MOUNTAIN CHILD - Ragged Trousers

MOUNTAIN CHILD - Ragged Trousers / Maybe I'm In Love (EMI 1975)
Great fast and loud boogie number released by this British obscure band, Mountain Child. UK issue, produced by Gil King.

LAINEY WALKER - Make Up

LAINEY WALKER - Make Up / Guilty (Penny Farthing / Bellaphon 1974)
"Make Up" is a solid glitter rock tune, penned and produced by Larry Page, by Lainey Walker who released another single on Penny Farthing in 1975 called "Choo Choo Man". German issue.

JAMES HOGG BAND - Gotta Be a Winner / Everybody Smile

JAMES HOGG BAND - Gotta Be a Winner / Everybody Smile (Regal Zonophone 1973)
The last and best single from this Welsh combo. Both tracks are tight guitarockers in the mould of pre-AC/DC Marcus Hook Roll Band. James Hogg released two more singles called "Lovely Lady Rock" and "California Blues" both on Regal Zonophone in 1972. Produced by Philip Sampson,
UK pressing.

Gotta Be a Winner

Everybody Smile

THE EQUALS - Honey Bee

THE EQUALS - Honey Bee / Put Some Rock & Roll In Your Soul (President 1973)
So, here's the Equals' "Honey Bee" written and produced by Eddy Grant who, at that time, had already left the band to start his solo career.
Italian issue.

THE PIONEERS - Honey Bee

THE PIONEERS - Honey Bee / Hot Blooded Man (Trojan 1974)
This Junkshop bubbleglam gem by Jamaican reggae trio The Pioneers, really surprised me. "Honey Bee" is a pure Equals-style performance and it was infact produced by Eddy Grant. Another song called "Honey Bee" was released, one year before, by The Equals themselves and it will be the next post on this blog. Thanks to Enrico.

CROCODILE - We've Only Just Begun / I Can't Forget You

CROCODILE - We've Only Just Begun / I Can't Forget You (Decca 1977)
In the style of Downhill Racers or Dead End Kids, here's two good commercial sounding Teen-Glam-Pop numbers by obscure British combo Crocodile. German issue, produced by John Hudson, Chris Warren and Norman Hitchcock.

We've Only Just Begun

I Can't Forget You

CYMBAL AND CLINGER - The Pool Shooter / The Mookie Mookie Man

CYMBAL AND CLINGER - The Pool Shooter / The Mookie Mookie Man (Marina 1971)
Another amazing two sider by the Scottish-born American
producer/singer/songwriter Johnny Cymbal, penned and produced together with his partner Catherine (Peggy) Clinger with whom he released also an LP on the Chelsea label in 1972. Enjoy

The Pool Shooter

The Mookie Mookie Man

METHOD - Hold On Tight / Run, Run, Run

METHOD - Hold On Tight / Run, Run, Run (UK 1975)
UK pressing of this great Bill Clarke-produced single by Method, a band who released several records on the UK label in the second half of the 1970s. The a side is an ok punky number while "Run Run Run" is an astonishing glam rock stomper with crunching guitar and a catchy synth sound. Here we go...

Run, Run, Run

Hold On Tight

HOT CHOCOLATE - Go Go Girl

HOT CHOCOLATE - You'll Always Be a Friend / Go Go Girl (Columbia 1972)
A monstrous tune by the British Hot Chocolate. "Go Go Girl" is the b side of their sixth single and has a proto punk/garage feeling with an incredible rough guitar sound. German issue, produced by Errol Brown and tony Wilson

EARTH QUAKE - It's a Tall Order For a Short Guy / Mr. Security

EARTH QUAKE
Here are two great singles from San Francisco pop quintet Earth Quake. Formed in 1966 as Purple Earthquake, they released several records in the 70s mostly on Beserkley records, before splitting up in the early 80s.
Both songs on the single have an undoubted glam rock touch.

It's A Tall Order For a Short Guy / Same (UK 1974)
Promotional copy, produced By Mathew King Kaufman and Glen Kolotkin. US pressing.

Mr. Security / Madness (Beserkley 1973)
US issue, produced By Mathew King Kaufman and Glen Kolotkin.