This was going to be a Blink And You'll Miss It piece, but with the hits it's getting, I'm leaving it up.
https://workupload.com/file/LmE34GUCd7J
Mission Statement: to do very little, for very few, for not very long. Disappointing the easily pleased since 1819. Not as good as it used to be from Day One. History is Bunk - PT Barnum. Artificially Intelligent before it was fashionable. Fat camp for the mind! Nothing lasts, but nothing is lost. The Shock of the Old! Often bettered, never imitated.
Wait a ding-dong minute, daddy-o...is the is infamous "sprinkle a bit of fairy dust on it" tape that I've been hearing about for the last thirty years?
ReplyDeleteamazing bootleg ....thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome - I'm pretty sure it had an official release at some time. Or semi-official.
DeleteYou are correct - I have it as a third disc in their "Archeology" compilation box set released by Fontana.
Deletehttps://www.discogs.com/The-Troggs-Archeology-1966-1976/release/492550
Cheers, Peanuts Molloy.
Trogglodytes...
ReplyDeleteThank you!
Thank you was this the inspiration for Spinal Tap? I thought I heard that somewhere or maybe my sexagenarian brain inventing things again..
ReplyDeleteIt was among the many sources of inspiration for Spinal Tap. It's a rich field.
DeleteSweet, I've wanted to hear this for a while, cheers.
ReplyDeleteBit more effin' and jeffin' than Tap - if memory serves. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteA fine work, only matched by the art, poetry, and philosophy of Derek and Clive. For those unaware of Pete n Dud's arte-verite, start here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_a_UKKvUcoE
ReplyDeleteDerek n' Clive? Too calculated to shock to shock.
DeleteYour gaff, your rules.
DeleteOoh no.
Deletemuch thanx,
ReplyDeleteLegendary, but upon listening, a far from unusual level of dysfunction, even for a band in a recording studio. Still and all, a cultural touchstone everyone interested deserves to hear, so thanks for putting it out there, Farq.
ReplyDeleteThe tapes are in many ways our generations Dead Sea Scrolls. Only funnier.
DeleteI saw the Troggs, some time around 1970. What memories of this epochal event remain? Reg Presley's tight white hipster pants with the broad plastic belt, both a good three years past their sell-by date. His tucked-in short straining over a comfortable beer belly. The band's WAGs at the side of the stage, mini skirts and handbags. The rest is a merciful blur. Gotta love Reg.
ReplyDeleteArchie Valparaiso, who is too confused to operate his internet right now, asks me to post these links for him:
ReplyDeleteBuddy Rich: http://trackdrummer.com/other-services/buddy-rich-audio-page/
Paul Anka: http://ace.mu.nu/archives/297871.php
All we're missing is that Jackson Browne tape, where he calls his ex-wife a cunt. I used to have that, dammit.
If only someone would tape the band in discussion when the proofs for the album cover graphics show up. Love is all around???
ReplyDelete(I'm not convinced)
I saw the Trogg two years ago at Butlin's: he was all alone except for three brand-new bandmates. No effin or blindin - very civilised in fact - and a dashed fine fellow too.
ReplyDeleteOi 'ates to say it zur but he be less exotic than that - Chris Britton be from near Watford and growed up in 'ampshire.
DeleteI am disappoint.
DeleteOi be fookin' grateful, oi be!
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