Alan Clayson and The Argonauts

There are people today who’ll tell you that Alan Clayson and the Argonauts were the greatest group ever formed. Established locally four decades ago, they were thrust swiftly to ‘a premier position on rock’s Lunatic Fringe’ (Melody Maker); Clayson being spoken of and written about in the same paragraphs as Wreckless Eric, John Otway, Tom Robinson and Elvis Costello, and a headlining tour schedule that included a BBC In Concert recital. Moreover, a forthcoming new album might stand as an artistic apotheosis were it not for the promise of surprises yet to come.