Your personal British Invasion top-ten countdown

[GGJaguar]

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

1968

Reminds me of my school daze. Used to lie on my friend's livingroom floor and listen to "Crossroads" when Wheels of Fire came out. Heaven!

Love Manfred Mann's cover of "My Name Is Jack." Thanks! WOR-FM in New York (Rosko, Jonathan Schwartz, Alison Steele) used to play the original version a lot, from the Greenwich Village hippie-scene semi-quasi-mega-meta-documentary You Are What You Eat. Mann cleaned up the R-rated lyrics, in the name of public consumption, but kept the spirit — also in the name of public consumption.

 

[johnreardon]

We supported him in my hometown, probably 64/65. Always remembered he turned up in cricket whites, after playing a match earlier. There was a huge grass stain mark on his trousers, so I assumed he had been fielding.
Nice bloke though

 

[Canard]

Reminds me of my school daze. Used to lie on my friend's livingroom floor and listen to "Crossroads" when Wheels of Fire came out. Heaven!

Love Manfred Mann's cover of "My Name Is Jack." Thanks! WOR-FM in New York (Rosko, Jonathan Schwartz, Alison Steele) used to play the original version a lot, from the Greenwich Village hippie-scene semi-quasi-mega-meta-documentary You Are What You Eat. Mann cleaned up the R-rated lyrics, in the name of public consumption, but kept the spirit — also in the name of public consumption.

My point in posting the 1968 juxtaposition of Manfred Mann and Cream was not to denigrate either but rather to demonstrate that there was something mutually very wrong with Jack Bruce (with his already long history of playing actual Jazz) and Manfred Mann (then a very nice light weight Pop group) hooking up. I don't believe it was something that was good for either of them.

 

[Canard]

Then there were the underground sleeper cells in the invasion. In Canada at least, Spooky Tooth somehow managed to become popular with all musicians I knew at the time while at the same time being completely ignored by the general public and mainstream radio.










I lost my copies of their albums to a fanatical friend in trade for something - an effects pedal or something like that - if I hadn't agreed to the trade he probably would have stolen them anyway. Oh well ....

 

[Canard]

And for one of our Odobenidae colleages here, we can't let this one slip by.

A very bold cover. Stripped down which is, I imagine, the only way one might get away with it.

Studio:




Live:

 

[walrus]

And for one of our Odobenidae colleages here, we can't let this one slip by.

A very bold cover. Stripped down which is, I imagine, the only way one might get away with it.

Studio:




Live:

I always thought this was a great cover! Very bluesy but still sort of menacing. Great guitar work on it!

walrus

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

My point in posting the 1968 juxtaposition of Manfred Mann and Cream was not to denigrate either

No, it didn't sound like you were dissing them at all. Thought you just posted them because you liked 'em.

but rather to demonstrate that there was something mutually very wrong with Jack Bruce (with his already long history of playing actual Jazz) and Manfred Mann (then a very nice light weight Pop group) hooking up. I don't believe it was something that was good for either of them.

Interesting thought. Kind of like Joe Walsh settling for the Eagles or the Dead settling for John Meyer.

 

[GGJaguar]

 

[Canard]

Can't forget these guys, can we now?

Small Faces: Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones and Jimmy Winston, and later Ian McLagan

 

[Canard]

Jeff Beck Group reworking an old Yardbirds tune - 1968?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Can't forget these guys, can we now?

Small Faces: Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones and Jimmy Winston, and later Ian McLagan

And even later, Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood. Ushered for them in '69. They rocked.

Fun vids. Real frat party vibe. Thanks for posting!

 

[Canard]

Thanks for posting!

Entirely my pleasure. Thanks for starting this fun thread!

 

[Prince of Darkness]

And even later, Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood. Ushered for them in '69. They rocked.

Fun vids. Real frat party vibe. Thanks for posting!

This does cause a bit of confusion, because when Steve Marriott left they ceased to be The Small Faces (or did they?). There was a short period where the remaining members were joined by Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Art Wood (Ronnie's brother) and Kim Gardner to become Quiet Melon, which recorded four singles. When Art and Kim left they became The Faces. The record company wanted them to keep their old name to take advantage of their reputation, but the band objected. The first album by the new band was released in the UK as First Step by Faces, but in the USA it was First Step by Small Faces

 

[Nuuska]

There is this story - true or not - for me it could be very true - that Small Faces were recording Itchyco Park while at same time a recording engineer was experimenting w multiple tape machine delays in next studio - and he touched the flange og one tape recorder - to find out the effect - he ran to next door to tell and Small Faces decided to use that - true or not - it still remains the absolute #1 flanger sound for me.

Flanging - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

This does cause a bit of confusion, because when Steve Marriott left they ceased to be The Small Faces (or did they?). There was a short period where the remaining members were joined by Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, Art Wood (Ronnie's brother) and Kim Gardner to become Quiet Melon, which recorded four singles. When Art and Kim left they became The Faces. The record company wanted them to keep their old name to take advantage of their reputation, but the band objected. The first album by the new band was released in the UK as First Step by Faces, but in the USA it was First Step by Small Faces

Yep. When they played at the Capitol Theatre in '69 or maybe early '70, they were Small Faces.

A friend was out in the alley when their gear truck backed in. The driver parked, came around, and swung open the door, and Rod and Ron and their wine bottles fell out.

 

[Canard]

The driver parked, came around, and swung open the door, and Rod and Ron and their wine bottles fell out.

My impression from listening to Faces's albums was that recording sessions went something like this:

A: Whoah. That take was way too tight.

B: Better head off to the pup for a few pints and try again later.