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Digging For Gold ..................Albums that have finally been tracked down - gryphon - 30-08-2011
The Hank Marvin Guitar Syndicate
In 1977/8 I was working as a program controller in a UK radio station, one part of my job was to get and maintain contact with record labels to obtain promotional copies of their releases..........an interesting area; because, I would be the person who received and got to listen to all the newly released records each week and decide if they were to be slotted into our play lists...........
I remember EMI sending me a copy of a single by the Hank Marvin Guitar syndicate one week. It was Flamingo/Syndicated..............I liked the rather unusual instrumental and used it for talk over music and the like for quite a few weeks............
The copies of the records that I received were the property of the radio station but, being well paid, I could afford to buy any that I liked................so this one went on the list..................many of the singles could easily be obtained as cheap deleted singles and this privileged position that I held meant that unlike most people , when I had a copy of a non chart record in my hands, I knew exactly what was on it...............I combed the deleted singles for many weeks and never found a copy of his one. Time went on and I tried and tried..................
Never mind I thought .......Iâll pick up the album...............no such luck.................even at record fairs, I had little luck...................My contacts with a network of dealers revealed that, although demand was not sky high, this had sold in only a handful of copies, hence it as going to be hard work.
Time went on and no copy but, the album was reissued on âSee For Milesâ ( a company that specialised in reissues of EMI recordings) ...................................I missed this and by the time I caught up with it, it was deleted and fetching high prices ..............Finally, I tracked it down on Amazon but still at a high price and in the last few weeks.......I got a copy at a reasonable price...................
Now, it is often the case that when you finally get a copy of a long lost album, the memory is better than the result but, not in this case.............
This is a rather unique album.....................In 1977 Hank had assembled a guitar orchestra of ten leading guitar players and bass player and the old Joe Meek session drummer: Clem Cattini.
Taking mostly newly written material, he arranged and produced eleven tracks, for the guitar orchestra. With himself in the production chair he went on to produce an excellent â New Ageâ sounding album many years before many of the traditional new age artists.
At the time people were confused. It was not a full blown rock album, nor was it easy listening but instead, was an assertive statement of how Hank wanted to see guitar music develop.
There are few classics to compare this too but, in sound it could match the likes of many of the guitar greats .................It is gentle and yet powerful, creative, original and very listenable.
Track Listing
1 New Earth Parts 1 and 2
2 Bird Of Beauty
3 Have You Never Been Mellow
4 Thunder Thumbs And Lightning Licks
5 St Louis Blues
6 Flamingo
7 Iâve Got You Under My Skin
8 Silvery Rain
9 Syndicated
10 You Are Every Thing
11 Ebb Tide
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Digging For Gold ..................Albums that have finally been tracked down - evilB - 30-08-2011
Congratulations Gryphon (I love finding the lost treasures too), nice sounding songs. My favourite is the second video - Thunder Thumbs & Lightnin' Licks.
Digging For Gold ..................Albums that have finally been tracked down - CRAZY-HORSE - 31-08-2011
well done G-man,
i love finding old 'lost treasures' also.
have i mentioned here before that i did the carpentry in Hank's house in Brigadoon, here in Perth's outer hills suberbs some 25 yrs ago as an apprentice???.
i even met him on several occasions whilst construction was taking place.....he seemed a very humble, down to earth guy.
after he moved in, he threw a 'thank you party' for all the trades who worked on the home, unbeknown to us at the time he flew over the rest of the Shadows and as Cliff was on tour here at the time he was also invited....we got an inpromptu gig courtesy of Cliff and the Shadows(acoustic performance of about 10 songs from the old 1950s/early '60s songs!), a barbeque and a knockout tennis tournament on his tennis court.
Digging For Gold ..................Albums that have finally been tracked down - SteveO - 31-08-2011
Great find, Gryph ! ,,,,,, I love the tracks !!!!
Digging For Gold ..................Albums that have finally been tracked down - gryphon - 24-09-2011
Fine Old Tom................Tom Newman
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Over the years I have done many different things, which have brought me into contact with music. A result of these contacts has been that I have found interesting music but have not always been able to end up with a copy at that moment.
This has meant that later on I have had time and the motivation to try and go back and find these hidden gems.
One such Gem is ............Fine Old Tom By Tom Newman.
I first encountered this artist in the 70’s when I bought a copy of the Virgin Records sampler album “V” ( Which , if you ever find a copy is worth a listen [ Not sure if it ever made it to CD!!!!]
Track listing
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1 Sad Sing-Tom Newman
2. Don Alfonso - Mike Oldfield and Kevin Ayers (6:04)
3. Go And Sit Upon The Grass - Ivor Cutler (2:20)
4. Overture - Tangerine Dream (11:06)
5. Marjory Razorblade - Kevin Coyne (8:30)
6. Looking For The River - Kevin Coyne (3:06)
7. Mirror Man (live) - Captain Beefheart (4:42)
8. Upon The My-O-My - Captain Beefheart (4:00)
9. Extract From The Messiah - Slapp Happy (1:45)
10. A Worm Is At Work - Henry Cow (1:48)
11. Sad Sing - Tom Newman and Mike Oldfield (2:17)
12. Super Man - Tom Newman (3:30)
13. Charles Semba - Chili (3:20)
14. Baile (They Are Gone) - Jabula (4:33)
15. Extract From Part 1 - Clearlight Symphony (4:00)
16. Your Majesty Is Like A Cream Donut - Hatfield And The North (6:08)
17. White Noise II (Extract) - White Noise II (4:00)
18. Pentagramaspinn - Steve Hillage (5:45)
ON here are some excellent artist from the fledgling Virgin records empire.
Tom Newman is the producer of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells and being impressed by the tracks on “v” I set out to find out more...........
I discovered that he had made an album entitled “Fine Old Tom” but I was not rich enough at the time to buy a copy. The album sold poorly and as a result is quite collectable.
It was only reissued on CD in 1995 and then by a small CD company Blueprint. This soon sold out but carful research has inally allowed me to obtain a copy at a reasonable price.
What is unusal about this album are two things
1.
The people Tom used on the album..............Mike Oldfield.................Fredy Frith...................Neil Iness
2.
The idea behind the album: To record the tracks in as many different styles as possible.
This has lead to many different styles including Rock and Roll, reggae. Wold music, folk and several others ..............all this as are back as 1974.
The reissue has many extra tracks and these show some tracks as demos ( which ae just as charming as the final product and in some cases more so ) and some of the lost racks in various styles.
1 Sad Sing
2. Nursery Rhyme
3. Song For SP
4. Will You Be Mine In The Morning?
5. Alison Says
6. Day Of The Percherons
7. Suzie
8. Poor Bill
9. Superman
10. Ma Song
11. Penny's Whistle Boogie
12. Sh Said She Said
13. Ma Song (Demo)
14. Superman (Demo)
15. Oh Susie (Demo)
16. Poor Bill (Demo)
17. She Said She Said (Demo)
18. Sweet 16 (Previously Unreleased)
19. Ham 'N Eggs (Previously Unreleased)
20. Day Of The Percherons (Demo)
21. Sad Sing (Demo)
22. Have Mercy On My Eyes (Previously Unreleased)
An excellent album, which is not that easy to obtain but is a little different and well worth the effort to find.
Digging For Gold ..................Albums that have finally been tracked down - Jerome - 24-09-2011
I've been looking for a CD version of Ramases's 'Glass Top Coffin' Does anyone have this?
Digging For Gold ..................Albums that have finally been tracked down - Tiggi - 24-09-2011
^ CD available on Amazon UK for under £10.
Digging For Gold ..................Albums that have finally been tracked down - gryphon - 24-11-2011
The Amazing Blondel must rate as one of English folk music's best kept secrets.............They have existed well over 40 years and ae still touring and producing excellent albums.
Originall from Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire.............The band took their original idea from a simple concept to hidden masterpiece in the early 70s...............They aimed to recreate the sound of 18th Century English folk music using specially adapted instruments and acoustic guitars. Sounding like a cross between Magna Carta and Gryphon, this band make a heavenly sound which is in essence timeless. There are several re-issues creping onto the market but the best must be England.............
From its Colin Carr illustrated cover to it's quintessential English folk music sound this is timeless gem that has to be tracked down and heard!
Digging For Gold ..................Albums that have finally been tracked down - SteveO - 25-11-2011
I keep forgetting this group from a previous recommendation from you, Gryph !...also I am enjoying Fairfield Parlour !!!...thanks and thanks to all members for your daily recommendations !!!!
gryphon Wrote:
The Amazing Blondel must rate as one of English folk music's best kept secrets.............They have existed well over 40 years and ae still touring and producing excellent albums.
Originall from Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire.............The band took their original idea from a simple concept to hidden masterpiece in the early 70s...............They aimed to recreate the sound of 18th Century English folk music using specially adapted instruments and acoustic guitars. Sounding like a cross between Magna Carta and Gryphon, this band make a heavenly sound which is in essence timeless. There are several re-issues creping onto the market but the best must be England.............
From its Colin Carr illustrated cover to it's quintessential English folk music sound this is timeless gem that has to be tracked down and heard!