Bands worth knowing. You know but most in here would never have heard of.

Hadden Sayers Band. I saw them in some dive bar in San Francisco the best part of 30 years ago. They were excellent and for the first and only time ever at a gig I bought a couple of CDs after the set.



 
Protein Junkie said:
Some of Banks work with Yes was great expecially their version of Something’s Coming from West Side Story.
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Didn't know about that. I shall check that out. Interesting, isn't it, how rock groups that you wouldn't necessarily expect to be in to it mined musical inspiration from that film. I'm thinking also of the Nice, and “America”, which was a standard in their act.
Of course, in my generation, West Side Story hit us like a sledgehammer. We'd never heard or seen anything vaguely like it. Don't want to see the remake because I don't see how you could do a remake of that.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Didn't know about that. I shall check that out. Interesting, isn't it, how rock groups that you wouldn't necessarily expect to be in to it mined musical inspiration from that film. I'm thinking also of the Nice, and “America”, which was a standard in their act.
Of course, in my generation, West Side Story hit us like a sledgehammer. We'd never heard or seen anything vaguely like it. Don't want to see the remake because I don't see how you could do a remake of that.
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Yes check it out as I think it showcases Banks as a talent.
West Side Story is by far my favourite musical. I don’t want to see the remake - some things are sacrosanct and this is one such work.
 
Now. A mystery.
In about 1970 (possibly 71), I bought an LP by a group called Noir. As their name suggests, it was formed of black musicians. I must have heard them on John Peel or someone like that, liked what I heard, and went out and bought the album. Think I bought it in Stockport (where I also bought Lindisfarne's first, incidentally), at a little record shop that, as I remember it, was either on or not far from Great Underbank. Some on here may remember it.
It was a very good album, funky and jazzy at the same time. The sleeve was entirely white, and there was virtually no information on it whatsoever. Not where it had been recorded, not the members of the group, just nothing! Oh, there was the name, “Noir” on the cover. In black lettering, of course.
Even I could hear that the record hadn't been completed. It was underproduced, to put it mildly. I remember reading at the time (maybe in Melody Maker which I read religiously for about six years from 68 to 74) that they had split up in the most mysterious circumstances during the recording of it, and none of them had been heard from since. Something to do with a problem with the police, I think.
I've been trying to find out about that group ever since. Get this — there is nothing on Google for them. You've got to be pretty obscure for there to be nothing on you when you have recorded an album and it's been marketed, albeit basically.
They are the Marie Celeste of rock bands of the period. If anybody knows anything whatsoever about this group, or if it rings a bell, please let me know anything you've got. I've been wondering about them for more than fifty years.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Now. A mystery.
In about 1970 (possibly 71), I bought an LP by a group called Noir. As their name suggests, it was formed of black musicians. I must have heard them on John Peel or someone like that, liked what I heard, and went out and bought the album. Think I bought it in Stockport (where I also bought Lindisfarne's first, incidentally), at a little record shop that, as I remember it, was either on or not far from Great Underbank. Some on here may remember it.
It was a very good album, funky and jazzy at the same time. The sleeve was entirely white, and there was virtually no information on it whatsoever. Not where it had been recorded, not the members of the group, just nothing! Oh, there was the name, “Noir” on the cover. In black lettering, of course.
Even I could hear that the record hadn't been completed. It was underproduced, to put it mildly. I remember reading at the time (maybe in Melody Maker which I read religiously for about six years from 68 to 74) that they had split up in the most mysterious circumstances during the recording of it, and none of them had been heard from since. Something to do with a problem with the police, I think.
I've been trying to find out about that group ever since. Get this — there is nothing on Google for them. You've got to be pretty obscure for there to be nothing on you when you have recorded an album and it's been marketed, albeit basically.
They are the Marie Celeste of rock bands of the period. If anybody knows anything whatsoever about this group, or if it rings a bell, please let me know anything you've got. I've been wondering about them for more than fifty years.
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Album is called We Had To Let You Have It. released in 71. Gordon Hunt and Barry Forde are on it. Label: Dawn. DNLS 3029.

helpful?

whitenoiserecords.org

Noir - We Had To Let You Have It

We Had To Let You Have It is the only recorded output from Britain’s first all-black rock band Noir, a band which broke up before the album was released.We Had To Let You Have It a low-key release with above average guitar work. A melt of soul, R&B, rock, blues rockformula, with minor incursions...
whitenoiserecords.org whitenoiserecords.org
 
Most of my iPod collection going off the top ten woman's list thing.

Agnus Obel
Ane Brun
Sophie Hunger
Michelle Gurevich
Tash Sultana
Aurora
The Pierces
Arch Enemy
Blackbriar

All great IMO lol
 
KnaresboroughBlue said:
Not new bands and might be known by a few but:

Cabaret Voltaire
A Certain Ratio
The Durutti Column
Lucie
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I’ve played a bit of Durutti Column.
I think I picked them up from the A-Z music thread I started back at the start of covid lockdown.
I had a playlist of stuff from that thread started, as far as I remember. Got up to F or G ….
If I ever get the time I might return to that and share it.
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
Now. A mystery.
In about 1970 (possibly 71), I bought an LP by a group called Noir. As their name suggests, it was formed of black musicians. I must have heard them on John Peel or someone like that, liked what I heard, and went out and bought the album. Think I bought it in Stockport (where I also bought Lindisfarne's first, incidentally), at a little record shop that, as I remember it, was either on or not far from Great Underbank. Some on here may remember it.
It was a very good album, funky and jazzy at the same time. The sleeve was entirely white, and there was virtually no information on it whatsoever. Not where it had been recorded, not the members of the group, just nothing! Oh, there was the name, “Noir” on the cover. In black lettering, of course.
Even I could hear that the record hadn't been completed. It was underproduced, to put it mildly. I remember reading at the time (maybe in Melody Maker which I read religiously for about six years from 68 to 74) that they had split up in the most mysterious circumstances during the recording of it, and none of them had been heard from since. Something to do with a problem with the police, I think.
I've been trying to find out about that group ever since. Get this — there is nothing on Google for them. You've got to be pretty obscure for there to be nothing on you when you have recorded an album and it's been marketed, albeit basically.
They are the Marie Celeste of rock bands of the period. If anybody knows anything whatsoever about this group, or if it rings a bell, please let me know anything you've got. I've been wondering about them for more than fifty years.
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Is this it
 

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Psychedelic Casual said:
Darker My Love








Los Angeles band. Lasted from about 2005-2010. Their second album “2” is in my Top 10 favourite albums. Their third album “Alive As You Are” is really good n’all.

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This is exactly why I started this thread.
Never heard of them but loving it.
To me, they sound like a heavier version of early Dandy Warhols in the first to songs. Am I wrong? Mixed with something else I can’t put my finger on from the Manchester scene, perhaps. A really good sound.
 
journolud said:
Can't say I'm massively into them but this for me was the best song by anybody anywhere last year

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Great tune. I quite like ‘As I rise’ which also came our last year. He was quite prolific during lockdown. Check our his version of ‘I will always love you’ it’s pretty good. I’m off to Denver in May to see him at the Bluebird. He’s playing two nights and it’s my birthday. I contacted him on Instagram and told him I was coming over and he’s put me n our lass on the list for both nights.
 
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