Tony Savage Band –Bye Bye Bluebird/ Faster Than Lightning –Living Sound LS 102901 (1977 Aus)
Talk about picking an obscure Vanda & Young track...I mean choosing the B side of Haffy’s Whiskey Sour’s Shot In The Head takes some beating in the obscurity stakes.
Of Tony Savage himself I can’t find out anything...Unconfirmed rumours speak of a band winning a competition resulting in the recording of this single and/or perhaps a tenuous link with TMG. One clue is that the recordings took place at Atlantic Studio which forges a link to the Aussie Surf band The Atlantics (the recordings were also engineered by Peter Hood). The Atlantics also had their own Chicago imprint in the 70s...Please fill in the gaps!
Bye Bye Blue Bird is a bright,rocking take of the number with the band sounding supremely confident. Faster Than Lightning (written by Tony Savage) is a pounding Bar Boogie number sporting a loud electric piano with the amusing lyrics conveying the bragging attitude of a 14 year old Sharpie...
Hear a full version of Bye Bye Bluebird
Hear a full version of Faster Than Lightning
3 comments:
tony savage is my dad. what would you like to know??
Hi Olly
A bit of bakcground knowledge would be great- Line-up, how the single got to be recorded, any other recordings released by your dad etc...
Hi Robin my brother Matt Abel was the drummer on that single, certainly a blast from the past seeing it here! I can ask him for more information and get back to you.
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