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Second Hand People


Hello Jon, Just bought my first Shindig! magazine. I saw The Bee Gees on the front cover, so I had to purchase it. Really pleased I did. Your editorial about The Bee


Gees could not have been bettered. The Gibb Bros are – and still are – up with the all time greats. Early single B-sides like


‘Barker Of The UFO’, ‘Sir Geoffrey Ruled The World’ and ‘Sinking Ships’ were… just brilliant. Yes, The Beatles “Shook The


World” but The Bee Gees made sure it kept on shaking. A truly remarkable group. One song from their Aussie


days sums up what a brilliant band there was in the making: ‘Second Hand People’. Pure class! Yes, I really liked your fantastic feature on them. Many thanks, can’t wait for


#26! Walter Claydon, County Durham We concur Walter. Oddly, The Bee Gees are one of those bands that still divide people right down the people. Hopefully our two part feature has opened many Shindig! readers minds to the brothers’ late ’60s recordings.


Back Again


Hi Jon, It’s funny I think the last time I wrote to a magazine before this was Bomp and now twice in one issue! Kris Needs wonderful article


on Mott The Hoople really hit home... here on the West Coast


they treated fans exactly the same. First time my little teenage friends hung out with them may have been at The Hyatt House on Sunset and they had so much time for us. I recall evening came around. There was a party in Hollywood the band was going to, a Grand Am pulled up, a couple of groupies to our right – we thought we were done. Ready to say goodbye Mick Ralphs and Overand turned and said “Are you coming? Get in!” The girls ran to get their car, we all make it to the party and they hang with us... Every time they return they treated us special. Stan Tippans always a gentleman. Ritchie gave a Mott road crew shirt so I could then get in backstage with no problem. THANKS so much for writing a


truly warm article; and yes, they were just great guys in a great band. I will never forget! My best, Danny Benair Fond and endearing memories Danny.


Movements


Jon, You know, for some of us, reading yer mag is just reminding us of our past. A couple of pieces in the new


issue particularly. MFQ. Saw them at The Magic


Mountain Music Fest, in June 1967. I don’t have any detailed memory, but I did enjoy them enough that when I found a copy of ‘Night Time Girl’ in the cut out bin, I bought it. Later, when that Spector comp came out we finally heard a bit more. The Flamin’ Groovies knew about ‘This Could Be The Night’, and covered it on their Rock Juice


album. More recently, I’ve found the first MFQ album. I’d sure like to hear more from ’67. As for The Move at Fillmore


West. You have to know we had been waiting for quite a while for those guys to arrive. They were always on the “coming soon” board at the Fillmore (so were The Small Faces). They were booked at least twice before they finally appeared. I’m pretty sure their name is on a poster for a gig that didn’t happen. I know a lot of people who did go to see The Move. At that time, it was a small circle of hard core fans who’d turn up for The Kinks, Yardbirds, Who, Jeff Beck… The program director from the radio station I worked for seemed less impressed and bragged he had heckled Carl Wayne for copying Daltry’s mic twirling. I had to point out that they had both stole it from Billy Stewart. To put it in historical


perspective, Little Richard and Joe Cocker were also on the bill. Little Richard delivered the real thing. Hit after hit ripped out with real style. Joe Cocker was good too, but after The Move and Little Richard, he may have seemed a little laid back. For me, the biggest surprise were the two Nazz covers. I wasn’t a big fan, so I had to eat humble pie, and admit they sounded pretty damn good. A friend of ours taped part of the show. We couldn’t believe he didn’t record it all. When we listened to the tape, there was him and his friends talking out front of the Fillmore, but several songs were missing or cut! The bits that did survive were mighty impressive and have stayed a bootleg favourite all these years. A few years later, I went down to LA to see ELO’s debut. They were


fine. The look on Jeff Lynne’s face when the whole audience joined in on ‘Do Ya’ was worth the price of admission. At the post gig press party, I showed Bev Bevan the enclosed snapshot from The Move’s gig. He was very happy to see that, and made sure Jeff had a look. As always, thanks for your hard


work.


Ron Sanchez Director of A&R Career Records Great tales Ron. It’s also nice to be able to take you back there.


A Forgotten Critter


Dear Shindig! In the recent Critters article, writer Pat Curran overlooked the important very first Critters single: ‘Georgianna’ / ‘I’m Gonna Give’ which was released in 1965 on the Musicor label. Both sides were on the Gene Pitney Show LP, featuring such Musicor artists like Teddy & The Pandas, The Platters, Bitter End Singers and others. Both the Musicor 45 and the Don & The Chevelles 45 were included on a budget LP on the Boutique label with early sides by The Rascals and Lou Christie. ‘Georgianna’ was also covered by a garage band called The Princetons. As far as the debate over the Prancer 45, it clearly states on the label that Don Ciccone is credited as writing ‘I’m Telling Everyone’ and both sides were published with Kama Sutra. Another fine article about one of the most under-rated American ’60s bands. Sincerely, David L Brown Thanks for the clarification David. Duly noted.


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