BRITANIA - Right Down The Line

BRITANIA - Right Down The Line / Judy Brings Me Down (EMI 1973) 
A rough rocker with a catchy guitar sound by Portsmouth outfit Britania. The band, made up of Paul Martinelli (lvocals & guitar), Jeff Mort (lead guitar), Don Gallacher (bass) and John King (drums), released another single one year later called "Going Nowhere" on the Beep label. UK issue, produced by Martin Clarke.

BROWNHILL STAMP DUTY - Who's Got The Love

BROWNHILL STAMP DUTY - Kyrie Eleison / Who's Got The Love (Pye 1974) 
The b side, “Who’s Got The Love” is a soul-tinged glam rocking drum boogie stomper with a strong Glam-era Equals feel.
Thanks to Tim Purr.

RAPSAT - Natural Daisy

 
RAPSAT - Natural Daisy / Music Man (Atlantic 1973)
Nice glam pop number released in the early 70s by the popular Belgian musician Pierre Rapsat who stared his carrer at the end of the 60s in the heavy hard rock band Tenderfoot Kids. French pressing.

WELLINGTON - Alright I'll See You Tonight

WELLINGTON - Alright I'll See You Tonight (Concord 1973)
A good glam rocker released by Northampton band Wellington, which featured Dave Martin - who later joined the London punk rock band Chelsea. "Alright I'll See You Tonight" was followed by two other singles that you can listen to on Pure Pop Blog. UK issue, produced by Norman Hitchcock.

JOHN DU CANN - Where's The Show? / Hang Around

JOHN DU CANN - Where's The Show? / Hang Around (Arista 1977)
Great two-sider by Atomic Rooster guitarist John Du Cann who released three singles between 1977 and 1979, all produced by Francis Rossi of Status Quo. Rossi was also producer on Du Cann's solo album "The World's Not Big Enough". The album, described in Record Collector magazine at the time as sounding like "Quo mixed with the Sex Pistols", was recorded in 1977 but remained unreleased until the 90s when it came out on CD only. Enjoy!

 Hang Around

 Where's The Show? 

RABBIT - Too Much Rock 'n' Roll / Shake That Thing

RABBIT - Too Much Rock 'n' Roll / Shake That Thing (CBS 1976) 
Led by Dave Evans, singer of AC/DC with whom he released the single "Can I Seat Next To You, Girl" in 1974 prior to his being replaced by Bon Scott, Rabbit are rough and tough Aussie hard rockers who released two albums and about five singles before splitting up in 1977. "Too Much Rock 'n' Roll" is their third single, both sides are great. Dutch issue.

Too Much Rock 'n' Roll 

 Shake That Thing

TONY CONDOR - All Right Again

TONY CONDOR - All Right Again / Afraid Of loosing You (Bluebird 197?)
Here's a total obscurity: a wild rickety proto-punk/glam cruncher released on an unknown Belgian label, Bluebird Records. Enjoy!
Belgian Issue. Enjoy!

THE OUTER LIMITS - Black Boots

THE OUTER LIMITS - Dark Side Of The Moon / Black Boots (Decca 1971)
Killer Red Indians on the warpath-style glam stomper obscurity with loud handclaps and a catchy guitar riff (identical to the one used by the Stranglers in "Nice 'n' Sleaze" in 1978). The A side, "Dark Side Of The Moon", was also recorded as a demo by Elton John one year before.
Both tracks were written and produced by Ben Findon and Peter Shelley, UK issue.

REDHEAD - We Ran And We Ran / Lookin' For You

REDHEAD - We Ran And We Ran / Lookin' For You ( UK 1973) 
I finally got a copy of this brilliant two sider released on Jonathan King's UK label. "We Ran And We Ran" is a superior glam rock cruncher with pounding drums, catchy guitar and great production values produced by John Edward, who put his signature on other great junk shop glam singles such as Crackers and The Sensation. Enjoy!

We Ran And We Ran

Lookin' For You

FAT CHANCE - Driftin'

FAT CHANCE - Driftin' / Good Times We Had (Decca 1972) 
Here's a great version of US Potliquor's "Driftin", released by Dave Hunter's British pop act Rescue Co. No. 1 under the pseudonym Fat Chance. Nick Tauber, who produced such junkshop glam gems as Bubbles and Iron Virgin, and later such punk rock legends as Cock Sparrer and Slaughter And The Dogs, also puts his signature on this single. UK issue.

COBRA - So Dissatisfied

COBRA - So Dissatisfied / What Next (Polydor 1972) 
Loud guitars and a cool synth sound on this tough rocker released by Dutch quartet Cobra (not to be confused with the German Cobraa). The band released about four singles before disbanding in 1973.Produced by Craig Bolyn, Dutch issue.

BOND - Back Seat Driver

BOND - Back Seat Driver / Back Seat Driver (CBS 1975) 
A great glam pop number released by Canadian outfit Bond. Originally called Common Bond, they changed their name in 1970, signed with CBS four years later and released a few singles and one LP between 1975 and 1976, all produced by Bob Gallo. US issue.

GIGGLES - High School Girls

GIGGLES - Glad To Be Alive / High School Girls (EMI 1975) 
Another great junkshop glam piece by British outfit Giggles. The band released four singles on EMI, and also recorded the great, unreleased "Giggle Wiggle" (check the Purepop blog) before they changed their name to Giants in 1978. UK issue, produced by Brian Wade.

VIKIVAKY - Crazy Daisy

VIKIVAKI - Crazy Daisy / Lonely Road (CBS 1977)
Vikivaki were a Swedish band formed by brothers Hans and Jon Gislason. They were active in the second half of the 1970s, releasing about four singles and one LP called "Cruising". "Crazy Daisy" is a good, hard glam rocker with a tough guitar sound. Swedish pressing.
Thanks to Enrico.

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE - No.4

  

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE - No.1
Here are two different versions of a heavy psych-proto-glam number with catchy analog synth riffs by two obscure bands, The Damned and Kid Rock. It's difficult to work out who wrote the song because the labels show two different authors. The A Side of both records are another little mystery. On The Damned single the A side is "Morning Bird", which was also released by a German band called Tiger B Smith. Kid Rock's A side "Ice Cream Man" came out on an EP attached to the magazine Strange Things in 1990 and was credited to a band called Clover.
Come on, VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE!

THE DAMNED - Morning Bird / Theta (Young Blood 1974)
UK pressing, produced by Miki Dallon.


KID ROCK - Ice Cream Man / Doctor Rock (Young Blood 1973)
Spanish issue, produced by Tony Rockliffe.

REDHOUSE - Thank You

 REDHOUSE  - Thank You / Snapshot (EMI 1977)
A brilliant hardrocker released by obscure Australian band Rehouse. "Thank You" is a tight, powerful piece recalling "Boys Will Be Boys" by Taste, another Aussie band active during the same period. Australian issue, produced by Rod Coe.

PAUL KENDRICK - Teenage Smash

PAUL KENDRICK - Let's Do It Now / Teenage Smash (A&M 1974)
Great junkshop glam rocker with a loud fuzzed-up guitar, released by British songwriter/producer Paul Kendrick, who was a member of psych-pop band Tuesday's Children before he formed the prog rock combo Czar.
"Let's Do It Now" was his first solo single and the only one released on the A&M label. Produced by Tony Ashton.

TEARS - Anywhere, Any Time, Any One

TEARS - Ditt Minne / Anywhere, Any Time, Any One (Efel 1973)
Here's the first single released by Swedish band Tears. "Anywhere, Any Time, Any One" is a catchy glam-pop song that seems very infuenced by the early Sweet sound.
Another great Tears single called "Ooh Lah", which was released one year later on Gazell label, is already on this blog.
Swedish pressing.

THE RAVING MANIAC - Rock'n'Roll Man

THE RAVING MANIAC - Rock'n'Roll Man / Freedom (Criket 1973)
Here's a hard rocking US obscurity released on Portland, Oregon's label Criket. The Raving Maniac also released another single one year later called "Driving Me Crazy", which I still haven't had chance to hear .
US issue, produced by Greg Branson.

SUNFIGHTER - Drag Race Queen

SUNFIGHTER - Drag Race Queen / Riding On Your Star (EMI 1976)
A brilliant song from pop British outfit Sunfighter, who were active from 1975 to 1978 and released three singles. The line-up featured Rob Boughton and John Hardman on guitar and vocals, Jeb Milne and Rikki Peebles on vocals and later Melvyn Smith. "Drag Race Queen" was their first single and was produced by Roy Thomas Baker, which explains the Queen vibe.