TAKEN FROM THE BRITISH MOVIE TANK MALLING STARRING RAY WINSTONE.
Chris Thompson was a regular performer for us at the Bridge House. His full time job was lead singer with Manfreds Mann band, remember Blinded by the Light? Well we needed a single to promote the film Tank Malling and i was determined to get my favourite singer to do it. The director of the film wanted Tony Bennet's version. I said no way, chris thompson's going to sing it. So where's Chris? In New Zealand. Another old friend from the Bridge Bill Christian had a studio, so he and chris go and do the single for me. Money was never mentioned, they just did it.
The B side was performed by another great singer Maggie Reilly. See You in Paradise was written by Rick Fenn and performed by him and Nick Mason, the drummer in Pink Floyd. They also wrote the soundtrack to the film together.