Shelby –Motorbike Girl/ Cirrus – Vogue 12121 (1975 French issue)
Sometimes it’s safer to stick with an UK issue in a plain sleeve! However if you able to look beyond those 70’s ‘taches, there’s a fine tune lying within. Shelby are better known for their Duane Eddy tribute (Dance With The) Guitar Man that appeared on the Boobs: The Junkshop Glam Discotheque CD last year, but this is, in most ways, a more enjoyable release. It starts off nice and crunchy with handclaps and twangy guitar and crosses into Surf/ Glam territory for the catchy chorus. The high pitched vocals that somewhat spoiled Guitar Man are mostly under control here and although we could have done with a bit more in the motorbike sound effect department, this ends up being a good find.
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2 comments:
Even by glam standards, which are pretty low, non-English-speaking bands (and I'm just assuming Shelby are one of them, if only to spare their blushes) didn't half have shitty words. I do realise that Byron etc would've been out-of-place (even in Uriah Heap, he was surplus: discuss) but I mean, really. And Robin, I agree: where are the motorbike noises??
Afraid to say they were English. It came out on the Route label in the UK, but there are some timid motorbike noises around the 2 minute mark
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