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.
Tuesday, February 04, 2014
US –He’s Coming Back/You’ll Never Know
US –He’s Coming Back/You’ll Never Know –Straita Head Records (1975 US)
This looks to be a San Diego band who enlisted Johnny Almond (Ex Zoot Money/John Mayall and half of Mark –Almond) as a guest on the A side of this single. Not sure why 20 seconds of Sax warrants such star billing…Anyhow -He’s Coming Back has a heavy early 70s Who influence, but is even closer to Side Three/Overnight Sensation Raspberries or Artful Dodger stuff. Enjoy the stunning lead guitar over the ending…Very tasteful. You’ll Never Know is Almond-free and it’s a blistering high energy rocker again with a bit of Raspberries thrown in with some top lead guitar. Straita Head was a production company and a well-known Hair Metal club in the San Diego are in the 80s, but you can safely date this single to the mid-70s as Johnny Almond signed to ABC in 1975. A killer double-sider.
Hear a full version of He’s Coming Back
Hear a full version of You’ll Never Know
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2 comments:
Us also recorded a lone LP, released in 1979, it was entitled 'It's Just Us!'.
You can hear it here:
http://musicmp3spb.org/artist/us_us.html
Enjoy,
Doogie Howitzer
b side sounds to me like dave of foghat
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