Dreamland Express

Dreamland Express was a 60's British rock band named after a painting by Maxfield Parrish. The band consisted amongst others, Karel Fialka, who later had a UK hit single in 1987 with 'Hey Matthew'. The band did a few gigs, and had some interest from Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert at Track Records, but were ultimately never signed. Pete Townshend of the Who helped the group strummed guitars and write songs by letting them use his loft to practice, but the band probably disbanded sometime in the early 70's.

Links to Peel
Peel obtained a copy of their 7" single promo in 1967, when the group gave him a copy, probably whilst he was doing gigs in London, which some members of Dreamland Express used to attend, including Karel Fialka. Not much information is known about the record on the internet, but it seems likely that only a few copies were made for promo distribution. After Peel's death, a copy of Dreamland Express was found in John Peel's Record Box, with the title called 'Groovy / UFO' and the label as 'EMI', a probable joke, the kind of thing an unsigned band might do. Interestingly the record was labelled as made in 1980, a possible error or a joke that the group did to bring attention to themselves in the late 60's.

Shows Played

 * None, according to available playlists.