Great 7″ singles/sleeves/vinyl
29 October 2022
Band: ? AND THE MYSTERIANS (Michigan, US)
Who: Organ pop band fronted by
Question Mark = Rudy Martinez
Hit single: 96 TEARS
Score: Topped the US Singles Chart
this day, 56 years ago.
Lots of tears to cry…
? & THE MYSTERIANS: History
THE STRANGLERS cover
GARLAND JEFFREYS cover
? AND THE MYSTERIANS: Bio – Discography
Great 7″ singles/sleeves/vinyl
28 October 2022
Band: SKIDS
Who: Scottish post-punk band fronted by Richard Jobson and
co-founder, the late Stuart Adamson on guitar, who left soon
to form his own group Big Country
Active: 1977–1982, 2007–2010, 2016–present
Single: INTO THE VALLEY
Released in 1979 – #10 in the UK
A stupendous riff rocker still
sounding alive and kicking today.
45th-anniversary tour.
SKIDS: Bio – Discography – Facebook
Great 7″ singles/sleeves/vinyl
Band: PENETRATION
Who: Legendary punk misfits from County Durham, England fronted by
the charismatic Pauline Murray – arresting voice, arresting presence – who
also stood out on her own escapades, with her Invisibles Girls.
Active: 1976–1980, 2001–present
Single: DON’T DICTATE
Their debut, that came out in 1977.
It was part of their first LP Moving Targets.
Audio
Live
PENETRATION: Bio – Discography – Facebook
24 October 2022
British identical twins PAUL & BARRY RYAN were both singer-songwriters who started
as a duo and had some hits together. The biggest Ryan one for the family was ELOISE. A supreme symphonic pop opus performed solo by Barry, but written by Paul. It peaked at #2 on the UK Singles Chart when it came out in 1968.
The Ryan brothers were born 74 years ago today , on 24 October 1948. Paul died of cancer in 1992, aged 44 and Barry passed away last year after complications from a lung disorder. R.I.P.
Here’s that 24 Carat gold pop pearl…
Punk legends The Damned scored a #1 hit wuth their version in the UK in 1986.
RYAN Brothers: History
Great 7″ singles/sleeves/vinyl
23 October 2022
At only 12 giant soul star STEVIE WONDER recorded his very
first single titled THANK YOU (FOR LOVING ME ALL THE WAY)
backed by the Funk Brothers . It was released through Motown
Records.
VOICE!
STEVIE WONDER: Bio – Discography – Facebook
Great 7″ singles/sleeves/vinyl
21 October 2022
Band: THERAPY?
Who: Irish post-punk heroes
Active: 1989-present / 15 studio LPs with
Cleave as their most recent one (2018).
Single: TEETHGRINDER
From their third album Nurse
Released: 19 October 1992 – 30 years ago
Still one of their best pieces.
Besides the CD format the single came out as a purple 7″ on a limited edition.
Great 7″ singles/sleeves/vinyl
On 14 October 1977 – 45 years ago – the SEX PISTOLS released their fourth single HOLIDAYS IN THE SUN. A couple of weeks later, on 29 October a Belgian travel service took legal action against the band claiming the single’s sleeve infringed the copyright of one of its brochures.
The single’s front sleeve…
The Belgian travel brochure in question…
Never mind the bollocks here’s Johnny & Co…
SEX PISTOLS: Bio – Discography
Great 7″ singles/sleeves/vinyl
19 October 2022
The Gibb brothers scored their first of five number-one hits in the UK
with MASSACHUSETTS this day 55 years ago. They also topped the charts
with it in 12 other countries, while in the US the single peaked at #11.
Barry Gibb: “There are two different memories, Robin remembers us doing it in a boat going around New York City. And I remember us checking in at the St. Regis with Robert, going to the suite, and while the bags were being brought in we were so high on being in New York, that’s how ‘Massachusetts’ began. I think we were strumming basically the whole thing, and then I think we went on a boat round New York. I don’t know if we finished it, but I think that’s where the memories collide. Everybody wrote it. All three of us were there when the song was born.”
And the lights all went out…
BEE GEES: Bio – Discography
Great 7″ singles/sleeves/vinyl
12 October 2022
Artist: GENE VINCENT
Who: Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer born Vincent Eugene Craddock in 1935 in Norfolk, Virginia, US.
He passed away this day 51 years ago – on 12 October 1971. Only 31 of age, following a combination of a ruptured ulcer, internal haemorrhage and heart failure
Single: BE-BOP-A-LULA
Written by Vincent and his manager Sherrif Tex Davies
Released: June 1956
Anecdote: The title “Be-Bop-a-Lula” is similar to “Be-Baba-Leba”, the title of a No. 3 R&B chart hit for Helen Humes in 1945, which became a bigger hit when recorded by Lionel Hampton as “Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop.” This phrase, or something very similar, was widely used in jazz circles in the 1940s, giving its name to the bebop style, and possibly being ultimately derived from the shout of “Arriba! Arriba!” used by Latin American bandleaders to encourage band members.
Well be-bop-a-Lula she’s my baby
Be-bop-a-Lula I don’t mean maybe
Be-bop-a-Lula she’s my baby
Be-bop-a-Lula I don’t mean maybe
Be-bop-a-Lula she’s my baby doll
My baby doll, my baby doll
GENE VINCENT: Bio – Discography
Great 7″ singles/sleeves/vinyl
10 October 2022
Band: WHITESNAKE
Who: Hard rock heroes from London fronted
by big voice David Coverdale, who also was the lead
singer for Deep Purple between 1973-1976.
Active: 1978–1990, 1994-1997, 2003–present
Single: HERE I GO AGAIN
From their 5th LP Saints And Sinners
released 40 years ago.
OMG! The big hair…
WHITESNAKE: Bio – Discography – Instagram
