The group's work included Kajanus's invention of a special nickelodeon made of pianos, synthesizers and glockenspiels that allowed the four-piece band to reproduce on stage the acoustic arrangements that they had done in the recording studio.
[1] Sailor's original line-up split up in 1978,[1] although Pickett and Marsh released more material as Sailor with Gavin and Virginia David in 1980, with an album of Pickett compositions called Dressed for Drowning, produced by James William Guercio at his Caribou studio in Colorado (Epic / Caribou).
[1] In 2004, Sailor in a German TV show were named the 45th-most successful pop band of the last 40 years in Germany.
[citation needed] A biography of the group by James McCarraher, entitled A Glass of Champagne – The Official Sailor Story, was published in June 2004.
[12][13] [12][13] Notes The premiere of Sailor, the Musical Journey at the Carnegie Hall was in July 2006 in Dunfermline, Scotland.