"Great British Instrumentals Of The '50s & '60s" - disc 1 & 2 & 3 TWILIGHTZONE

 AND THE HITS JUST KEEP RIGHT ON COMING!!

As regular visitor (yeah, I got regulars now!) Diamond Dave tells us "Hey Andy, as I know you love this stuff, did you know Matt Bellamy (Muse) his dad was guitarist on Telstar by The Tornados back in 1960s?"

Well what d'ya know, DiamondDave here's Telstar! These are such fun and Telstar prolly the best known but there are gems like 'Walk Don't Run' covered by the John Barry 7! The hysterical Rockin'; Susannah' by the legend that was Arthur Greenslade & The Gee-Men even Wee Willie Harris' bizarre 'Got a Match?' but also gems like 'Chaquita' by The Dave Clark Five and The Shadows early hit 'The Savage' and of course a reemergence of our Bert and 'Guitar Boogie Shuffle'! 

Rock on Tommy!

GREAT BRITISH INSTRUMENTALS of THE 50s - 60s - here

trax disc 1:

1. Telstar - The Tornados 2. The Storm - The Hunters 3. The Savage - The Shadows 4. The Breeze And I - The Fentones 5. Guitar Boogie Shuffle - Bert Weedon 6. Walk Don't Run - The John Barry Seven 7. Clap Trap - The Vampires 8. Rockin' Susannah - Arthur Greenslade & The Gee-Men 9. Chaquita - The Dave Clark Five 10. Man In Space - The Vigilantes 11. Trambone - The Krew Kats 12. Pop Corn - Joe Brown 13. Swingin' Low - The Outlaws 14. Theme From Tightrope - The Volcanos 15. Got A Match - Wee Willie Harris 16. I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded - The Cannons 17. Special Agent - The Eagles 18. Entry Of The Gladiators - Nero & The Gladiators 19. Gypsy Beat - The Packabeats 20. Jet Black - The Drifters (The Shadows)

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Disc II here . . . . .

trax disc 2:

1. F.B.I. - The Shadows 2. In The Hall Of The Mountain King - Nero & The Gladiators 3. The James Bond Theme (Theme From The Film Dr. No) - The John Barry Seven (with Orchestra) 4. Chariot - Rhet Stoller 5. The Mexican - The Fentones 6. Hoots Mon! - Lord Rockingham's XI 7. (Ghost) Riders In The Sky - The Scorpions 8. Manhunt - Frank Weir & His Werewolves 9. Teen Scene - The Hunters 10. The Switch - Joe Brown 11. The Savage, Pt. 2 - The Sneaky Petes 12. Bongo Rock - The Jetstreams 13. Night Of The Vampire - The Moontrekkers 14. Sounds Like Locomotion - The Sounds Inc 15. Valley Of The Sioux - The Outlaws 16. The Ghoul Friend - Ravens Rock Group 17. Poppin' Part 1 - The Chaps 18. Yep! - The Checkmates 19. Tequila - Johnny 'The Gash' Gray (with Ken Jones & His Orchestra) 20. Green Jeans - The Fabulous Flee-Rekkers

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Disc III here . . . . . 

trax disc 3:

1. Hit And Miss - The John Barry Seven 2. Nut Rocker - Bud Ashton Trio 3. The Man With The Golden Arm - Jet Harris 4. Love And Fury - The Tornados 5. Samurai - The Barons 6. Honky Tonk - George Chisholm & The Bluenotes (with Bert Weedon) 7. Apache - Bert Weedon 8. Drunken Guitar - Tommy Steele & Joe Brown 9. There's Something At The Bottom Of The Well - The Moontrekkers 10. Peak Hour - The Krew Kats 11. Mainline - The Staccatos 12. Can Can '62 - Peter Jay & The Jaywalkers 13. Lone Rider - The Flee-Rekkers 14. Scorpio - Scorpions 15. Ambush - The Outlaws 16. Party Twist - The Firestones 17. Sleepwalk - The Sleepwalkers 18. Theme From Danger Man - The Red Price Combo 19. Dance On! - The Shadows 20. At The Sign Of The Swingin' Cymbal (From 'Pick Of The Pops') - Brian Fahey & His Orchestra

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As RYP notes:

Before the Beatles ushered in the beat revolution, the British pop scene reverberated to a tidal wave of home-grown instrumental music. However the golden age of the instrumental was destined to wither as quickly as it had bloomed, yet British rock owed much to its wordless past. This excellent 3 disc compilation includes tracks such as "Telstar", "F.B.I." and "Sleepwalk" and aptly plays out with At The Sign Of The Swingin Cymbal by Brian Fahey & his Orchestra, the original 1960 version of the chart rundown tune for BBC Radio s Pick Of The Pops. If you’ve got that far, we guarantee you’ve enjoyed 60 of the greatest instrumentals British popular music has to offer. (Record Runner)

Enjoy!

I did!!!

Again in an occasional series of songs that became pop classics, I was ten so didn't buy this but the drums made me think, well I could do THAT! and you know what I could! Didn't but could . . . . . . and I'm feeling . . . . . . . 

On this day in music history: December 27, 1963 - “Glad All Over” by The Dave Clark Five is released in the US (UK release date is on November 15, 1963). Written by Dave Clark and Mike Smith, it is the first major hit single for the pop/rock band from Tottenham, North London, UK. Going through numerous line up since forming as The Dave Clark Quintet in 1957, by 1961 the bands’ line up is set with Dave Clark (drums), Mike Smith (lead vocals, keyboards), Rick Huxley (bass), Lenny Davidson (lead guitar) and Denis Payton (saxophones, harmonica, guitar). The band change their name to The Dave Clark Five in 1962, becoming a popular attraction at clubs and the ballroom circuit in and around London. They release two non charting singles on the Picadilly label before attracting the attention of EMI Records who sign them to the Columbia Records subsidiary. The DC5’s first chart single is a cover of The Contours’ “Do You Love Me” (#30 UK). Not content with recording covers of the R&B and rock & roll standards they’ve been playing as part of their live act, or recording songs by outside songwriters, Clark and Smith decide they should write original songs for their band. The first song the pair write is the uptempo “Glad All Over”, which also sets the pattern for the DC5’s sound with a foundation of heavy drums, topped by Mike Smith’s power lead vocals and the rest of the band singing call and response vocals and in unison. The track is recorded at Landsowne Studios in London in September of 1963, with recording engineer Adrian Kerridge who also plays a vital role in the trademark sound of The Dave Clark Five’s records. “Glad All Over” is recorded live in the studio on a four-track tape machine, adding any additional overdubs while the track is being mixed to mono. Released in the UK first in mid November of 1963, the song is an immediate sensation, rocketing to the top of the UK singles chart, garnering much attention for having unseated The Beatles’ “I Want To Hold Your Hand” from the number one spot. The DC5’s recordings are licensed to Epic Records in the US, who follow in promoting the band as the closest rivals to The Beatles. Entering the Hot 100 at #77 on February 15, 1964 and peaking at #6 on on April 25, 1964, it becomes the first of eighteen Top 40 singles The Dave Clark Five have in the US over the next three and half years.

thanks to Jeff Harris' blog Behind the Grooves