03-09-06 - 10-09-06
Saturday, September 09, 2006
CHAD AND JEREMY - The Ark (1968)
Released in 1968 The Ark Is A Trippy, Post Sgt Pepper romp that can still rearrange the cerebral cortex of the innocent...
About Chad And Jeremy:
Personnel:
JEREMY CLYDE vcls, gtr
A CHAD STUART vcls, gtr, banjo, keyboards, sitar A
ALBUMS:
1 YESTERDAY'S GONE (World Artists 2002) Aug. 1964
2 CHAD AND JEREMY SING FOR YOU (World Artists 2005) Feb. 1965
3 BEFORE AND AFTER (Columbia 9174) Apr. 1965
4 I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU BABY (Columbia 9198) Sept. 1965
5 THE BEST OF CHAD AND JEREMY (Capitol 2470) Mar. 1966
6 MORE CHAD AND JEREMY (Capitol 2546) Jun. 1966
7 DISTANT SHORES (Columbia 2564) Aug. 1966
8 OF CABBAGES AND KINGS (Columbia 2671) Sep. 1967
9 THE ARK (Columbia 2899) Aug. 1968
NB: (1), (4), (7), (8) and (9) reissued on CD. The World Artists recordings have been compiled on a number of CD's, the best of which is The Best Of Chad And Jeremy (One Way 31380) which has twenty tracks including all the World Artist singles. Perhaps of more interest to psych fans however is the twenty tracck compilation CD Painted Dayglow Smile (Columbia Legacy 47719) from their Columbia years.
45s:
1 Yesterday's Gone/Lemon Tree (World Artists 1021) Mar. 1964
2 A Summer Song/No Tears For Johnny (World Artists 1027) Jul. 1964
3 Willow Weep For Me/If She Was Mine (World Artists 1034) Oct. 1964
4 If I Loved You/Donna, Donna (World Artists 1041) Jan. 1965
5 What Do You Want With Me/A Very Good Year (World Artists 1052) Mar. 1965
6 Before And After/Fare Thee Well (Columbia 43277) Apr. 1965
7 From A Window/My Coloring Book (World Artists 1056) May 1965
8 I Don't Want To Lose You Baby/Pennies (Columbia 43339) Jul. 1965
9 September In The Rain/Only For The Young (World Artists 1060) Jul. 1965
10 I Have Dreamed/Should I? (Columbia 43414) Oct. 1965
11 Teenage Failure/Early Morning Rain (Columbia 43490) Dec. 1965
12 Distant Shores/Last Night (Columbia 43682) Apr. 1966
13 You Are She/I Won't Cry (Columbia 43807) Sep. 1966
14 Rest In Peace/Family Way (Columbia 44131) May 1967
15 Painted Dayglow Smile/Editorial (Columbia 44379) Nov. 1967
16 Sister Marie/Rest In Peace (Columbia 44525) May 1968
17 Paxton Quigley's Had The Course/You Need Feet (Columbia 44660) Aug. 1968
Ex-public schoolboys Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde were regarded by Americans as examplars of that pinnacle of Western civilization, the Archetypal Englishman, and were hence far more popular stateside than at home - the English being less infatuated with Englishness than Americans. Realizing early on that their appeal lay in the States, they moved their base of operations to Los Angeles and can be regarded as an American act for the purposes of this book. The two met in 1962 while studying at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and formed a duo, performing folk-based pop material. They signed with Ember Records and had a minor U.K. hit (No. 37) in late 1963 with their debut single, Yesterday's Gone. U.S. label World Artists picked up the U.S. rights to the duo and Yesterday's Gone reached No. 21 in the States in June 1964 followed three months later by their biggest hit, A Summer Song. Willow Weep For Me and If I Loved You (from the musical "Carousel") were also sizable hits but when World Artists failed to pay the pair any royalties, they teamed up with Allen Klein who quickly signed them to Columbia Records in March 1965. Their musical style remained the same, a softly melodic but rather cloying harmony-pop, except for a foray into Righteous Brothers-territory with I Don't Wanna Lose You Baby and a comedy single (Teenage Failure), but they were frequently on TV - not only performing their hits but also demonstrating their acting skills on Batman, the Patty Duke Show, and the Dick Van Dyke Show. In late 1965, while on tour in the mid-West, they discovered future Chicago and Blood, Sweat and Tears manager James William Guercio, who was then playing in a Chicago group called the Mob. They employed him as their bassist and he wrote several songs for them including their final top-40 hit, Distant Shores, and later became their manager. Wearied by the insubstantial nature of their musical output so far, the pair decided to go for something more ambitious and joined up with Byrds and Sagittarius-producer Gary Usher in 1967 for the concept album, Of Cabbages And Kings. The entire second side was devoted to the five-movement Progress Suite which told the story of man from Creation to Nuclear Holocaust. The album however is better remembered by psyche-holics for the 6'46" opening track, Rest in Peace, a gently satirical number inspired by Tony Richardson's film adaptation of the Evelyn Waugh novel, "The Loved One". Their musical swansong, The Ark (spelt Arc on some pressings), was easily their best album with a number of highly evocative tunes like Pipe Dream, Pantheistic Study For Guitar And Large Bird, and Transatlantic Trauma 1966. Gary Usher spent $75,000 in making it a production tour-de-force but was sacked by Columbia for his pains when it failed to chart. The duo also wrote the music for the movie "Three In The Attic" around this time. By this time, Jeremy had decided to devote his flagging energies to acting and the pair split up. Since then, Jeremy has become a well-known actor in England on TV and in the movies while Chad remained in the U.S. writing music for television and stage. The two reunited in 1983 for an album, Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde, and also in 1986 for an oldies tour. Compilation appearances have included: Progress Suite Movement on First Vibration (LP). For more information, check out the following websites:
http://members.aol.com/bocad/cj.htm
http://www.jasonrh.com/pgcj.htm
GRAB IT
About Chad And Jeremy:
Personnel:
JEREMY CLYDE vcls, gtr
A CHAD STUART vcls, gtr, banjo, keyboards, sitar A
ALBUMS:
1 YESTERDAY'S GONE (World Artists 2002) Aug. 1964
2 CHAD AND JEREMY SING FOR YOU (World Artists 2005) Feb. 1965
3 BEFORE AND AFTER (Columbia 9174) Apr. 1965
4 I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU BABY (Columbia 9198) Sept. 1965
5 THE BEST OF CHAD AND JEREMY (Capitol 2470) Mar. 1966
6 MORE CHAD AND JEREMY (Capitol 2546) Jun. 1966
7 DISTANT SHORES (Columbia 2564) Aug. 1966
8 OF CABBAGES AND KINGS (Columbia 2671) Sep. 1967
9 THE ARK (Columbia 2899) Aug. 1968
NB: (1), (4), (7), (8) and (9) reissued on CD. The World Artists recordings have been compiled on a number of CD's, the best of which is The Best Of Chad And Jeremy (One Way 31380) which has twenty tracks including all the World Artist singles. Perhaps of more interest to psych fans however is the twenty tracck compilation CD Painted Dayglow Smile (Columbia Legacy 47719) from their Columbia years.
45s:
1 Yesterday's Gone/Lemon Tree (World Artists 1021) Mar. 1964
2 A Summer Song/No Tears For Johnny (World Artists 1027) Jul. 1964
3 Willow Weep For Me/If She Was Mine (World Artists 1034) Oct. 1964
4 If I Loved You/Donna, Donna (World Artists 1041) Jan. 1965
5 What Do You Want With Me/A Very Good Year (World Artists 1052) Mar. 1965
6 Before And After/Fare Thee Well (Columbia 43277) Apr. 1965
7 From A Window/My Coloring Book (World Artists 1056) May 1965
8 I Don't Want To Lose You Baby/Pennies (Columbia 43339) Jul. 1965
9 September In The Rain/Only For The Young (World Artists 1060) Jul. 1965
10 I Have Dreamed/Should I? (Columbia 43414) Oct. 1965
11 Teenage Failure/Early Morning Rain (Columbia 43490) Dec. 1965
12 Distant Shores/Last Night (Columbia 43682) Apr. 1966
13 You Are She/I Won't Cry (Columbia 43807) Sep. 1966
14 Rest In Peace/Family Way (Columbia 44131) May 1967
15 Painted Dayglow Smile/Editorial (Columbia 44379) Nov. 1967
16 Sister Marie/Rest In Peace (Columbia 44525) May 1968
17 Paxton Quigley's Had The Course/You Need Feet (Columbia 44660) Aug. 1968
Ex-public schoolboys Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde were regarded by Americans as examplars of that pinnacle of Western civilization, the Archetypal Englishman, and were hence far more popular stateside than at home - the English being less infatuated with Englishness than Americans. Realizing early on that their appeal lay in the States, they moved their base of operations to Los Angeles and can be regarded as an American act for the purposes of this book. The two met in 1962 while studying at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and formed a duo, performing folk-based pop material. They signed with Ember Records and had a minor U.K. hit (No. 37) in late 1963 with their debut single, Yesterday's Gone. U.S. label World Artists picked up the U.S. rights to the duo and Yesterday's Gone reached No. 21 in the States in June 1964 followed three months later by their biggest hit, A Summer Song. Willow Weep For Me and If I Loved You (from the musical "Carousel") were also sizable hits but when World Artists failed to pay the pair any royalties, they teamed up with Allen Klein who quickly signed them to Columbia Records in March 1965. Their musical style remained the same, a softly melodic but rather cloying harmony-pop, except for a foray into Righteous Brothers-territory with I Don't Wanna Lose You Baby and a comedy single (Teenage Failure), but they were frequently on TV - not only performing their hits but also demonstrating their acting skills on Batman, the Patty Duke Show, and the Dick Van Dyke Show. In late 1965, while on tour in the mid-West, they discovered future Chicago and Blood, Sweat and Tears manager James William Guercio, who was then playing in a Chicago group called the Mob. They employed him as their bassist and he wrote several songs for them including their final top-40 hit, Distant Shores, and later became their manager. Wearied by the insubstantial nature of their musical output so far, the pair decided to go for something more ambitious and joined up with Byrds and Sagittarius-producer Gary Usher in 1967 for the concept album, Of Cabbages And Kings. The entire second side was devoted to the five-movement Progress Suite which told the story of man from Creation to Nuclear Holocaust. The album however is better remembered by psyche-holics for the 6'46" opening track, Rest in Peace, a gently satirical number inspired by Tony Richardson's film adaptation of the Evelyn Waugh novel, "The Loved One". Their musical swansong, The Ark (spelt Arc on some pressings), was easily their best album with a number of highly evocative tunes like Pipe Dream, Pantheistic Study For Guitar And Large Bird, and Transatlantic Trauma 1966. Gary Usher spent $75,000 in making it a production tour-de-force but was sacked by Columbia for his pains when it failed to chart. The duo also wrote the music for the movie "Three In The Attic" around this time. By this time, Jeremy had decided to devote his flagging energies to acting and the pair split up. Since then, Jeremy has become a well-known actor in England on TV and in the movies while Chad remained in the U.S. writing music for television and stage. The two reunited in 1983 for an album, Chad Stuart & Jeremy Clyde, and also in 1986 for an oldies tour. Compilation appearances have included: Progress Suite Movement on First Vibration (LP). For more information, check out the following websites:
http://members.aol.com/bocad/cj.htm
http://www.jasonrh.com/pgcj.htm
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Thursday, September 07, 2006
THE WITCHDOCTORS - a Go-Go
( garage rock revival)
The Witchdoctors EXPLODE out of your stereo like a viscious blast from the past. Lead singer Paul Carey (who earlier sang lead with The Untold Fables) has a raw, ratchety voice that makes no apologies for its sound! Their simple (and simple-minded) early-60's-style rock & roll reminds me more than ANYTHING of the earliest recordings by The Kinks. This may explain their eventual name-change to The Finks (see FILL'ER UP AND GO!). While Steve Hill (and Carey's replacement, Chris Barfield) eventually split off to form The Huntington Cads, the remaining core or Gregg Hunt, Dave Klein & Jake Cavaliere went on to greater success as The Bomboras. With one of the WILDEST live acts confined to bar stages (in some ways a band better SEEN than actually HEARD), it was at their appearance in Philly a couple years ago I first discovered their long legacy. By whatever name, these guys clearly aren't going away. Lucky us!
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