Graham Bond Organisation - Waltz For A Pig

The Graham Bond Organisation - Waltz For A Pig (Ginger "Harry Butcher" Baker) Reaction 591 001 B - 1966

Este instrumental siempre me ha fascinado. Con un fantástico ritmo a cargo de su autor, Ginger Baker, y con un ambiento nocturno de estepa urbana, es quizás una de las mejores piezas grabadas por The Graham Bond Organisation. Sorprendentemente, nunca apareció en ninguno de los discos oficiales del grupo. Únicamente vió la luz como cara B del single de The Who "Substitute".

En aquel momento el ex-manager y productor de The Who, Shel Talmy, tenía un juicio pendiente contra la banda, quienes no podían grabar nada hasta que se solucionara el conflicto judicial. El sello discográfico Reaction, para mantener el nombre del grupo mientras tanto, decidió re-editar "Substitute" y poner de cara B del single un instrumental encargado a otra banda de la misma oficina de management, The Graham Bond Organisation.

El invento apareció finalmente acreditado a The Who Orchestra, aunque quienes tocaban alli eran Grahan Bond, Dick Heckstall-Smitm, Jack Bruce y Ginger Baker. Por lo menos, Ginger se pudo comprar finalmente un coche a los 28 con los royalties de la canción de marras. Curiosa historia para un gran instrumental perdido.


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This instrumental has always fascinated me. With a fantastic rhythm played by its writer, Ginger Baker, and with a nocturnal urban steppe atmosphere, it's probably one of the best numbers ever recorded by The Graham Bond Organisation. Surprisingly, it never appeared on any of the official records of the band. It only saw the light of day as the B side of The Who's "Substitute".

At that time, The Who ex-manager and producer, Shel Talmy, had an injunction against the band that prevented them from temporarily recording until a legal settlement was agreed. The Reaction record label, for keeping alive the name of the band meanwhile, decided to re-release "Substitute" and use as the B side of the single an instrumental specially commissioned to another band from the same management office, The Graham Bond Organisation.

The invention finally appeared credited to The Who Orchestra, though the ones playing there were Grahan Bond, Dick Heckstall-Smitm, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. At least, Ginger was finally able to buy himself a car at 28 with the royalties he got with the song. Curious story for a great lost instrumental.



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Graham Gouldman - Nowhere To Go

Graham Gouldman - Nowhere To Go (Graham Gouldman) CBS 7739 - 1972

Hoy tenemos un par de canciones no muy conocidas de Graham Gouldman. Tras su paso por The Whirlwinds y The Mockingbirds a mediados de los 60s, tuvo un montón de éxitos escribiendo canciones legendarias para Herman's Hermits, The Yardbirds, The Hollies, The Mindbenders y tantos otros.

Pocos años después, y justo antes de montar The Hotlegs - que a su vez se transformarían en 10 c.c. - Graham publicó un solitario single en 1972 con "Nowhere To Go". Una triste y bonita canción, en su habitual línea de tonos menores y con una orquestación barroca, que poco tenía que ver con la época. Ni que decir tiene que pasó más que desapercibida, y nunca ha sido reeditada. Aunque Mr. Gouldman se vengaría un tiempo después con los éxitos de 10 c.c.


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Today we have a couple of not so well known Graham Gouldman songs. After his spell with The Whirlwinds and The Mockingbirds in the mid 60s, he had a bunch of hits writing legendary songs for Herman's Hermits, The Yardbirds, The Hollies, The Mindbenders, and so many others.

A few years later, and just before forming The Hotlegs - which would eventually become 10 c.c. - Graham released a lone single in 1972 with "Nowhere To Go". A sad and beautiful song, following his usual minor chords line, and with some baroque orchestration, which had very little in common with its time. Needless to say it went nowhere and it has never been re-released. Though Mr. Gouldman would later find a good vengeance with his 10 c.c. hits.



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Matthew Fisher - Song Without Words

Matthew Fisher - Song Without Words (Matthew Fisher) RCA LP APL1 0325 - 1974

La primera grabación de Matthew Charles Fisher (Addiscombe, Croydon, UK, 1946) fué un single con The Gamblers en 1965. Pero su característico organo permanecerá por toda la eternidad en la memoria colectiva de varias generaciones gracias al mítico primer single de Procol Harum, "A Whiter Shade Of Pale". Abandonó el grupo en 1969 tras su tercer LP "A Salty Dog", disco que también produjo, para luego seguir una errática e irregular carrera en solitario, salpicada de sesiones para gente tan variada como Joe Cocker, Wishbone Ash, Screaming Lord Sutch, Jerry Lee Lewis, Captain Sensible o Downliners Sect, y producciones para artistas tan lejanos entre sin como Robin Trower o Tir na Nog.

"Song Without Words" es una agridulce y hermosa canción de su segundo LP en solitario, "I'll Be There", publicado por RCA en 1974. Un gran instrumental que cualquier letra mancillaría, marcado por ese clásico sonido de órgano, y acompañado por una batería spectoriana y unos violínes en su punto. Servir, preferentemente, en esos ciertos momentos melancólicos y de nostagia irreparable.


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The first recording of Matthew Charles Fisher (Addiscombe, Croydon, UK, 1946) was a single with The Gamblers in 1965. But his characteristic organ sound will eternally remain in several generations collective memory thanks to Procol Harum's mythical first single "A Whiter Shade Of Pale". He quit the band in 1969 after their third LP "A Salty Dog", which he also produced, and then followed an erratic and irregular solo career, interspersed with session work for people as diverse as Joe Cocker, Wishbone Ash, Screaming Lord Sutch, Jerry Lee Lewis, Captain Sensible or Downliners Sect, and productions for artists as different as Robin Trower o Tir na Nog.

"Song Without Words" is a sweet & sour and beautiful song taken from his second solo LP "I'll Be There", released by RCA in 1974. A great instrumental which would surelly be spoilt by any lyrics, underlined by that clasical organ sound, and backed by some spectoresque drums and some violins with the right measure. Serve, preferably, in those certain moments of melancholy and irreparable nostagia.


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