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Box of Frogs  er et britisk rockband dannet i 1983 af tre tidligere medlemmer af The Yardbirds  - Chris Dray, Paul Samwell-Smith og Jim McCarthy, samt vokalisten John Fiddler.

Bandet indspillede albummet Box of Frogs i 1984. Sangen Back Where I Started indeholder leadguitar af Jimmy Page og Strange Land i 1986. Begge albums blev produceret af Paul Samwell-Smith. Begge albums blev genudgivet i 1996.

Diskografi

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. To skridt foran (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)

Frøerne

• John Fiddler - lead- og backingvokal, guitarer, percussion, synthesizere
• Chris Dreja - rytmeguitar, percussion, lejlighedsvis backing vokal
• Paul Samwell-Smith - basguitar, backing vokal, percussion, synthesizere
• Jim McCarty - trommer, percussion, backing vokal

gæstemusikere

• Dzal Martin - guitar, vokal, percussion
• Jeff Beck
• Mark Feltham - mundharmonika
• Peter-John Vettese -tastaturer
• Ray Majors
• Max Middleton -tastaturer
• Rory Gallagher
• Guy Barker – trompet
• Geraint Watkins

1986 - Strange Land

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

Bonusnumre:

10. Nine Lives (?) John Fiddler, hovedvokal

Frøerne

• John Fiddler - lead- og backingvokal, guitarer, percussion, synthesizere
• Chris Dreja - rytmeguitar, percussion, lejlighedsvis backing vokal
• Paul Samwell-Smith - basguitar, backing vokal, percussion, synthesizere
• Jim McCarty - trommer, percussion, backing vokal

gæstemusikere

• Graham Parker
• John Knightsbridge
• Neil Lockwood
• Julie Roberts
• Carroll Thompson
• Ian Dury
• Steve Hackett
• Roger Chapman
• Graham Gouldman - rytmeguitar, backing vokal
• Jimmy Page
• David Clayton - keyboards

Singler

• Back Where I Started / The Edge - 1984 ( England )
• Tilbage, hvor jeg startede / *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 ( USA )
• Two Steps Ahead / Two Steps Ahead - 1984 ( USA - 12" promo)
• Gennemsnitlig / Strange Land / *I Keep Calling - 1986 ( England - 12")
• Heart Full of Soul - 1986 ( Holland )