Ramases was the creation and alter-ego of Martin Raphael, born in Sheffield, UK. Formerly an army PT instructor, whilst involved in a central heating business in Scotland, was inspired to assume the mantle of the Egyptian Pharaoh of whom he believed himself a reincarnation, and take up a musical career. Early singles (recorded with his wife) failed to make any impact, Space Hymns was recorded at Strawberry Studios in Stockport with soon-to-be members of 10cc.Glass Top Coffin was recorded following relocation to Felixstowe, and Ramases retired from the music business soon afterwards. He committed suicide during the early 1990sMark Powell, sleevenotes from Time Machine A Vertigo Retrospective.
Discography
Singles
- Crazy One / Mind's Eye (as Ramases & Selket)(CBS, 1968)
- Love You / Gold Is The Ring (as Ramases & Seleka)(Major Minor, 1970) (Love You sometimes listed and in some territories issued as Screw You)
- Balloon / Muddy Water (Philips 1971) (sometimes listed as Ballroom)
- Jesus Come Back / Hello Mister (Philips 1971)
- Nino Viviente (Life Child) / Hola Señor (Hello Mister) (Vertigo, 1972, Chile)
Albums
- Space Hymns (Vertigo 1971)
- Glass Top Coffin (Vertigo 1975)
External links
Notes
1970s music groupsRamases
