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  • phantom guitars - twangin' instrumentals from the uk 1961-64 (CD)

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  • Format: CD
  • Label: Psychic Circle
  • Genre: Psychedelic

For a short period in the UK, guitar-led instrumental groups took control. In the three year span between Rock & Roll and the full flush of Beat, there was no bigger band than The Shadows. Their magical brand of twanging melody incorporated elements of Duane Eddy and The Ventures, but was something entirely British. And, as always, when someone comes up with a winning formula, everybody else suddenly leaps on board. So, in contrast to the clean-cut crooners (Mark Wynter, Craig Douglas, Jess Conrad et al), coffee bars, dancehalls and fairgrounds reverberated to the sound of Binson echo units and primitive Bigsby-esque tremelo arms. This CD ventures back in time a little further than previous Psychic Circle releases to round up a string-bending selection of some the finest examples of this genre. You’ll hear an unreleased acetate from the guy who wrote the Match Of The Day theme, a live stormer from an Irish showband and a gem from Alvin Stardust’s first backing band. There’s a quick visit to Joe Meek’s studios, and a track from The Gladiators without Nero, plus a whole lot more. Me? I’m having another go on The Dodgems.

 

Track Listing:

  1. THE FALCONS: Stampede
  2. THE KREW KATS: Jack’s Good
  3. THE PHANTOMS: Phantom Guitar
  4. BOBBY TAYLOR: Temptation
  5. THE HUNTERS: The Storm
  6. DENNIS NEWEY: Title Unknown
  7. THE EXECUTIVES: No Room For Squares
  8. THE NU-NOTES: Fury
  9. THE COUGARS: Fly-By-Nite
  10. THE CHAMPIONS: Circlorama
  11. THE FENTONES: The Mexican
  12. THE GIMMICKS: Am I Worth It?
  13. DUNHILL & WEISER: Red Leather Jacket
  14. THE PACKABEATS: The Traitors
  15. THE PLANETS: Jungle Street
  16. THE JOHNNY HOWARD GROUP: Mind Reader
  17. RHET STOLLER: Big City
  18. THE PLAYERS: Bizet As It May
  19. THE VIOLENTS: Ghia
  20. GROUP X: Crossbeat
  21. THE BARONS: Cossack
  22. BOB MILLER & THE MILLERMEN: Trouble Shooter
  23. THE VENGERS: Shakedown
  24. THE GLADIATORS: Tovarich
  25. THE ROYAL SHOWBAND, WATERFORD: The One Nighters