THE CRESCENT STREET STOMPERS - Louie Louie / Having a Party (Decca 1975) Great version of Sam Cooke's "Having a Party" by The Crescent Street Stompers, a Canadian band, featuring the Moonquake singer Jack Geisinger, which also released another single called "Judy Plays The Jukebox". Produced by Aquarius Records, German issue.
VÁCLAV NECKÁŘ UND DIE BAZILLEN - Träume / Ja, die Wege (AMIGA 1975) Vaclav Neckar from the Socialist Czech Republic was an actor and a singer popular all over Estern Europe. “Ja, die Wege” with German lyrics can be considered one of few "quasi glam" songs ever produced in the Communist world. Released on the east Berlin label AMIGA, a state-owned record company that had the monopoly on record production.
J.J. PAM - Hip Hip Hurrah / Honey (Hansa 197?) From the names of the songwriters (Goltermann, Kahn, Hildebrandt, Winhauer) on the labels I gather they were German. The b side is the real "bomb" of this cool bubbleglam single. German issue produced by Gola GmbH.
GRAME GRACE - What Do You Do With My Sweetheart? / Generation Of Today (RCA 1974) Superb glam pop single in Sparks and Cockney Rebel's style by Grame Grace who also released some other great singles as "Flamboyant Freak" that came out in 1975. Produced by the Italian Roberto Danova.
WINSTON - Mona / Rockerdile (Bradleys 1973) "Mona", by the Londoners band Winston, is a brilliant late psych pop number, penned, as the b side, by the famous couple Barry Blue Linsey De Paul. UK issue, produced by Barry Blue.
MISCHA - Ich Und Rocky Waschbär / Tante Josephine (Ariola 1975) After Ricky Wilde and Darren Burn, here's Micha, an eleven-year old boy from southern Germany. Both songs of this single are written and produced by Anthony Monn. Enjoy!
HOUND DOG - Rock 'n Roll Show / Singin' The Blues (Target 1973) They should almost certainly be Dutch, however "Rock'n Roll Show" is a great song played in a rough Slade vein. The Belgian release is on Supreme, the copy above is the Dutch issue and it was released on Target, a label totally unknow to me. Produced by H.D. Production and Cees Beaudoux.
TASTY - Just a Little Too Much / You're a Heartbreaker (DJM 1977) As written between the cover notes of this promo copy, Tasty were a "five-piece band from Rugby". Besides the Bolanesque "Just a Little Too Much", the band released the single "A Summer Of Love" in 1976 always on DJM. Produced by Richie Tattersall, UK issue.
42nd STREET - Cool Dude & Foxy Lady / Spray Paint Bandit (Sunburst 1974) "We used to compete with the Harlots of 42nd Street which was a group of guyswho looked like truck drivers but dressedlike the Dolls and wore, like, fishnet stockings over these big muscular hairy legs. They were my favourite band." This is what David Johansen says during an interview about the Harlots Of 42nd Street. Formed by the guitarist Chris Harlott, this band, together with the New York Dolls, Magic Tramps, the Brats, Teenage Lust, and others glitter rock band of the time, dominated the NYC underground scene in the first half of the 70s. Here's a copy of their single on Sunburst records, produced by Seth Greenky. Cool Dude & Foxy Lady
BIG BOY BLUE - Getting Hungry / Lonely (Penny Farthing 1974) Another great 45 on Penny Farthing from Big Boy Blue, who's nobody else but Barron Knights himself. Bass player Peter Langford is the author of both tracks of this single: "We were trying hard to get a hit record that was a serious song and we signed to Larry Page of Penny Farthing records in London and he released several tracks by us but to no avail. 'Your All I need' was quite good sales in Italy and Canada" THANKS TO PETER LANGFORD
