropolis around this core , historically split between Middlesex , Essex , Surrey , Kent , and Hertfordshire , which today largely makes up Greater London , governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly . Tubular Bells is the first album by English ___MASK54___ Mike Oldfield , recorded when he was 19 and released in 1973 when he was 20 . Liverpool , in North West England , is a ___MASK33___ city and metropolitan borough with an estimated population of 478 , 580 in 2015 within the City of Liverpool . Liverpool and its surrounding areas form the fifth largest metropolitan area in the UK , with an estimated population of over 2 . 24 million in 2011 . The local authority is Liverpool City Council , which is the most populous local government district within the metropolitan county of Merseyside and the largest within the Liverpool City Region . Madelaine Edith " Maddy " ___MASK93___ , MBE ( born 14 August 1947 ) is an English folk ___MASK30___ , best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span . Nico ( born Christa Päffgen ; 16 October 1938  18 July 1988 ) was a German ___MASK30___ - ___MASK71___ , lyricist , ___MASK44___ , musician , fashion model , and actress who became famous as a Warhol superstar in the 1960s . Kevin Ayers ( 16 August 1944  18 February 2013 ) was an English ___MASK30___ - ___MASK71___ and a ___MASK33___ influential force in the English psychedelic movement . Ayers was a founding member of the pioneering psychedelic band Soft Machine in the mid - 1960s , and was closely associated with the Canterbury scene . He recorded a series of albums as a solo artist and over the years worked with Brian Eno , Syd Barrett , Bridget St John , John Cale , Elton John , Robert Wyatt , Andy Summers , Mike Oldfield , Nico and Ollie Halsall , among others . After living for many years in Deià , Majorca , he returned to the United Kingdom in the mid - 1990s before moving to the south of France . His last album was " The Unfairground ", recorded in New York City , Tucson , and London in 2006 . The British rock journalist Nick Kent wrote : " Kevin Ayers and Syd Barrett were the two most important people in British pop music . Everything that came after came from them ." Christopher John " Chris " Spedding ( born Peter Robinson , 17 June 1944 ) is an English ___MASK54___ , singer , songwriter , multi - instrumentalist , ___MASK44___ , and record producer . In a career spanning more than 40 years , Spedding is best known for his studio session work . By the early 1970s , he had become one of the most sought - after session guitarists in England . Spedding has played on and produced many albums and singles . He has also been a member of eleven rock bands : The Battered Ornaments , Frank Ricotti Quartet , King Mob , Mike Batt and Friends , Necessaries , Nucleus , Ricky Norton , Sharks , Trigger , and The Wombles . Richard Rich , 1st Baron Rich ( 1496 / 7  12 June 1567 ), was Lord ___MASK76___ during the reign of ___MASK24___ Edward VI of England from 1547 until January 1552 . He was the founder of Felsted School with its associated alms houses in Essex in 1564 . He was a beneficiary of suppression of the monasteries , and a persecutor and sometimes torturer of those opposed to the officially established church , whether it be Roman Catholic or Church of England . England is a country that is part of the ___MASK47___ . It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west . The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea lies to the southwest . England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south . The country covers five - eighths of the island of Great Britain ( which lies in the North Atlantic ) in its centre and south ; and includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly , and the Isle of Wight . The Unfairground is a 2007 album by Kevin Ayers , recorded with members of Ladybug Transistor , Teenage Fanclub , Neutral Milk ___MASK62___ , Gorky ' s Zygotic Mynci and Roxy Music . It is his sixteenth studio LP and his first new set of recordings in fifteen years , as well as the last album released before his death in 2013 . It was recorded in New York City , Tucson , Arizona , London and Glasgow . It debuted at # 14 in the UK Indie Album chart . Robert Wyatt ( born Robert Wyatt - Ellidge , 28 January 1945 ) is an English ___MASK54___ , and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine , with a long and distinguished solo career . He is married to English painter and songwriter Alfreda Benge . Samuel Hutt , known by the stage name Hank Wangford ( born 15 November 1940 ), is an English country and western ___MASK71___ . Michael Philip Batt LVO ( born 6 February 1949 ) is an English ___MASK30___ - ___MASK71___ , ___MASK54___ , record producer , director , conductor and former Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry . He is best known for creating The Wombles pop act , writing the chart - topping " Bright Eyes ", and discovering Katie Melua . He has also conducted Orchestras , including the London Symphony , Royal Philharmonic , London Philharmonic , Sydney Symphony and Stuttgart Philharmonic in both classical and pop recordings and performances . David William " Dave " Edmunds ( born 15 April 1944 ) is a Welsh ___MASK30___ , ___MASK38___ and record producer . Although he is mainly associated with pub rock and new wave , and had many hits in the 1970s and early 1980s , his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll . France , officially the French Republic , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas France include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . France spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential republic with the capital in Paris , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and ___MASK46___ centre . Other ___MASK33___ urban centres include Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . The Lord ___MASK76___ , formally the Lord High ___MASK76___ of Great Britain , is a senior functionary in the government of the United Kingdom . They are appointed by the ___MASK53___ on the advice of the Prime Minister . The Lord ___MASK76___ is the second highest ranking of the Great Officers of State , ranking after only the Lord High Steward . Prior to the Union there were separate Lords ___MASK76___ for England and Wales and for Scotland . Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , RDI ( born 15 May 1948 and originally christened Brian Peter George Eno ) is an English ___MASK54___ , ___MASK44___ , record producer , singer , writer , and visual artist . He is best known for his pioneering work in ambient and electronic music as well as his contributions to rock , worldbeat , chance , and generative music styles . A self - described " non - ___MASK54___ ", Eno has advocated a methodology of " theory over practice " throughout his career , and has helped to introduce a variety of unique recording techniques and conceptual approaches into contemporary music . He has been described as one of popular music ' s most influential and innovative figures . GRIMMS was an English pop rock , skit and poetry group , originally formed as a merger of The Scaffold , the Bonzo Dog ___MASK95___ , and the Liverpool Scene for two concerts in 1971 at the suggestion of John Gorman . The ___MASK95___ name was an acronym formed by the initial letters of each ___MASK28___ ' s surname : Frankie Valli ( born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio ; May 3 , 1934 ) is an American ___MASK30___ , known as the frontman of The Four Seasons beginning in 1960 . He is known for his unusually powerful falsetto voice . Sir James Paul McCartney , ( born 18 June 1942 ) is an English ___MASK30___ - ___MASK71___ , multi - instrumentalist , and ___MASK44___ . With John Lennon , George Harrison , and Ringo Starr , he gained worldwide fame with the rock band the Beatles , largely considered the most popular and influential group in the history of pop music . His songwriting partnership with Lennon is the most celebrated of the post - war era . After the band ' s break - up , he pursued a solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife , Linda , and Denny Laine . The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England . At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest in the ___MASK47___ , after the River Severn . It also flows through Oxford ( where it is called Isis ), Reading , Henley - on - Thames and Windsor . The lower reaches of the river are called the Tideway , derived from its long tidal reach up to Teddington Lock . It rises at Thames Head in Gloucestershire , and flows into the North Sea via the Thames Estuary . The Thames drains the whole of Greater London . Roy Harper ( born 12 June 1941 ) is an English folk rock ___MASK30___ , ___MASK71___ and guitarist who has been a professional ___MASK54___ since 1964 . Harper has released 32 albums ( including 10 live albums ) across his 50 - year career . As a ___MASK54___ , Harper is known for his distinctive fingerstyle playing and lengthy , lyrical , complex compositions , a result of his love of jazz and Keats . Vivian Stanshall ( born Victor Anthony Stanshall ; 21 March 1943  5 March 1995 ) was an English ___MASK30___ - ___MASK71___ , ___MASK54___ , author , poet and wit , best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo - Dah Band , for his exploration of the British upper classes in " Sir Henry at Rawlinson End " ( as a radio series for John Peel , as an audio recording , as a book and as a film ), and for acting as Master of Ceremonies on Mike Oldfield ' s album " Tubular Bells ". The Dissolution of the Monasteries , sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries , was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries , priories , convents and friaries in England , Wales and Ireland , appropriated their income , disposed of their assets , and reassigned or dismissed their former members and functions . Although the policy was originally envisaged as increasing the regular income of the Crown , much former monastic property was sold off to fund Henry ' s ___MASK29___ campaigns in the 1540s . He was given the authority to do this in England and Wales by the Act of Supremacy , passed by Parliament in 1534 , which made him " Supreme Head " of the Church in England , thus separating England from Papal authority , and by the First Suppression Act ( 1536 ) and the Second Suppression Act ( 1539 ). Professor George W . Bernard argues : Soft Machine are an English rock and jazz fusion ___MASK95___ from Canterbury , named after the book " The Soft Machine " by William S . Burroughs . They were one of the central bands in the Canterbury scene . Though they achieved little commercial success , they are widely considered by critics to have been very influential in rock music , with " AllMusic " describing them as " one of the more influential bands of their era , and certainly one of the most influential underground ones ." Michael Gordon " Mike " Oldfield ( born 15 May 1953 ) is an English ___MASK54___ and ___MASK44___ . His work blends progressive rock with world , folk , classical , electronic , ambient , and new - age music . His biggest commercial success is the 1973 album " Tubular Bells " which launched Virgin Records and became a hit in America after its opening was used as the theme for the film " The Exorcist ". He also recorded the 1983 hit single " Moonlight Shadow " and a rendition of the Christmas piece " In Dulci Jubilo ". The Bonzo Dog Doo - Dah ___MASK95___ ( also known as The Bonzo Dog ___MASK95___ ) was created by a group of British art - school students in the 1960s . Combining elements of music hall , trad jazz and psychedelic pop with surreal humour and avant - garde art , the Bonzos came to the public attention through a 1968 ITV comedy show , " Do Not Adjust Your Set ." Love Sculpture were a Welsh blues rock ___MASK95___ of the late 1960s , led by Dave Edmunds ( born David William Edmunds , 15 April 1944 in Cardiff , Glamorgan , South Wales ), plus ___MASK59___ John David ( born John David Williams , 19 January 1946 in Cardiff , South Wales ) and ___MASK4___ Rob ' Congo ' Jones ( born Robert Jones , 13 August 1946 in Barry , Glamorgan , South Wales ). The City of New York , often called New York City or simply New York , is the most populous city in the United States . With an estimated 2015 population of 8 , 550 , 405 distributed over a land area of just , New York City is also the most densely populated ___MASK33___ city in the United States . Located at the southern tip of the state of New York , the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area , one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world . A global power city , New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , research , technology , education , and entertainment , its fast pace defining the term " New York minute ". Home to the headquarters of the United Nations , New York is an important center for international ___MASK43___ and has been described as the cultural and financial capital of the world . Paul Korda ( born Paul Kunstler in 1948 , Singapore , Malaysia ) is an English ___MASK71___ , singer , ___MASK54___ , and actor . He has been writing and performing music since the 1960s . His songs have been covered by myriad artists , such as Roger Daltrey , Dave Edmunds , Frankie Valli , and Love Sculpture . John Robert Parker Ravenscroft , OBE ( 30 August 1939  25 October 2004 ), known professionally as John Peel , was an English ___MASK86___ , ___MASK42___ presenter , record producer and journalist . He was the longest serving of the original BBC ___MASK42___ 1 DJs , broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004 . Frank Ricotti ( born 31 January 1949 in London ) is an English jazz vibraphonist and ___MASK73___ . Roger Keith " Syd " Barrett ( 6 January 1946  7 July 2006 ) was an English ___MASK54___ , ___MASK44___ , singer - songwriter , and painter . Best known as a founder member of the band Pink Floyd , Barrett was the lead singer , guitarist and principal songwriter in its early years and is credited with naming the band . Barrett was excluded from Pink Floyd in April 1968 after David Gilmour took over as their new guitarist , and was briefly hospitalised amid speculation of mental illness . In popular music , a cover version or cover song , or simply cover , is a new performance or recording of a previously recorded , commercially released song by someone other than the original ___MASK1___ or ___MASK44___ . A cover version can also refer to a rerecording of a song by the original ___MASK1___ or performers under a different record company .