The Square Set

Discography:

Albums

• Silence Is Golden, Continental, ZB 8167, 1967
  
  
  
  Tracks: Silence is golden [Whitmill]/ That's what I want [Singer]/ Every little bit hurts/ California dreaming/ Somebody help me/ River deep mountain high/ Hi lili hi lo/ Call me/ It's a man's world/ I knew I'd want you/ Come on [Moffat]/ Message understood
  
  
• Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever, Gallotone, GALP 1573, 1968
  
  
  
  Tracks: Loving you is sweeter than ever/ It's all over now baby blue/ To love somebody/ I can't turn you loose/ I just don't know what to do with myself/ Have mercy on me/ Something you got/ Georgia on my mind/ Saturday's child/ Standing by/ Ain't that peculiar/ Night then comes morning [Whitmill]
  
  
• That's What I Want, Continental, SZB 8221, 1969
  
  
  
  Tracks: That's what I want/ It's a man's world/ Have mercy on me/ Message understood/ Something you got/ Silence is golden [Whitmill]/ To love somebody/ Standing by/ I can't turn you loose/ California dreaming/ Georgia on my mind
  
  
• Alan Price Set, The House That Jack Built, Decca, LK 4839, 1967
  
  
  
  The Square Set recorded cover versions of the following album tracks : Mercy, mercy/ Loving you is sweeter than ever/ I can't turn you loose/ Critics choice/ Hi-lili, hi-lo
  
  
• Those Many Feelings, Gallo, SGALP 1657, 1972
  
  
  
  Tracks: Boys and girls together/ Friends/ That's why [Whitmill-Klinkhamer]/ Quo vadis [Klinkhamer]/ Walkin' on the water/ Fire and rain/ Those many feelings [Klinkhamer]
  
  

  Compilation Albums

• 24 Golden Oldies, Gallo, DLPA 211/2, 1973
  
  
  
  Track: Silence is golden
  
  
• 24 Golden Oldies, Gallo, DGL 721/2, 1983
  
  
  
  Track: Silence is golden
  
  
• 24 Golden Oldies, Gallo, DGL 741/2, 1983
  
  
  
  Track: Silence is golden
  
  
• The History Of Rock, The South African Connection, Teal, HRLSA 100, 1987
  
  
  
  Track: Silence is golden
  
  
• The History Of Rock, "The Best Of", Teal, DGL 981/ 2, 1989
  
  
  
  Track: Silence is golden
  
  
• The Best Of South African Pop, 3CD Box Set (CD two), Gallo, CDSA Pop 2, 1993
  
  
  
  Track: Silence is golden
  
  
• The Best Of South African Pop, Vol 2 (First Edition), Gallo, CDGMP 40486 Z, 1994
  
  
  
  Track: Silence is golden
  
  
• The Best SA Pop, Vol 2 (2nd Edition), Gallo,
  CDGMPD 40486 V, Sept 1997
  
  
  
  Track: Silence is golden
  
  Seven Singles:
  
  
• Silence is golden [Whitmill]/ It's a man's world, Continental, PD 9222, 1967
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Note: The Square Set version was an original composition and not a cover version of the two records on display below. Silence is golden reached #3 on Springbok's Top 20 in August 1967
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Carol Corina [Whitmill]/ "U" [Klinkhamer/ Moffat], Continental, PD 9284, 1967
  
  
  
  
  
  Note: Carol Corina peaked at #15 on the Springbok charts in December 1967
  
  
• Loving you is sweeter than ever/ Georgia (on my mind), Continental, PD 9348, 1968
  
  
  
  
• That's what I want [Ronnie Singer]/ Come on [Keith Moffat], Jazzville, SL. 5, 1968
  
  
  
  
• Royalty Statement for Sales In Portugal
  
  
  
  
• Have mercy on me/ Get me some help
  (Neville Whitmill solo), PD 9773, 1971
• That's why [Klinkhamer-Whitmill]/ Gone those days [Klinkhamer], Gallo, PD. 9796, 1971
• Silence is golden/ One more tear, one more heartache
  (Neville Whitmill solo), PD 9982, 1974
  
  

Band Members:

• Neville Whitmill, vocals left October 1968, rejoined 1972
• Keith Moffat, drums on first album
• Derek Marks, bass left October 1968
• Mercia Love, vocals joined Nov 1967
  
  
  
  
• Nol Klinkhamer, organ left October 1968, rejoined 1972
• Don Robertson, drums, left September 1967,
  ex Gene Rockwell and the Falcons
  
  
  
  
• Malcolm Postlethwaite, drums, joined September 1967
  
  
  
  
• Mike Faure, sax 1968
  
  
  
  Note: Mike Faure was a member of Roots who recorded
  "Live at the Roxy", TRC, TOP 400, 1983
  
  
• Johnny Boshoff, bass 1972
• Tony Moore, drums 1972
  
  
  
  Note: Boshoff and Moore played on the Des and Dawn Lindberg album "Pippin", Satbel, BELL 23006, 1975
  
  

Webpages:

• Settlers
• The Sandpipers
• Nol Klinkhamer
• Sounds Of Brass
• Impi
• Niki Daly
• Ronnie Singer Sound
• Mercia Love
• Des and Dawn Lindberg
• John E Sharp and the Squires
• Neville Whitmill
  

Literature:

• Teenage Personality, pp 3-6, 20 July 1967
• Teenage Personality, pp 3-7, 23 November 1967

All info supplied by Tertius Louw, Derek Marks ex the Square Set and Barry Cutler ex the Settlers, August 2002