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They released their second album Second Flight in 1975, and its single " January" topped the UK Singles Chart for three weeks, ironically beginning week ending 1 February. On it was included their first major hit, " Magic" and Bairnson, who was still not an official member of the band, joined them after the recording of the first album. With Ian Bairnson, Billy Lyall and Stuart Tosh, they recorded several demos with EMI Records and recorded their first album From the Album of the Same Name which was published in 1974. In 1973, Paton was a co-founder of Pilot. While still playing with the band, he took a job as a musician in a nightclub called Tiffanys where he met Ian Bairnson. After leaving them in October 1970, he became a member of another band called Fresh, which changed their name for Christyan and published a single, "Nursery Lane", in 1971. He then replaced a guitarist in the Bay City Rollers, for a short period of time but never recorded with them. This was soon followed by "Keep Your Lovelight Burning", but after about two years, the band split because of money problems in 1970.
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They changed their name for The Boots and published their first single, "The Animal In Me". His first band was called The Beachcombers and they signed a recording contract in 1968 with CBS Records. Albert Hammond & David Paton 2018, Live in Schneeberg, Germanyīorn Edinburgh, Scotland, Paton grew up in the south-eastern suburb of Gilmerton, Edinburgh, where he attended Liberton High School.