Box of Frogs — британская рок-группа, созданная в 1983 году тремя бывшими участниками группы The Yardbirds — Крисом Дрэей, Полом Самвелом-Смитом и Джимом Маккарти а также вокалистом Джоном Фиддлером.

Группа записала альбом Box of Frogs в 1984 году. В песне Back Where I Started играет соло-гитара Джима Пэйджа и Strange Land в 1986 году. Продюсером обоих альбомов был Пол Самвел-Смит. Оба альбома были переизданы в 1996 году.

Дискография

1984 — Box of Frogs

1. Back Where I Started (3:54) (Samwell-Smith, Dreja, McCarty, F.Fiddler)
2. Harder (3:44) (J. Fiddler, R. Majors)
3. Another Wasted Day (4:12) (Samwell-Smith, Dreja, McCarty, J. Fiddler)
4. Love Inside You (2:47) (J. Fiddler)
5. The Edge (4:02) (Samwell-Smith, Dreja, McCarty, J. Fiddler)
6. Two Steps Ahead (4:33) (Samwell-Smith, Dreja, McCarty, J. Fiddler)
7. Into The Dark (4:07) (Samwell-Smith, Dreja, McCarty, J. Fiddler)
8. Just A Boy Again (5:38) (Samwell-Smith, Dreja, McCarty, J. Fiddler)
9. Poor Boy (4:26) (Samwell-Smith, Dreja, McCarty, J. Fiddler)

Участники записи

The Frogs

• John Fiddler — lead and backing vocals, guitars, percussion, synthesizers
• Chris Dreja — rhythm guitar, percussion, occasional backing vocals
• Paul Samwell-Smith — bass guitar, backing vocals, percussion, synthesizers
• Jim McCarty — drums, percussion, backing vocals

приглашённый музыканты

• Dzal Martin — guitar, vocals, percussion
• Jeff Beck — guitar
• Mark Feltham — harmonica
• Peter-John Vettese — keyboards
• Ray Majors — guitar
• Max Middleton — keyboards
• Rory Gallagher — guitar
• Guy Barker — trumpet
• Geraint Watkins — piano

1986 — Strange Land

1. Get it While You Can (G. O’Connor) Graham Parker, lead vocals
2. You Mix Me Up (Samwell-Smith, Dreja, McCarty) John Fiddler, lead vocals (?)
3. Average (Samwell-Smith, Dreja, McCarty) Ian Dury, lead vocals
4. House on Fire (Samwell-Smith, Dreja, McCarty) John Fiddler, lead vocals
5. Hanging from the Wreckage (Samwell-Smith, Dreja, McCarty) John Fiddler, lead vocals
6. Heart Full of Soul (G Gouldman) Roger Chapman, lead vocals
7. Asylum (Samwell-Smith, Dreja, McCarty) John Fiddler, lead vocals
8. Strange Land (Samwell-Smith, Dreja, McCarty) Roger Chapman (?)
9. Trouble (Samwell-Smith, Dreja, McCarty) John Fiddler, lead vocals

Bonus track:

10. Nine Lives (?) John Fiddler, lead vocals

Участники записи

The Frogs

• John Fiddler — lead and backing vocals, guitars, percussion, synthesizers
• Chris Dreja — rhythm guitar, percussion, occasional backing vocals
• Paul Samwell-Smith — bass guitar, backing vocals, percussion, synthesizers
• Jim McCarty — drums, percussion, backing vocals

приглашённый музыканты

• Graham Parker — vocal
• John Knightsbridge — guitar
• Neil Lockwood — backing vocals
• Julie Roberts — backing vocals
• Carroll Thompson — backing vocals
• Ian Dury — vocals
• Steve Hackett — guitar
• Roger Chapman — vocal
• Graham Gouldman — rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Jimmy Page — guitar
• David Clayton — keyboards

Синглы

• Back Where I Started / The Edge — 1984 (England)
• Back Where I Started / *Nine Lives / The Edge') — 1984 (England — 12")
• Into The Dark / X-tracks medley: Two Steps Ahead / Just A Boy Again / Harder / Another Wasted Day / Back Where I Started — 1984 (England)
• Into The Dark / X-tracks medley — 1984 (England — 12")
• Two Steps Ahead / The Edge — 1984 (United States)
• Two Steps Ahead / Two Steps Ahead — 1984 (United States — 12" promo)
• Average / Strange Land / *I Keep Calling — 1986 (England — 12")
• Heart Full of Soul — 1986 (the Netherlands)