Reviews of tasty and obscure hook-filled rock'n' roll releases (Glam, Heavy Bonehead Crunchers, Powerpop, Pop/psych,Garage, Surf, 60s Girl Group Rock)...Plus any quirky musings that tickle my fancy... I created this blog in order to stimulate interest, share discoveries and encourage people to go out and search for the original vinyl. Hopefully this blog might also encourage labels to actually compile some of this stuff officialy.
Saturday, January 06, 2007
Albatross –Rock ‘N’ Roll Boogie Man
Albatross –Rock ‘N’ Roll Boogie Man/Witchy Witchy Lady –Mooncrest Moon 29 (1974 UK)
Probably best known for their Glammed up version of Tobacco Road (on Gull), Albatross also released 3 other singles on Mooncrest, with this single being my favourite. Featuring some tasteful guitar licks (dig the volume control action giving that old 70s bow/violin sound), Rock ‘N’ Roll Boogie Man is an enjoyable example of Bubblegum Boogie, certainly not wild, but cute and very hummable…
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Hey - nice to see this on the web. The singer/songwriter is my dad, John Jones and a number of his old records seem to be cropping up again. If this is your cup of tea check out his 1977 Fringe Benefit album - I found it for download here: http://akashaman.blogspot.com/2007/02/fringe-benefit-st-77-capricorn-records.html
Cheers - nice site by the way!
Recent cover of an old Albatross / Fringe Benefit track:
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/
42290/mymp3s/
Let%20a%20light%20shine.MP3
Xmas no1 for 2007?
jofa_non
Thanks Joffa
I've "repaired" the link, try pasting this:
http://www.filefreak.com/pfiles/42290/mymp3s/Let%20a%20light%20shine.MP3
It's a lovely song, your dad's voice has remained very pure...I never understood how Fringe Benefit appeared on Capricorn, I used to this they were a Southern band with Power Pop tendencies...
Actually the singer on rock n roll boogie man is Terry Keyworth , he could wrote with John Jones and played lead guitar on it
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