Guest Tam o' Shantie Report post Posted March 10, 2010 Does anyone have any info about bands that were going around in the 60s...beat, psych, mod stuff? I'd love to hear some recordings if such things exist as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pierre Von Mondragon 123 Report post Posted March 10, 2010 There was a comical EE book about the 'scene', 70s bit was funnier, canna remember title. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frosty Jack 540 Report post Posted March 10, 2010 There was a comical EE book about the 'scene', 70s bit was funnier, canna remember title.That's "Fit Like, New York!" by Peter InnesISBN 1 901300 02 1Still available I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
free tibet 22 Report post Posted March 10, 2010 That's "Fit Like, New York!" by Peter InnesISBN 1 901300 02 1Still available I think.Ha ! Alan Cynic just presented me with a copy two days ago Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skubbs 253 Report post Posted March 10, 2010 I know my grandfather was in bands from the 70's, he has a kermit-the-frog coloured flared suit hahaha Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Cynic 223 Report post Posted March 12, 2010 I just caught the tail end of the 60s...and then wallowed in the 70s Well respected bands I saw were...My Dear Watson (used to be Johnny & the Copycats....came from Buckie), Gully Foyle, Twilight Zone etc I just missed seeing Albert Fish who seem to have been very well thought of (caught their reunion a few years ago), and Warlock, who covered a lot of unusual stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shaki 501 Report post Posted March 12, 2010 Band names were better in the 60's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Cynic 223 Report post Posted March 12, 2010 Also pleased I saw 'Spiggy Topes'Here's a bit about them and My Dear Watson....www Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oxbow lake 16 Report post Posted March 12, 2010 eh...arn't we still in the 60's? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Tam o' Shantie Report post Posted March 12, 2010 thanks for that link alan, it was just what i was looking for. i wonder if any of these cats have unreleased recordings...nahmean?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest droid Report post Posted March 12, 2010 thanks for that link alan, it was just what i was looking for. i wonder if any of these cats have unreleased recordings...nahmean?!Future Tuff Wax signings maybe? Booyaka gwan rude bwoy... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Cynic 223 Report post Posted March 12, 2010 I don't know any of them personally (although I am the owner of an ex-Copycats jacket, bought at a jumble sale in Buckie c.'75!). However Stef Kocemba of Gully Foyle currently plays in Papa Mojo...you could always ask him.A compilation of 'Grampian Beat/Psych' from the 60s would be an ace release!!!!!Names.......? I'll start with 'Rock 'n' Rowies' 'Echt miles high' 'Careful with that axe Zander' 'McGinty's meal and pills' 'Granite takes a trip' 'Flourmill Lane Power' 'Acid Quines' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pierre Von Mondragon 123 Report post Posted March 12, 2010 LA (Lower Aberdeenshire)Woman Their Teuchter Majesties Widna MindAll The Way From Methlick (70s compo)Newburgh Riders O the Purple SageThe possibilities are literally some. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jammer 1 Report post Posted March 12, 2010 Does anyone have any info about bands that were going around in the 60s...beat, psych, mod stuff? I'd love to hear some recordings if such things exist as well.I used to have a single by The Misfits recorded for Aberdeen Student Charity Campaign which featured a version of The Beatles You Won't See Me and was released mid 60s. Lost it somewhere along the line...I've seen the aforementioned Johnny & The Copycats on one or two of their reunion gigs in Buckie plus bumped into Mecco, the guitarist, in Tesco last week. Some trivia...they supported The Beatles in Glasgow and Edinburgh in 1964 plus Elton John played on some of their My Dear Watson stuff. Hendrix watched them at a club in London and Geno Washington used to jam with them.I've got the EE's Fit Like, New York which is about the only book I've seen that covers the music scene up here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GraemeC 37 Report post Posted March 12, 2010 I just caught the tail end of the 60s...and then wallowed in the 70s Well respected bands I saw were...My Dear Watson (used to be Johnny & the Copycats....came from Buckie), Gully Foyle, Twilight Zone etc I just missed seeing Albert Fish who seem to have been very well thought of (caught their reunion a few years ago), and Warlock, who covered a lot of unusual stuff.Beach ballroom... Sunday nights 15yrs old... bleedin magic!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Cynic 223 Report post Posted March 13, 2010 It was 'The Pit' for me (and very occasionally the Beach Ballroom).I've got that Misfits 7", and a Johnny & the Copycats one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Motleyal Report post Posted March 19, 2010 I don't know any of them personally (although I am the owner of an ex-Copycats jacket, bought at a jumble sale in Buckie c.'75!). However Stef Kocemba of Gully Foyle currently plays in Papa Mojo...you could always ask him.A compilation of 'Grampian Beat/Psych' from the 60s would be an ace release!!!!!Names.......? I'll start with 'Rock 'n' Rowies' 'Echt miles high' 'Careful with that axe Zander' 'McGinty's meal and pills' 'Granite takes a trip' 'Flourmill Lane Power' 'Acid Quines'What about a remake of the monkee's psychadelic movie (Peter) Head? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SooperKeef 26 Report post Posted March 22, 2010 eh...arn't we still in the 60's?i wish Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Cynic 223 Report post Posted March 22, 2010 What about a remake of the monkee's psychadelic movie (Peter) Head?Or one of their earlier hits.....'I'm a Belhelvi-er' ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bigsby 374 Report post Posted March 22, 2010 A Lighter Shade of (Bon Accord) AleSgt (Deeside) Piper's Lonely Hearts Club BandI'll Feel a Whole Lot Buttery When You're GoneNeedles (byd)and PinsWith a Little Skelp From My FriendsYoung Girl by Gary Puckett and the Union (Street) GapQuine the Eskimo (The Shitey Quine)How Do You Doos What You Do To Me?Bad Loon RisingTake Messages to MaryIt's Now Or(a) Never Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Cynic 223 Report post Posted March 22, 2010 'Bad loon rising'....aceic How's about Strathpeffers Lonely Clarty Dubs Band'?Kin Eff SorrowRubislaw TuesdayTwist and ShiteLike a roll and sconeHelter Skitters Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Tam o' Shantie Report post Posted March 22, 2010 Puns aside, this has been a real insight. I think i'm gonna try and track down a rep for johnny & the copycats / my dear watson and have a chat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AronMaiden 2 Report post Posted March 22, 2010 Get some 7" re-issues on the go Tom? If there is any good ones from that era I'd buy em! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alan Cynic 223 Report post Posted March 22, 2010 I would, too!! But a comp. of some 60s Aberdeen stuff would be fabulous.......and I'd expect it to sell well, too. There was a lot of interesting discussion about the era on the This Is North Scotland site a couple of years ago, but I think Aberdeen Journals closed the chat forums because of copyright issues with photos. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marsh 14 Report post Posted March 22, 2010 I remember a book in my folk's house from the early / mid nineties (I'm sure it had the Evening Express logo on the front) with a yellow cover called "Grit, Growth and Sometimes Groovy" that covered music in Aberdeen from the 50's onwards. Might be worth checking out, although it might be garbage! I remember absolutely nothing about it, other than it had loads of old pictures of the Beach Ballroom!Surely Tommy Dene fae Aiberdeen was in a few "beat combos" back in the day!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites