Supercharge were a 1970s English rock band from Liverpool, founded by singer/saxophonist Albie Donnelly and drummer Dave Irving. In 1977 the band had a number three hit single in Australia with "You've Gotta Get Up and Dance".
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Links to Peel[]
In the days before punk, Supercharge were a Liverpool band who had issued an album on a local label and built up a reputation as a live act. They soon signed with Virgin but were more successful in Australia and Europe than in the UK. They managed to keep going until the late 1980s and reformed in the 2000s.
The band did three sessions in three years for Peel, who was always interested in music from Liverpool and gave airtime to many artists on Virgin in the label's early years. After playing their first session track in 1975, before their first Virgin release, the DJ said that the band were "recommended".
Unlike Deaf School, the other Liverpool session band of the era, Supercharge had few links with subsequent generations of musicians from the city who were played by Peel.
Festive Fifty Entries[]
- None
Sessions[]
- Three sessions. No known commercial release.
1. Recorded 1975-08-19. First broadcast 01 September 1975. Repeated 08 October 1975.
- I Believe In You / Don't Let Go / We Are Free
2. Recorded 1976-05-20. First broadcast 14 June 1976. Repeated: 12 July 1976
- Only You / Funkier Than Thou / Back On My Feet
3. Recorded 1977-03-08. First broadcast 17 March 1977. Repeated: 19 April 1977
- Last Train / Really Quite Easy / Mess You Made
Other Shows Played[]
- 19 May 1976: You've Gotta Get Up And Dance (LP - Local Lads Make Good) Virgin
- 03 February 1976: Get Down Boogie (7") Virgin (back announced)
- 27 January 1976: Get Down Boogie (7") Virgin
- 01 March 1977: After The Show and 3 other tracks from (album - Horizontal Refreshment) Virgin V 2067