Bill Case –I’m Your Hero/ You Gotta Know –Bellaphon BF 18529 (1977 German issue)
Here is a weird one, created by Alan Blakley and “Chip” Hawkes as an extra-curricular Tremoloes excursion. Slip inside the cover and you will find two striking examples of top notch Crunching Glam. I’m Your Hero is a real stunner; a wild intense performance enlivened further by some fine specimens of Moog noodlings. Gary Glitter joining Black Sabbath channeling Chicory Tip. You Gotta Know starts in a quieter yet meaty fashion. It has a certain T. Rex meets Led Zep feel and really rocks out by the end. Both songs seem curiously out of date for 1977 and all the better for it. I believe this only got a German release and I can’t just see some Bellaphon A&R guy complaining with the lack of Punk potential on the label and coming across the sleeve photo in a draw. Ja Ja das ist Punk! So I wouldn’t be surprised if this project had been hanging around for a couple of years. As for Bill Case? Who knows…but what a midriff! It’s nice to know that there are still oddities such as this one still laying around out there
Hear a full version of I’m Your Hero
Hear a full version of You Gotta Know
5 comments:
Hi Robin,
You had me with the Chicory Tip reference, but as you already stated "I’m Your Hero is a real stunner". Super start to 2014 - cheers!
Awesome single, both sides.
Suprisingly pretty good. Not a fan of the Tremeloes but this rock along nicely
still better than todays plastic drivel!
great glam single
i'm so happy to find this
one last week in a mailorder shop for just one £ or 2 CHF
skylord from switzerland
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