August 4, 2009

SCREAMER - City Or Bust



















SCREAMER - City Or Bust / I've Got Hairs (Arista 1975)
Not to confuse with the Screemer who released "Interplanetary Twist" and "In The City". This is another good tune that comes from another British obscure band. The record is produced by Pete Smith (who also wrote "City Or Bust") and Phil Chilton. Probably the same couple who released several songs for the "music library" and soundracks for movies such as the Italian "Delitto Al Circolo Del Tennis". UK press.


July 30, 2009

MICKY - Follow Me



















MICKY - The Mouth Organ Boy / Follow Me (RCA 1971)
Junkshop glam from Spain with this single's b side by Miguel Ángel Carreño alias Micky, also singer of the 60s Madrid band Micky y Los Tonys before starting his solo career in 1970. There is also a Spanish version of this single called "El Chico De La Armonica / Sigueme". Both songs are written and produced by the musician, songrwiter and producer Fernando Arbex. German issue.

July 23, 2009

BZN - Bad, Bad Woman / CORPORATION - Wild Time




































BZN - Bad, Bad Woman / CORPORATION - Wild Time (Napoleon 197?)

Italian split single including two Dutch groups. Both these bands' singles were originally released on Negram in 1971. So, as no date appears on this copy I guess it was issued in the same year.

Bad, Bad Woman

Wild Time

July 18, 2009

GOOD HABIT - Find My Way Back Home



















GOOD HABIT - Find My Way Back Home / Wild, Wild Child (RCA 1974)
Here's another good tune from another British obscure band which I couldn't find out much about. UK issue.

July 12, 2009

THE CRESCENT STREET STOMPERS - Having a Party



















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.


July 3, 2009

VÁCLAV NECKÁŘ - Ja, die Wege



















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.

June 27, 2009

J.J. PAM - Hip Hip Hurrah / Honey



















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.

Honey

Hip Hip Hurrah

June 21, 2009

GRAME GRACE - What Do You Do With My Sweetheart? / Generation Of Today



















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.

What Do You Do With My Sweetheart?
Generation Of Today

June 12, 2009

WINSTON - Mona / Rockerdile



















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.

Mona

Rockerdile

June 4, 2009

MISCHA - Ich Und Rocky Waschbär



















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!