The Shanes are a very interesting 60's swedish band, that I've discovered thanks to my pal Thierry Uberti sometimes between 1993 and 1994 on a video tape showing many rare and wild garage bands.
You can today have a look on this kind of stuff via Youtube, through this link, for instance.
Anyway, not late after this discovering, I came to a record convention in a very little french town with some pals (Montrond les bains, 42), and what a surprise to felt on this piece of vinyle :
No need to say that for 70 francs (10,67 €) (I thinks that's it), I jumped on it. Plus, the fact that I had the chance to listen to it before buying finished to convince me.
So, for the first time since then, let me share you this very rare and great piece of vinyle. One between all that I'm the most proud of.
Ok, je le reconnais, ce titre est quelque peu provocateur.
Mais, comment ne pas réagir lorsque l'on prétend qu'"avant Michael Jackson, il n'y avait rien !" ... Qu'il doit tout à James Brown ! (?)
Et Stevie Wonder ?? Je ne sais vous, mais moi lorsque j'écoute Michael et surtout les titres 70's... cela est frappant.
Ok, pour la danse, je peux comprendre. Mais, dés les early 60's aussi il y a eu un jeune black, certe aveugle, mais qui chantait aussi très bien, jouait de l'harmonica et faisait de la super zique.
Dont acte. Il ne faudrait quand même pas trop délirer. Mais les vrais amateurs le savent bien. Ecoutez le superbe morceau qu'il a joué pour MJ lors de la cérémonie d'enterrement. Never dreamed you'd leave in summer (from "Where I'm coming from", 1971)
Cependant comme il y quand même de belles pépites des Jackson 5 à Michael en passant par les Jacksons, voilà une petite sélection, toute simple, pour se faire plaisir. (Cliquez içi pour jouer la Playlist Deezer.)
Et un lien ci-dessous plutôt sympa, que je vous invite à visiter :
(Et on reparlera de Stevie la prochaine fois, pour sûr !) Non mais !
Another superb garage track previously posted on le podcast d'Hector as : " Lyres live at Cantones : awsome killers !", 2 décembre, 2006 à 14:33 Geraldine
This lp came in 1987 on the Crypt label, and was a compilation of live PD broadcasting along the years. This take is apparently recorded in Boston, as we understand Jeff tell : "Right now Boston, there's a regular from Frank Rowe's classic Ruins (...) It's called Geraldine (...) needed money. ... More than I need you ! " (...)
This song was composed by one member of the band, Frank Rowe, guitarist durin' the year 1980. See the differents line ups on : Lyres/DMZ
For me, this lp is one of the best Lyres lp, and one of the most fabulous rock'nroll live lp ever heard, all international bands and period concerned. (Thanks again Bro' !)
As a bonus, iI give you this pretty little photogaph, taken by your servitor on September 1993, when the Lyres played at the Balthazard, Thiers (France)
Ok, boyz and girlzzz, as announced, old mp3 previously posted (from 2006) on "le Podcast d'Hector" are on their way to live again, so... today let me (re) introduce you for the second time :
The CLIQUE !
The Clique is a band's name very used in pop music. But As I know from my collection there are as much three different bands with the same name. Please enjoy the pictures, and listen to the differences :
Unfair, by the Clique (60’s mod uk band) (from The complete recordings on Dig the fuzz lp 002)
Read the very interesting note about the band on Rave up blog. or : The fact that Jesse Hector was with them so times (on Jesse Hector web site)
Superman, by the (Texas) Clique (US). Yes,the song that REM has covered. Visit The Iron leg blog for much more information.
Ground ginger, from the "Early days ep" on Detour Rec. by the Clique (90’s uk mod band). It was their first publication in that mod rnb style (just a previous more jazzy track on a Totally wird 'acid jazz comp before). But it was not the last. Very influenced band and ...influencial in the 90's. (Some bio on wikipedia) (Also visit their Detour label catalog)
Previously posted the : 4 décembre, 2006 à 19:01 on http://hectorvadair.podemus.com/
Patrick was my brother. ... The last time I saw him, it was for my birthday, on summer 1992. He died the first of October this same year, killed by a car.
His last gift for me was a nice cut but original copy of the album Four Sail of LOVE. So, here is my special song for him :
"I will always see your face"
Surprinsingly, his date of birth was the 18th of September, the same day Jimi Hendrix died. and when he weared his hair long, he looked like John Lennon. When not, simply like a Beatles. I will always see his face.
Yes, I know, I was away for a long time. Sorry, I had so much more occupations with my work and my other web sites or blogs. Anyway, I realized since then that the most of my mp3 were missing from the Podemus web host and so they didn't play anymore on this site !! (Aaaarg l!)
So I 'm gonna find a solution as soon as possible, to give you again the opportunity to listen to all of them.
But meanwhile, today, for your pleasure, and as I had already announced in a previous note about the Wylde Mammoths, here are three ultra rare and never issued wherever tracks from Peter Maniette, the singer, dating back when he was 16 or so ...
These tracks, with others from Blindshag, Crimson Shadows...etc were "given" from a k7 to me by Jens Lindberg as I was publisher of the "Here, le zine des sect maniac" in the 90's,... and were sleeping in my cave since. I wrote at the time that Peter was not very ok to let these one appear on a fanzine, for he thought he could do better (or something like that)... So you'll apologize Peter if you read this, but I couldn't keep no longer these little treasures apart.
So let's go back in the 90's for a pop trip from one of the coolest singer of the european garage scene, PETER MANIETTE :
- Dreamin my life away (The Performers) 1991
- Fool for your love (idem)
- All your love (Peter Maniette groep, 04/12/1993)
Peter Maniette has thess personnal kinds of voice and style that are immediatly recognizable, and give the listener each time a melancolic feeling. He is one of my (and like many many other people I guess) favourite singer of the 90's (in the so-called "garage" scene), but his style can be more associated with Pop than real garage feel. If we quote Jens Lindberg from his "The Cave"'s interview, we understand why : "Peter being a very “serious” song writer was influenced by garage of course but also country, Beatles etc."
Rare are the bands of this period who have left as much significant traces in the beat field from this period, and if I might quote some of them (with the same level of discography and leaving influence or related line-ups), I would have difficulties to say, in fact..
"All our love" to Peter Maniette !
Below : reproduction of my own's Jens Lindberg interview from Here fanzine #5, dating back 1995. (in french)
