Radio 1, and in particular Mike Read gave The Freshies a lot of airplay, especially the MCA release. After the "success" of "I'm in Love with the Girl on the Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk", the group released further singles, "Wrap Up the Rockets" and "I Can't Get Bouncing Babies by the Teardrop Explodes", and although commercially successful in the Manchester area, they failed to make the national charts. They released 2 further cassettes, ""Manchester Plays The Freshies"" and ""London Plays The Freshies"", these were both essentially radio interviews with local and national DJs and concert recordings from each city. Chris had written his first LP by this stage, "The Johnny Radar Story", which, for various legal and contractual complications, was never released on vinyl. There are master copies on cassette in circulation though (albeit, very few). In February of 1982 Sievey abandoned quartet lineup of The Freshies, and reformed it as a duo with Barbara O'Donovan. The duo version of The Freshies released one single, '"Fasten Your Seat Belts"'. In 1982 he released the mini-album "Denigration Now," his first work outside of The Freshies since 1976's All Sleeps Secrets"."