Of course there's no need to explain the cultural connection between the U.K. and Australia so it's quite understandable that the 60's Australian music scene would be steeped in British trends, styles and sounds. Quite a few bands chose to
GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS-La La La/Without You LR 3337 1966 Liverpool's Gerry and the Pacemakers were on life support in the U.K. in February 1966 when EMI's Columbia issued today's subject as "DB 7835" and headed to the lucrative but depres…
THE MERSEYBEATS-I Love You, Yes I Do/See Me Back U.S. Fontana F-1532 1965 Today's selection was the fifth and final U.S. Merseybeats 45 (issued in November 1965). It was a mish mash of a U.K. A-side (September 1965) and a U.K. B-side (Octob…
3. "Thinking Of You (Broken Pieces)" LP track "The Last Fourfathers" U.K. Own Up OWN UP-3 1985 Easily my favorite Prisoners track of all time on my favorite Prisoners album, "Thinking Of You..." with it's positively down trodden lyrics is l…
I have been a Prisoners fan ever since I bought their U.S. only LP comp "Revenge Of The Prisoners" (a bastardization of their second long player "Thewisermiserdemelza" with substitute tracks from their "Electric Fit" E.P. and other Big Beat…
THE DAKOTAS-The Cruel Surf/The Millionaire U.S. Liberty F 55618 1963 Liverpudlian Billy J. Kramer's Mancunian backing band The Dakotas were afforded the opportunity to shine in the own right in the spirit of Cliff Richard and The Shadows an…
Back in late 1988 I conducted a mail in interview with Graham Day (of The Prisoners fame) for my fanzine "Smashed Blocked" which I published in issue #4 in early 1989. I decided to locate it an digitize it and reprint it here:Graham Day wit…
"Sorrow", is an orchestral pop opus with jangling guitars beneath brass, subtle strings and ivory tinkling. It's infectious and catchy and considering the muck Kit Lambert made out of The Merseybeat's final single "I Stand Accused" it's sur…
"Sorrow", is an orchestral pop opus with jangling guitars beneath brass, subtle strings and ivory tinkling. It's infectious and catchy and considering the muck Kit Lambert made out of The Merseybeat's final single "I Stand Accused" it's sur…
The U.K. duo of Peter and Gordon (Peter Asher, brother of Macca's then girlfriend Jane, and Gordon Waller ) achieved minor success in the U.S. scoring eight Top 40 hits here out of their 18 U.S. single releases between April 1964 and June 1…
Andrew Loog Oldham and Tony Calder's first release on their Immediate label was garnering the rights to launch the McCoys American July 1965 smash "Hang On Sloopy" in Britain which reached #5 in the British charts. The label would issue a f…
Today's post explores U.K. early 70's releases by band's from the 60's OR sound like they're from the 60's! 1. THE PEDDLERS-"Tell The World We're Not In" U.K. Phillips 600 034 1970 U.K. jazz/r&b trio The Peddlers curiously were on Phillips