Also known as: Lead, The
Origin: Japan
Very little is known of this Japan based group of Americans that formed the Lead there in 1968. Original members included Phil Trainer (lead vocals, bass), Mark Elder (lead guitar, vocals), Tamia Arbuckle (vocals, guitar) and Alan Hill (drums, vocals). All of their records were issued on the well-known RCA label, but only in Japan. They released their first LP ( The Lead Goes R&B ) in the fall of '68, which mainly contains covers of popular rhythm and blues tracks from the 50s and 60s. A 45 was also released at the same time with two tracks that do not appear on the aforementioned LP. The band…