He had a bass drum and a hi-hat and the rest of it was books on tables. I suppose there’s a rambling collection from me starting to sing in the church choir – didn’t really do much at school – although we had a school band and the drummer couldn’t afford a drum-kit. It was always going to be the voice of family or authority that would set the meter for my expression. Leo Sayer: The first record I bought was Jerry Lee Lewis, “Great Balls Of Fire”, and my dad heard a little bit of me playing it in the bedroom, came storming in, picked it up and said ‘I don’t want to hear that in my house again’ – opened the window and threw it into the garden. SuperDeluxeEdition: How did you get into music in the first place? We caught up with Leo recently, and in the first part of a two part interview we talked to him about the early years and his initial success in England before he became a massive star in North America… Not only that, the musician and songwriter has also taken to the road in the UK and plays the 229 Venue tonight. Just A Box includes all his studio albums and comes with two bonus CDs of rarities. Leo Sayer has recently put together a box set which compiles and celebrates most of his studio output from the last 40 years.
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